JoMun
Johannesburg Model United Nations
This weekend was my first Model United Nations conference and it was absolutely amazing. At first, I walked in and was nervous, my opening speech sounded like I transformed into a frog. My voice was croaking because it was shaking like crazy (well at least for me, maybe in real life it was just a bit uneven). The next day was FUNTERTAINING!!! I was learning about how exactly the conference worked, and how an amendment should look like and so on. At the end, I was really confident in walking up to the podium and explaining why this delegate of Liberia has chosen to amend this clause, support this resolution, or not support the resolution. When day 2 of JoMUN had ended we headed off to the Indaba hotel for a little dinner and some music. Everyone was dancing to the beat and probably didn't sit to eat dinner for much longer than 5 minutes. Us freshies had fun outside 'running through nature'.
When Sunday came it seemed that all were pooped, but the last day of debate was only, even better! Hilarious analogies were used by the delegate of Iraq and the delegate of Cuba became even more aggressive. Delegations were being insulted and delegates were being complimented by one another (This is for you delegate of China and Japan). At the end of the day, the closing ceremony had come and people were enjoying all the speeches, yet still sad for it to be other. I can't say I was any different.
I can't wait until next year's JoMUN! Hopefully one day I can be a chair and join the delegates debate as North Korea, but until then I will have tons of fun as a delegate, growing closer with my friends and making new friends.
So until next time,
Chenika