On 25th June 2013, I celebrated my 28th birthday with a gift that would change my life, in an astonishing way. I took my phone, messaged Shawn (who was the Vice President Membership), that I wanted to join The Brunei Speakers' Club (BSC). I have been attending one of the four Toastmaster club in Brunei as a guest for over 2 months, until a veteran member, Del, came and said to me,"You've been here few times as a guest, you are already a member." It was a wake-up call, the final push for me to get over the hump of self-doubt.
Over the past year, I have learned not only about communication skills but also leadership skills. Since the day I joined BSC, I have completed my Competent Communicator (CC) and Competent Leader (CL), volunteered as organizing committee for BSC Gala Dinner and OTTERS Speech Contest, emcee for the gala dinner and was one of the judges for a secondary school speech contest judge. All being said, one of the most important decision I've made was to take up the challenge as mentor for another Toastmaster Club in Brunei, the Oil Town Talkers (OTTERS) which is located in OGDC Seria. Toastmaster Hazwan and I were given the opportunity to improve our leadership skill by taking the challenge to assist OTTERS as the number of members were diminishing at that particular point of time.
With efforts well put in by all the members and support from the senior toastmasters, OTTERS is starting to find its footing and becomes more stable. And to further improve on my leadership skill, I ran for presidency of the club for the term 1st July 2014 to 30th June 2015. I have a vision for OTTERS, and I am glad I have such a supportive executive committees. Let's all work hard and embark on this memorable journey in the upcoming term!
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| Front Row L-R (Jason, Zainal, Myself, Nina & Ching) First Row L-R (Hazwan, Alice, Ivan, Nasrul, Jackie & Shawn) |
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