Crystal Toastmasters

Dear ladies (not forgetting gentlemen), we will not be having meeting on the 25th of January 2016 as it would be the replacement public holiday for Thaipusam on the 24th January 2016. The next meeting would be 22nd February 2016 which is also our club International Speech and Table Topic Contest. Have a great holiday and see you at the Contest.  smile emoticon

The Members Get Members Campaign is a membership recruitment and rewards programme which was officiated on 14th January 2013 during the meeting and valid through 30th June 2013. The Campaign rewards members for encouraging their friends and family to join Crystal Toastmasters Club. Anyone can be a member at Crystal, as long as she is a lady. How does the Campaign work ? If you bring a lady guest, you will be instantly rewarded with a gift by the VPM, Tammy Lim. And, if the guest confirmed as a member, an Advance Manual will be rewarded to the member who had signed in the guest as member !! So Crystal ladies, what are you waiting for ? Let us go all out for it !! On the night itself, we have 5 ladies guest !!  Members Get Members Campaign being Officially Launched by Tammy, CC, VPPR !!  Members with their guests  Our guests of honour, E Son Lee, ACB, CL Area W1 Governor and Vincent Soon, ACB, ALB, Area W5 Governor visi...

Yip See See - Toastmaster Of The Evening Christmas is round the corner, and Crystal Toastmasters Club had a Pre-Christmas Celebration Meeting on 10th December 2012. On this special meeting, our Toastmaster Of The Evening, Yip See See, ATMS with the theme “Joy Of Giving” bring the ambient of Christmas alive at the meeting. A total of 41 people, combining of members and guest attended the meeting bringing with them gift for exchange. Guest as far as Brunei and Margaret, a gorgeous 87 old woman had joined us on this wonderful occasion. We had plenty of food to go around and a special menu arranged by Emily, ACB, ALB, a  Christmas turkey and potatoes to go with it. Turkey are a traditional dish that are not to be miss in any celebration of Christmas. Our 4 vibrant speakers for the evening are Esther Then, TM, Joey Cheng, TM, Lee Mei Foong, ACB, ALB and Emily Bong, ACB, ALB with their evaluators, Emcee Cva, CC, Richard Hoy, CTM, G. Sivalingam, DTM and Karen Hee, ATMB, A...

TME - Tan Siew Eng, CTM On 26th November 2012, Crystal had our marathon meeting and the TME of the evening is none other than Tan Siew Eng, CTM. In this meeting, Yip See See, ATMB had brought live to us Mother Theresa and won herself as Best Assignment Speaker for the evening. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who started the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with people. For over forty years, she took care of needs of those without money, those who were sick, those without parents, and those dying in Calcutta, guided in part by the ideals of Saint Francis of Assisi. As the Missionaries of Charity grew under Mother's leadership, they expanded their ministry to other countries. By the 1970s she had become internationally well known as an advocate for the poor and helpless. Our guest, Kay Wong, emerged as Best Evaluator for the evening. The meeting adjourned on time at 9.50pm.  Yip See See portraying Mother Theresa ...

Updated by, Nicole Yap VPPR 2012/2013

On 22 nd October 2012, our Toastmaster of the Evening, Nana Halim, TM, brought us together with the Theme – Bloom. It was indeed a blossom evening with the ladies and even our General Evaluator, Benny Chia, ACB, CL came in floral design fabric attire. In every Toastmasters meeting it is a journey of fun learning and for the evening, I practically found myself to be a better poser for photography session through “ How To Be Photogenic “. Thank you KL Cheah for the tips !! Random photos of the happening for the evening. Photographer - Nicole Yap :- Our General Evaluator for the evening, Benny Chia, ACB, CL Induction ceremony of new members with their mentors. Elmira, TM with her mentor, Jennifer Pan, CC, CL and Lee Sooi Ming, TM with her mentor Yip See See, ATMS. Yip See See, ATMS, Nana Halim, TM and Tammy, CC, posing for the photography session. Our birthday babies for the month of October 2012 - L...

Updated by, Nicole Yap VPPR 2012/2013

The theme “Moving Forward” is to motivate the members to progress or advance further in our journey of toast mastering. The Toastmaster Of The Evening, Emily Bong, ACB, ALB, had early on before the meeting, blast out an email, “ Are you  moving  forward  to  equip  yourself to be a  better mentor?" Our honorable Brand Strategist Speaker’s, Jon Tan, DTM, had tailor made a “Mini Mentoring Workshop” in this meeting. In this workshop, he talks about how to be an effective mentor and the benefits of being a coach, mentor or mentee. It also explore on defining vision plan and mentoring scope. A practical role of Mentor and Mentee had taken place in this session to in-depth further in this workshop. He even distribute the materials of Mentoring to all who attended the workshop. As the quote goes, “ A picture say a thousand word “, as shown below.           Everyone was so engrossed in the meeting !!   ...

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival or Zongqiu Festival, is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people. Celebration of the Mid-Autumn festival has a history of over 3,000 years dating back to the moon worship in ancient times. The festival is celebrated extensively across the country, and is one of the few reunion holidays for Chinese families. On that day, Chinese family members stay together, admiring the full moon, as it is the brightest and fullest in the whole year and eating mooncakes. In conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Crystal Toastmasters Club had set the Theme – Mid-Autumn Festival to boost up the meeting. Our Toastmaster of the Evening, Lee Mei Foong, did a fantastic job by staging the mood!! And, record show that we had 10 guests and 21 members attending the meeting. Congratulation!! Our Table Topic Master, Serene Ting had vividly come out with the idea to have the questions put ...

CRYSTAL GANGNAM STYLE "Gangnam Style" a 2012 Korean pop single by PSY. It has been highly praised for its humor, catchy rhythm, as well as PSY's unusual dance moves. The song was released on July 15, 2012, when it debuted at number one on the Gaon Chart. The music video has been viewed over 246 million times as of September 22, 2012 making it You Tube’s most watched K-Pop video. The song has topped the iTunes Charts in 31 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. On September 17, "Gangnam Style" was nominated for Best Video at the upcoming 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards to be held in Frankfurt, Germany. On September 20, "Gangnam Style" was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the Most 'Liked' Video in YouTube History. The music video shows PSY dancing at various locations in Gangnam. On 10th September 2012, it was brought to live at Crystal Toastmasters Club as Crystal Gangnam Style by Ogy as the...

Updated by, Nicole Yap VPPR 2012/2013

Updated by Linda Phoon VPE 2012/2013