Humor

Car Problem
One day, a mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, chemical engineer, and computer engineer were driving down the street in the same car when it broke down.
The mechanical engineer said, "I think a rod broke."
The chemical engineer said, "The way it sputtered at the end, I think it's not getting enough gas."
The electrical engineer said, "I think there was a spark and something's wrong with the electrical system."
All three turned to the computer engineer and said, "What do you think?"
The computer engineer said, "I think we should all get out and then get back in."
Job Interview
Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you looking for?"
The engineer said, "In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a five-week vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching your retirement fund to 50% of your salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red Corvette?"
The young engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?"
The interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."
Helicopter Problem
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport.
The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters.
People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEA-TAC airport, and landed safely.
After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position in Seattle.
The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because, similar to their help-lines, they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
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President's Message

I took charge of Energy TMC as President in January 2009, and set several goals to achieve during my tenure, with the cooperation of our energetic ExCom and members, for further progress. At the same time I want to avoid Goals Overload. Recently, several new members have joined us and they have great potential to grow and improve their communication and leadership skills. I see that our members are enthusiastically taking assignments in the Area and Division Contests and supporting other clubs as well in their contests and meetings. Volunteering to do activities that are challenging and making us anxious gives us experience that will eventually alleviate our fear of failure. At TM we Learn skills relating to communication, leadership, decision making, time management and negotiation, and how to control anger, foster improvements, stay positive and much more. I like to share my vision with you, we will learn from last year’s successes and mistakes, turn mistakes into opportunities, make steady improvements, diagnose and implement treatment, turning new TMs into Good Public Speakers and experienced TMs to great speakers, using teamwork methodology.

I like to emphasize on an area where sometimes we do not pay much attention, that is, listening skills, which are especially critical in doing a job accurately and fostering good relationships not to mention understanding others’ needs. One can easily achieve it by actively practicing it during the meetings, which enables us also offering well-deserved praise which is an effective and inexpensive way to build a loyal and productive team. Once we start enjoying the meetings the growth will multiply in a short span of time. We are committed to the club’s friendly atmosphere where one can become better speaker through fellow members’ constructive feedback

Our club proactively and dedicatedly supports all the coming contests with a professional approach.

With a dedicated ExCom team, enthusiastic club members, and frequently visiting guests, I am positive that the Toastmasters Year 2009 will not only add many ribbons to our club, but also will be a very rewarding and fun experience for each one of us.
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”Brian Tracy
To all of us, Cheers!

TM Tariq Rashid
President Energy TMC