The Story Goes - Part II

The third day, there was the last table discussion to elect somebody in this commission to be the representative of our commission, and the one who was elected would have a big chance to give a speech in the open ceremony in the fifth day. The one was the Malaysian guy, named Eric, he is a really good guy, and he is my closed friend in this ALSIC. This time there was a guest speaker who is the regional director of traffic Southeast Asia, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). Her name is Miss Azrina Abdullah. She was so nice in her presentation. I was realized by it about the bad human being and bad behaviors of us to wildlife.
During this day, there were only academic activities. The first was the workshop that was the topic “Understanding the Value of Alternative Dispute Resolution”. The Guest of Honour Y.B Dato’ Tang See Hang, Selangor State Executive councilor gave us speech of opening the workshop. And after the lunch, there was a symposium in the topic “War, Peace and the Future of Asia.” This was an academic activity also. In this activity, it was separated in three sessions; A Victim’s Cries for Justice, War Crimes: An Overview, and the last was Mass Media War Propaganda & Weapons of Mass Destruction. And the last was the third table discussion that was explained previously.
The forth day was really interested because there were moot competitions all the day. And there were two mooters of Assumption University, named Tarn, seniors and another was Joy, freshmen. They won the mooters from Japan in the third round. And the final round was the time of Singaporean mooters, they were really ideal. Because they spoke without paper, they used only their brains. Furthermore, they were always talking about the law all times during the ALSIC. They were respective guys. When the dinner time was coming, I went to the hotel’s ballroom. There was an Asian Bar Council Dinner. We took a lot of pictures in the hotel. All delegates wore the formal suit.
The fifth day was another interested day because this day, they would bring delegates to places that were very beautiful. I took many pictures from there. The first place was National Monument that was built to pay tribute to the valiant soldiers who gave their lives defending the country during the communist insurgency in the 1950s. The second was a Chinese temple, named Thean Hou Temple. We visited there before the lunch at Petaling JaYa. It was a restaurant was supported by Y.B. Tuan Loh Seng Kok, Member of Parliament Malaysia. Then they brought us to the National Sports Complex to play in the Paintball Challenge. I spent the whole afternoon time with this challenge, and then they brought us to an Indian restaurant for dinner. And the last for this day was a twin towers trip. It was very beautiful when the lights were spotted to it.
The sixth day, there was a trip to go to a court named Istana Kehakiman, Putrajaya. They taught us about the process of the Malaysia law schedule. After that I went to the University Kabangsaan Malaysia. In the hall of the University, there were an open ceremony and presentation of commission report. There were two Thai delegates that presented the conclusion of their table discussion. But there was bad thing happened in this day, more half of all delegates get diarrhea that might be affected by the Indian food in the last dinner. Later many delegates had taken the treatment, medicine, they were okay and better looked so tired. Next, I went back to the hotel and packed my bags for Malaka trip tomorrow. At night, there was Cultural Night that every delegate had to wear their cultural dresses in the party. This party was simply but PERFECT!
The seventh day, the whole day was in Malaka. I went to Stadhuys, the Christ Churh, St Paul Hill, and Malacca Sultanate Palace. We took pictures there, bought souvenirs, tried to hide from the sun-light, etc. In the evening, the hostages brought all delegates to a seafood restaurant in the Malaka. The dinner was the best meal since I had been there. When we finished our dinner, the hostages brought us to a department store. That was a sign I could have the first time to go shopping. And later we were in coaches, the coaches left for the hotel in Malaka, named Emperor Hotel.
The last day for this conference, the coaches left the hotel in the early morning for going to Genting, the highlands. This was an entertainment tour for delegates. The coach I was in was the first coach that arrived the Genting. There were many hotels, and also the fun park. In the right picture is the colorful hotel I stayed in the Genting. When the night came, they appointed all delegates to be in the hotel’s ballroom because there was the last party, called Farewell Night. This party, every delegate shared their own feeling and exchanged their souvenirs to each others. This was the best impressive party I had ever met. Every delegate was in the best good-looking with their dresses and suits. When the party was ended, I left the party and I found that I couldn’t sleep in the night. It was so terribly of feeling lonely when my foreign friends were leaving. There were many memories about them. This conference gave me more than words “Experiences” and “Knowledge,” but it gave me the words “Friends,” “Relationship,” “Hope,” and “Future.”-------- The End