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The MYMUN Experience
On the 16th of April, 12 untrained, inexperienced, MUNers flew to Kuala Lumpur for the 6th MYMUN conference. We all were excited (and a little nervous) about attending an international conference, but it was a first for many of us and we all thought that we were going to have a great time. When we touched down we went to see some of the incredible sights of Malaysia. These included the Batu caves and a tie-dye factory. Then we went back to the hotel and hit the mall for a shopping spree (or an ice cream spree, depending on who you were); this sums up our first day in Malaysia.
The next day began bright and early. After a delicious bacon and cow-egg filled breakfast (don’t ask), we all set off for Mont’Kiara School. We were all dressed up in suits (or at least, we were supposed to be) and we were feeling a little hot. After a lunch and a half-hour-long assembly, we finally got to the committee rooms. We all got to know each other, had a laugh and got some resolution writing in as well. But after a short snack break, it was back to the grindstone. After 7 hours we managed to get 6 resolutions approved.
After a short nights sleep, we were up and on the bus again; finally, we actually started the debate. Despite what you may think (that MYMUN is a solemn conference, as the rumours go), it is actually very fun. For instance, we had several love triangles in our committee that shook things up a bit. Although we debated many resolutions, we were actually very critical and only 2 of our resolutions passed. Luckily one of them was mine. At the end of the day we all got together for a “friendly” game of dodgeball.
Finally it was the last day. We all said our farewells and got on the bus for a last time, to go to the airport. In such a short span we had all managed to become seasoned veterans; we could never have done this without the help of Mrs. Patel and Mr. Hoye.
