It has been a long time I didn’t help out in this website. I’m back again, and I sincerely thank to YC’s help in maintaining the website. 
Now, let’s flash back our memories to last weekend. We had our 18th Annual Convention of District 51 for year 2011 in Penang, Bayview Beach Resort!
The convention was held from 29 April ~ 1 May 2011. I have joined Toastmasters Club for almost 2 years, and finally that was the first convention that I managed to attend!
The convention started off with a Welcome Night on 29 April evening with the theme “Arabian Fantasia in Bollywood Dreams”. The guests are encouraged to be in the attire of Arabian and Bollywood. See, these were how we wore during the Welcome Night!
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However, it was not a matter whether you wore according to the attire, we still enjoyed and danced together!
** I have some video clips to be shared out, but they are pending to be uploaded. I will update about the video clips in the next post. **
On the next morning, 30 April, we got the chance to enjoy the speech from the first Vice President Dr. John Lau, as well as the Plenary Session from Past International President, Ted Corcoran. Below is the photo taken during the session of Ted Corcoran. After the session of Ted Corcoran, we had a forum session to discuss on some topics about Toastmasters.
After the session, we had our lunch in the resort. Ops, I missed that group photo session…
After lunch, we were separated into two group and played a few games, just like some teambuilding games, which encouraged the teams to show cooperation and leadership skills. What a waste, we were too into the games and forgot to take some photos of them!
Then, it came to the dinner, the Gala Banquet and Awards Night. All guests were well dressed!
Guess what??
Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club won the second place in the contest of The Best Club Website!!
Congratulations to our club, and we thank to all supports from all members!! Especially YC, who kept on helping in maintaining the website!! ^^
These were the trophy and a pen (Oh no, I took the photo of the wrong angle of the pen…) for the winner, Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club!
After an enjoyable day, we continued to the third day, 1 May 2011. It was the Labor Day, a public holiday. People were enjoying their holiday, but we were enjoying the Speech Contests! There were two contests to be held, which were District International Speech Contest and District Table Topics Contest.
Before contest started, all of us went up to the stage to take a last group photo of that convention. Weren’t we look tidy and smart?
Due to the contest rule, we were not allowed to take any photo during the contest. However, we enjoyed the speeches, and I believe we learned a lot from the contestants!
Although the contests have ended, the convention has also ended with a closing ceremony, but the learning journey is never ended.
We share, and we learn together all the time!
Disclaimer: Due to my limited photography skills, some of the photos were taken from the albums of some members in the facebook.
