Saturday, December 23, 2006
Been a while since I last wrote in....
I am now in the midst of preparing for the Harvard United Nations conference which will be in Feb. Goodness! The amount of workload is quite heavy. Dhilla and I are assigned to the Special Political and Decolonization committee of the UN's General Assembly. It is rather irritating actually since the topics that we will be discussing are beyond our areas of study. Get this, the topics are on minority ethnic politics focusing on INDIGENOUS people in South America and Africa and the political future of Iraq. Hell, I know nuts about those Latino politics and the only thing that I can relate to about Africa is the Darfur issue. Certainly, those delegates from South American region have an edge over us. Urgh!!! And yes, the only indigeneous people I know are those who live in Taman Negara in Malaysia-the Batek Negrito. Thats it. Hopefully, we will be concentrating on Iraq case study. At least, I have some knowledge on it although not so much on the domestic front. Gosh... we really need to read up a lot. It will be like a whole new ball game.
Anyways, I seriously cant wait for the Feb trip. We will be spending about six days in Boston for the conference before heading off to New York for three days. Before returning back home, we will be going to Washington DC for two days. Gee... how exciting it will be. Basically, we will be covering the popular spots of the East Coast of America. Needless, the conference in Boston will be really intensive and tiring but hopefully fun. It will be like debating in the real UN organization where delegates from different countries will negotiate with each other and forming alliances, before reaching a resolution. -Anticipating for much excitement-
Oh yes! I will be staying in hostel next semester at the nicest residential in NUS-Prince George Park! Hehehee... how wonderful and my room will have a washbasin too. Cool right? It will be quite lonenly staying alone without the usual sister around me but sometimes, one need to make some sacrifices. I have to prepare for the Harvard conference which involves writing position papers and I will be working on my ISM. Basically, I will be making many trips to the Central Library for research and it seems convenient to stay in hostel for my last semester in NUS. Although I live in Jurong, it usually take me an hour to reach school, all thanks to the pathetic and inefficient bus service.
Okay enough of work. I realize that I tend to talk about work a lot. Sheesh... Will be going for a roadtrip to KL later. Yes, LATER. As in 4am in the morning. I know. It sounds ridiculous. Tell that to my dad and the rest of the family members. And urgh.. I have to drive later. Dont really fancy driving when Im on holiday. Driving to KL is really tiring. I will be stoning for at least an hour after that.
So take care people especially Mr Big Brown Eyes. Will be back with lovely photos of the trip soon. ΒΆ 2:00 AM
I am now in the midst of preparing for the Harvard United Nations conference which will be in Feb. Goodness! The amount of workload is quite heavy. Dhilla and I are assigned to the Special Political and Decolonization committee of the UN's General Assembly. It is rather irritating actually since the topics that we will be discussing are beyond our areas of study. Get this, the topics are on minority ethnic politics focusing on INDIGENOUS people in South America and Africa and the political future of Iraq. Hell, I know nuts about those Latino politics and the only thing that I can relate to about Africa is the Darfur issue. Certainly, those delegates from South American region have an edge over us. Urgh!!! And yes, the only indigeneous people I know are those who live in Taman Negara in Malaysia-the Batek Negrito. Thats it. Hopefully, we will be concentrating on Iraq case study. At least, I have some knowledge on it although not so much on the domestic front. Gosh... we really need to read up a lot. It will be like a whole new ball game.
Anyways, I seriously cant wait for the Feb trip. We will be spending about six days in Boston for the conference before heading off to New York for three days. Before returning back home, we will be going to Washington DC for two days. Gee... how exciting it will be. Basically, we will be covering the popular spots of the East Coast of America. Needless, the conference in Boston will be really intensive and tiring but hopefully fun. It will be like debating in the real UN organization where delegates from different countries will negotiate with each other and forming alliances, before reaching a resolution. -Anticipating for much excitement-
Oh yes! I will be staying in hostel next semester at the nicest residential in NUS-Prince George Park! Hehehee... how wonderful and my room will have a washbasin too. Cool right? It will be quite lonenly staying alone without the usual sister around me but sometimes, one need to make some sacrifices. I have to prepare for the Harvard conference which involves writing position papers and I will be working on my ISM. Basically, I will be making many trips to the Central Library for research and it seems convenient to stay in hostel for my last semester in NUS. Although I live in Jurong, it usually take me an hour to reach school, all thanks to the pathetic and inefficient bus service.
Okay enough of work. I realize that I tend to talk about work a lot. Sheesh... Will be going for a roadtrip to KL later. Yes, LATER. As in 4am in the morning. I know. It sounds ridiculous. Tell that to my dad and the rest of the family members. And urgh.. I have to drive later. Dont really fancy driving when Im on holiday. Driving to KL is really tiring. I will be stoning for at least an hour after that.
So take care people especially Mr Big Brown Eyes. Will be back with lovely photos of the trip soon. ΒΆ 2:00 AM
