The Toastmaster Journey of Suhana Sidik: DDYPC/IEM/ITC Bintang/MID/TMIKL/TTDI Joint Installation

Happy Faces of the Organising Committee of the Joint Installation Event

Date: 28 Jun 2009

Venue: Restoran Nelayan, Tasik Titiwangsa

It was an excellent installation event last Sunday, in the company of 6 reputable Toastmaster Clubs: DDYPC, IEM, ITC Bintang, MID, TMIKL and TTDI.

The event was graced by the presence of the outgoing Div P Governor, Professor Dato’ Dr Wan Zin as well as the Incoming Div P Governor Dr Caren Lee. DTM Azmi Shahrin, DTM Sum Chee and a few other notable Area Governors are also among the 74 attendees present on the day.

Prof Wan in his Welcoming Remarks proudly acknowledge the fact that Division P was the first Division to gain the Distinguished Division status, and then carried on to become the third to accomplish the President Distinguished Division in District 51. This achievement was much credited to his dedication to serve and the strong team that supported him.

As the Organising Chair and the Area Governor for P4, I took the opportunity to become the Installing Officer for the event. I started off feeling nervous as it was my very first experience installing a club, but hey, what better way than to do 6 at a time!

We wrapped up the installation with a 2 minutes speech given by the President from the 6 respective clubs. TM Stefanie Khaw from DDYPC (Distinguished Club) mentioned in her speech that her sole intention of joining toastmaster club to meet new friends has indeed blossom to more than just fellow Petronas collegue, but well extended to outside the circle. TM Ismail Omar from IEM (President Distinguished Club) may be a junior toastmaster, but his vast experience has well been a major leadership boost for him to take up office as Area Governor and to continue on as the President for the coming term.

TM Victor from ITC Bintang (Select Distinguished Club) then shared his club’s vision with the audience, which is to start strong this year very much alike to the club’s name of Bintang: “Where everyone sparkles”. TM Izaitul Farah from MID was up next sharing the club’s toastmaster experience and how it has helped her and her club members.

TMIKL President-elect, TM Mas Rizal was up next seeking the support from fellow toastmasters to support the club and invited them to celebrate the 31 years TMIKL has been in existence. 9 years President Distinguished Club, TTDI has a big role to play with it’s 10th President, TM Kuok Sum. He was presented with a challenge to not just achieve President Distinguished Club, but with the shortest possible time this year targeted to achieve the goal.

The speeches were great, and food served next was just as marvelous.

TM Chau Fong and TM Xi Wen then took the stage as the games coordinator and invited all the clubs to a Toastmaster Idol contest. With the 3 appointed judges being myself, Prof Wan and Dr Caren as the very version of Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, the audiences were entertained with the quick table-topic-pantomime from all the 6 clubs. TTDI with its creative pasar-borong act out was crowned the winner. It was a tough fight to determine the winners between DDYPC with their creative interpretation of the brawl between the MIB TMC and Lady in Pink TMC to attract potential members for their club (and the hybrid alien toastmasters) against IEM with the 2-guys-trying to win a girl’s heart-act with the latter eventually announced the First Runner Up.

Later on, 6 of the best dressed participants on the day were challenged to an-act out to be crowned the King & Queen of our Joint Installation event. The eventual winner, TM Azlan Mohaideen from DDYPC wowed the crowd into his very own rendition of Michael Jackson Beat It! His energy was simply irresistible and a crowd pleaser indeed.

In her closing remark, Dr Caren thanked the organizing committee for the wonderful effort hosting the event, and shared with the attendees a challenge posed by the current Division Governor (who also happens to be her Chemical Engineering lecturer) to achieve President Distinguished Division within 8 months!

But hey, the fun was not yet over. The crowds were entertained with another round of makarena specially brought by TMIKL.

Wait…

We have more! Those who still felt the heat of more fun went straight to Raintree Club next, for a karaoke session sponsored by Ismail Omar from IEM. Many talented singers tag along proving that toastmasters don’t just excel in public speaking but in ‘voice variation’ as well.

Overall, a job well done indeed. Thank you all who came, and for those who didn’t hmmm… there’s always next time :D. See you at our P4 Area Contest in August!