Lately I've been to the Wroclaw Model United Nations Conference. This is a conference performed as the real one in United Nations Organisation but for young people from high school and university. This was my first experience like this and I was very surprised, because I didn't expect it to be so enlightening. But let's take it in turn.
First of all I will tell about my council. Deliberations were performed for few topics in a few committees an the same time. I was in the Security Council and together with other delegates we were obligated to solve a problem of nuclear weapons in Asia, because the main topic was focused on the problems in Asian countries. The country that I represented was People's Democratic Republic of Lao. At a glance I thought that this is not good country for this conference, because it is small and tangential but as soon as I started my research about this country I discovered that I was wrong. My country had so much to talk in the issue of nuclear weapon. Laos is a poor country and not able to build a nuclear plant but also they use alternative energy source. Full need of energy they fulfil using water energy that they obtain from the biggest river in this country and also a part of this energy obtained is exported to some bordering countries. As a delegate of Laos I had to fully know current politics in this country and also support it. It could be ridiculous or controversial to me personally, but I had to act like one of the Laos' resident.
At the end of all deliberations each committee had to present their resolution, so a stated solution to the problem that was discussed and Security Council did it great.
Also as a delegate from Security Council I had to deliver welcoming speech and state a position of Laos for nearly all of the problems that were considered in other committees too. It was very stressful for me because I have a little problem with public appearance but now I can say that I managed to fight my fear and this is something very important in self development.
The Conference was a great experience and I was able to meet a lot of fantastic people from around the world. In my committee for example was a girl from Mexico City and a guy from Lithuania. Also I was able to try and improve level of my English in a conversation and see how the world of politics looks like because all procedures were performed as in a normal Conference and everything was very official.
The Wroclaw Model United Nations Conference lasted for three days and I believe that it wasn't a wasted time but a time that gave me a huge experienced and a time that I made a most of it.
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| Our crew. |
I've started a new activity, because I want to be in a better form before my prom, so I decided to run at least twice a week. I don't have good physical condition so I was afraid that this would be very challenging for me. Surprisingly it was not. What is important in this activity is good technique. It is not important to run as fast as I can, but to scamper in a moderate tempo and to keep up it. It is very good activity for whole body, and I feel full of energy after it. At the beginning I had no problems with motivation, but as the winter has came I suddenly felt like there is no sense of continuing this activity. I could always find an explanation like it is too cold, it is raining or snowing, I will be sick and similar. What kept mi up was my running partner. I do this activity with my mother or my sister and if one of us had some doubts connected with this if we should or should not do this today another one tries to motivate another. In that way this activity does not make any problems to me.
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| After running |
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| Our first run |
I have
started something totally new in my life. I have a small chemistry lab in my
house and I produce there homemade cosmetics. It is such a great fun for me,
because this is something I want to do in the future. I run a separate blog for
this where I explain step by step how to make something (http://alis-cosmetics.blogspot.com).
It is very important to be particular careful while doing those cosmetics,
because it is sometimes a work on high temperatures with oils, so it is easy to
harm yourself. I have started this activity because I was thinking about my
future plans, but also because I am an allergic person and I wanted to have
cosmetics that will not cause a rush on my face. Not only I develop as a chemist
with this action, but also I use cosmetic that have a known composition and
does not contain harmful substances.
Learning Outcomes:
- Undertaking New Challenges
