Asian Football Confederation Joint meeting.

The joy of Toastmastering..the opportunity to make friends with all walks of life..the opportunity to learn and exchange cultures.. the opportunity to share and the best of all.. have fun together.

This was exactly how I felt when I attended the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Joint Meeting in Hotel Puri located along the historical Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock. Who are these AFC guys anyway? Imagine watching a football match between Thailand and Malaysia. Imagine seeing all the players scattered around the field, chasing the ball. The referee running around ,observing the player while blowing the whistles when there's any fouls committed. The game was spectacular and the crescendo of the crowd was overwhelming.

But dear readers, think again..who brought this match together? Who arranged the venue of the match? Who decides which country will play against with? Who organized the training for the grassroots? Who provided the facilities for the team? Who settled all the international legal stuff? These are the men behind the scene of the Asian Football. AFC. It's our pleasure meeting them.

The joint meeting was an out of the ordinary. It's a night without protocol. Where anything goes.

There was no project speeches.No table topics. No evaluators.
But, there's performances and games to keep us entertained. People setting themselves loose. Oh my God. If you're not there, you've really missed the chance of your life time!. A few AFC club members sang a songs from their homeland. This was accompanied by the sounds of guitars and violin was mesmerizing and gentle to the ears , reminiscing their homeland.

Apart from that, there were interesting activities such as yoga exercises lead by two beautiful ladies. :P A professional yoga instructor and her "assistant" to be exact. Thank you very much. All the singles and married couples will thank you for sharing the "secrets" to create a spark which has died out on intimacy. That was a hell of a move :P Everyone laughed non stopped.

Here's some photo shots of the moments there:

But we have our own imported AFC member from Philipines. It's an awesome jamming session not to be missed. Awesome and talented guitarist and piano player. We had some non paid sessions after the meeting watching him play around with his talented fingers on the grand piano.

"ill be leaving ..on a jet play.. I dont know when I'll be back again in C? :P

Listening attentively due to the very interesting and entertaining programs lined up for the night.

Henry Goh busy taking some pictures. :)

We learned magic as well. Can you balance out 10 nails on one nail?

Group photo

Overall, it was a very enjoyable session. It's not a very often opportunity to get together and learn in a very fun and extra ordinary ambiance in Puri Hotel. The knowledge and experience gathered during that time was priceless. I'll keep you posted for any future joint meetings. Have fun and learn. Signing off.

p/s: For more pictures, visit our Malacca Toastmaster's Facebook Page.

Mother's Day and Labour Day Meeting

Last Thursday's meeting in Semabok Inn centers two important themes of the month. May-Day and Mother's Day.

May Day is also known as Labour's Day and International Workers Day.

Well the Toastmaster's of the evening (TOE) was no other than the wise and senior member of the club DTM Shiv. Thanks to her, the whole meeting was entertaining and informative, with the carefully selected speakers and role players.

Project speakers:

TM Jenny Ng Over The Hill

TM Dr Soe Win Conflict

CC Mak Chee Kin A Sales Training Talk

Hei, and you know what..there's really a great deal of info that i learned from all the 3 speeches. For those who didn't manage to attend last Thursday, you really missed a lot!

Some photo shots :

ACB Azizah reading the project speech criteria for Mak while ACB Jeffery is so engrossed in writing his evaluation.

DTM Shiv..So happy listening to one of the speeches.

CC Mak seen walking into the middle of the room before he started to "SELL" his talk. Very inspiring and motivating. After his speech , everyone was so fired up to sell something. :P He has successfully applied one of the fundamental sales principle in the speech which is..."SELLING is a transfer of feeling". Those who attended would definitely understand that feeling. The passion..yeah.

What is Mother's Day and May-day all about..

TM Jenny confidently telling the audience that age of 55 years old is still toooo young to retire..the message is work while you still can.Very inspiring even for youngsters like me. :)

Dr Soe Win's speech was also brilliant. He was very persuasive in convincing the audience on how to handle conflict through his vast working experience as a Captain. But, really sorry about the absence of photos. Apparently he was quite excited with his movements until I fail to capture a still shot. :P Apologies.

Well , what was written here was just a tip of the iceberg. I'm sure all the guest learned many important and interesting points which empowers them personally and improve their confidence to speak. Curious to know what are they? Join us at the next meeting. Cheers!