MayDay DNA Concert - 280809

Woohoooo!!!!
My FIRST ever Concert attended!
五月天 really ROCKS!!!
Once they started singing, here goes the choir! haha...
Eveyone just couldnt sit there to enjoy the concert!
We had to SING & DANCE!!!! wooohooo!!! wahaha...

This was also the first time I saw my friend (who is a little introvert) screamed! Really a Rare Sight! haha...

Surprised given, they sang Hokkien songs. I had been listening some of their Hokkien songs (轧车, 志明与春娇, I Love You 无望) recently! These songs were GREAT! I was still wondering would they sing H0kkien songs initially and they did! Well Done! wahaha...

Their 舞抬魅力 nothing to say. EXCELLENCE! haha...

But, But, But... haha...
According to my friend, last year concert was better. Was HIGHER!!!
We also feel that Lead Singer (AShin) was either not feeling well or his singing standard drops. He sang off-key quite a few times and his voice was not as power as before.
As promised it ended around 12.30am, but it started at 8.50pm. When 11.30pm, they started to bow. Then audience shouted "Encore!" or "五月天!" Bloody hell, we should shout "退钱!!!"
Lastly....
a can of f**king drink cost $3!!! Really is a Day-Light Robbery!!! KNN!

In conclusion, I enjoyed myself! Fortunately managed to persuade my friend to go, or else I would have missed such Great concert again! wahaha....

'Back-To-Basic' Speech Evaluation Workshop - 12 September 2009

Area S4 is organising 'Back-To-Basic' Speech Evaluation Workshop on 12/9/2009 (Saturday) at 2 - 5pm in Tampines Changkat Community Center Auditorium.

The workshop aims:
• To provide toastmasters with a primer on the finer art of speech evaluation
• To reinforce the fundamentals of speech evaluation at Toastmasters chapter meetings
• To discover ways to improve speech evaluation skills - both individually and as a club

Highlights of the Workshop:
• Two ‘walk-the-talk’ charismatic presenters will speak on the fundamentals of effective speech evaluations
• "Live" demonstrations involving test speakers and evaluators and moderated by the 2 presenters
• Audience will have opportunity to learn through active hands-on ‘practice’ through participation
• Self-assessment quiz at end of workshop

Date: 12th September 2009
Time: 2 - 5pm
Venue: Tampines Changkat Community Center Auditorium (Level 4)

Workshop Fees (include refreshments)
Individual: $10 (walk-in, subject to availability)
Group of 3: $24 (pre-register only)*

Seats are LIMITED. Grab ur Seats Fast!

Please contact below in-charge for registration:
Harry Wong (HP : 96634543) @ Harry.Wong@sg.yokogawa.com or
Sivakumar Venkataraman (HP : 96635938) @ Sivakumar.Venkataraman@sg.yokogawa.com


Take Care & Cya.


Best Regards
Cheng Han Ping Kelvin
Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club
Vice-President Public Relations
Email: kelvinchp@yahoo.com

不舍的感觉

Time really flies...
Just spent 3 weeks just like this!!??
Tml will be last day of my ICT...

dont know why... have this 依依不舍的感觉...
things have changed quite abit... Thats includes myself...
but somehow old images just somehow "flowed" out...

Times we grumbled, Times we teased at each other, Times we just laughed out LOUD like nobody's business (maybe only me)....
Dont know what to say...
Till date, have no regrets of leaving the Force.
Maybe really really have a GREAT time with this people, thats why make me feel a little sad that gona leave. Which I think there will be no second opportunity again that we can really work together like we used to be again...

1st August 2009

Kind of a Special Day...
Still remembered last year, 1st August 2008, I went CAB to collect my Pink IC.
Then went to Loyang JTC for lunch, then saw Rong Kun. haha... What a co-incidence....

Times flies... A year has passed! I left the Force for 1 damn year! Just feel that it had happened last month. haha... Co-incidentally, went for for my In-Camp-Training (ICT) with my previous Senior, Beng Chye. It was a pretty nice to go back base. RSAF is really a dynamic organisation! Management movements, change of organisation, physical locations, the way they do things... Feel that what I know is kind of out-dated! haha... But it was a really nice to go back! Saw a lot of comrades, used to work and play together. Misses those dayz... haha...

Besides joining Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club, to be frank I didnt see much achievements after 1 year. Fortunately joined Toastmasters, or else there will be NO achievements! haha....

On this SPECIAL day... went lunch with Teak Liang, helping on the long waiting chalet gathering! kind of look forward to it since 2-3 weeks ago. Cause the last chalet secondary school gathering was made 13years back! haha... Glad to see that after 13years, it came back! Have to Thank Teak Liang! He did most of the planning, organising and co-ordinating! Thank You!




















































On this SPECIAL day, it was Simin's BirthDay too! So a simple celebration was done (Should make her pay more for the chalet. haha...) BBQ, PS2 and 007 game... Was drunk again!!! My body was in red. I drank about 8-10 "Nilp"... At first I was sitting playing, I still didnt feel that drunkness. I only knew I was DRUNK when I went toilet to pee. Fortunately still managed to complete my pee and "climb out" to lie on the bed. I collapsed at 2am in the morning. haha...
Too bad Calvin (Angeline's Husband), it was a pretty good chance to let me say out the "NAME". If u had planned, I would have fallen into ur trap! hehe... In general, I had a great time! Once again, Thank You Teak Liang!

On this SPECIAL day, Samuel's 2nd daughter, Reene's Baby Shower! WOW!!!! You and Diana have 2 kids already!!! haha... Didnt manage to talk much as was planning to go back chalet. A surprise! I saw Ng Ling Ling Dawn! I think I did not see her for 13 years! haha... We couldnt recognise each other AT ALL!!! But she was worse! She couldnt remember this a guy call "HanBin" in the class.... WTH!!! To be frank, I feel she seems to have 失意症. Besides Diana, she knows no one. Asbolutely NO ONE! A little exaggerating though... haha... But nice catching up with her despite I had to handle her like a brand new friend. haha...

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club - 359th Chapter Meeting

This was the 1st time I was holding 2 Appointments in a meeting.
Table Topic Master and Project Speech Evaluation.

The Theme I chose was "Positive Quotes".
I personally found it rather challenging! I was impressed by members! Despite the difficulties of my wrongdoing, they spoke well! Well Done! (My retribution will come! haha....)
Feedback from General Evaluator:
1) The quotes were too long. For Table Topics sector, will be recommend that each topic is not more than 4 words. I totally AGREE! Thank You for the feedback!


Project Speech Evaluation:
Thanx for Coen Tan's tips on evaluation, i feel that I did better this time round. At least not as lost than the first evaluation done 2weeks ago. haha... But to evaluate my speaker (Simon) was pretty tough. He was GOOD! I didnt manage to find any flaws in his speech. His speech was easy to follow and understand. Personal experience sharing made me like to listen to him more. Good opening and closing. With the recommendations I gave, I gave him. I feel so guilty... It was just like purposely find fault on him to penalise him... haha... I only spoke for 2min flat. Too short!


In general, this evening chapter meeting was a power-pact one! Good Speakers & Impressive Evaluators! I need to pull up my socks!!!

Anyway Thank You Virgina for the Dinner! I LOVE it!

Teo 杀满

Haiz...
What a Day...
Last day of my Chiropractic at Parkway, then kena a 杀满... haiz... $30.. Sianzz... Already no $$$, still give me this kind of crapz... haha....

First Evaluation Experience

Yesterday marked my first evaluation experience.
My first time had given to Temasek Polytechnic Toastmasters Club, Hali.
Felt ashamed that I didnt manage to give him a good evaluation in the 2-3min evaluation presentation even though I had all the information with me. But I totally have no idea how to organise them, it was kind of a total hay-wired. haha... Oops...

Even though I feel that I didnt express well in that 2-3min, but at least I managed to give him a proper debrief after the meeting. To be frank, I was very impressed with him. I couldnt find much fault in him except found him a little nervous especially between in the middle till the end of the speech. I liked his descriptions. His speech was about his LOVE and PASSION in riding. I could tell he really likes the feeling of riding. He described car and lecture halls as boxes that trapped stale air. I especially liked some of the words he used, "electric massage for my brain", "a system check for my soul", "process of motor-cycling forces me to the environment" and "always engaged to the outside world". Beautiful! I could see you were fantasied and you had also estancised me. Well Done!

Seeing Temasek Polytechnic Toastmasters Club, I was really impressed by the club.
Firstly, the attendance. I saw 30-40 participants. This was a very impressive attendance.
Secondly, the speakers. I feel that they spoke better I do!
Thirdly, they were ALL very enthusatic, passionate and committed about it!

I dont know what to say, I was just simply IMPRESSED by these group of youngsters!
Young, Bold & Furious!
It reminded me when I was in my poly life. I was rather active in activites during school holidays and pretty active in my own project team activites during my academic studying period. Everyday, I was a Happy guy walking around saying "Hi!" & "Morning!" to people, shaking hands with people & hugging people all around the school. haha.... Seriously, I enjoyed that.Even though I had still quite a number of poly friends still in contact, but when we met up. We were still joking and laughing but I felt that something had been missing. I believe the environment played an impt factor and perhaps all of us had grown more matured. haiz... Growing up...

Anyway to our Young Toastmasters:
You did a GREAT job! I had enjoyed the session!
Continue to be Young, Bold & Furious!
Enjoy as much as you can because after this stage of your life, it will be difficult to have this group of friends, feeling and setting. Even though u all will still meet up in the future, but the feeling wont be the same as what u are experincing now!

But please be reminded, your studies is still the priority!
All The Best and Hope to see you soon!

Cheap & Good Hotel

http://www.cameronhotel.com.sg/

I still remembered my dad told me that he used to walk pass this hotel from his kampong house to his school everyday during his primary school days....
My dad is 59 this year...
haha...

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club Meeting & EXCO Installation Night - 2nd July 2009

Our Executive Committee 2009-2010 Club Officers' Installation

The President and Members of Tampines Changkat Toastmasters

cordially invites you

to attend the Club Officers' Installation Ceremony

to be held on

Thursday, 2nd July 2009, 7.00 pm to 10.00pm

at the Tampines Changkat Community Club

13, Tampines Street 11, Singapore 529453

We also have an invited speaker, Nick French, ACS, CL, to give us a Special Presentation - "It's Fun to be Funny!"

Do you yearn to be a more entertaining presenter by injecting humour into your speeches? Are you afraid to administer the needle – or perhaps don’t know how to operate the syringe?

Delivering humour is certainly one of the most difficult elements of speech crafting. Find out what it takes to have fun preparing and presenting humour while transforming an ordinary ‘simply static’ speech into one that is ‘stunningly fantastic’. Learn techniques in applying humour and develop a reputation as a confident, competent, and entertaining speaker.

About the Speaker:

Nick French was born and educated in Harare, Zimbabwe

He is qualified with a Master of Science degree in Metallurgy and Material Science and an MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa – longer ago than he chooses to remember!

His South African based career has spanned a number of sales and marketing positions in the industrial gas, base and precious metal industries and more recently, petrochemicals. He has extensive sales experience in Europe, South America , the Middle East and of course, the Asia Pacific.

He joined Sasol, a South African Energy company in 1994 and shortly afterwards was transferred to Singapore to establish the regional sales office. He is currently the Asia Pacific regional marketing manager for the chemicals division of Sasol, where his responsibilities require him to work across most Asian cultures.

Nick’s interest in Asian culture and etiquette inspired him to write a book on this subject – Asian Ways , (www.Asian-Ways.com) which was published last year.

He is a past president of the SIM II Toastmasters club and over the last three years has competed in a Division B and District 80 speech contests.

8 Steps to Your Successful Job Hunt!

Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club is organizing a workshop on 8 Steps to Your Successful Job Hunt.

This workshop aims to help participants enhance their resume-writing and interviewing techniques to help them in their Job Search. This is a particularly useful skill during this period of time, and is always an important skill to have whether you are looking for a new job or not.

Details are as followed:
Date/Time: 4th July 2009 (Saturday), 1.30-5.30pm
Venue: Tampines Changkat Community Center Auditorium

Admission: S$2.00 (PAssion Member)/

S$4.00 (Non PAssion Member)

Some background about our speaker, Lee Jin Hwui:
He is a Human Resource (HR) Professional with more than seven years of experience, comprising various genres, including Policy Formulation, Resourcing, Benefits Administration, Job Analysis, Job Evaluation, Learning Needs Analysis, Curriculum Design, Training Delivery and Training Evaluation. He conducts training on various topics, including Performance Management, Service and Process Improvements, Resume Writing and Interviewing Techniques.

He is a Certified “Big 5” Psychometric Profiling Consultant, Certified People Developer Consultant, Certified FISH! Philosophy Trainer as well as a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and a Certified Employment Interview Professional (CEIP). He is also a Certified Practitioner of the popular Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) technique, which he employs regularly during his training and coaching sessions. In addition, he contributes HR-related articles for various publications such as The Straits Times Recruit, JobStreet.com and The Port Officer – the official magazine for the Port Officers’ Union (POU). More details is in the flyer attached.

We truly believe that this workshop will benefit all the participants to build their resume-writing skill and more self-confidence during job interviewing for their ideal job.

Family & friends are welcome to this event.

Feel free to contact me by email or by Mobile at 97989595 for any enquiries or to register your interest.

Thank You.

$10 ktv.... WOOHOO.....

http://jkeart.com/entertainment/

Put here, so i wont foget! haha...

The Most Expensive Iever Bought

Bought Mizuno Wave Creation 8 for $149 after 30% discount... haha...
THe SAF Brooks wasnt good enough, hurt my feet and knee...
Hope this new running shoes will be able to last.. haha...

Updates...

It was almost 2 full months that I update the blog...
Have been a busy 2 mths...
Events taken place since:
1) Pulau Ubin on 11/4/2009
2) Celebrating BirthDay with Family on 25/4/2009
3) Celebrating BirthDay with ESC on 1/5/2009
- FUN! FUN! FUN! Without FAIL, We were as crappy as before!!! wahaha...
4) Johor trip on 2/5/2009
5) Undergoing Chiropractic Treatment
6) Undergoing NLP coaching
- interesting. Really managed to know my strength & weakness better. Although did not manage to instantly change a very efficient & strong person, but at least now I feel I am more ZAI & not so easy affected by other people & personal emotion. Will encourage everyone to go for it if u can find someone u trust for NLP coaching. Anyway, Thank You Gregory! Really appreciate ur Coaching.
7) Training for Adidas SunDown Run
- Jogged for 1.5hr, ard 12km every time. The best part is... I slimmed down!!!! woohoo!!! dont know whether can i really be a macho man this time round. Target: Year-End Standard Chartered 42km Full Marathon.
8) Adidas SunDown Run on 30/5/2009
- My timing is 66min. Was rather disappointed as i was aiming to complete in 60min. Nevertheless, admired myself for the last 2km. I thought I had given up, somehow at the last 2km, the MOTIVATION came! Just CHIONG! Lesson Learnt: WILL power is very important!
9) Toastmasters Club Movemet
- Presented my Project 10. Got my Competent Communicator. Seriously, feel that i didnt do well for this project. Now CC already, really have to buckup, or else will be damned embrassed!
- First time Toastmaster of The Evening in 7/5/2009. Eye-Opener. Still have lotz to learn!
- Organise Committe for "8 Steps for Successful Job Hunt". Anyone interesting can let me know.
- Selected as Vice President Public Relations. Kind of think back... My English capability isnt that HIGH, will be a challenge! haha...
10) Work
- Attended quite a number of courses, feel so good! Just feel like back to students life. Care-free... haha...
- As office doesnt have internet access, will have to research for things i dont know at home... Problem lies when I reached home, just simply dont feel like working... haiz.. Thats why i still not so successful. As learnt from NLP coaching, alot of people know alot of things. But what make successful people are, they moved forwaard by applying the knowledge they know and thats why they are successful. Nothing special...

I think this is more or less what I had been busying with for the past few months. Also realised that I am Thumb Up when settling other people's problems/issues, but Screwed up when handling mine... haha...

Tasks:
1) Still owe Taiji Teacher her website
2) Sis old latop to WinXP
3) Think of something outstanding that can help to publicise Tampines Changkat Toastmasters Club
4) Prep for HP-UX CSA HP0-A01 Exam
5) Run half-marathon


Almost 6months has GONE, what did I achiveve???????????

Glimpse of Tampines One

wahaha...
Had a glimpse of Tampines One this evening... hoho...
Although there was sign not for public, but hack it, cheong!
hehe...

There were quite of alot contractors, bosses, workers, cleaners, furniture and DUST!
Many were there doing their last touch-up for the official opening tomorrow.

Realised the walking area is about the same as Tampines Mall.
20-30% of the shops are selling Japs related stuffs (Wine, toys, food).
Saw UNI-QLO, the temptation to buy this brand clothes isnt as great as compared when I was in Japan. haha...
Glad to see Challenger is back to Tampines, at least I dont have to travel too far to "fire-fight" my computer... haha...

I think there is this place called 新天地 at top level. Suspect is a KTV lounge. YEAH!! Really miss a KTV place in Tampines after KBOX at Pavilion was demolished! Hope this new place is not too expensive! wahaha....

Another thing that came to my attention was this claim fountain that can be found at B1. Dont really know how to descibe, just feel is unique. haha...

Lastly... According to news, all shops are rented. I was just thinking will all the shops still be rented after 6-12months time...

Toastmaster Meeting - 020409

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