The "Food Galore" Report

Greetings fellow Toastmasters! Here is the report for the previous meeting held on the 21st November 2007 at UEM Academy, PJ. The meeting started at 6.40pm

The theme of the day was "Food Galore" and there was endless talk about food, glorious food! The word of the day was "Tantalizing" and TM Wendy shared with us the story behind the word which was indeed very interesting!

Listed below are the role players for the meeting.

Roleplayers
TME : TM Faisal
SAA : TM Pei Pei
TTM : CC Tan Kah Yong
TTE : CTM David Azzudin
TTE : CTM Ahmad Zakie
AH : TM Fadzli
Timer : TM Pei Pei
Grammarian : TM Wendy

Project Speeches
1. TM Faisal - speech #5 (Aqilah)
TM Faisal gave an emotional story about a girl who drowned during fasting month
2. TM Syahril - speech #4 (With arms wide open)
TM Syahril shared with us his experience receiving his first child
3. TM Izura - speech #4 (Bondi to Coogee)
TM Izura recollected her experience walking along Bondi to Coogee coastal walk in Sydney
4. TM Hedzri - speech #8 (Ain't no small fry)
TM Hedzri impressed us about the global domination of French fries, using tantalizing pictures with interesting facts
5. TM Samat - speech #3 (Between LCD & Plasma)
TM Samat gave advice on what are the important things to consider when purchasing LCD or Plasma
6. ATM (Bronze) Rene'e Aziz - Advanced speech #2 (The Waste Land)
ATM (Bronze) Rene'e read a poem by TS Eliot, entitled Burial of the Dead from 'The Waste Land' series

The Master for the table topic session was CC Tan Kah Yong. The theme for the session today was on nasi lemak and the participants are as follow:

Table topics
TM Wendy - a celebrity chef on live TV, showing viewers how to cook nasi lemak
ATM Bronze Rene'e - a food critique, who was criticizing TM Wendy's nasi lemak
Syafiq (guest) - a Health Minister who had to lecture on the ill effect of eating too much nasi lemak

This was a very eventful meeting and the TME had shared with us various stories to keep the crowd entertained. All fellow Toastmasters contributed to make this meeting a success. Below are some quotable quoates heard during the meeting

Interesting quotes
It may be fried, but it aint no small fry - TM Hedzri
Surfers going into the unknown - TM Izura
Why fart and waste it, when you can burp and taste it - TM Wendy

Awards
As usual, the awards were given to the best speaker, evaluator and table topic player and today award recipients not only receive certificates, but also gifts sponsored by UEM Academy.
Best speaker : TM Hedzri
Best table topics : ATM (Bronze) Rene'e
Best evaluator : CTM Ahmad Zakie

Watch this blog to get announcement on our next meeting!!

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