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.