Back in 2005 when I first join Toastmasters....my friends told me that I'm nuts....juggling with works in the office and 2 kids at home.....AND I still involved myself in an activity that required commitment. But I thought that I need to keep my english speaking level and Toastmasters is THE place for that. I was wrong...... BIG time wrong...because Toastmasters is not only a place to learn to speak English...I learn more than that. I grew my self confidance...my ability for Public Speaking....my Leadership skill....
Day By Day....Toastmasters make me a better person...enables me to meet with lots of people that are so excel in public speaking...Learning from them also develop my ability to a next level.... I still have a long way to go in my Toastmasters path but I'll enjoy every step cause with those steps I improve myself more.
And Do you know what I like most in Toastmasters???? The Ah Counter.....it's a role that counts how many times a speaker use pause fillers like "ummmm" ".ah" and words like "ok?", "you know?". Because when we speaks whether we realize it or not we tend to use those words....and actually it's not good...The usage of those words show how nervous and unprepared we are. I always caution myself to avoid using those words.
And there are more that I like...but I keep it for my next post
What can I say......Toastmasters is indeed the right place for me....I didn't make a mistake joining Toastmasters
Till we meet again
Quote of the Day : I am not discourage, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward (Thomas Alfa Edison)
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Ice Breaker
I've been meaning to learn how to make a blog and if possible a good blog.
So I'm going to make this 1st post to be my Ice Breaker. For my toastmasters friends...you all know what Ice Breaker is. Right???
Hopefully here I can share with others my experiences in my roles in life as a daughter..a big sister...a wife...a mom...an employee...a Toastmasters/Communicators...an NCCers....a KBBers. Yes those are few off the roles that I have..some are given, some are my choices. And those roles give me a lot of learning.
Let me share few of them
As a Daughter : After being a daughter for almost 37 years, I learned to understand my parents and appreciate the things they do for me to make my life easier (believe me I'm lucky to have such great parents)
As a Big Sister : After being a big sister for almost 34 years, I learned to be able to stand by my siblings anytime they need me
As a Wife : After being married for almost 11 years, I learned to know my hubby better and try to be a good wife for him
As a Mom : After being a mom for almost 10 years, I learned to be more patient to my children and try to understand them better
As an Employee : After woking for almost 13 years, I learned to be able to work independently and try to solve the problems at work before going to the boss
As a Toastmasters : After being a toastmasters for almost 6 years, I learned to be able to communicate better and be a good leader.
As an NCCers : After being an NCCers for almost 5 years, I learned to expand my hobby of Cooking, Baking and Photography as there are so many talented friends in NCC and they are all so generous in sharing their knowledge and experience.
As a KBBers : After being a KBBers for almost 3 years, I learned few complicated recipes ^_^ , how to bake better and most important Keeping my commitments.
Now you know me better right? That's what an Ice Breaker for. To let others know you better.
Till we meet again
Qoute of the Day : What's important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiquity. By Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College
So I'm going to make this 1st post to be my Ice Breaker. For my toastmasters friends...you all know what Ice Breaker is. Right???
Hopefully here I can share with others my experiences in my roles in life as a daughter..a big sister...a wife...a mom...an employee...a Toastmasters/Communicators...an NCCers....a KBBers. Yes those are few off the roles that I have..some are given, some are my choices. And those roles give me a lot of learning.
Let me share few of them
As a Daughter : After being a daughter for almost 37 years, I learned to understand my parents and appreciate the things they do for me to make my life easier (believe me I'm lucky to have such great parents)
As a Big Sister : After being a big sister for almost 34 years, I learned to be able to stand by my siblings anytime they need me
As a Wife : After being married for almost 11 years, I learned to know my hubby better and try to be a good wife for him
As a Mom : After being a mom for almost 10 years, I learned to be more patient to my children and try to understand them better
As an Employee : After woking for almost 13 years, I learned to be able to work independently and try to solve the problems at work before going to the boss
As a Toastmasters : After being a toastmasters for almost 6 years, I learned to be able to communicate better and be a good leader.
As an NCCers : After being an NCCers for almost 5 years, I learned to expand my hobby of Cooking, Baking and Photography as there are so many talented friends in NCC and they are all so generous in sharing their knowledge and experience.
As a KBBers : After being a KBBers for almost 3 years, I learned few complicated recipes ^_^ , how to bake better and most important Keeping my commitments.
Now you know me better right? That's what an Ice Breaker for. To let others know you better.
Till we meet again
Qoute of the Day : What's important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiquity. By Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College
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