Nasira Arrival of guests

Dear guests, the banquet will begin shortly. Please be seated and
kindly turn off or set your handphone to silent mode throughout the
night. Your cooperation is highly appreciated. Thank you.

Neil Arrival of guests of honour

Announcing the arrival of:

The honorable Mr Abdillah Adam, Director of Sarawak Education

Department

The honorable Tuan Haji Awang Hambali bin Haji Awang Hamdan,
Director of IPGK Batu Lintang

Ladies and gentleman, please be seated.

Nasira Opening Speech

Bismilillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum w.b.t, a very good evening and a warm welcome
to:

The honorable Mr Abdillah bin Adam, Director of Sarawak Education

Department,

The honorable Tuan Haji Awang Hambali bin Haji Awang Hamdan,
director of IPGK Batu Lintang,

Mr Abdul Malek bin Mohd Tahir, head of the department for

Students’ Affair

Miss Fraulein Angking, head of the English Department,

Madam Anis Alisya Abdullah, coordinator of B.Ed TESOL-Otago

Programme,

Sharon Young, coordinator of B.Ed TESOL programme from the

University of Otago,

our beloved lecturers and fellow friends.

Welcome to “TESL GALA NIGHT 2012”!

Neil Good evening ladies and gentleman.
It is my delight to be your emcee for tonight
I’m Neil, and I’m also
very happy to be accompanied by my charming co-emcee Nasira.
Good evening, Nasira.

Nasira Good evening, Neil.

I’m very happy to be co-emceeing tonight’s event with you as well.

Neil (Doa Recitation)

Without any further delay, we would like to invite Mohd Alif

Naqiduddin for the doa recitation.
Nasira Amin-amin ya rabbal alamin, thank you Alif
for the doa’.

Neil (Introduction of Theme & Last Dinner)

Ladies and gentleman,

The theme for tonight’s dinner is – A Night with the Stars. Most of us
have come dressed as our favourite movie characters. As you can
see, there are several categories for movie characters including the
princesses, villains, superheroes, and contemporary characters. This
is the chance for us to dress as our movie heroes.

Nasira Ladies and gentleman,

Tonight’s dinner is the final get together for the 57 of us with our
Nasira lecturers and staff. This is our chance to spend time with each other
and also to express our gratitude to our beloved lecturers who have
been with us through thick and thin these 5 and a half years.

Everyone is dressed up to the nines. Doesn’t everyone look

absolutely stunning and handsome tonight?

Neil Miss Nas, you look elegant tonight. Who are you dressed up as?
Nasira Let me give you a clue.

(British accent).

Ow…I just got back from London. Went on honeymoon with Mr.
Darcy.

How about you? You look more handsomer than usual.

Neil Let me give you a clue. He turns green when he is angry. I am
 Professor Bruce Benner – before turning green.

Nasira Ow…so you are Professor Bruce Benner. I must be careful not to
make you angry then.

Bob Marley once said “an angry man is a hungry man”. To make
sure you do not turn green tonight, I think we should start dinner
now. You are getting hungry aren’t you?

Neil You bet I am.

Ladies and gentleman,

Now, we would like to welcome the servers to serve tonight’s dinner.

Dinner is now served. I would like to invite our honoured guesst to

enjoy the mouth-watering dishes prepared for tonight’s event.

Nasira While we enjoy our meals, we will be entertained by talented

performers from amongst us.

The first performance is the Bollywood Dance, followed by Bonnie

Edwin Maduin who will sing the song entitled “Marry You”. She will
then perform a duet with our one and only Mr George for the song
entitled “Unchained Melody”. The last performance for this segment
will be by Mr Lai who will serenade us with his saxaphone.

Ladies and gentleman, may I have your attention please?

Neil
Are we missing something Nas?
I don’t think we have heard our cohort leader speak tonight.

Now I would like to invite our cohort’s leader, Azman Salleh to deliver
his speech.

Nasira Thank you Azman for that wonderful speech. That will mark Azman's
last speech ...... as the cohort leader. The next time we hear his
speech, it would probably in the capacity of a Yang Berhormat
perhaps? Let us give him another round of applause.

Neil (Video Presentation)

**What are you going to say here, Neil**

Nasira Ladies and gentleman,

Now, we would like to invite the head of Language Department, Miss

 Fraulein Angking, to give her speech.

Neil Thank you Miss Fraulein for that wonderful speech.

Our next speech will be from someone who flew all the way from
New Zealand – Sharon Young our "mama" while we were in
Dunedin.

Thank you Sharon for that great speech.

Nasira Ladies and gentleman,

Next we would like to call upon the Director of IPGK Batu Lintang,
Tuan Haji Awang Hambali bin Haji Awang Hamdan to deliver his
speech.

Thank you very much Tuan Haji Awang Hambali bin Haji Awang
Hamdan for your words of wisdom and encouragement.

Neil Now let us move to our next agenda. So Miss Nas, are you feeling
lucky tonight?

Nasira I don’t know, maybe. Why?

Neil Because we are having our first Lucky Draw for tonight. Ladies and
gentlemen, we would like to invite Mdm Anis to the stage to pick five
lucky names. P/S Mdm, please pick my name. I have never won
anything of some sort ever.

Nasira Thank you to our beloved coordinator, Madam Anis for giving away
the prizes.

So Mr. Neil, I guess we are not that lucky tonight, aye? Well, don’t be
sad yet, because we are going to have 6 more lucky draws after this.
Neil
"Looking forward to that, Nasira. By the way, you can speak
Mandarin, right Miss Nas?"

(Neil speaks mandarin)

Nas (Speak mandarin) Enough of me talking.

For the next two performances, we will have Shirley and Mr. Sanjan
to entertain us.
Neil Thank you Shirley and Mr Sanjan. By the way Nas, can you
understand what the Chinese song is all about?

Nas Wo ming bai. The song is about …

Neil Yes, you are right.

Okay now, let’s move forward to our next Lucky Draw session! Who
shall we invite this time, Miss Nas?

Nas This time, we would like to invite Miss Fraulein Angking to sing a
song...eh I mean to draw 3 more lucky names.

One of the hampers is sponsored by IPGK Batu Lintang’s cafeteria

and the other two hampers are sponsored by Kem Alapong, Lundu.

Introduce Bunyi Gitar

Neil: I guess I am not as lucky.. I think I am not born to win this thing..
Nas: It’s okay Mr. Neil, or should I say, Professor Bruce Banner. We still
have one more slot to go for that, remember?
Neil: Okay....
Nas: Chill mate! Let’s enjoy our next performance!
Neil: Yeah! (Sing a bit of Bunyi Guitar)
Nas: Err.. Dancers, let’s get started!!
After Bunyi Gitar
Neil: As far as I can recall, that dance was also performed when we were in
Dunedin, right?
Nas: Yup! It’s true! From Malaysia to New Zealand, our dancers have always
made us proud!
Neil: What else do we have for the next Segment, Miss Nas?
Nas: For our next performance, we will have Abang Kamaruddin performing!
As we all know, Abang was one of the singers in our Musical Night
recently...a superstar in the making I shall say!
Neil: Without further ado, let’s us give him a big round of applause and invite
Abang to come on stage!

After Abang Kamaruddin’s Solo

Nas: Absolutely great performance from Abang! (Applause)
Neil: You know, I can sing too...
Nas: I know that. But right now, the centre of the stage belongs to Abang
Kamaruddin with his duet partner, Miss Yusmariza. Together they are
going to sing ______________________.
After AK and Miss Yus Duet
Neil: I didn’t know that Miss Yus could sing! I guess it shows that each and
every one of us has hidden talent that waits to be unleashed.
Nas: I know you are going to say that you can sing, Mr Neil.
Neil: Nayh.. Why would I do that?
Nas: Lucky Draw 3
Yeah, right.. So let’s move on to our third Lucky draw of the night. With
this, I would like to invite Ms Sharon to pick our last three lucky winners.
Mr. Neil, I hope you’ll win something.

Karaoke Session
Neil: It doesn’t matter if I didn’t win. I guess I am used to it. Right, now, we
shall open the session for any volunteers to sing us some songs
tonight. C’mon ya lads!!

(Introduce those who will come forward)

Presenting Souvenirs
Nas: I guess each and every one of us have been entertained by the
performances from our singers just now! Now we are going to proceed
on with our next agenda which is to present souvenirs to our guests of
honour today. With that, I would like to invite our Vice President, Miss
Rhenu Balachandran to accompany our President, Mr. Azman (British
slang) to come onstage to present the souvenirs.

Neil: Our first recipient tonight is the person who is always busy handling our
matters in our institute. He is none other than the Head of Students’
Affair Department, Mr. Abdul Malek bin Mohd. Tahir.
Thank You Mr. Abdul Malek.
Miss Nas, who shall be our second recipient?

Nas: Our second recipient would be the lovely and charming lecturer in the
Language Department as well as our Coordinator of B.Ed TESOL
Otago in our institute. Let’s invite Mdm. Anis Alisya Abdullah to come
onstage to receive the souvenir of gratitude and appreciation
Thank you Mdm. Anis
Neil: Our next recipient is a lecturer who has been very supportive of us. She
has always been there for us, providing guidance and help whenever
we need it. We are honoured to present the next souvenir to Miss
Fraulein Angking, the Head of the Language Dpartment.

Thank you Miss Fraulein.

Nas: Our next recipient has always been a mother-figure to us especially

during our time in Dunedin. She was like our mother and we really miss
her when we left. She was always around whenever we needed her.
We are very grateful to have you with us, Sharon. With this, we would
like to invite Sharon Young, the Coordinator of B.Ed TESOL Otago from
Otago University, to come on stage to receive the souvenir.
Thank you, Sharon.

Neil: Now, the next recipient of our souvenir tonight is none other than the
Director of IPGMKBL, Tuan Haji Hambali bin Haji Hamdan. We are
honoured and blessed to have you as our Director. We would also like
to thank you for all your support to our programme. Ladies and
gentlemen, let’s invite our Director to come on stage to receive the
souvenir.

Neil: Finally, we would like to show our appreciation to our former director
and the current Sarawak Director of Sarawak Education Department ,
Mr. Abdillah bin Adam for all his support and words of encouragement
before we left for Dunedin. With this, we would like to invite Mr. Abdillah
Adam to come on stage to receive the souvenir.
Thank you, Mr. Abdillah Adam.
Also thank you to our lovely Vice President and President too!
Special Segment
Neil: Biodata first
 - 35 years in the teaching field
- a total of 15 years as a teacher educator out of which 10 years are in
BL
- vast experience in module writing
- been with us since our foundation years
- add on your own ideas....

Nas: This is a special segment to appreciate our retiring lecturer, Mdm. Tan
Phaik Lee. We would love to show our appreciation for all her hard work
and dedication in teaching not only us, but all her students. She has
modelled what a teacher should always do in this profession.

With that, we would like to invite Mr. Azman bin Salleh, accompanied by
Miss Rhenu Balachandran to present the special present.
We would also like to invite Mdm. Tan Phaik Lee to come on stage to
receive a special present from B.Ed TESOL Otago Cohort 1.

Thank you, Mdm. Tan.

Mdm. Tan, would you please remain standing there as Language
Department also has a gift for you.

With that, we would like to invite the Head of the Language Department,
Miss Fraulein Angking, accompanied by Mdm. Anis Alisya Abdullah, to
present a special token of appreciation from Language Department to
Mdm. Tan Phaik Lee.
Thank you, Mdm. Tan.
 Also a big thank you to Miss Fraulein Angking and Mdm. Anis Alisya
Abdullah.
Not to forget our President and his Vice President.

Neil: Next would be our last performance as a whole group. We are going to
sing a song from Vitamin C called “Graduation”. We would like to invite
our coursemates to come on stage to sing this song.

Nas: Everyone, please remain on the stage as we would like to invite our
honourable guests to the stage for the photo-taking session.

After photo-taking session

Neil: It has been a marvellous evening, don’t you think, Miss Nas?

Nas: Yes, Mr. Neil. It has also been an enjoyable and hopefully a memorable
one for each and every one of us.

Neil: With that, we would like to express our gratitude to all of our honourable
guests for their presence here tonight. Not to forget, a big thank you to
our lecturers and every one of you here. Good night and have a safe
journey back. Cheers everyone.