SIMUN

At first, I thought my SIMUN experience would be boring. I didn’t really want to do it and I thought I wouldn’t be doing anything during SIMUN because I was Indonesia. But as we got started, I thought it wasn’t that bad. I have to admit that the research and questions were a pain but once they were done, SIMUN was kind of fun. It was fun to get involved and have people listen to your opinions. It was nice to have your own country where no one could talk for you and you were the only one saying certain things about your country. I also thought it was fun to be with sophomores, juniors, and seniors because they were good examples for you and they were all kind to you. I thought SIMUN was a good experience for me and hope it will be even better next year!

I feel that at first during SIMUN I was shy. But later in the first day, I felt that I got more into it. Giving speeches was difficult for me because most of the issues didn’t apply to my country, Indonesia. So I participated more by making motions and asking questions. I feel that I could have done a little more in SIMUN but it was my first time so I know I will do better next year.

Well like everyone else prepared, I did my research about the history of my country. Also, just like everyone, I answered four questions that were related to the situations in SIMUN. The practice round on the day before also helped me because I didn’t know the “language” of SIMUN.

Next year I think I will prepare myself better by finding out my allies and enemies. For several days I tried to find my allies and enemies, but I only found out a few allies. I couldn’t really find my enemies, but I assume Indonesia doesn’t want to be anyone’s enemy due to their economy. I mostly found out who I traded with but they were like the United States, China, and Thailand so it was hard to pick sides when the issue was between the Units States and China so I just sided with China. I think that next year I will find out more background about the issues/questions. This year I didn’t really know what to do and next year I will know what to do so that will make me even more prepared.

Pakistan, the United States, and Indonesia

Hopefully everyone knows about the Taliban and Pakistan’s relationship. Like how the Taliban is a terrorist group against Pakistan. But what would you say if Pakistan’s government was beginning to fail and the Taliban was ready to take their nuclear weapons. Then the United States decided to send in troops to protect Pakistan from the Taliban gaining power. The question is how would my country, Indonesia, respond to this?

First of all, Indonesia would support the United States’ decision to send in the troops. The United States is an ally of Indonesia and these two countries trade with each other. This would be the best move for Indonesia to agree with the United States. This would keep the relationship between Indonesia and the United States strong. If Indonesia did not support the United States, then the United States could possibly stop trading with Indonesia because they are not happy with the lack of support. This would hurt the economy in Indonesia so disagreeing with the United States is not a good idea for Indonesia.

For this situation, Indonesia could not do anything different for Pakistan then what other allies of Pakistan and the United States could do. Since Indonesia does not have the greatest economy, they could possibly send in any aid that Pakistan needed or maybe a little bit of money to help Pakistan regain its control, but Indonesia could not do as much for the United States and Pakistan as say Canada could do. If necessary, Indonesia could send in troops to Pakistan like the United States did for the protection of Pakistan and its citizens. I feel that Indonesia would be willing to help these countries out in any way they needed. It would be best for Indonesia to keep its positive relationships with these countries, especially with the United States since they are very powerful.

Free Blog- Kite Runner

My book that I have been reading is Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. So far the book is interesting and has a lot of culture in it. The setting is in Afghanistan. In what I have read, the main character is still a young boy. He is having conflicts with bullies and the difference between different Islamic culture groups. His servant/best friend, Hassan, is a member of the Hazara culture group, which they typically servants while the main character, Amir, is a Pashtun. This friendship is unusual and shouldn’t be allowed, thought by most people.
But my question for my book is: “What can I talk about with my book culturally based” Well this should be easy for me since there is culture on every page of my book-no joke! Before I had no response to this question but luckily I just got an idea. Should Amir and Hassan’s friendship be accepted or completely not allowed. The way I’m leaning towards that it should be accepted. Even though I haven’t finished reading my book I could think of some examples. The main reason would be because acceptance is the right thing but then I would have to find examples for that. I don’t think I’m far enough in the book to find examples to support that but I can find examples against what I think.
First of all, the Hazara people aren’t educated like the Pashtuns. People would say that these boys shouldn’t have been friends because one is too smart for the other and will just confuse the other. My other reason is that the book states that Hazara people typically servants like I said before. Many of the people in their time, such as one of their bullies, think that it is wrong for of servant and his master to be buddies. They think that they should acquaintances or colleges but never friends and play together and teach each other. So far that is all I have but I’ll keep working on it.