And Still More Photos of Tandak Mengalai

My presence at ASWARA’s Tandak Mengalai is not only because I have an appreciation of Sarawak and Sabah culture. 

More than that, I do have a special fondness for East Malaysia because I was there for three years' plus for work. 

In fact, come to think of it – I have been to many, many places, especially Sarawak. Not just Kuching, Sri Aman, Sibu, Sarikei, Bintulu and Miri – but locations like Bau, Betong, Engkilili, Lubok Antu, Lundu, Serian, Tatau, Tebedu and many others that I cannot recall right now. 

Yup, I’ve had great memories of my time there!

Anyway, here's the last installment of photos I took at Saturday's show:

BTW, I’m grateful to Nur Amira Amiruddin because she rallied her friends and together, they performed for Toastmasters at our D51 Annual Conference 2018’s Welcome Night in April:

D51 AC2018: Masquerade Ball

The last recording in my D51 Annual Conference 2018 video collection is the Gala Night event:

Here it is, video #15:

All In all, this D51 Annual Conference 2018 has been one helluva event. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE MAGICAL MEMORIES! 

Truly unforgettable.

Yesterday, I received an SOS from Wincy Tang of Frasers Kuala Lumpur Toastmasters Club to help evaluate Mah Yip Sek’s Advanced speech from the Special Occasion Speeches manual.

And there I was together with fourteen hotel staff at Fraser Place Kuala Lumpur in Jalan Perak, Kuala Lumpur on that same day itself.

I am glad to have made it to this meeting because I have a special regard for this Toastmasters club.

‘Twas a good speech Chef Mah delivered and unsurprisingly, he was rightfully voted Best Project speaker. And ahem, I was voted Best Evaluator.

The spread at dinner was superb – especially Chef Mah’s nasi goreng kampung. I must confess I'm still thinking about it. And if I'm going to be honest with you, I'm yearning for that fried rice again, hahaha! This man can cook as well as he can speak!

Here are the photos from the said meeting that I managed to capture:

D51 AC2018: Emily Ng (黄佩玲)

This is video #13 which is D51 AC2018 SPECIALIST SPEAKERS featuring Emily Ng on April 21, 2018: 

Emily Ng (黄佩玲) is a Toastmaster with the Penang Hokkien Association Toastmasters Club in District 51. And her topic is “如何让演讲的内涵更上一层楼?”

And since today is Merdeka Eve, I’m dedicating these two videos to all Malaysians!

(1) Namewee’s Malaysia Boleh ft. Ning Baizura & Sasi The Don:

 

(2) IOI Properties’ Sayangi Malaysia:

D51 AC2018: Specialist Speakers' Open Forum

Video #14 is D51 AC2018 SPECIALIST SPEAKERS’ Open Forum on April 21, 2018 – snippets of sharing cleverly camouflaged as a Q&A session:

On Sunday, national squash queen Nicol David secured Malaysia’s second gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games by winning the individual women’s squash event in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

The top seed edged fellow Malaysian, S Sivansangari in a five-set thriller (11-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6 and 11-8).

Bernama pic

It was David's fifth gold medal at the Asian Games, having won the gold medal four times, namely in 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2014.