SilTerra Toastmasters Term End Celebration 2010...

Hi All,


Time truly is passing us by like a bullet train. Seems just like yesterday the term for 2009/2010 started and now its going to come to an end! The trials and tribulations, the fun and games, the pain and gain cannot be summarized in this one single post. :-)


With that in mind, SilTerra Toasmasters Club members decided to put together a Term End Celebration to celebrate yet another successful term, to recognize the hardworking Exco and club members would made this all possible.

The meeting was aptly themed as "Gratitude". :-)

Invitations were sent to other club members as well and we had over some distingushed toastmasters from other clubs like Wendy, Vijiyan (Intergris), Sutharat (Renesas) and Sabrina (Kulim). Thanks for dropping by all! :-)

Vijiyan & Wendy

Sabrina & Role Players for the day

We started of with our Goal Achievers who were on the race to make STMC as President Distinguished Club for 8th year in a row!! :-)


First up was Stephanie with her CC#10 - On Eagle's Wings. She shared with us ways to overcome heartbreak and disappointments. I'm sure we all gained a lot from Steph's speech.

Next up was Mike with AC#10 - . He shared with us his how Toastmasters made him the speaker that he is today. From a person who used to just read from slides during presentation, he became a speaker who could do an impromptu speech! Bravo Mike!

Pala smiling demurely while waiting for his turn...:-)

The club could not have come this far if not for hardwork by the Exco Members of Term 2009/2010.

Receiving the awards in this order from Sabrina are :

1. Mike Foong, ACB, CL

President

2. Amy Maria Morni, CC, CL

VPE

3. Khalveena, CC

VPM

4. Rathi Malar, CC

VPPR

5. Stephanie, CC

Treasurer

6. Azizi Ahmad

Secretary (he could not be with us on that day)

7. Low Tai Ping

SAA (was away due to personal reasons)

8. Kalavathi

IPP

9. Comittee Members : NorLisa & Norzie.

10. STMC Advisor : Palaniappa

Next, it was time to recognize and honour the Goal Achievers for term 2009/2010.

Our CC achievers :

1. Stephanie

2. Low Tai Ping

Our CL achievers :

1. Amy Maria Morni

2. Logendran

Our AC achievers :

1. Palaniappa

2. Mike Foong

Stephanie

Mike Foong

Logendran

And then it was time for dinner!! :-)

While enjoying the 'spicy' food, we were all entertained by Pala's speech which was ironically titled "Gratitude".

Pala earnestly thanking the important people in his life...

Pala receiving his award from Sutharat..

And with that, SilTerra Toasmasters Club has successfully achieved the President Distingushed Club for 8 Years in a row! Bravo to all and lets keep up the good work!

Well done to EXCO of Term 2009/2010 and Good Luck to EXCO of Term 2010/2011.

The journey begins yet again, let us all join hands to make STMC a even more successful club for the new term.

Ciao.

Regards,

Rathi

Soon to be Ex-VPPR :-)

Bye bye 2009!

Silterra TMC celebrates Deeparaya!

We brought cookies. We brought desserts. With rice and puree ordered from cafe, it was time to celebrate Deeparaya in its glory!

Great time to share with all members. Thanks to all the hard work & cookies & dessert! Hope to see more next year =D

Our Al

Al recieving his ACB pin

Who doesnt know Al in SilTerra? Who else can make IEEE stuff sounds interesting and entertaining like Al does? Who doesn't inspired by Al's winning speech - Electrons, Oxide Trap? Who doesn't forget Al's cunning humor master joke - hihihihihi remember the props Al brought? The excos of 2006-2007 - can we forget Al's generous lunch meeting?

Since we love Al very very much, we had 2 farewell occasions for him. First is Farewell lunch on 7th April at Secret Recipe. Al's youngest fan of 2 weeks baby also came along!

Secret Recipe pose

Al's 2 weeks fan!

Where's lunch??

On 9th April, we had a special meeting for Al farewell. More special, Al himself was the TOA of the day. With theme "Be an Agent for Change" Al had everyone painting "easter" egg - his boy scout's way to kill time while waiting for other members to arrive - you how much time SilTerran takes to walk from cafe to the meeting room?


Successfully achiving his ACB, Al has been presented with his ACB pin. Also, we had a fantastic farewell gift for Al. Last but not least - group photo.

Our small gift for Al

Thank you very much Al. We miss you. You rocks!

P/s : We know you miss us too. Here is Al's link : First Day at Home After Silterra

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!

STMC went back to nature!

On 21st June 2008 a troop of STMC members take a boat ride to play along with monkey! Wait wait........ Monkey?? Actually it is the Monkey Beach in Penang Island. This is one of the outdoor activity STMC members voted for the year 2008.

Yusri : Dude. Save some for me..
Pala : Dude.... First come first self serving!

Surprisingly, there is a national park on the island of Penang. Penang National Park is the smallest national park in Malaysia. It was declared in 2003. It is located at the north west corner of Penang island. The entrance of the park is located at Teluk Bahang, a quiet fishing village. There are at least 2 trails that visitors can hike. One is leading to Pantai Kerachut where there is a meromictic lake (lake contains both fresh and sea water). This trail will take approx. 1hour to 1hour 30min. one way). Another trail leading from the park entrance to Teluk Duyung (Monkey Beach) and Muka Head (Light House). This trail will take approximately 2 hour one way.

Alternatively, you can hire a boat to go to all the beaches to save time and energy. This is what STMC members does! (Pity Lisa's kids, if we were to jungle trekking for 2 hours! Pity Yusry and Pala also.. ) From park entrance to Teluk Duyung costs RM80 per boat, to Pantai Kerachut costs RM120 per boat. There are boats near the jetty at park office waiting to be hired. Visitors have to register at the park office before starting your journey.

Yay.... We are finally here!!

Yusri : Im full already.. Or am I?
Mike : Pose first... Later we eat summore!

Oh. Where is mum?