Guest of honor, Director of Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic, En. Mustafar Kamar Bin Ujang, Deputy Director of Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic, En. Sahul Bin Hamed, Division K Governor, DTM Annie Cheng, Immediate Past Division K Governor, DTM Andrew Thien, District Club Coach, DTM Richard A. Gontusan, Area K1 Governor, as well as Immediate Past President of Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic, CC-CL, Jason William Vitales, Immediate Past Area K1 Governor, ACS-CL, Dorra Danny, Orgainising Chairman of Polytehcnic Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club 3rd Installation Night, TM Ronnie Patrick Masida, Area Governors, Club Presidents, VIPs, invited guests, ladies and gentlemen, good evening and welcome to PKKTMC 3rd Installation Night.Thank you for giving me privilege to speak a few words on behalf of PKKTMC. I’m standing here because I’ve been given an opportunity by Toastmasters to share with you how wonderful it would be by being part of Toastmasters International Club. If I never made up my mind to step forward, a little bit higher and signing a Toastmasters form 2 years ago, then I wouldn’t be here, at this level. This level doesn’t mean that I am better than you or anyone else, but I’m sure of one thing which is I am much better than myself previously. I still remember the most important reason why I choose to be a Toastmaster is because I want to enhance my communication skills. As we all know, communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our working hours communicating. It is a key to our work and social interactions. Good communication can help us create satisfying relationship. Poor communications often result in frustration, being ignored or resented. But Toastmasters has came in ‘3 in 1’ package. I’ve learned the other two extras which is the courage to conquer my nervousness when speaking in public and learn how to be a good leader.
Fellow members and guests, I was reluctant when being nominated as a president this term of 2008-2009 because I was thinking that I’m not worthy, I am not good enough, and I don’t have the confident to lead this club, to bring this club to a higher level or achievements. What if under my supervision this club turns upside-down? What if under my leadership, this club unable to achieve targets and goals or even maintain the previous achievements? Where I am going to hide myself in? But, in Toastmasters, I am well educated that we’re working as a team. I accepted this responsibility as a challenge and I believe that I’ll be guided and supported by our club mentors, immediate past president and none other than you as a PKKTMC members. I’m hoping that, with a strong support from you, we can achieve our target this term which is 10 out 10 goals or at least 7 out 10 goals. I do really need your cooperation, not to help me but to help yourself to go outside of your comfort zone, by making a different to yourself, to be better in all aspects especially in communication skill because by helping yourself, you’re helping me to help our club for better achievements for sure this term.
I was reading a book last few weeks and really attracted to this quote, “It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”. There was a deep meaning behind it. This is how I am going to relate it with my daily life especially in my profession as a lecturer. I realized that, by this term we’re supposed to conduct lesson in English. Honestly, for me it is a very challenging task. I often seek for excuses why I can’t really implement this method and those excuses were most likely blaming the management for simply ordering us to change the way we’re teaching now or blaming the students because they don’t understand English rather than try to make small effort to improve myself first. What I’m going to emphasize here is that I’m urging my fellow members to light a candle by improving ourselves and enlighten others especially our students. Sometimes, we can’t get everything what we need in Toastmasters but it’s depends on us how to apply the skills we adapted from Toastmasters on our teaching skills. Toastmasters itself is like a teacher. A teacher only opens the door and we as a students have to enter by ourselves.
Fellow Toastmasters, ladies and gentlemen, we’ll never walk alone in Toastmasters. If you’re ready to realize your potential and strive to be better than you’re ready to be part of Polytechnic Kota Kinabalu Toastmasters Club. In PKKTMC, we believe anything is possible and believe me, WE CAN. THEREFORE WE WILL.
President of PKKTMC,
Daily Tayok, CC-CL
(2008-2009)
President of PKKTMC,
Daily Tayok, CC-CL
(2008-2009)