Installation night - 20th July, 2013

Bangsar Toastmasters saw another glorious night the when the new club officers were installed. The occasion was well-planned and executed by the members. The MC’s of the evening were Ranjit and Lourdes.

The Opening address  by our President Uma  was brief and inspiring. She took us through her journey with Toastmasters and the great work done by our previous President Ranjit and the team. The new EXCO was officially installed by the G1 Area Governor & IPP Ranjit Singh, ACG, ALB; the new EXCO vowed to continue the tradition of excellence and commitment in their work.

The new EXCO team is:
President: Uma Narayanan
VP Education: Raja Reubendran
VP Membership: Lakhmichand (Lucky)
VP PR: Zaim Mohzani
Secretary: Malavika
Treasurer: Wai Leong Soon
Seargent at Arms: Kent Ong
IP President: Ranjit Singh

Then there was a lucky draw in which one of the winners again was last time winner Chandrasri!

Our MC team had no dearth of ideas to entertain us and we were waiting excitedly for the next session to unfold. The next session was called “Complete the story” with cues (words) shown which had to be incorporated in the story. The colorful personalities of the volunteers came alive when Brad Pitt entered their storyline and in the other story, the contestant in the beauty pageant happened to be a male!!! 

After this session , our VP Membership Lucky was honored with a memento as a token of our love, appreciation and admiration for all the work done by him to bring Bangsar Toastmasters to where it is today.  Hats off to you!

There was a “Ragging session” of the newly elected EXCO by our unbeatable MCs, they were truly in their element. Really, can it be an alternate career for them? …is Oscar stage waiting for them, lets wait and see how they shape their new avenue.

The last session was Charades for which the group was split into two teams. The theme of the Charades was movie names. Can you believe it if I say we have Movie experts amongst us? The right answers came in split seconds!! For a few of us like me, we wished we rather split ourselves into half than enacting !!! But the audience lapped up both extremes to have a great time for themselves .

Lucky conducted Bingo for us in his unique style which we thoroughly enjoyed. It was a very enjoyable and fun evening with great food and ambiance. This great night saw many of our members in their finery with “Best dressed" won by Ranjit and Gan.

The guests : Punitha, Kumana Wickrama, Tanya, V Chandran, Chandrasri, Caziena, Sharmini & Jay enthusiastically participated along with us.

Thanks to Ranjit and Lourdes for making it memorable for all of us with their great emceeing, wit and repartee.

Thank you !

See you all at the next meeting...


by Mala

Meeting - 16th July, 2013

The second meeting had a good turn out of our members and 7 guests - Sharmini (KL Adv), Jay (Sharmini's better half), Justin Ong (Prez, MII TM Club), Kelly Tan, Navina Raja, Johnson Seet and  Kuhanesh Mahendra,  As the theme of the meeting was ‘First Impression’,  we hope we succeeded in making our first impression as the best impression on our guests, to make them visit us again. We would love to have them again!

The meeting started at the right time. After Kent Ong (SAA) called the meeting to order, we had a warm welcome speech by our President Uma who then asked us to introduce ourselves by sharing what kind of a first impression we made on others. This turned out to be a hilarious introduction with one saying “ people get scared of me ”, another member saying” I don’t care what people think of me, its THEIR mind!!” and  “ People get confused looking at me not knowing whether I am Chinese, Malay or Indian” .  We had the best of Stand-up comedy happening right in front of us !!!

After the brief introduction, the President handed over the reins of the meeting to the TME, Ranjani, who did a fantastic job of taking us through the entire session smoothly and at the same time keeping us well entertained. Table Topics Master Dinesh had very relevant and suitable topics for the theme of the evening. We had 2 guests Jay and Johnson who volunteered to speak, apart from members Rueben and Mala. The Table Topics Evaluator, Ranjit, gave the participants a very insightful and positive feedback to ponder and work on.

After a brief break of 10 minutes,  the meeting started with prepared speeches by Toastmasters Lucky, Zaim and Kent Ong respectively. The TME introduced the General Evaluator Wai Leong  who in turn introduced the Evaluator of each speaker. Lucky’s evaluator was Uma, Zaim’s was Sharmini and Kent’s was Anita. The evaluators  pointed out the strengths of each speaker for example how a simple story can be linked to a major historical event ,  using props instantly grabs the audience’s attention and how displaying conviction & sincerity helps you in persuading people.  There was a touch of wit and humour even during the evaluation, especially by Anita which made the whole room erupt in laughter.

The role players of the evening were : 

Elaine- Grammarian,

Vasanthi - Ah-Counter

Kertar - Timer 

who presented their detailed reports. The GE Wai Leong presented his opinions on the meeting conducted.

The highlight of the evening was once again the Awards Presentation by our President Uma.
Best Table Topics Speaker - Toastmaster Jay, our guest from Bangalore, India, .
Best Evaluator - Toastmaster Anita.
Best Speaker - Toastmaster Lucky.

The President addressed the meeting and thanked the guests for attending our meeting. The meeting ended at the scheduled  time.

All along we had a great meeting with lots of laughter and cheer with a sharper learning curve. We ended the meeting with a quote shared by Toastmaster Elaine " You never get a second chance to make your first impression"

See you all at the next meeting...


by Mala

First Meeting (2013-2014) - 2nd July 2013

The first meeting of the new term saw the new Exco taking charge.

The theme was 'What Is Your Superpower' and the word of the day was 'Cavil'. In the President's first opening address she talked about how excited she was about being given the chance to lead the club and promised to continue the good work of the last Exco.

The TME was Ranjit, an old pro who took us through a well-managed meeting. Our new member, Jujhar Singh was inducted into the club. The Table Topic Master, Daniel, did a great job with the table topics by introducing topics related to the theme. The speakers were Jujhar Singh and Lucky doing their Icebreaker speeches and Kertar Singh who did his 2nd CC speech. The evaluators were Ranjani, Lourdes and Wai Leong respectively. The General Evaluator was Anita, with the following role players: Reuben - Table Topics Evaluator, Gammarian - Bing, Ah-counter - Dinesh, Timer - JQ Tan.

The Best Speaker was Lucky, Best Evaluator was Lourdes and Best Table Topics Speaker was also Lourdes.

The meeting ended on time. It was a good start to the term and I am sure the rest of the term would be exciting and fun.