Sunday, February 8, 2009
Model United Nations
So the reason I haven't blogged in nearly a week is the fact that last week was spent researching and making final notes for the Model United Nations conference. Did I have a life at all last week? No (although I never rarely do anyway). Was it worth it? Absolutely.
I had a pretty small role this year as the delegate from Chile in SOCHUM, also known as the third committee. To be honest, I would have liked to be on a crisis committee, simply because it would have been more interesting, but I'm actually glad I wasn't this year since I am the worst public speaker/debater ever.
The first day was pretty boring to be honest, but the second day picked up momentum as we were given a (fake) crisis during the first committee session. It turned out that there was a exodus in one of the villages in Sudan. Now, I was sitting at the very back on the second day, so I could see exactly what was going on: the Sudanese delegate passed several notes to his friend that read "WHAT SHOULD I DO?!?!" and at one point he left the room to talk with his teacher. Clearly, he thought he was screwed. Eventually, we passed a resolution on this crisis and got back to the topic at hand: child soldiers.
Here are some other memorable moments (you probably won't find them that funny, but after sitting there for nearly 8 hours, these were hilarious):
- The delegate from Rwanda's cellphone rang, and the Chair looked at him and said, "While the Chair is glad that the delegate from Rwanda has the financial means to afford a cellular device, we would like for him and all delegates who have this luxury to turn it off."
- Russia: We do not agree with this, blah blah blah
Canada: Do you have an idea as to how to solve this then?
Russia: ...No, but that's why we urge all delegates to ponder this issue. - Israel: And we can just chop their heads off! ... so to speak.
- Just to make things more interesting, the Chair went up to the delegate from China and told him to motion to censure Poland.
- The delegate from the US then asked if anybody had valid reasons to censure Poland; the Chair then said, "Once again, the USA is a killjoy in this UN committee".
- Poland then declared itself "Polreandstine", and was therefore able to talk again.
- China proposed to send all the Palestinians to "Polreandstine" to end the current conflict in the Gaza strip.
- Iraq then told China to test this plan out on the Tibetans. (BURN)
Now that MUN is done, I honestly have no idea what to do with my free time anymore. Any suggestions for new hobbies/activities to do so that I don't die of boredom?
Your new hobby should be watching all 3 seasons of Arrested Development. Your life will become more enriched from it, trust me.
However, MUN procedure jokes will be made until the end of the school year, and that is most definitely an order.
Furthermore, the chair wishes to expel the delegate from Belgium from this committee. That is all.
I don't have any suggestions for new hobbies, though.
Hmm.. new hobbies? How about.. watching the television ^^? Nah, most of us who're used to the Internet care less about the teebee. Hmm.. get a date? XD or go out with your friends...