Today attempted my first Table Topic question & my questions was "That was the last time when I was ..". I took me quite a while, what the hell man??? haha... Feel that I didnt really say alot of relevant stuffs, rocking & swinging were observed. At least I made my first step, hopefully it wont be my last. haha...
Time: 1min 47sec
Ah Counting:
- 1 er
- 1 so
- 1 "i mean"
Total: 3 ( Feel that the Ah Counter is too merciful... maybe due to recession, "put water")
Word of the Day: Jaded.
I was too nervous to use the word. Brain was blank when I was up there... haha...
Some interesting words or phases encountered:
- renew & rejuvenate
- remove old trees for new shoots
- a dust in the wind
- wisdom from this above
- adventure or vegetation
- to TRY is to FAIL
- life in ever-changing
- a dignified exit from this world
Showing posts with label toastmaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toastmaster. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Toastmaster Meeting - 22/01/2009
Disappointed... Very disappointed...
Today I did my Project 8 - Using Visual Aids.
I realised this was my worst visual aids presentation ever!
haiz...
I was too nervous. I stumbled. I forgot what i need to say. Not clam enough. My tongue slicked out again. Then what i felt the worst was I changed my voice... haha... Crapz...
But i still learned alot in this meeting.
Some beautiful words:
- threw themselves into the music
- heartware
- expiring runner, not an aspiring runner
- mother nature
What I say:
One of the greatest safety inventions for the commercial airline industry has been the crash protected data recorder, more commonly called as the “black box”. Today, “black box” is mandatory for any aviation accident involving civil aircraft.
The “black box” package consists of 2 equipments. Cockpit Voice Recorder and the Flight Data Recorder. Cockpit Voice Recorder in charge of recording audio sounds that occurred in the cockpit. Sounds from conversation, PA system and even turning on & off switches are recorded. While the Flight Data Recorder stores aircraft flight data such as altitude, speed and time.
All of the black boxes are painted bright orange with large letters "FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN"
Why is it called the “black box”?
It was believed that the initial design of the equipment was in black, but later painted bright orange to make them easier to find at a crash scene.
The concept of “black box” became popular after World War. The First Generation Flight Data Recorders were made of foil recorders. It could only store 5 aircraft data parameters. Despite of the breakthrough in technology at that time, the equipment was still unable to meet the design requirements as 5 aircraft parameters was too little for a meaningful investigation. Additionally, the unit could not survive very well in any crash incidents.
In the 1960s, the Second Generation Tape Recorder was introduced. Investigators felt that flight data alone wasn’t enough, they needed more information. What happened? What did the pilot say to the crews? What did the pilot say to the Air traffic controllers? Did the pilot mingle with any switches at the point of accident? These information was vital in the investigation. Due to the requirement, Cockpit Voice Recorder was born. The recording medium for the equipment was magnetic tape. The CVR could retain the last 30minutes of crew voice communications and noise within the cockpit environment. Then the magnetic tape technology expanded to FDR. The Second Generation FDR allowed the equipment to record more parameters while meeting the higher crash and fire protection requirements.
Then the third generation recording technology uses solid state recorders. “Solid State” refers to storage of data in semiconductor memories or integrated circuits. It was surfaced mounted to the electronics board. As compared to the magnetic tape, solid state memory does not have any moving parts. Therefore, it does not require any scheduled maintenance and has a better crash survivability.
With the current solid state technology, CVR will be record up to 2 hours while FDR can record up to 25 hours of flight data.
Talking so much about the evolution of “black box”, so where is it located?
The only part of an aircraft that is often intact after a crash is the tail section. That is why the recorders are located in or near the tail section. The first recorders were placed in the front and very few of them survived a crash.
Knowing the cause of the accidents, not just solve the insurance issues of the airliners and victims. Neither its purpose is to blame anyone or any party to be liable for the incident. The main objective of the investigation of an accident or incident is to prevention another similar accidents or incidents.
Imagine at least a hundred of the similar aircraft model are flying in the sky. If the accident was due to design or even the manufacturing of the aircraft, all these hundred air-borne aircrafts may have a risk to have the same fate as the one that had just met the mishap.
While the initial phase of an accident investigation can be concluded within weeks or even days, the investigators' final report and recommendations often take years to complete. The final report consists of information about the accident, an analysis, conclusions (probable cause) and also includes safety recommendations.
In conclusion, the black box is invaluable for any aircraft investigation. There are often the lone survivors of airplane accidents. As technology evolves, black boxes will continue to play a tremendous role in accident investigations
Thank You.
Time Taken: 7min 20sec
Ah Counting:
- None. (hmm... i think the Ah Counter's ears not very good....)
(I had a few pauses...)
My Evaluator's Evaluation (Grace Tan):
- Present with ease & confident
- Recommedations:
+ Everyone to be issued with coloured pictures of the slides
+ Better to be Power Point slides or Chart
+ Audience was distracted by my give-out
+ hand-shaking while holding the papers
To be frank, I was wondering is it because a 美女 evaluating me,so my heart was like 小鹿乱撞... haha... I wasnt familiar with my visual aids. Additionally, i feel that my preparation wasnt enough... I did not practice with my visual aids. So whenever i started to point at the picture, it broke my rhythm of my speech which was not anticipated earlier.... Sianz..
Must not embarrassed myself again...
Must be CALM! When I am CALM, everything can be solved!
Today I did my Project 8 - Using Visual Aids.
I realised this was my worst visual aids presentation ever!
haiz...
I was too nervous. I stumbled. I forgot what i need to say. Not clam enough. My tongue slicked out again. Then what i felt the worst was I changed my voice... haha... Crapz...
But i still learned alot in this meeting.
Some beautiful words:
- threw themselves into the music
- heartware
- expiring runner, not an aspiring runner
- mother nature
What I say:
One of the greatest safety inventions for the commercial airline industry has been the crash protected data recorder, more commonly called as the “black box”. Today, “black box” is mandatory for any aviation accident involving civil aircraft.
The “black box” package consists of 2 equipments. Cockpit Voice Recorder and the Flight Data Recorder. Cockpit Voice Recorder in charge of recording audio sounds that occurred in the cockpit. Sounds from conversation, PA system and even turning on & off switches are recorded. While the Flight Data Recorder stores aircraft flight data such as altitude, speed and time.
All of the black boxes are painted bright orange with large letters "FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN"
Why is it called the “black box”?
It was believed that the initial design of the equipment was in black, but later painted bright orange to make them easier to find at a crash scene.
The concept of “black box” became popular after World War. The First Generation Flight Data Recorders were made of foil recorders. It could only store 5 aircraft data parameters. Despite of the breakthrough in technology at that time, the equipment was still unable to meet the design requirements as 5 aircraft parameters was too little for a meaningful investigation. Additionally, the unit could not survive very well in any crash incidents.
In the 1960s, the Second Generation Tape Recorder was introduced. Investigators felt that flight data alone wasn’t enough, they needed more information. What happened? What did the pilot say to the crews? What did the pilot say to the Air traffic controllers? Did the pilot mingle with any switches at the point of accident? These information was vital in the investigation. Due to the requirement, Cockpit Voice Recorder was born. The recording medium for the equipment was magnetic tape. The CVR could retain the last 30minutes of crew voice communications and noise within the cockpit environment. Then the magnetic tape technology expanded to FDR. The Second Generation FDR allowed the equipment to record more parameters while meeting the higher crash and fire protection requirements.
Then the third generation recording technology uses solid state recorders. “Solid State” refers to storage of data in semiconductor memories or integrated circuits. It was surfaced mounted to the electronics board. As compared to the magnetic tape, solid state memory does not have any moving parts. Therefore, it does not require any scheduled maintenance and has a better crash survivability.
With the current solid state technology, CVR will be record up to 2 hours while FDR can record up to 25 hours of flight data.
Talking so much about the evolution of “black box”, so where is it located?
The only part of an aircraft that is often intact after a crash is the tail section. That is why the recorders are located in or near the tail section. The first recorders were placed in the front and very few of them survived a crash.
Knowing the cause of the accidents, not just solve the insurance issues of the airliners and victims. Neither its purpose is to blame anyone or any party to be liable for the incident. The main objective of the investigation of an accident or incident is to prevention another similar accidents or incidents.
Imagine at least a hundred of the similar aircraft model are flying in the sky. If the accident was due to design or even the manufacturing of the aircraft, all these hundred air-borne aircrafts may have a risk to have the same fate as the one that had just met the mishap.
While the initial phase of an accident investigation can be concluded within weeks or even days, the investigators' final report and recommendations often take years to complete. The final report consists of information about the accident, an analysis, conclusions (probable cause) and also includes safety recommendations.
In conclusion, the black box is invaluable for any aircraft investigation. There are often the lone survivors of airplane accidents. As technology evolves, black boxes will continue to play a tremendous role in accident investigations
Thank You.
Time Taken: 7min 20sec
Ah Counting:
- None. (hmm... i think the Ah Counter's ears not very good....)
(I had a few pauses...)
My Evaluator's Evaluation (Grace Tan):
- Present with ease & confident
- Recommedations:
+ Everyone to be issued with coloured pictures of the slides
+ Better to be Power Point slides or Chart
+ Audience was distracted by my give-out
+ hand-shaking while holding the papers
To be frank, I was wondering is it because a 美女 evaluating me,so my heart was like 小鹿乱撞... haha... I wasnt familiar with my visual aids. Additionally, i feel that my preparation wasnt enough... I did not practice with my visual aids. So whenever i started to point at the picture, it broke my rhythm of my speech which was not anticipated earlier.... Sianz..
Must not embarrassed myself again...
Must be CALM! When I am CALM, everything can be solved!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Toastmasters Club Meeting - 4/12/2008
I did my Project 6 on 4/12/2008.
Project 6 is about vocal variety.
Time Taken: 7min 12sec (Just Right!) hehe...
What I Spoke:
What is fear?
hehe... I thought I performed pretty well this time round. Only felt that at the beginning have some problems how to start & almost forgot my speech. This time round, I memorised my speech again. Thought that this was the best way, at least for me. It really able to gain some confidence when I memorised the whole speech. Think I should do that for the next few projects, and dont act tough! haha...
Evaluation by Mr.Andrew (from Entreprenuer Toastmaster Club):
Hightlights:
- Good use of pauses
- Good natural body language
- Nice vocal variety
Recommendations:
- Volume control (I have no idea how! haha...)
- Pace of speech, may like to include whisper in the speech (haha... havent master the art yet)
- Stronger opening, a more dramatic opening. (I agree with this point, not saying I dont agree with the above 2 points. Because this is the point that I know I can do it better!)
Ah Counting:
- 1 er
- 4 repeitions
Total: 5
Stuffs I learnt:
- Perfect
- A sharp tongue
- delighted
- Moving on
- air time
- Evaulator evaluate like a friend
- Evaluation is always at the speech & the proj objective
In general, I was glad with my performance. Hope I dont screwed myself the next time! haha...
Project 6 is about vocal variety.
Time Taken: 7min 12sec (Just Right!) hehe...
What I Spoke:
What is fear?
Fear is an emotional response to threats and danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus such as pain or threat.
Where does fear come from?
Fear believes to come from anxiety. Anxiety is the troubled feeling in the mind caused uncertainty about the future.
Then where does anxiety come from?
Anxiety comes from stress. It may help a person to deal with a difficult situation, for example at work or at school, by prompting one to cope with it. When anxiety becomes excessive, it may fall under the classification of an anxiety disorder.
The creation of fear begins with a scary stimulus and ends with the fight-or-flight response. Stimulus can be spider, cats, or formless such as darkness, news article like the recent Mumbai terrorist attack and China Sichuan Earthquake. As for the response, from the term fight-or-flight, which means one will either fight for his life or runs for his life. This is an instinct of every animal. But what really make us to determine to fight or flight? There are 2 paths involved in our fear response.
One of them is low road which is quick and messy while high road takes more time and delivers a more precise interpretation of events. These processes can happen in us simultaneously. The concept behind the low road is “take no chances”. For example as I can recall, I was chased by a swarm of bees while playing basketball near my neighborhood. My first response was to run for my life. So this is a form of low road process.
As for high road, high road process is much more thoughtful. It considers all the options. “How did I react previously?” “How did Indiana Jones react to bee chase?” “What kind of bees are chasing? Honey bee or hornet?” These questions will pop out so to allow us to decide to fight or to flight.
How do we know we are fearful?
Due to our brain’s chemical reaction, when we feel fear, it will cause our heart beat to be faster, our breathing to be faster and our muscles to be tightened. Besides rapid heart rate, fast breathing and tightening of muscles, we will also experience in a rise of blood pressure and increased sweating.
Other effects such as nightmares and phobias may occur. I remembered that day when I was attacked by the bees. That evening, I was in fear. My imagination drove me crazy. I kept thinking that the bees would come and attack me. I shut all my windows and was unable to get into sleep and even broke out in tears. The moments when the bees were chasing kept on replaying in my brain just like a defective player. Finally fell asleep but awakened by nightmares.
Many specifics phobias can be traced back to a specific triggering event, usually a traumatic experience at an early age. For instance, a person’s fear of dog. Perhaps he was bitten by a dog when he was young. Even 20 years later, the person’s brain still associates the sight of a dog with the pain of a bite. Therefore, whenever the person sees a dog, the brain will signal to the person as a fear.
Panic is another effect of fear. Panic is an immediate physical response to unrealistic and irrational fears. This can have a huge affect on both emotion and physical well-being – as well as your ability to reach your full potential. I had this experience in the swimming pool when I was young. I wasn’t a good swimmer. At that point of time, while swimming my goggles flipped. I remembered, I just screamed for help. Help! Help! Help! At the same time struggling kicking, punching for breath. Then a warm hand caught hold of me. It was my instructor, he scolded me “Do u know u are very near to the wall?” I woke up & realized the wall was only half arm length away from me. Looking around the pool, everyone was looking at me. I lost, not because I was embarrassed. I had totally defeated by fear and panic. Lesson learnt panic will not just cause one to feel lost; panic will also make one lost the survival capabilities.
How to overcome fear:
1. Learn about the thing you fear. Uncertainty is a huge component of fear: Developing an understanding of what you're afraid of goes a long way toward erasing that fear. Then train yourself to do it. Start small and work in steps. Slowly build the familiarity with a scary subject that makes it more manageable. A very good example is Toastmasters Club, helping us overcome the fear to speak in public.
2. If u feel that fear is getting over u, take a moment to pause. Close your eyes, take a deep slow breaths and focus your attention on the sound of your breathing. And try not to let your mind get carried away with negative thoughts. Keep focused and concentrate on the “now”. By living in the moment, u will meet the need in front of u as it arises without getting caught up in the “what-ifs” and “should-haves”.
3. Seek help. Fear is not a simple emotion. If you're having trouble overcoming your fear on your own, find a professional or someone familiar to help you. There are lots of treatments for fear out there, and no good reason not to try them under the guidance of someone with training and experience.
4. Another unconventional way was to eat a sweet. After a shock, our body consumes a large amount of glucose so to prepare for the flight and fight response. By taking in sweet stuffs, it can help us to replenish our blood sugar levels. In additionally, research has shown that by eating sweet stuffs, it makes us happy. In this case, we can be calm and more optimistic to handle the upcoming situations or events.
Conclusion:
To conclude, stress makes us anxious, while anxiety will make us feel fearful. Fear is unavoidable, but we can reduce the impact by preparing for the fear, seek help from professionals and calm ourselves by pausing and having sweet stuffs.
hehe... I thought I performed pretty well this time round. Only felt that at the beginning have some problems how to start & almost forgot my speech. This time round, I memorised my speech again. Thought that this was the best way, at least for me. It really able to gain some confidence when I memorised the whole speech. Think I should do that for the next few projects, and dont act tough! haha...
Evaluation by Mr.Andrew (from Entreprenuer Toastmaster Club):
Hightlights:
- Good use of pauses
- Good natural body language
- Nice vocal variety
Recommendations:
- Volume control (I have no idea how! haha...)
- Pace of speech, may like to include whisper in the speech (haha... havent master the art yet)
- Stronger opening, a more dramatic opening. (I agree with this point, not saying I dont agree with the above 2 points. Because this is the point that I know I can do it better!)
Ah Counting:
- 1 er
- 4 repeitions
Total: 5
Stuffs I learnt:
- Perfect
- A sharp tongue
- delighted
- Moving on
- air time
- Evaulator evaluate like a friend
- Evaluation is always at the speech & the proj objective
In general, I was glad with my performance. Hope I dont screwed myself the next time! haha...
Friday, November 21, 2008
Toastmasters Club Meeting - 20/11/2008
I was the Sergent-At-Arms (SAA).
Job:
1) To start the meeting on time, and to make sure that the meeting schedule is adhered to.
2) Have an "ice-breaking" questions, and allow the members & guests to intro themselves.
3) Help Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), write names on white board
4) Count votes for "Best Table Topic Speaker", "Best Speaker" and "Best Evaluator"
Initially I thought I prepared well... But this meeting, there were many big shots from Hong Kong. This kind of made me nervous... Haiz... I not zai enough... Alittle screwed up... Sorry...
Must really think of ways to improve... haha...
Once stands up there, the brain seemed to be not functioning. Blank!!! But when I was in kopi shop, i became another person... Could think to anything to talk about... Perhaps thats the fear of Public Speaking!
Job:
1) To start the meeting on time, and to make sure that the meeting schedule is adhered to.
2) Have an "ice-breaking" questions, and allow the members & guests to intro themselves.
3) Help Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), write names on white board
4) Count votes for "Best Table Topic Speaker", "Best Speaker" and "Best Evaluator"
Initially I thought I prepared well... But this meeting, there were many big shots from Hong Kong. This kind of made me nervous... Haiz... I not zai enough... Alittle screwed up... Sorry...
Must really think of ways to improve... haha...
Once stands up there, the brain seemed to be not functioning. Blank!!! But when I was in kopi shop, i became another person... Could think to anything to talk about... Perhaps thats the fear of Public Speaking!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Toastmasters Club Meeting - 6/11/2008
I was only there for about 1hour.
Going to send my sis & hurried back home to carry on with my work assignment...
Nevertheless, still learn quite a bit in that hour.
Quotes:
- To Teach is to learn twice.
- An Evaluator is like a catalyst of a Speaker.
- Use not so offensive words such as "I suggest that", "my impression is that", "it may have been better if".
Going to send my sis & hurried back home to carry on with my work assignment...
Nevertheless, still learn quite a bit in that hour.
Quotes:
- To Teach is to learn twice.
- An Evaluator is like a catalyst of a Speaker.
- Use not so offensive words such as "I suggest that", "my impression is that", "it may have been better if".
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Ace Ur Job Interviews with the Power of NLP
After Tennis, went to "Ace Ur Job Interviews with the Power of NLP" Workshop conducted by Toastmasters Club. Chin Hui was the workshop facilitator. (NLP = Neuro Linguistic Programming)
Have quite a few of take-back from the workshop:
1) Go to an Interview as if that that is the only interview one will be having. Because the mental state will react as according to TRY & MUST. If with the TRY mentality, most likely it will be only a TRY outcome. On the other hand if it is a MUST mentality, one will do anything to get the job.
2) Need to know ourselves:
- Whats our beliefs & self-worth
- Whats our Unique Selling Point
Many times we may feel that what we do in our current job everyday was just a routine, and it isnt anything great to say about and boast about. BUT this is not the correct mentality! If thats the case, how are we going to go through the interview? We need not to boast, we can just try to relate the tasks we did to the job u are applying, even if industries maybe different. But at least it can hightlight individual's attitude and soft skill capabilities. Another issue on this point, somehow we feel embrassed when we said "We Are Good." haha... I feel that we are humble people, partially this is also a sign of lack of confidence.
3) Before interview, try to set our mind. Think of smething good. Something that make one confident. Because once something bad falls in, one's brain will keep on relating that bad things & eventually affect ur mood and confidence for the interview.
4) Show Interest (I think I am lacking in this area... haha...)
- Search for the company's information. What are her core businesses/products, stock price?
- Ask quesion. "Whats the Training & Development opportunity?" "Future direction of the company?" "What the company expectation of me?"
- After the interview, sent a Thank You card or email.
A sentence Chin Hui used that I feel is important:
"Let the interviewer feels that it is a commitment, not a transation."
This shows the one is serious about the job.
Some other pictures taken:
Have quite a few of take-back from the workshop:
1) Go to an Interview as if that that is the only interview one will be having. Because the mental state will react as according to TRY & MUST. If with the TRY mentality, most likely it will be only a TRY outcome. On the other hand if it is a MUST mentality, one will do anything to get the job.
2) Need to know ourselves:
- Whats our beliefs & self-worth
- Whats our Unique Selling Point
Many times we may feel that what we do in our current job everyday was just a routine, and it isnt anything great to say about and boast about. BUT this is not the correct mentality! If thats the case, how are we going to go through the interview? We need not to boast, we can just try to relate the tasks we did to the job u are applying, even if industries maybe different. But at least it can hightlight individual's attitude and soft skill capabilities. Another issue on this point, somehow we feel embrassed when we said "We Are Good." haha... I feel that we are humble people, partially this is also a sign of lack of confidence.
3) Before interview, try to set our mind. Think of smething good. Something that make one confident. Because once something bad falls in, one's brain will keep on relating that bad things & eventually affect ur mood and confidence for the interview.
4) Show Interest (I think I am lacking in this area... haha...)
- Search for the company's information. What are her core businesses/products, stock price?
- Ask quesion. "Whats the Training & Development opportunity?" "Future direction of the company?" "What the company expectation of me?"
- After the interview, sent a Thank You card or email.
A sentence Chin Hui used that I feel is important:
"Let the interviewer feels that it is a commitment, not a transation."
This shows the one is serious about the job.
Some other pictures taken:
Friday, October 24, 2008
ToastMasters Meeting - 22/10/2008
Today went for a Joint Meeting at CairnHill CC (near Newton MRT).
Food was good, only feel that the CC is alittle old... haha... Suitable to make horror movies with it.
This meeting I presented my Project 5 - Body Gestures.
Presents:
1) Thumbs-Up Gesture
2) Okay Hand Gesture
3) V-Sign
Rather disappointed with myself this time round... In fact was very disappointed...
Old mistakes made by same person...
I paused for too long... I forgot what I gona to say... Sianz... Next one MUST do a GOOD one... Must really manage my time more efficiently... Still find myself dazing at times... haiz... Then whenever I made a mistake, my tongue will come out... Must correct my habits...
Realised something about myself... My strength is also actually my weakness... The laughters... For causal talks with friends, it became a strength. People remembered me. But when up to a formal presentation or speech (time to be serious), it becomes my greatest weakness. People may feel that I was not serious & lack of confidence in what I had said. As what Rose (my Evaluator) said, "Even with mistakes, just continue. Because nobody will know." No one will know unless someone point it out... haha... This also reminded me about the importance of talking with confidence. When one talks confidently, even he talks rubbish, people will feel that he makes sense & buys his idea. On the other hand, another person may know alot of things but when he sounds not that confident. The credit will go to the person that talked rubbish. I should have known this already... But still make the same mistake... haha...
My Ah Counting: 1er, 5 repetitions
They also invited a Laughter Therapist... I feel that almost "killed" by her... First time I laughed till sweat... In addition, felt hot. Just like going for execrise, but felt more tiring than exercise... haha... Kept on "hahahahahahahahaha".... Shag... Maybe still unable to appreciate the process... But was an eye-opener... hehe...
Food was good, only feel that the CC is alittle old... haha... Suitable to make horror movies with it.
This meeting I presented my Project 5 - Body Gestures.
Presents:
1) Thumbs-Up Gesture
2) Okay Hand Gesture
3) V-Sign
Rather disappointed with myself this time round... In fact was very disappointed...
Old mistakes made by same person...
I paused for too long... I forgot what I gona to say... Sianz... Next one MUST do a GOOD one... Must really manage my time more efficiently... Still find myself dazing at times... haiz... Then whenever I made a mistake, my tongue will come out... Must correct my habits...
Realised something about myself... My strength is also actually my weakness... The laughters... For causal talks with friends, it became a strength. People remembered me. But when up to a formal presentation or speech (time to be serious), it becomes my greatest weakness. People may feel that I was not serious & lack of confidence in what I had said. As what Rose (my Evaluator) said, "Even with mistakes, just continue. Because nobody will know." No one will know unless someone point it out... haha... This also reminded me about the importance of talking with confidence. When one talks confidently, even he talks rubbish, people will feel that he makes sense & buys his idea. On the other hand, another person may know alot of things but when he sounds not that confident. The credit will go to the person that talked rubbish. I should have known this already... But still make the same mistake... haha...
My Ah Counting: 1er, 5 repetitions
They also invited a Laughter Therapist... I feel that almost "killed" by her... First time I laughed till sweat... In addition, felt hot. Just like going for execrise, but felt more tiring than exercise... haha... Kept on "hahahahahahahahaha".... Shag... Maybe still unable to appreciate the process... But was an eye-opener... hehe...
Sunday, October 19, 2008
ToastMaster Meeting - 16/10/2008
I was late again... Reached around 7.40pm...
At least there was improvement... haha...
Today was an equally fun meeting. This time, i was an audience... The last time I was an audience was my first meeting in Tampinese Changkat... haha...
As usual, there were many beautiful words and phases used:
- Change can be hurt, Grow can be Painful.
- Growth is the only evidence of life. (Now I understand, why my father was unhappy when he didnt see his plants grow)
- Freely U give, Freely U receive.
- ghoeti = fish
- recapitulate: normally we used as re-cap.
- operative speaker
Then after the meeting, went for a drink with ToastMaster friends.
The usual coffee shop & drink stall uncle... He let us know some of the nicknames given for the drink:
- Milo = "tuck jiu" (kick ball)
- Chrysanthemum Tea = Ah Huen (阿花)
- Chinese Twas = "Teo Ghue" (Fishing)
The above I can understand where their nick comes from... But there is one that I dont know the origin:
- Ice Milo = "Hao Dai" (yaya papaya, proud)
Whats the relationship? Only proud people ordered Ice Milo?
At least there was improvement... haha...
Today was an equally fun meeting. This time, i was an audience... The last time I was an audience was my first meeting in Tampinese Changkat... haha...
As usual, there were many beautiful words and phases used:
- Change can be hurt, Grow can be Painful.
- Growth is the only evidence of life. (Now I understand, why my father was unhappy when he didnt see his plants grow)
- Freely U give, Freely U receive.
- ghoeti = fish
- recapitulate: normally we used as re-cap.
- operative speaker
Then after the meeting, went for a drink with ToastMaster friends.
The usual coffee shop & drink stall uncle... He let us know some of the nicknames given for the drink:
- Milo = "tuck jiu" (kick ball)
- Chrysanthemum Tea = Ah Huen (阿花)
- Chinese Twas = "Teo Ghue" (Fishing)
The above I can understand where their nick comes from... But there is one that I dont know the origin:
- Ice Milo = "Hao Dai" (yaya papaya, proud)
Whats the relationship? Only proud people ordered Ice Milo?
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Toastmasters Meeting - 2/10/2008
Today was late...
30min late, reached the club at 8pm...
I think should be the latest Ah Counter ever...
haha...
But today didnt do a good job... Simply cannot concentrate, I was day-dreaming... Worse, I didnt know what I had dreamt about... haha... Luckily, Virginal was around, sitting besides me, helping...
Or else, I really dont know how to tabulate the reports...
haha...
Thank You, Virginal...
I think I only talked for less than 1 minute, & I had 3 counts of ers... sianz... haha...
30min late, reached the club at 8pm...
I think should be the latest Ah Counter ever...
haha...
But today didnt do a good job... Simply cannot concentrate, I was day-dreaming... Worse, I didnt know what I had dreamt about... haha... Luckily, Virginal was around, sitting besides me, helping...
Or else, I really dont know how to tabulate the reports...
haha...
Thank You, Virginal...
I think I only talked for less than 1 minute, & I had 3 counts of ers... sianz... haha...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Toastmasters Meeting - 18/9/2008
Today, I did my Project 3 - Speak to the Point.
My Title is Formula One. I thought it went well as the "wind" of Formula One is around the corner. It should give me an advantage to the scenerio.
I feel that I was confident in the speech...
But.... Caused by quick-thinking, I added a new sentence that I did not rehearse at all that screwed my speech... haha...
A moment of silence... I totally forgot how and what should I talk about it...
haha...
Shouldnt have acted smart...
haha...
But on the other hand, I should have memorized my speech in point forms instead of the whole paragraphs... Choon Kiat reminded me... haha... But I thought this was an easier way out... So now I suffered from my own doing...
But nevertheless, I managed to complete my speech. But did not really perform that well at the ending portion of my speech... In additionally, it has too much information so audience may have difficulties in understanding what I was trying to say... haha... Should have put in more effort... haha...
Overall I enjoyed myself for this meeting. Just feel that the new coming members were very "power-pact"... Stress.... They presented so well, it looks as if they were doing their Project 8... haha... Really have to buck-up & learn from them...
My Ah Counting: - 1 "so"
- 4 repetitions
Below is a short clip where we sang "Happy BirthDay" song to our September big and old Babies... hehe....
My Title is Formula One. I thought it went well as the "wind" of Formula One is around the corner. It should give me an advantage to the scenerio.
I feel that I was confident in the speech...
But.... Caused by quick-thinking, I added a new sentence that I did not rehearse at all that screwed my speech... haha...
A moment of silence... I totally forgot how and what should I talk about it...
haha...
Shouldnt have acted smart...
haha...
But on the other hand, I should have memorized my speech in point forms instead of the whole paragraphs... Choon Kiat reminded me... haha... But I thought this was an easier way out... So now I suffered from my own doing...
But nevertheless, I managed to complete my speech. But did not really perform that well at the ending portion of my speech... In additionally, it has too much information so audience may have difficulties in understanding what I was trying to say... haha... Should have put in more effort... haha...
Overall I enjoyed myself for this meeting. Just feel that the new coming members were very "power-pact"... Stress.... They presented so well, it looks as if they were doing their Project 8... haha... Really have to buck-up & learn from them...
My Ah Counting: - 1 "so"
- 4 repetitions
Below is a short clip where we sang "Happy BirthDay" song to our September big and old Babies... hehe....
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Toastmaster Meeting - 21/8/2008
Had did my Project#2 - Organise the Speech today...
Still feel that I did not overcome my fear that well even practising for almost 10times... haha...
In general, I feel my eye contact was okay, but my legs were still too "shaky" and forget some part of my conclusion when I saw the red light lit. I feel it was a good attempt, give myself 3-3.5/5. hehe...
Hope to do better for the next project! Yamate! 加油!
These are the expectations from a Project #2 speech:
- Select an appropriate outline which allows listeners to easily follow and understand your speech.
- Make your message clear, with supporting material directly contributing to that message.
- Use appropriate transitions when moving from one idea to another.
- Create a strong opening and conclusion.
This is more or less what I had said:
Title: "Z" Monster
Does anyone know what the world record for staying awake is?
Good Evening Club President, District Officers, Fellow Toastmasters and Guests
The Z monster that I had mentioned, refers to the sleepiness in us. Despite Toimi Soini’s effort, his record was removed from the Guinness Book of Records in 1989. It was deleted to discourage people from breaking such records as they understand consequence of the attempt will be fatal.
We know we need sleep. But what is sleep exactly? According to
The theory suggests that animals that were able to stay still and quiet during periods of vulnerability had an advantage over other animals that remained active. These animals did not have accidents during activities or been preyed upon and killed easily. Which means when the animals have sufficient sleep, it makes them more alert to react to any emergency that may be occurring.
2. Energy Conservation Theory
This theory suggests that the primary function of sleep is to reduce an individual’s energy demand and expenditure, especially at times when it is least efficient to search for food. Research has shown that energy metabolism is significantly reduced during sleep. For example, both body temperature and caloric demand decrease during sleep. This shows that sleep helps organisms to conserve energy resources.
3. Restorative Theories
Sleep in some way serves to “restore” what is lost from the body while we are awake. Sleep provides an opportunity for the body to repair and rejuvenate itself. Some studies have shown that rats without sleep will decrease its immunity and the rats suffer severe health consequences and eventually die.
Other rejuvenating aspects of sleep are the specific to the brain and cognitive function. For example, when we are awake, neurons in the brain produce. The build-up of adenosine in the brain is thought to be one factor that makes us feel tired. As long as we are wake, adenosine accumulates and remains high. During sleep, the body will have a chance to clear the adenosine from the system, and make us feel alert when we wake.
After explaining why we need sleep, let me share with u some tips to improve sleep:
1. Establish a consistent and relaxing bedtime routine.
We are encouraged to engage in relaxing activity prior to bedtime. Activities such as reading, listening to soft music and meditating that can help promote relaxation. Avoid exercise or eating heavy meals 2 hours before bedtime and avoid nap after
2. Maintain a dark, cool and quiet environment for sleeping.
Ideal climate for sleep varies from person to person. However, people feel that cooler climates with low humidity promote sleep.
3. Take warm baths before bed.
Experts believe that shower helps to relax muscles and at the same time, cools the body temperature. This give a correct signal to the body that it is time to sleep.
4. Use the bed just for sleeping.
Avoid reading and watching television in bed because this gives the body a signal to stay awake. As a result, the brain will begin to associate bed with other activities other than sleeping. For this reason, it is important for people to use the bed only for sleeping and sexual activities.
To conclude my speech, till today scientists may not have exact answers on why do we need sleep, but we know that we need it. Sleep is as important as food and water .It enables us to be conscious, “restore” our body condition and to survive. So I hope that everyone will have a good night sleep and stay healthy.
Evaluation by Rachael:
Speaker should engage more with the audience, opening & conclusion could have been stronger. More expression to describe them.
Ah Counter Result: 2 Ers, 4 repetitions.
Take away for the Day:
- Use "Difficult" rather than "hard"
- Organising is important, delivery is more important
- "Pursue for Excellence"
- Faster, Higher and Stronger
- "corpses" along the way
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Toastmaster Meeting - 7/8/2008
It was a inspiring evening...
Although I feel like joining my ex-Air Force colleagues for dinner, as I was tasked to be the Ah Counter for the evening so I was not able to join them for alittle while as I did not want to be late for the session... Sorry guys...
Saying of the Day: "A Leader needs to have integrity & vital communication skill." (something like that... Oops...)
We had a English teacher, Ms Joni this evening. She had pointed out the common pronunciation mistakes. Really learn a lot from her.
She pointed the common mistakes on words such as excellence, excel, guests, charisma, banana, umbrella etc... Still not too sure how exactly "excel" is to pronounce, but really find it interesting.
New word she suggested:
lackadaisical.... which means "bo chap"... (WOW!!! Really a BIG word! haha...)
First time as the Ah Counter... I feel rather uncomfortable as I am not really confident in myself whether can I do the a good job. Thank <>, sitting beside me, guided me... I believed I should be able to do a better job next time. Mr.<>, Thank You for your Guidance! Kind of ashamed, as a Ah Counter, speaking not more than a minute, I had 3 counts of Ahs... haha... Really have to put in more afford to reduce them...
Last but not least, Thank Ms. Helen Fong for her Chilli Crab... A wonderful supper time with u all...
Although I feel like joining my ex-Air Force colleagues for dinner, as I was tasked to be the Ah Counter for the evening so I was not able to join them for alittle while as I did not want to be late for the session... Sorry guys...
Saying of the Day: "A Leader needs to have integrity & vital communication skill." (something like that... Oops...)
We had a English teacher, Ms Joni this evening. She had pointed out the common pronunciation mistakes. Really learn a lot from her.
She pointed the common mistakes on words such as excellence, excel, guests, charisma, banana, umbrella etc... Still not too sure how exactly "excel" is to pronounce, but really find it interesting.
New word she suggested:
lackadaisical.... which means "bo chap"... (WOW!!! Really a BIG word! haha...)
First time as the Ah Counter... I feel rather uncomfortable as I am not really confident in myself whether can I do the a good job. Thank <>, sitting beside me, guided me... I believed I should be able to do a better job next time. Mr.<>, Thank You for your Guidance! Kind of ashamed, as a Ah Counter, speaking not more than a minute, I had 3 counts of Ahs... haha... Really have to put in more afford to reduce them...
Last but not least, Thank Ms. Helen Fong for her Chilli Crab... A wonderful supper time with u all...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
ToastMaster Session on 31/7/2008
Today was my 2nd session with the Tampines Changkat Toastmaster.
Good experience, was still trying to let my backside to be warmer. I was called to do my Project 1 - Ice Breaking...
I used 4min 43 secs. I scored a total of 13 ers, 2 umhs and 1 repeitions...
Although Saddiqi (my evaluator) only mentioned that I only had minor problems such as movements & eye contacts. I know he closed 2 eyes for the evaluation. haha....
Saddiqi, I understand where I stand in public speaking... haha... But really thanks for your feedback.
Take Back or Quotes for the day:
- I hate public speaking, thats why I join Toastmaster Club.
- Present it with impact & confidence.
- While presenting, we should stand with both feet instead of standing with one of them.
- "The job is demanding & rewarding."
Thank You Chee Lee for the opportunity...
Good experience, was still trying to let my backside to be warmer. I was called to do my Project 1 - Ice Breaking...
I used 4min 43 secs. I scored a total of 13 ers, 2 umhs and 1 repeitions...
Although Saddiqi (my evaluator) only mentioned that I only had minor problems such as movements & eye contacts. I know he closed 2 eyes for the evaluation. haha....
Saddiqi, I understand where I stand in public speaking... haha... But really thanks for your feedback.
Take Back or Quotes for the day:
- I hate public speaking, thats why I join Toastmaster Club.
- Present it with impact & confidence.
- While presenting, we should stand with both feet instead of standing with one of them.
- "The job is demanding & rewarding."
Thank You Chee Lee for the opportunity...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Toastmaster Session on 17/07/2008
haha...
This was the second time I went to Toastmaster Session.
The last time I went for the session was 7-8years ago in Temasek Poly...
haa..
Hope that my third session won't be 7 years later...
This time I went to Tampines Changkat CC for the Session. Surprised with the warm welcome and good food! Since a long time to taste solid nasi lemak rice after shifted to Tampines... Oops... haha...
2 takebacks for the day:
1) Presentation Skill is a vital skill.
2) When young, we use health to trade for wealth.
When old, we use wealth to trade for health.
It was a fruitful session, I believed my third session will not be 7 years later. Seriously, I was very impressed with the presenters! They talked so smooth as if I was listening to a very nice song.
From very very long time ago, I knew that Toastmaster club would be benefitial to me, but dragged until today (after consist nagging by my father & sister). haha....
But I feel that there was justifiable reason for my delay. I was trying to train myself up to speak confidently by reading newspaper loudly at home. This method was taught by my Secondary School English Tutor (Mr.Koh). I found it very effective. But it really needs alot of practicing and determination. Later found out, presentation skill does not plainly depends on language. Gastures, tones, firmness & eye contacts are important too... So I decided to join Toastmasters Club to train up myself.
I am happy if I have 50% of presentation skill to what I encountered today. So got to WORK HARDER! 加油! hehe...
This was the second time I went to Toastmaster Session.
The last time I went for the session was 7-8years ago in Temasek Poly...
haa..
Hope that my third session won't be 7 years later...
This time I went to Tampines Changkat CC for the Session. Surprised with the warm welcome and good food! Since a long time to taste solid nasi lemak rice after shifted to Tampines... Oops... haha...
2 takebacks for the day:
1) Presentation Skill is a vital skill.
2) When young, we use health to trade for wealth.
When old, we use wealth to trade for health.
It was a fruitful session, I believed my third session will not be 7 years later. Seriously, I was very impressed with the presenters! They talked so smooth as if I was listening to a very nice song.
From very very long time ago, I knew that Toastmaster club would be benefitial to me, but dragged until today (after consist nagging by my father & sister). haha....
But I feel that there was justifiable reason for my delay. I was trying to train myself up to speak confidently by reading newspaper loudly at home. This method was taught by my Secondary School English Tutor (Mr.Koh). I found it very effective. But it really needs alot of practicing and determination. Later found out, presentation skill does not plainly depends on language. Gastures, tones, firmness & eye contacts are important too... So I decided to join Toastmasters Club to train up myself.
I am happy if I have 50% of presentation skill to what I encountered today. So got to WORK HARDER! 加油! hehe...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
