The Gay Friend, The Religion, and The Acceptance

It’s not about bragging how I’ve been meeting various people and they happen to give me tons of life questions to which “42” cannot be the answer (if you’ve ever seen ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy,’ you’ll get the reference).

But it’s still true after all, that most of stories begin when people meet and make a life out of it.

They deliver statements, ultimatums; pose questions and push each other until eventually, a new journey springs forth. And you’ll never know what kind of people you’ve just passed on a road or bridge; what stories lie at the soles of those worn shoes; what hides behind that glimpse of a smile.

A Story in Jakarta Model United Nations (JMUN) 2011

June, 26th - 30th 2011 was a very great week for me, and I am so grateful to ever have that week. I participated in Jakarta Model United Nations (JMUN) in General Assembly Social Culture and Humanitarian (GA SOCHUM) committee as a delegate of Yemen. Although at the first my parents didn't allow me to participate in, but then after I convinced them, they allowed me.

MUN is a simulation where people become representatives of their own countries (called delegates) in one of the committees in United Nations. in JMUN, there were only 3 committees they are GA SOCHUM, WTO, and UNHRC (United Nations Human Right Committee). JMUN itself is the second MUN that Indonesia has which the first is Indonesia MUN (IMUN). JMUN 2011 is the first JMUN, anyway.

What I am so grateful about is more than just being a delegate in JMUN, but it's the first time in varsity life I could find good friends and feel so happy to be with friends. JMUN has made me realized how much I've been suffering from pain not having real good friends in campus. I didn't feel any pressure there which I always feel it in campus.

Now I've realized that I lied to myself that my campus life was ok.