I was thrilled to bits… we are finally having our first meeting at our new own venue! Whoppee! And phew, lots of savings and no more paying a bomb for Shah Village motel. *winks*
What a profound venue it was. We had to take the service lift right at the back of the building to Level 1, Menara PJ. It’s a whole lot bigger than our previous venue.
In line with the Olympics theme, Francis was the only one dressed in sports clothing. Kudos. I guess the instruction was not clear… to wear or not to wear sports clothing, hmm.
We had 6 wonderful guests…Khairy (guest of Jasfarina), Paul Guy (a French Canadian, friend of Paul Tan), Fennie (found us from the world wide web), Cindy (our newest member, James’ sister), Shi Ting and Yee Ming (guests of Erica).
Our profound President, Hj Hashim let us chew on the following phrase, “Only hungry minds can grow” to start off the meeting.
Siew Yin inspired us too with her invocation. One World, One Dream. Like the Olympics, TM is all about friendship, progress and realizing of our communication dreams together.
Table topics were centered around the Olympics theme. Kudos to our guests, Khairy and Paul Guy for taking up the challenge to speak impromptu-ly. Paul Tan, Marcus Chee and Ben Hoe participated enthusiastically too.
Something profound happened tonight… 2 speakers spoke on the same subject matter from different perspectives. I’m sure with the vivid sharing from them, our members who were not able to join us for Chilling Waterfalls trip, definitely felt compensated.
Erica Soon showed profound improvement from her previous speech in her 3rd speech, “No Pain, No Gain”. Chilling Waterfalls is a creation of God in the middle of the jungle. So, sometimes in life, struggle and pain do bring about awesome reward…the beautiful sight of the waterfall.
Gean Lau definitely played her part… arriving just in the nick of time for her 3rd speech, “Procrastinate Your Way to Success”. I learned that procrastination may not necessarily be a bad thing, if we know how to be a smart procrastinator. Being one herself, Tips for successful procrastination are:
Know your limits. Don’t keep piling up the list of “To-Do” things.
Find a way around the task/challenge. Sometimes, you’d be amazed…more creative ways to solve the problem.
Knowing the difference between Urgent and/ important will produce profound results in your life.
After hibernating for 2 years, Cindy Foong attempted her 5th speech, “Trip to Nature’s Gym”. I loved her very descriptive words in sharing with us her Chilling Waterfalls experience. For some it was a leisurely walk; for others it was an intense workout in the gym. Yes, indeed, why pay through your nose for the gym when you can go trekking in natural surroundings and get to breath in fresh air, free massage and tone our body through the walking up and downhill. Kudos.
Refreshment was yummy nasi lemak, orange and banana with coffee. And also the delicious birthday cake of the month.
We are privileged to have our supporter (helped us from our charter days), Lackmichand (who is not Chinese) to be our general evaluator. Very tactful feedback, thank you.
To our dear charter president, Hj Naburi, you’ve improved tremendously with time management, please don’t go astray.
See you at our next meeting… our club’s Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests. 8 contestants for each contest, awesome. Come and support them and invite your friends/relatives/spouses/colleagues.
Cheers,
Huey Yee
PP
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