TURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKEY!

We are in the final countdown till I am in Turkey (7 days). There is still a lot that needs to be done before I leave the country. This past week has been busy with preparing for the conference and buying things for our home conference we host in April. For those who don't know, I compete in Model UNs domestically and internationally. This will be my 2nd international competition. Last year it was London this year it will be in Antalya Turkey.

What is a Model UN you ask, it is exactly how it sounds. You are given a country to represent, a committee, and topics to discuss. We are given the task of coming up with resolutions to the topics at hand. The hardest part of doing Model UNs is staying in character. Researching and finding out how your country feels is easy but playing a character is important in making it believable. There are so many people who can research and speak from an academic point of view but the people who can combine that with acting are truly getting the entire experience.

In Turkey I will be representing South Korea in a Future Security Council. The security council is a committee of 15 different countries with 5 permanent members, the other 10 rotate every 4 years. I was excited to be on this committee because there was a separate application and they felt I was worthy enough to compete with some of the more experienced UNers. Then the bomb was dropped on me, theres an OPEN AGENDA! NO set topics, instead they have this huge write up with 7 different possible topics. Oh did I mention I only have a week and half to do research/dissect what I find online. The topics are pretty rangy also, they deal with global warming to wars in Africa. So much more work to do for this and with school in general. Heres to hoping I am well prepared and able to compete at a high level. At least I get a break from the daily grind for a week. I know I am competing and still doing a lot of mental thinking but the break from the same routine will be a huge change. Plus this means I am close to my spring break, which is tentatively being spent traveling through the Greek Islands but more about that later!