New Set of WSD 2023 Kuala Lumpur Posters

A new set of posters to promote our forthcoming World Speech Day event:

 

 

First 15 Registrations for WSD 2023 Kuala Lumpur

We've collected the first 15 registrations – and e-dockets #001-#015 have been issued:

WSD 2023 International Women's Day

World Speech Day is celebrated every year on March 15 in 100-plus countries all around the globe. 

 

But some chapters will also have in their calendars, additional World Speech Days. We, in WSD Kuala Lumpur make it a point to celebrate World Children’s Day on November 20. 

 

And WSD South Africa promote International Women’s Day on March 08 – this year, we were beckoned to nominate a Malaysian to speak at this virtual event. [Special thanks to Vino Pillay for the invite]. 

 

Our pick was Jamilah Samian – check out her speech here:

 

 

Jamilah is the author of "Cool Mum Super Dad", "Leadership in Parenting", "Cool Boys Super Sons", "Parenting Generation Y & Z" and "The Kindness Miracle". She is the founder of www.coolmumsuperdad.com. 

 

FYI, this is her maiden speech for World Speech Day!

March 14 is World Speech Day Kuala Lumpur 2023

YMCA Kuala Lumpur is again our venue for World Speech Day Kuala Lumpur 2023 – but we had to move it a day earlier. March 14, instead of March 15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#unexpectedvoices 

#worldspeechday

World Speech Day 2023 Kuala Lumpur is Coming Soon

We've already started planning for our biggie event, World Speech Day 2023 Kuala Lumpur. 

 

And the 2023 theme has even been finalized!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#unexpectedvoices #worldspeechday

World Speech Day Culture - Malaysian Food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve collected another 3 videos of speeches for World Speech Day Culture – and all 3 are from Malaysia.

  

Anabelle Teh talks about her favorite Malaysian foods, i.e. nasi lemak, roti canai and nian gao 年糕 (kuih bakul). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nasi lemak is actually rice cooked in coconut milk that is traditionally served with anchovies, cucumbers, peanuts and boiled eggs, and served together with a spicy chili paste called sambal. Nasi lemak is considered Malaysia’s national dish. 

Roti canai is a type of flatbread, usually served with dhal and/or curries. 

Nian gao is a sticky sweet rice cake eaten during the Lunar New Year. It's basically a popular dessert made of glutinous rice flour and sugar. 

Nian gao is 年糕 in Chinese. The character 年 means ‘year’, and the character 糕 means ‘cake’, which shares the same pronunciation as 高 (gao), meaning ‘tall’ or ‘high’. So, the pronunciation of nian gao sounds like 'year high' (年高) – and so, nian gao symbolizes a high year, an increase in prosperity.

  

Lim Chien Cian shares about the Chinese celebration of the winter solstice, Dong Zhi (which means “Winter Arrives”) – it welcomes the return of longer days and the corresponding increase in positive energy in the year to come. 

Occurring only six weeks before the Lunar New Year, the festival has its own significance for many people, and is believed to be the day when everyone gets one year older. 

An important and auspicious recipe to make during the Winter Solstice is the tang yuan 汤圆, a traditional Chinese dessert made of glutinous rice shaped into balls – often brightly colored – that is served in a hot broth or syrup. 

The celebration may have begun as a harvest festival, when farmers and fishermen took time off to celebrate with their families. It’s not an official holiday, but remains an occasion for families to join together to celebrate the year that has passed and share good wishes for the year to come. 

 

Nurul Rafidah promotes her Bidayuh roots and she chooses three dishes, ikan bakar, bamboo chicken and kurat sisub.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ikan bakar is charcoal-grilled fish. The fish is seasoned with a spice marinade, then wrapped in banana leaves before being laid on a hot grill. Bamboo chicken is, as the name implies, chicken cooked in a bamboo tube. And kurat sisub is a traditional dish of wild mushrooms, chicken and rice. 

Incidentally, all three speakers are students at Sunway. 

#unexpectedvoices #worldspeechday #wsdculturemalaysia

A Scholastic Kid Reporter at a World Speech Day Event

Our WSD 2022 World Children’s Day event is special in more ways than one. 

For a start, we’re the only WSD chapter in the Global Network to celebrate World Children’s Day and this is our second year doing this. Better still, this year’s occasion is an in-person event and we drew a full-house. 

And this time around, a newshound came a-calling. Yes, you read it right.

We had a reporter in our midst! Twelve-year-old Jaishivan Sivanesan Paranam (left) who’s been appointed a Scholastic Kid Press reporter this year intends to write about this World Speech Day event. 

He told us that this is “an inspiring event that gives a platform for young people to speak and share on issues close to their heart” – and therefore, it is something he would love to report on. 

Just so you know, the Scholastic Kids Press is a prestigious, award-winning international journalism program. For the 2022-2023 academic year, twenty-nine Kid Reporters, ages 10–14, have been hand-picked across the globe to be part of the international editorial team, reporting to the editor based in New York, USA. Primarily, they will report “news for kids, by kids”. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These student journalists represent 15 US states and 8 countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam. 

Kid Reporters' articles will cover events in local communities and on the world stage on a range of topics, including government, entertainment, the environment, sports, and more. 

Needless to say, he was one of our 43 speakers for the said event on December 20th. Check out his speech here:

 

Jaishiven is undeniably, a good speaker!