Cramming and attending my first MUN ft. Lawson’s most delicious matcha drink

When I first saw the early bird registration for GYAMC, I didn’t hesitate to spend half of my Christmas pamasko to register.

The conference was divided into two days. Here’s what I learned:
1. Courage first, fear later. Most of what holds us back is our hesitance and fear of making mistakes. Delegates who lead conversations and policies are those who speak regardless of stutters, grammatical errors, and other unnoticeable mistakes.
2. Research past UN and allocated country policies and actions. Read extensively and intensively. Analyze the feasibility, context/history, terms, and content of resolutions, frameworks, and policies created. You can use these as the foundation of your resolution or basis for your speeches. The best speeches employ multidisciplinary perspectives with basis.
3. Be a good conversationalist (or try). Greet people properly and warmly. Listen to who you’re speaking to. Ask good questions. This allows you to create good, genuine connections to widen your network.
4. Outline your speeches. You don’t need to come with a fully-prepared speech, an outline is good for coherence and smooth flow. An impromptu speech is better for developing your public-speaking and structure.

I befriended lots of skilled and friendly people. I also ate lots (I’ll pretend that this isn’t one of the main reasons I enjoyed MUN).