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IYEP Green vs Greed Conference
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I think you have read two parts of my conference journey last week but you will get to read more detail here accompanied with pictures.

I was really happy to be invited to attend a conference called Inter-civilizational Youth Engagement Program and their title for this year is Green vs Greed. It was held from the 17th to 21st of November in De Palma Hotel. Because I didn't see the address properly, I made a quick assumption that the hotel is in Ampang, which is damn near to my office in Kuala Lumpur. And I thought I could do some shopping during break time. Yea right. I slept through out the journey until....

Day 1
The journey was boring because I didn't dream of anything. I woke up in the middle of the journey and found myself in the bus climbing the hill. I just went What the HELL in my groggy mind and almost freak out by almost asking the volunteer from the organizer, JUST, who was sitting beside me. But I think I went back to sleep telling myself again What the HELL.

The first thing I did when I got down from the bus was made new friends and the first serious subject I asked them was "Where do you live?" Surprisingly, many of us are saying nearby! And one of the participants is stayng 10 minutes away from me! Incredible.



But nothing exciting happened on the first day and I just retreated to the chalet with a roomie from Australia.



And for your information: the chalet is located at a very rural area. Opposite of my expectation. And you get to see lots of monkeys.

Day 2
One of the most exciting part of the itinery that I'm so looking forward to: visit a mangrove. I love going to these forests and look up to see the forage density. I just love to see its beauty. And the best thing was it rained cats and dogs!! I miss those heavy rain splattering on me ever sinceI came back from New Zealand. It's very relaxing.



We wanted to cross the bridge but we could not because the organizer didn't inform the workers there that we would like to see the coast or rather the sea.

But I am still amaze with its natural beauty.



We went to the lighthouse too that evening and we actually got lost. HAHA. Anyway that was where you guys read that I wanted to touch the baby python but dare not touch it!! I went near it like 5 cm but in the end I fled 10 m away!

Day 3
I went up to my writer and greeted her. She's shocked to see me there! But we chatted and exchange information on food. I was actually surprised with myself. Why? That's because this was my first time to cough out my questions during the Q n A. I never like to hold the microphone and speak. But I'm glad I did. It's time for me to be brave and ask questions. I live only once to talk via the mic!

Later, we went to dine in a Chinese seafood restaurant. I think we were starving that we have been grabbing each dish like hungry kids. I didn't even get to eat one of the dishes. :( But it's alright since we have been having eggs everyday!



AA is so cool with his crab! He even came to my table for more crabs!



This was my table and we had a good chat. And ahem.. we decided to watch horror films that night. Yes we did. We watched 2 which were horror but not scary at all since we were laughing at the subs. The subs for the thai horror film called LongKhong was horrible. Only 2 sentences were perfectly correct. And the Saw 5 was just a wrap up of the other parts. And I fell asleep....

I fell asleep most likely because we had a hectic day since we went to see the fireflies. A friend of mine got a good shot of it but I will try getting a picture from him... if he allows.

Day 4
Unbelievable that time flies. The next day was the last. Our serious discussions still continued. I was pretty generous in rating all the speakers A. I really like their presentation; they were credible and something afresh and different from the numerous conferences I've been to. The indicator of my interesting is I don't fall asleep during the talk. And I was very energetic during each talk.

During lunch break, my friends and I got kinda silly so we made these poses:











Cool aye?

And the most exciting thing happened was.... I got interviewed by a local station. I informed my mum to watch out for me on tv but my mum was disappointed to see someone else instead of the conference I was attending. Maybe I just got the info wrong. :( But I'm trying to ask the organizer to get the footage.

Here's me asking questions in during the Energy Crises presentation.



I looked like an evil old witch trying to give out some poison apples....

The day was ended with a performance. My group had a weird short drama but it was fun doing so because we got to do some matrix moves in a fight.

Day 5
The last day!!! So sad! But I think I'm more matured this time because I usually have this strong attachment to events that I find it hard to detach but this time I could control it well... Somewhere in my heart it tells me that this is not the end.

We went to rice field and some villages before we embarked home.



I just love the paddy but it's quite sad to know that there would be a percentage of these paddy have nothing in their husk. This is quite common in some countries....



I'm just so cute isn't it?? I really love the background because it is not something I get to see everyday. I really cherish this picture. Yea yea ... not because of you, Mr P.

Lastly, this is another picture I cherish a lot...



Although we have not known each other for more than 5 days, we got on like house on fire on the first day. I'm happy that we all could chat happily like a big family. And what most I like is how we chat so freely among each other. This conference also strengthened my belief that having friends from the same field and passion is very important to keep you going and happy and motivated. With these new friends, I feel the emptiness gap has closened a little more.

Thank you pals! Thank you Mr P for the pictures!

[Movie ending]

Reporter: Malaysia has a diversity of religion... what do you think of its current state?

Me: Eh? I can't really comment on that...

R: Take an example of the dinner..

Me: Right. On the dinner table, we had Muslims and non-Muslims from Bosnia, Albania, Sri Lanka and such but we never talked about religion. We just talked like what youth do: movies and such. We never looked at each as what religion or ethnic you are but as humans: youth. We entirely look and respect each other equally. People who always preach about dividing religion and ethnicity should really look out of their shell for more exposure. Without exposure, you won't know there's a bigger world out there....


10 Comments.


This is so cool!!
The pics are really great...the chalet looks really comfortable and welcoming. Was it very rural inside or was that just the surrounding area??

And also very cool on giving a presentation to all of those people...lol you do not look like an evil witch giving out apples. You look very professional! Congrats on getting interviewed, looks like you had a lot of fun

» The-Muffin-Man on 2008-11-25 03:34:36

hahaha nice...
where is my python??? LOL

RYN: aiyo... the lady really make me geli... where dare to eat anymore..
» jolenesiah on 2008-11-25 11:31:10

lol like you said to me, i know what you look like haha
» jfo (98.117.114.182) on 2008-11-26 12:21:41

Your post is a little long, will read it when my laptop is not this cranky.

Re:
If my uncle has anything to say, he wont say it to me because he is the one talking to my aunt. My uncle does not agree about her staying here in the first place but I don't know how my aunt convinced him to let her stay.

She is one clever bitch I tell you, she never complains anything to our face, she says "anything la" but she will complain to my aunt so my aunt will be the bad one here. I will be the one who has to answer to my aunt cause I'm the one doing all the "accounts" at home. It is mutual agreement that we split all the groceries and utility bills at first. Then my aunt came and complain that it is "not fair for her to pay for things she doesnt eat". So I have to recalculate things that week. Now she says "it is not fair for her to pay for things that she only use once or twice".

Of course she doesn't need to do anything but eat and sleep and be a pig. I'm pretty sure next month she will say "I didn't stay in this house so long so I dont want to pay as much bills".

The list of her misbehaviour can be so long but the only person my aunt listens to is my uncle. If it is anyone other than him, she gets pissed off at the person.

The split once before then they got back together. Don't know why. I'm having a feeling that she is cheating my aunt anyway, just need the evidence.
» undecided on 2008-11-26 02:35:10

Well cause my aunt is in Vietnam and has no idea what is going on here only comes back for 2 weeks every 3-5 months. So all she needs to do is be all nice and angelic at that time. Furthermore, there will not be two sides of the story, only hers.
» undecided on 2008-11-26 09:11:48

ooh.
that food photo kinda made me wish i didn't skip breakfast this morning.hehehe
» eMz (210.213.108.10) on 2008-11-26 10:00:45

r:c
yea, i should, usually i would but i ran outta my low fat milk n honey cereal , gotta go stock up on that.

that's a very good exposure there. when i was in this internship challenge organised by jobmarket , it was really fun, though the food served kinda sucky but that was one interestin event.
» AlexisNg on 2008-11-26 11:42:48

IM SOOOO SORRY T-T
i havent been on in forever >.
.< i have 2 B's and i have to bring up my grades >.
» crz4manga on 2008-11-28 02:03:15

it's real nice to have this kinda exposure...arrr...wish i am still a young gal...oh....dream on!!! anyway, nice pics & nice scenery, wow kuala selangor. i like the green paddy field the best!
» sdovelly (115.133.85.67) on 2008-11-28 05:15:51

Starbucks
I have emailed Bernard about the Starbucks event. I hope to give some modest contribution if you dun mind :)
» acura (60.52.127.146) on 2008-11-28 08:34:58

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