Caramaderie - Area N4 Joint Meeting

Date : Thursday, 22 January 2009
Time : 7 - 9pm
Venue : Silterra Auditorium
Theme : Caramaderie

With chosen theme "Caramaderie", Silterra TMC, Renesas TMC, Intel Kulim TMC & Mattel TMC has successfully conducted a joint meeting on on Thursday, 22 January 2009. The role players of the evening was headed by Ms Kalavathi (Silterra TMC president) as Toastmaster of the Evening (TOA), followed by Ahmad Yusry (Silterra TMC) as the humor master, Melissa (Intel Kulim TMC) as Tabletopic Master, Amy Maria (Silterra TMC) as the word master, Yeap (Intel Kulim TMC) as the AH Counter, Jayamala (Mattel TMC) as grammarian, Paramaiswary (Renesas TMC) as the Timer, and last but not least, a group of four general evaluators - Sutharat (Renesas), Liyana (Intel Kulim TMC), SH Tan (Mattel TMC) and Shalini (Silterra TMC).

There were there assignment doers - Palaniappa (Silterra TMC) with his 5th ACB, Al Kordesch (Silterra TMC) with his 9th ACB and last but not least Yeap (Intel TMC) with his forst ACB.

Overall, it was wonderful to get the chance for a joint meeting like this. This is a great chance to embrace the camaraderie spirit among us. Thank you all & until we meet again!

Workshop : Building Your Thinking Power - Mental Flexibility

SilTerra TMC has organized "Building Your Thinking Power" Workshop on 23.12.08, in our very own Auditarium here in Silterra. The module is called "Building Your Thinking Power, Part 1 : Mental Flexibility", a module of Toastmaster International's Success/Communication Series. The workshop started at 7:00 pm and ended at 9:30 pm. Among the audience are Silterra TMC members, Intel TMC member, Renesas TMC member and guest from all three clubs. Also invited was Ang Eng Chai, area N4 Governor.


The speaker, Palaniappa Subramaniam, Division N Advisor (2008-2009) and Immediate past Division N Governor (2007-2008), is an experience and knowledgable speaker who has been in Toastmasters communication and leadership programme for more than 5 years and has conducted numerous workshops. Palaniappa Subramaniam has succesfully coached the workshop by sharing real life stories, call for group discussions and injected humor at the same time.

The essence of the workshop is to expose audience at how we see things around us and how we choose to react to them. The audience been coached to let go negative reactions, tame value judgments and appreciate others. In a nutshell, the workshop was higly interactive and highly recommened for all!