#5, #6 and beyond...

Did my #5 speech on Monday! Received comments and suggestions:

1. Too Serious. Must learn how to relax. Too tense.

2. Use too much forefinger. The audience may feel hostile. Should open my palm instead.

3. Still a bit nervous. Need more practise.

Gathering data for #6. The speech assignments are getting tougher and tougher! Just read the requreiment for #6 and beyond. I don't really know where to find all the info to do the rest!

Xiao Wei from Vietnam is coming!

My cousin from Vietnam is coming, finally! It's exciting for me because imagine someone who flow the same blood, have the same root like you finally have a chance to visit you, from a forbidden country like Vietnam. Can't wait to bring her to see Malaysia. To feed her with all the delicious food that I can think of in Malaysia! I am going to feed her with all the food that I can think of, until her mother also cannot recognize her!

Can't wait to do my #5 on Monday!

I cannot wait to do my 5th speech on Monday! I am going to talk about procrastination! How I was procrastinated to join Toastmaster Club, for 13 years! I procrastinate because I analyze my self too much! I always thought my voice is not sweet enough (like Snow White) to attract the audience. I failed to understand actually the audience also like speaker who have other strength like strength to motivate, sense of humour, good facial expression... Monday here I come!

Grey hair and busy girl

Met up with a girl last week, Friday. A Financial Planner Consultant. Learn a few things from her. If you need to see customer, you need to have minimum of 5 things:

For man: 1.Tie 2.A suit 3.Cologne or deodrant 4.Well-grommed hair and 5. A watch

For woman: 1.A suit 3.perfume 3.Well-grommed hair 4. A watch and 5. Makeup

She learn it from an etiqueque school.

A city-going professionals must have this, must have that...

She call that a city lifestyle. I call that a civilised diease!

Oh! she commented I must dye my grey hair too!

Contestants of W5 speech contest.

I cannot agree with Lim more. The other contestants from other clubs are more 'calibre' then us! Need to find ways to improve our members. How?

My 1st Contest for the club.

Last Monday I did my first Table Topic Speech for my club in W5 Area contest. I thought I am going to be very nervous when I go on the stage but amazingly I did not have that feeling! The topic is 'I want to win'.
I talk about how when I am in my 20's my seniors (in thier 30's) always comment on what I do after work... I just go home play computers or have 'teh tarik' and 'roti canai' but never useful things to the community! I am such a loser! Only now, when I am in my 30's, I finally realize all this! I start to do this OCA/OCP cert and do more speech for the club! I think I am finally doing something useful in the world!

The just come back from church feeling!

I did not know that besides improving my communication skills, I can improve my other skills like my knowledge, my personal well-being, etc.
Agree with V from another club, Toastmasters have really makes me want to improve myself, to be a better person than the day before!

The feeling It's better than coming back from a temple or a church!