Post MUN euphoria

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! The very first MUN conference I helped to organise (yaya, Ken Vin will now say I have to take charge sometimes) was a stunning success. At least to me it was. (So shut up all you pessimists and wet blankies and leave me to bask in my self made glory)

Bloody brilliance is sometimes spoilt (and overshadowed) by retarded delegates though.

Take for instance, the adamant refusal of the Delegate of the Russian Federation to obey the orders of the Chair was unacceptable. Still, the Chairs forgave her, much to the disappointment of the general public (Floor).

The Delegate of Japan was getting so out of hand that Nik Shazarina decided to totally ignore him (with the prompting of the Deputy Secretary General) so as to allow others (like the Ambassador of the Russian Federation and the Delegate of the World Nuclear Association) a fair and equal (and overrated...) chance to give their five cents worth. I mean literally, as most of their speeches contained nothing close to the actual facts and was dreadfully embellished with professions of a loving and fillial son and the supporting of a 1964 James Bond movie starring Sean Connery (From Russia, With Love).

Still, all was not lost, as the delegation from France made quite good speakers (thus the certificates) and Shaun Kua shone as the Delegate of The United States of America. First timers like Achmed as the Delegate of Oman and Erick as the Delegate of Sudan made sizeable impacts.

Never fret, for the delegation of Singapore are there to save the day!!!
As usual, the delegate/deputy secretary general was the feisty one (no dirty thoughts please..) as he was stirring up comflict with the Delegate of the United Kingdom in the debating of a resolution.

Nevertheless, successful conferences are not without help from the Admin Staff (headed by Timothy Quek) and the Chairs of GA1 and GA2.

Lek Ken Vin deserves some respect for attempting to organise the conference.

The highlight (quite aptly put) was the celebration of Kong Lee Lian's birthday after the Plenary Session, as many people had sang birthday songs (tunelessly) and wolf whistled. No comments there.

And so, thus ends one of the biggest events I have had at Taylor's.

Long Live MUN!!!

Only an ocean away

So far during the holidays, have I done anything fruitful or anything remotely useful for my future endeavours in this conflict riddled world? Well, except splurge a lot of money on some Haagen Dasze (how do you spell it?) and Dome during my not-so-recent outing, no.

The outing on Thursday with KV and friends was quite crazy. Watched 2 movies, imagine. I know its no big deal to you movie buffs out there, but it is one helluva big deal for me. Of course, that kind of stupid behaviour (watching 2 movies in a row) has some serious repercussions.

1. Popcorn (medium) eaten during the first movie fermented realllllllyyyy badly. As result, my semi-frozen-and-frostbitten-fingers were ridiculously sticky with caramel (not that there was much to begin with anyway, they were stingy on the caramel..) were disgusting. The caramel was stuck in clumps and were not evenly distributed. Which made the popcorn ridiculously disgusting to eat. Rubbish, and they say do not bring outside food, it's as if their food is any better either.

2. Red eyes accumulated from yesterday's late night was worsened. I looked like I had conjunctivitis and sounded to some people like I was cranky and mean. No comment.

Out of the whole outing, I derived some life lessons.
When you have a half shut eye due to some inconvenience (like banging your eye against a door corner in the middle of the night), try not to piss off other people. Or they will do their very best (even if it kills them) to permanently shut that particular eye and perhaps graduate and shut the other one too.

Quick comebacks never hurt anyone, you say. Hurt comes quicker than a comeback, I'll say. The phrase "knock yourself out" redefined, literally.

Just so you know...

We still need people who are interested to join our TAYMUN-SG 2008 Conference. Suddenly, we don't seem to care whether they all come either from Taylor's and Sri Garden. Just keep coming people.

Just kidding. Although we do welcome veterans who were from SG, I prefer Taylorians. Helas, I don't have many tailors visiting this blog.

Upcoming workshops in Taylor's will be:

22 April 2008 (Tuesday)
4.00-5.00 PM
LT2
Topics: On opening speeches and lobbying.

24 April 2008 (Thursday)
4.00-5.00 PM
LT2
Topic: Resolution Writing.


Ken Vin will be handling the one on 22nd April whereas I will be handling the 24th April.

So gals, if you ladies are fans of either of us, please come. Guys, please accompany your gals if you do not wish them to be stolen by the both of us.

Gear up people!

Poster, Click to Enlarge

Serious Shit

Apparently, Chairman Mao took my Ad-For-Rent title previously very seriously...so here it is:

Taylor's University College Model United Nations
and
Sri Garden's Model United Nations

1st Annual Bilateral Conference

In a very desperate bid to promote our club's first particular major event,
I, yes, the very desperate blog owner is promoting (/ begging)
all of you out there to join.

YES, You!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The event takes place from the 25th to 27th April 2008 at Taylor's University College main campus.
The fee is RM 10 per delegate.
Choose an available country. The best is to find a partner and together, be delegates for that country.
Choose General Assembly 1 or 3.
What do I mean with General Assembly 1 or 3? Simple, they both have different topics to be debated on:
GA1
• Combating defamation of religion
• The question of the role of diamonds in fueling conflict
• The role of illegal drug-trafficking in order to finance terrorist organisation
• Situation of nuclear security in Iran
GA3
• Measures to prevent the dissemination of racist and xenophobic materials
• Gay rights
• The protection of from enforced or involuntary disappearances
• The sale of body organs by the poor, esp. women due to economic desperation

Next step: One of you must choose to be the ambassador for that country. No difference, the ambassador just has to have another extra job of making the opening speech of that country.

Interested, come to our workshops to prep up yourself.

(Friday) 4th April 2008 (3.30 - 5.00 p.m.) LT 5
(Tuesday) 22th April 2008 (4.00 - 5.00 p.m.) LT 5
(Thursday) 24th April 2008 (4.00 - 5.00 p.m.) LT 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Copied from Taylor's Model United Nations official blog:

Till now, Taylor's University College students has managed to fill 30 of the alloted 84 delegate seats.
and Sekolah Sri Garden has managed to fill 24 of the alloted 62.

STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. ANYONE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT US!.

Lek Ken Vin - 0132089988
John Khoo - 0123768107
Lim Wei Zhen- 0122180290

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For more information regarding the conference, visit http://taymun.blogspot.com



-----------------------------
(I am not the very desperate blog owner..)

Ad-Space For RENT!!

Basically, TAYMUN has been eating up so much of my life, I am definitely going to miss it when I leave.
On the other hand (my left), Nilai has got some decent sports facilities and it even has a gym. Wow.

Okok, better stop ranting (I have not even started) about Nilai, or people will start thinking that I am not going to miss my friends at Taylor's.

One of my classmates said, "I heard you are going to change college. So, you wasted 9k right?"

Well, the experience of meeting new people is really terrific and from Taylor's, I get to actually appreciate and acquire new skills. I usually have stomach 'aches' and start sweating before any presentation. I used to think it's a curse, but now I just embrace it as a sign of my prepared-ness before doing any big thing like chairing a meeting and making a presentation. Which reminds me, I have to talk on resolution writing (MUN again..) on the 24th of April.

The turnout for our conference registration and workshop was not that great, but I do appreciate Mr. Hanna's help in helping us get the ICPU students' support for the event. Like I said, CAL students are almost all nerds, except a few select ones. ICPU consists of more vocal students. Don't worry PM4, you guys are definitely not the nerdiest...haha!

I would also like to thank Wei Zhen for taking over the navigation of SS TAYMUN from me, all the best in your new position as Vice President of TAYMUN and do tolerate our dear chairman's demanding and somewhat subversive attitude. It can be quite irritating but loveable at the same time, so you do not know whether to slap him or hug him (or whatever girls do to cute jerks).

And oh shinola, I forgot to buy some Physics past year papers to be completed during the holidays. I would have to go back to Taylor's and buy those blasted pieces of paper. Now would I go back during the holidays? Hell, no.

Even the Nights are Better by Air Supply

I, I was the lonely one
Wondering what went wrong
Why love had gone
And left me lonely

I, I was so confused
Feeling like Id just been used
Then you came to me
And my loneliness left me

I use to think I was tied to a heartache
That was the heartbreak
But now that Ive found you

(chorus)
Even the nights are better
Now that were here together
Even the nights are better
Since I found you
Even the days are brighter
When someone you loves beside you
Even the nights are better
Since I found you

You, you knew just what to do
Cause you had been lonely too
And you showed me how
To ease the pain

And you did more
Than mend a broken heart
Cause now youve made a fire start
And i, I can see that you feel
The same way

I used to think I was tied to a heartache
That was the heartbreak
But now that Ive found you
(repeat chorus)

---------------

Terrific song, ask me to share if you have my msn or p2p it yourself.
It ranked quite high on Lite FM's Countdown today. Most of Air Supply's songs ranked quite high on the 500 Songs Countdown today. Your loss if you don't like oldies.