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Immediately after work on Monday 14 July 2008, I drove to attend a special event (Tall Tales Contest) organized by Speakers’ Dream Toastmasters Club – the club where I hone public speaking skill. Click here to know more of the Club.
Traveling along BestRaya heading towards Kuala Lumpur, I was caught in a 45-minute traffic jam. The 3-lane highway was squeezed into one lane caused by police roadblock in anticipation of protest by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s supporters. It was really an ironic situation that due to this sodomy case, the majority of folks in Kuala Lumpur are affected. Most people were not pleased with the traffic jam especially when the petrol price soared so much recently.
The Tall Tales contest is similar to a normal Club meeting except that all speakers on that day will be regaling the audience with a 3- to 5-minute long tall tales of their own making. These are not ordinary speeches. The speech must be highly exaggerated, improbable in nature and have a theme or plot. Of course, it would be fun if the speech is humorous too.
During the meeting, The Contest Chair, while addressing the audience, said: "... when come from the front, it is tsunami; from the back, it is sodomy. Now we can adjourn for tea break and have mee." The phrase rhyme... The audience gave a good round of applause.
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Immediately after work on Monday 14 July 2008, I drove to attend a special event (Tall Tales Contest) organized by Speakers’ Dream Toastmasters Club – the club where I hone public speaking skill. Click here to know more of the Club.
Traveling along BestRaya heading towards Kuala Lumpur, I was caught in a 45-minute traffic jam. The 3-lane highway was squeezed into one lane caused by police roadblock in anticipation of protest by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s supporters. It was really an ironic situation that due to this sodomy case, the majority of folks in Kuala Lumpur are affected. Most people were not pleased with the traffic jam especially when the petrol price soared so much recently.
The Tall Tales contest is similar to a normal Club meeting except that all speakers on that day will be regaling the audience with a 3- to 5-minute long tall tales of their own making. These are not ordinary speeches. The speech must be highly exaggerated, improbable in nature and have a theme or plot. Of course, it would be fun if the speech is humorous too.
During the meeting, The Contest Chair, while addressing the audience, said: "... when come from the front, it is tsunami; from the back, it is sodomy. Now we can adjourn for tea break and have mee." The phrase rhyme... The audience gave a good round of applause.
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L-R: K. Loghandran (Contest Chair), Ong Siew Chien, Mok Soo Pon (with the sash), Koh Teck Lee, GG, Azmi, Chow Mun Yuen.
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Lyn Loh (left) posing with other toastmasters members
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K. Loghandran - the Contest Chairx
Good laugh - responding to the hilarious and exaggerated speechesx
The venue: Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA), Bukit Kiara, Kuala LumpurPosted by KC
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