steppin’ out for HNMUN

i’ll put more personal thoughts in this writing, expect nothing spectacular, kay?

like some of u may have guess my biggest goal of life is to take over the world (read: traveling), i’m happy to joined this Model UN at Harvard univ (well, it wasn’t exactly at the harvard, it was in Boston Park Plaza hotel tho’).

my university’s team spent at least 2 weeks at the land of freedom. we visited NY then DC then went to the conference.

if u ask me, how was the trip? will answer: FAB, duh! lolz

first thing to acknowledge is that this is my first experience steppin’ out from the lovely Indonesia, and the next thing is that i have always wanted to feel the snow!

dun’ gimme that look! sounds norak, i know, but this is one of my reached goal! so, whatever

hahaha…thankfuly went there at the end of winter, at least there were snow around

despite all the trip to liberty, cheap-shops (sale season, babe! lolz), the cold, and all chinese restaurants (the only place we found rice): THE ASSEMBLY WENT WELL DONE. thanks to the committee!

the team, in front of the capitol Hill

i mean, i got this DISEC room, and yes, contributed only small part to the assembly. beside this is my debute on any international MUN, i love to observe more and gaining experience rather than having ambition to win some trophies (but i was serious at the assembly!)

this big committee was…..BIG. u know, because of the vast participants, and (i have to admit), boring topic that was chosen (sorry, still love Banyamulenge more), and many repetitive nonsense from some delegates, i felt bored….lolz, blame it on me, but at least i joined the session diligently

the thing i’ve learnt about joining Harvard National MUN was that: the session went FAST. really…really fast! it’s just the second day and everyone seemed ready with their working papers and draft resolutions! (i always thought they made it before comin’ to the assembly tho’), and in some smaller committees, a friend told me the flow went intense. whatever she meant

have to admit, having english as ur second language was a burden, need to work more on the fluency (and may be to be fast thinking too)

indonesian’s student mostly still slow. not all, but generally. the culture of us is slow…hahaha..but being slow leads nowhere, so we better be hurry now.

indo’s student also still, generally, lazy to read books not to mention we also lack on writing and also critical thinking. we are not independent (okay, not all, but generally, coz i’m not. hahaha…). i think joining HNMUN, again, open my eyes study more on how students (especially in USA) arrange how they study and party. *wink wink*

oh yeah, sometime i also realized, if people recognized u were from outside the country, and not comin’ from europe… they tend to looked down u, unless u proof urself u were worth more than what they thought about u. got this by experienced. not quite insulted nor offended, but just…*whut da??* feelin’…hahaha

but even I still stunned when my head delegate from African Union Committee got this OUTSTANDING DELEGATE!

don’t compare our institution with some other famous ones like yale, west-point, pennsylvania, etc.  don’t even compare us to other US’s universities that have joined this annualy since decades ago. it wasn’t comparable.

the thing is, this award made us feel worth to spend thousands of dollars to come accross the globe to attend the assembly. it was pain in the arse for arranging our trip (thx to Raisa, Katrin, Tony and those who helped arranging our lovely trip), but by this award: we feel HAPPY.

anyway, had lovely trip. and this journey to USA proven me that i love my Indonesia with all its lack ness more than any country could give. and this trip encourage me to travel more crossing the globe. thinking about Asia (near the Europe, tho) for the next destination. but still collecting the guts, and the money. hehe…

i know u love me XOXO,

amel