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Wednesday 28 April 2010

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club - Cameron Highlands Trip 9th-11th April 2010

After a long wait, finally it was the dawn of the 9th  April 2010. All of us were excited and ready to ‘chiong’ to Cameron  Highlands! It felt fantastic to be getting away from the hot concrete of urbanization, away from smoke and noise and away from “annoying” workloads.

We clamoured up the tour bus like giggly, giddy school kids going on our ‘first-ever’ excursion! We were chattering and getting a place to sit. One last count-off and we were on our way!

Though the journey was long, we had fun on board. Each of the more senior members (most were past presidents) gave his/her take on the history of our club. The rest just sat back and enjoyed “Tampines Changkat Toastmasters’ history on the move”. To make our bus-trip less tedious, we made frequent pit-stops, to alleviate our stiff muscles, relieve our full bladders and lighten our uncomfortably-bulging wallets with bargains galore!

Of course, on the way up the Highlands, we were treated to plantations after plantations; plantations of strawberries, tomatoes, cabbages, roses, all kinds of flowers and some ‘green stuff’ that we don’t even know the name of!

Once we hit Cameron Highlands, nothing beats the cool, fresh air and the incessant humming and tweeting of birds in the background. We were surrounded by great scenery. This is where we can truly be one with nature.

We also visited many of her attractions:

At the BOH TEA plantation, we saw tea pickers hard at work. We saw the tea-making process at the on-site factory. Needless to say, we had a better appreciation of what goes into every single teabag.

At the TIME TUNNEL museum, it was a blast from the past. We were brought back to the 50s, 60s and 70s. We also saw the development of Cameron Highlands in stages.

There was sensory overload at the Rose Valley. It caters to the visual and the olfactory. We were hit left, right and centre by a myriad of colours and aromas. Nothing is left to the imagination! We saw roses of all colours: you name it, they have it! From the ordinary, run-of-the mill red, white and blue to the champagne and black! Not only that, the size of the roses is humongous! Bigger than our biggest palm!

Tough we had to make an arduous ‘trek’ to the Strawberry Farm, we were handsomely rewarded by strawberry sundaes, strawberry ice-creams, strawberry shortcakes, strawberry waffles, strawberry shakes….need I continue??? Everything strawberry!

We also visited the Cactus Valley and Honey Farm.

It was a refreshing and fruitful trip. Thanks to Michael Wee, the Organising Chairman and his know-how-to-have fun team, namely, Andrew Chen, Mr Co-ordinator and Kelvin Cheng, Mr Publicity. Of course, the trip would not be at all possible, but for the “GANG” who joined us. You have added the FUN and COOL factor!


Everbody here?
So, who is watching our BOH Tea???

 
An “Ooomh!” cuppa  at the Best of Highlands (BOH) CafĂ©

 
A sight to behold!
Along Tuas Causeway, second link to Malaysia

Boys & girls, let’s get up the bus or you will be late for school!

Beauties & tea processors… Which is which?

  
Roses, Roses. Come to Mama…


Our Mahjong den, Hotel Rosa Passadena

Another fruitful shopping experience!
Aiyoh, where are the husbands to carry our loot?

 
Yum, yum! Satiated customers at Strawberry Farm

 
Smile! Cactus Valley, here we come!

 
 Hibiscus? BIGGER than a human’s palm!

Tighten your seat belts! Hey! Who stole the seat belts?

 
Cheap & fresh tomatoes, meh?

Our sumptuous, ever-so-delicious Steamboat Dinner!

Yum Cha & Kopi at the Time Tunnel

 
We PLAYED hard in the Day! We PLAYED harder at Night!


This was how we Enjoyed our Dinner

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club 377th Chapter Meeting on 6 May 2010

Within a space of 1 week, we will be having another chapter meeting!  Yes, it is a sign of our clubs’ progress and dynamism that we have (yet) another strong line up of speakers to wow and thrill us!

Join us this Thursday night and be thrilled but what the best of Tampines Changkat TMC has to offer!
  • Watch our members take center stage as they attempt various Projects on their personal journey towards Excellence in Communications.  Following her fascinating Project 3 on how to play a Board Game, let’s see what Linda Huang has in store for us as she attempts her Project 4.  Kenneth Koh has come a long way in a short time, and he will reach the halfway mark on his journey towards Competent Communicator Award as he will be attempting his Project 5.  With momentum on his side, and also fresh from winning the best prepared speech ribbon in the last meeting, Lim Zhi Qiang is back to please our ears with his Project 7.  Giving Zhi Qiang a run for his money is Paul Teo, who never fails to entertain and educate with his exciting speeches.  Having played the role of “Award Presenter” in her last project speech, Constance Yip will be switching roles this time as she attempts AP5 from the Special Occasions Speeches Manual “Receiving an Award”.  We also have a guest presenter, Joni Siah from Katong TMC, who will be attempting her AP4 from the Speak to Inform manual.  An elegant speaker, members definitely can learn a lot from watching Joni Siah speak.
  • Atindra Ghosh and Daniel Lim will be taking on their 2nd Projects, and from feedback from previous speeches, they had wowed us with their opening speeches, they can only get even better!  Marcus Xiao’s enthusiasm is always evident, and he will bring this energy into his Project 4 I am sure!  Watch also as Terry Tan and Kenneth Koh attempt their Projects 5, marking the half-way mark on their journey towards Competent Communicator Award.  After a hiatus of 4 months, Lim Zhi Qiang is back to thrill the audience with his Project 6, we await with baited breadth as to what he will be sharing with us this time round!  Finally, to grace the event, we have the ever elegant Constance Yip, who will be attempting a very interesting Project “Presenting an Award”.  I wonder who will be the lucky “recipient” of this award?
  • We have also invited an exciting line up of Project Evaluators from various clubs to grace our chapter meeting.  Area D3 governor Karen Tan from Raffles Town Club TMC is a highly experienced toastmaster, and her insights will be highly valuable to our speakers.  Michael Chang from NTU Alumni TMC is a sharp and precise evaluator, whose evaluations always provide interesting insights to speakers and the audience alike.  Joni Siah will bring her elequent and empathetic evaluation style to the table, while Malcolm Chen is a top notch evaluator who is much sought after in Toastmasters Clubs around SingaporeAnne Marie Guttierez is an elegant and cultured speaker, watch out for her assured and classy delivery.  Taking on this formidable line up of Evaluator is our club’s very own DTM Michael Wee.
  • We will also be having a special presentation segment by Thomas Tan, who will be attempting his High Performance Leadership speech.  Evaluating his speech will be DTM Chong Cheng Lee

 
Date: 6th May 2010 (Thursday)
Venue: Tampines Changkat Community Club
Time: 7.30pm

Join us for all these highlights, and more this Thursday at Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club!!!

Friday 16 April 2010

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club 376th Chapter Meeting on 29 April 2010

As we are coming to the end of the term, we are also seeing a bumper number of new members and their enthusiasm and hunger to do their project speeches.

Join us this Thursday night for what can best be described as a Project Marathon!!
  • Watch our members take center stage as they attempt various Projects on their personal journey towards Excellence in Communications.  Atindra Ghosh and Daniel Lim will be taking on their 2nd Projects, and from feedback from previous speeches, they had wowed us with their opening speeches, they can only get even better!  Marcus Xiao’s enthusiasm is always evident, and he will bring this energy into his Project 4 I am sure!  Watch also as Terry Tan and Kenneth Koh attempt their Projects 5, marking the half-way mark on their journey towards Competent Communicator Award.  After a hiatus of 4 months, Lim Zhi Qiang is back to thrill the audience with his Project 6, we await with baited breadth as to what he will be sharing with us this time round!  Finally, to grace the event, we have the ever elegant Constance Yip, who will be attempting a very interesting Project “Presenting an Award”.  I wonder who will be the lucky “recipient” of this award?
 
  • Watch the Project Evaluators take on each other as they endeavour to provide project speeches with the best advise and feedback that they can muster.  Amongst the midst of the Evaluators, we have invited a very assured and competent evaluator Leong Kaiyan from SRC Toastmasters Club.  With his smooth delivery, and boyish looks, it is no wonder that he is popular with ladies!  With all these going on, we cannot think of a better person to enliven the meeting proceedings, and we have our ever popular Vice President of Membership Tony Hoo serving as the Toastmaster of the Evening!



Date: 29th April 2010 (Thursday)
Venue: Tampines Changkat Community Club
Time: 7.30pm


Join us for all these highlights, and more this Thursday at Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club!!

Best Regards
Cheng Han Ping Kelvin
Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club
Vice-President Public Relations
http://tampineschangkat.blogspot.com

Thursday 15 April 2010

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters 375th Chapter Meeting on 15 April 2010

Date: 15th April 2010 (Thursday)
Venue: Tampines Changkat Community Club
Time: 7.30pm


Best Regards
Cheng Han Ping Kelvin
Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club
Vice-President Public Relations
http://tampineschangkat.blogspot.com