Iblawg Attends the TLI

I dutifully attended the second TLI (Toastmasters Leadership Institute) training last weekend. Mind you, I was at the first one too.

Actually, having attended the TLI is no big deal. Many of them left shortly after signing their attendance. What these people didn’t know was that there was a second attendance sheet after the break.

Sounds familiar? Kinda like some of our lectures, where a second attendance sheet is necessary to curb truancy. Nevertheless, the turnout at the TLI2 was not too bad also lah. Food-wise, the fried mee-hoon was salty, the teh tarik was good, but there was no plain water. It was free-of-charge anyway.

After the break, we were given this little ‘test’, and boy all we did was copy, copy and copy. Luckily we had our President with us; she lent us her directory which helped us a great deal. Our answer scripts were marked by people from other tables. My marker even helped me to calculate my score!

Info such as name, position and club was also required on the answer scripts. I suddenly became a security guard for MSC Headquarters. Thanks, Sat :p. No we didn’t hand in that copy. We printed our real names and respective positions before submitting.

I liked the ‘forum’. Had a couple of good laughs there. Despite having nasty thoughts of sneaking out midway through the TLI, I’m proud to say that we stayed on til the end. (Yeah right it started to rain and we were stranded)

With our attendance, we’re now a step closer to achieving our DCP goals. On my part, I am working towards getting the CC title (as well as getting rid of it) as soon as possible!

Update: I met ATMB Ramdas Nayar this morning while on my way to work! What a small, small world! He remembered me from the TLI. Apparently he’s working in the same area as I am.