I don’t have the faintest idea why I was asked by Master Leong aka Mr. President to take charge of MII BlogSpot. I doubt it’s because of my writing skills or because of my proficiency in English but when I asked my master, he said “it’s because you are capable and no one wants to do it!.” Will someone out there attest to my Master’s claim?
Whatever the reason may be, I have to oblige my Master because he is my Master and I am his ever obliging new servant.
(Kindly take note that some of the information shared with you here might be factually true or they were simply being made up to fill up the space.)
14th April, 09 was a first to everything for me in MII Toastmasters Club. As a new member, it was my first meeting; I was also assigned the Sergeant-at-Arms as my first role play. CTM Masdiana, the Toastmaster of the evening announced my role as “Rozi’s virgin role in MII Toastmasters Club”.
The theme for the evening was “Multi-Faith Holy Days”. Like I said earlier as it was my first meeting, my brain was overloaded with information that was toasted. I am unable to explain here precisely what the theme was about as I was busy switching on and off my hearing aid when my Master did the elaboration. The only thing I could recall was that April is a month where some religion/races in Malaysia have their holy day celebrations. To those who don’t believe in holy days, April is considered as the Fools Day for them.
We were honoured with the presence of two honourably young guests, possibly being dragged or arm twisted by the father, Mr. Wong. Mr. Wong was inducted to the club with a simple induction ceremony. I guess it must be a memorable evening for Mr. Wong because during dinner my Master has brought out a birthday cake to celebrate his birthday. Mr. Wong deserved to be mentioned in this BlogSpot because he had taken the efforts and initiative to join the MII Toastmasters club without being lured or harassed to the Club. According to him, he was hunting cum window shopping for an ideal club to join and after numerous disheartening queries, MII TMC was the only club that responded immediately to his request. Three cheers to Mr. Wong and to MII TMC, they are destined for each other.
I got to meet Monsieur Tilaka who has no resemblance of a Frenchman at all. The members gave him warm welcome back hugs after his holiday retreat in the hospital.
Interesting enough I need to highlight here that the word of the day was the interesting word of the day and that was “interesting”. The most appropriate word of the day because we had 3 interesting speakers who had interesting topics to entertain us such as ‘Cold Calls’ from En. Mohamad Abdullah, ‘the Demonstration Talk’ by Anna Hue and ‘Joint Management Bodies’ by F.C. Ho.
The ‘no-no’ word for the evening was ‘should’. Mike the General Evaluator for the evening brought to members’ attention that, that word was a very strong word, in fact too strong to be used during evaluation moments. No one has the right to tell the other person that they should or should not, therefore the word should, should not be used.
In the midst of sharing our enthusiasm among members during the handing over of roles on stage, we were reminded by our mother hen, the Toastmaster of the evening to observe the stage protocol. The rule is, nobody is to leave the rostrum until the next speaker goes forward to take over the rostrum. There must be change of guard, that’s how I would put it.
Ok lah Master, I have given this work way ahead of the deadline which is this weekend. My weekend is for my golf and there is no way I am going to sacrifice my golf to attend to my Master!!!!
Rozina Harun
Your New Blog Master
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Pictures
A picture with Noorkumalasari during a function organised by the Perdana Toastmasters Club where she used to be a member.
With Dr William Lau (MIHRM TM Club) with some ladies at a Convention.
As Division Governor was called to the stage to perform with Guest Artiste.
With Immediate Past District Governor K K Chee, DTM during the MII Club Installation dinner.
PP K F Pyng (Premier TM Club), PP Daniel Liew (MII) and some other Past Presidents
Another picture during a Convention
With another Toastmaster from District 80 at a Convention.
With someone who is a 'shining example' to all Toastmaster Mr Ramdas Nayar, DTM
Activities in Toastmaster
The job of the LGM in District 51 will be heavy but if given the chance I shall do my best to promote Toastmaster to the general public. With this I hope the task of District Officers and Club Presidents will be lighter to enable them to strengthen the clubs, thus attract more members to join and less members leaving.
To those who given me their support and encouragement, I am truly indebted to them and will certainly work harder to support the incoming District Governor to make District 51 the #1 Club in the world.
I shall Reach Out to the prospective members - I am sure with greater awareness more people will be knocking on our doors and less effort from our club officers in convincing people to join our great organsiation.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Service Record
Mohamad Abdullah – Service Record
YEAR POSITION CLUB/DISTRICT
1980-83 Member Butterworth Club
1982/83 Vice President Education Butterworth Club
1983/86 Member TMI Kuala Lumpur
1986/92 Member Perdana Club
1986/87 Charter President Perdana Club
1990/91 Area Governor (Central) Territorial Council
1991/now Member MII Club
1991/92 Charter President MII Club
1996/97 President MII Club
1997/98 Division Governor (Div C) District 51
2000/01 Vice President Education MII Club
2000/01 Club Specialist Friendship Club
2000/06 Member Friendship Club
2002/03 Club Coach Deloitte Club
2004/05 Charter President Pidato Perdana Club
2005/06 District Pidato Coordinator District 51
2007/08 Hon Secretary MII Club
2008/09 Vice President Membership MII Club
Mohamad Abdullah – Qualification
1997/98 Awarded President Distinguished Division District 51
16/12/02 Awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster title TI (Cert No: 8835)
Mohamad Abdullah – Other Information
Mohamad Abdullah, DTM has been an active Toastmaster since 1980 and is still actively involved in the MII Toastmasters Club. He has served in the District in various capacities and attended the 2000 International Convention in Miami, USA besides the many District Annual and Semi-Annual Conventions.
He was named by Past Territorial Council Chairman Gerald Green, DTM as one of the key people in the formation of the District and has chartered many clubs in the Central Region.
Besides his activities in Toastmaster he is also the Club Service Director of his Rotary Club, an Hon Secretary of the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia (Associate Wing) and the Hon Auditor of the Sek Men Keb Seafield Parents Teachers Association.
Currently, he runs his own Insurance Broking firm and is also the Chairman of the Malaysian Insurance and Takaful Brokers Association and a Board member of the Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII).
YEAR POSITION CLUB/DISTRICT
1980-83 Member Butterworth Club
1982/83 Vice President Education Butterworth Club
1983/86 Member TMI Kuala Lumpur
1986/92 Member Perdana Club
1986/87 Charter President Perdana Club
1990/91 Area Governor (Central) Territorial Council
1991/now Member MII Club
1991/92 Charter President MII Club
1996/97 President MII Club
1997/98 Division Governor (Div C) District 51
2000/01 Vice President Education MII Club
2000/01 Club Specialist Friendship Club
2000/06 Member Friendship Club
2002/03 Club Coach Deloitte Club
2004/05 Charter President Pidato Perdana Club
2005/06 District Pidato Coordinator District 51
2007/08 Hon Secretary MII Club
2008/09 Vice President Membership MII Club
Mohamad Abdullah – Qualification
1997/98 Awarded President Distinguished Division District 51
16/12/02 Awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster title TI (Cert No: 8835)
Mohamad Abdullah – Other Information
Mohamad Abdullah, DTM has been an active Toastmaster since 1980 and is still actively involved in the MII Toastmasters Club. He has served in the District in various capacities and attended the 2000 International Convention in Miami, USA besides the many District Annual and Semi-Annual Conventions.
He was named by Past Territorial Council Chairman Gerald Green, DTM as one of the key people in the formation of the District and has chartered many clubs in the Central Region.
Besides his activities in Toastmaster he is also the Club Service Director of his Rotary Club, an Hon Secretary of the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia (Associate Wing) and the Hon Auditor of the Sek Men Keb Seafield Parents Teachers Association.
Currently, he runs his own Insurance Broking firm and is also the Chairman of the Malaysian Insurance and Takaful Brokers Association and a Board member of the Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII).
Introduction
Hi, my name is Mohamad Abdullah, a member of the Malaysian Insurance Institute, popularly known as the MII Toastmasters Club, numbered 8495 under Area W2 of District 51.
I have been a member of the Toastmasters International for almost three decades starting from Butterworth Toastmasters in 1980. I have served as Area Governor when it was still a Territorial Council and a Division Governor for Division C besides the other positions I have held in the Clubs and District.
My Club President and VP Education had submitted my name to District 51 Nomination Committee and am glad to be informed that the District Nomination Committee has nominated me as the Lt Governor Marketing for Peninsular Malaysia.
My role as the LGM will be to assist the District Governor in ensuring that our District gets the recognition of a President Distinguished District by ensuring that we have the required number of new clubs and new members. This I will promise to do.
My strategy when chosen is to focus on marketing Toastmasters at National level. I like to bring Toastmasters to every household in the country, particularly in Peninsular Malaysia. In this way, I believe, I would make the job of Division and Area Governors as well as Presidents of clubs easier as people will now come knocking on their doors to join their club or forming a club. With this I hope the officials will have more time to improve on the quality of our clubs, hence, seeing less clubs closing down and fewer members resigning.
It is my belief that people will join us and new clubs will be started if we have quality. Our unique selling proposition is our existing members; they are also our ambassadors and our sales men and women. When we identify ourselves as Toastmasters we must be able to stand up and speak, and speak well. As a member of the organisation we would then be standing tall when the general public recognise us as someone who has better self-confidence and someone who is able to communicate effectively.
I believe Toastmasters is still relevant in this Region and there are lots of opportunities for us to further expand the organisation. Let us bring back the glory of being the number one District in the world. Let me help the incoming District Governor achieve this.
I have been a member of the Toastmasters International for almost three decades starting from Butterworth Toastmasters in 1980. I have served as Area Governor when it was still a Territorial Council and a Division Governor for Division C besides the other positions I have held in the Clubs and District.
My Club President and VP Education had submitted my name to District 51 Nomination Committee and am glad to be informed that the District Nomination Committee has nominated me as the Lt Governor Marketing for Peninsular Malaysia.
My role as the LGM will be to assist the District Governor in ensuring that our District gets the recognition of a President Distinguished District by ensuring that we have the required number of new clubs and new members. This I will promise to do.
My strategy when chosen is to focus on marketing Toastmasters at National level. I like to bring Toastmasters to every household in the country, particularly in Peninsular Malaysia. In this way, I believe, I would make the job of Division and Area Governors as well as Presidents of clubs easier as people will now come knocking on their doors to join their club or forming a club. With this I hope the officials will have more time to improve on the quality of our clubs, hence, seeing less clubs closing down and fewer members resigning.
It is my belief that people will join us and new clubs will be started if we have quality. Our unique selling proposition is our existing members; they are also our ambassadors and our sales men and women. When we identify ourselves as Toastmasters we must be able to stand up and speak, and speak well. As a member of the organisation we would then be standing tall when the general public recognise us as someone who has better self-confidence and someone who is able to communicate effectively.
I believe Toastmasters is still relevant in this Region and there are lots of opportunities for us to further expand the organisation. Let us bring back the glory of being the number one District in the world. Let me help the incoming District Governor achieve this.
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