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Hectic Week

Phew, thank goodness that week (23 March - 29 March) is over!

That week was pretty busy first and foremost due to Malaysian National Model United
Nations(MNMUN) and me attending interviews in person and via telephone. I really had to prepare myself so to not mess up in any interviews and do better than the previous interviews I’ve attended.

I had an interview for an internship opportunity with Kinky Blue Fairy (KBF), a local celebrity blogger and a boutique creative agency which specialises in lots of online campaigns, PR and events, they also have an online boutique selling a variety of things ranging from party decorations to clothes. It was my first ever job interview! I was pretty nervous and really did my best to prepare for it. I googled a several times for interview questions, creative office interview attire, and other interview preparation tips. As for my other interview which was via telephone, it was with the University of Westminster for Undergraduate degree in Journalism.

Both were very different nonetheless challenging in their own way although I was more prepared for the university interview.  I only was more prepared for the interview with Westminster due to the fact that I had to also attend interviews previously with University of Kent and City University London. Glad to say that I've been accepted by both Kinky Blue Fairy and University of Westminster.

I honestly wasn’t keeping my expectation high because I’ve learnt the hard way that if I ever have high expectations, I will really be disappointed if it did not go the way I hoped. Really though, I just do my best and accept whatever comes, especially since I’m considerably competitive with certain stuff.

Overall, I’m pretty thankful that I have received opportunities to be interviewed as a learning experience as well as being offered the chance for the internship and pursuing my degree in the university.

And now, the main thing that really tired me out was the weekend. There was so much to do. I didn't get enough sleep like I used to and I had to be up on my feet early in the morning with no rest. It was basically like working a nine-to-five job for seven days.

Basically, it was the first-ever Malaysian National Model United Nations which I so happen to be part of the organising secretariat. I believe that it wasn’t necessarily as tiring as I expected it to be and always found that other people were much more exhausted than me. Much of my part wasn’t as hectic but it was still full of challenges here and there.

Malaysian National Model United Nations 2015!

First day was pretty rushed and chaotic due to the fact that the new building had lots of technical issues and it affected us the OPENING CEREMONY. Unfortunately, the problems didn’t end with the opening ceremony although we double-checked all the rooms for our committees. Thankfully, these issues were dealt with due to the help of several Sunway faculty members and staffs.

Andrea and I got home around 8 plus due to the horrible jam, not sure what really caused it although I heard rumours it could have been the crowd rushing to buys things before GST was implemented and car accidents along major highways. Anyways, we had dinner at my place and oh, throughout the conference, Andrea stayed at my place since she lives two hours away(via public transport) from Sunway. I slept considerably early but Andrea, oh, Andrea… She slept pretty late. She was still doing her very best to finish up on the certificates, she had like 500 to 600 different certificates to make.

The next day wasn’t too bad, it was mainly about the committee session that I wasn’t completely involved in. I mainly walked around to check on things and updated our social networking sites. Qamarina really helped me out with Twitter although I was supposed to be in charge of that so, thanks Qamarina! I frankly don’t recall what else I did that day other than helped out with the Social Night. So the second day was roughly about updating our Confessions Page, promoting the Press Corps’ websites and preparing for the socials. Social night was pretty hilarious and again, there was not only technical issues but weather issues. During the evening of Social Night, the rain decided to make a visit. The weather was furious, it blew heavily into our venue and forced us to change the venues. Socials turned out alright but I frankly wasn’t interested in being at Socials. I did stay for a bit to catch up with a secondary schoolmate, it was nice seeing him again since I didn’t really know him other than the fact that he studies really hard. Socials ended around 9-ish although in the itinerary it said 8pm, I went home roughly around 10pm? I don’t really remember but yeah, it was later than the previous night.

Making props for our Social Night's photobooth!

USG of Committees, Jonathan Chan preparing for Social Night

As for the final day, it was much more relaxed other than rushing to finish up printing the certificates and preparing for our closing ceremony. Some of us had McDonalds for lunch and some of us didn’t even have time for lunch. I think what was happening throughout that day was that I was helping the other Lulu, Luanne with making receipts for institutions who requested for it. It was a bit confusing for me as I have never really written receipts for people or organisations before but I learnt new things! When all of that was over, some of us stayed back to have a post-conference meeting to figure out our mistakes and prevent them in the future.

MNMUN 2015 Secretariat

Even though, this event tired me out and deprived me from sleeping at my normal hours, I think I learnt a lot of new things and had the opportunity to meet new people. I am glad that I participated in organising this congregation and really am thankful for the chance to do something I have never done before. 

And as you can see, I take a while to upload a post. I am usually quite lazy but I will try my very best to post up at least two to four posts within a month or so... I am also just practising my writing with this so yeah…. Wish me luck! 

Update; I got accepted into University of Westminster!

Tada! My acceptance letter to Westminster! :)