I’m tired, exhausted, and completely pooped.

Today has been absolutely crazy! Of course, it was the day of the big, scary, and intimidating BAN KI-MOON!!!!!!!!!!!

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BUT I DIDN’T EVEN GET TO MEET HIM UNFORTUNATELY! :’(

Okay, well. We’ll come back to him in a sec.

This morning’s been filled with tension. I woke up, saw the sky, and the weather was absolutely horrible. Perhaps it was pathetic fallacy for my churning heart.

…. I used the word pathetic fallacy. My English teacher would’ve been proud.

ANYWAYS.

When we got there at the UN building (the amazing Dreeni and I), we met with Roxanna and the other panelists. We waited until literally the LAST MINUTE to go in and I sat in the front seats gathering the stage thingy.

And then, dun dun dum, Ban Ki-Moon came in.

Okay, I’ll honest. I wasn’t able to get that great of a view of him and he looked pretty much exactly like his Wikipedia profile. No dirty secrets there. He spoke and then the Chinese and Norwegian ministers did their thing and talked. I tried my hardest to look at him and sending invisible telepathic waves of “PLEASE MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ME”. But, as I’ve said before, he was too far away from me and I can’t really distinguish his pupil from that far.

So. After like 40 minutes, the Secretary General and his Deputy (this very pretty lady) moved on with their busy lives and left. And all that remained was a panel of amazing women and…. me! I went up there, nervous and excited, and looked out into the sea of people.

If you ever get to speak at the General Assembly room… it’s a BIG room with lots of people…. Yeah. T^T

The moderator did throw a curveball at me and asked me something that I wasn’t prepared for… I THINK I’ve answered that question okay but I suppose everyone has her/his own opinions. I suppose it was a success but I wished I got to be asked a question. >.<

Afterwards, Siham, Saba and I hit the streets, grabbed the burger (don’t do this at home kids, it’s not healthy) and ate it back at the hotel. We were able to chill for a few moments. Siham told us that we have another interview coming. Well, we thought it wasn’t anything big so we went back to our rooms and watched some TV shows for really really really really really young children, like Dora the Explorer and Spongebob. (Don’t judge us! XP)

Well, afterwards, Siham brought us to the UN building and we were brought to this TV control room… We thought it was a radio thing and started to get nervous. Then a guy asked us to go down the hallway…

…. TO STEP INTO A TV STUDIO SET.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Yes, even 8 hours after that, I’m still in shock. WE’RE GOING TO BE ON TV! :D

So now I know all the tricks and customs of TV studio. If anyone wants to know, you know how to contact us. ;)

It’s going to be broadcasted on some channel that we’ve forgot but it will be online too 2 weeks later.

… We’ll get back to you on that. :D

Then we rushed like CRAZY to Donnady’s BIG event. (BIG meaning Because I am a Girl, not “giant” or “huge”, etc). We heard some Finnish minister talk, other people that I’ve forgotten… and then Donnady! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to hear her speak because I had to step out but Saba heard her.

Saba: She was absolutely amazing, and all that she said came from the heart. People were grasping on to her every word, proving that girls have the power and that their opinions matter. She is a powerful speaker!

YEAH. GO DONNADY! :D Well. Saba said it all.

Afterwards, we did some CRAZY quick interview with the Finnish media with the Finnish minister (so cool!) and other newspaper group interviewed me. (Sorry, forgot the name of that group… too many things for my brain to take in. T^T)

(Siham, the “apple” sign on your keyboard looks EXACTLY like hemoglobin.)

Back on topic, afterwards, we RUSHED back to the hotel and changed because we had to be there for Donnady’s third event, which was the UN Foundation reception. We’ve missed her first event, the UNICEF event but we’re sure she did awesome and kicked butt! Once again, she was totally amazing when she spoke and every single word she said has so much meaning and depth behind them!

Well, the reception was okay. Saba and I had a whole convo in French so right now, I’m feeling really pro in French. :D

Afterwards, I was interviewed by Emily for her PhD and, to be honest, that was my favourite interview, just because it was quite informal and it was just a casual conversation.

I went upstairs and phoned my mom, found out I’m on Ming Pao newspaper (>/////<) and catched up on news back in Toronto.

Now, I’m in Siham’s room, having typed this for like 20 minutes. I’ve got to go take a shower, eat my salad and SLEEP!

Before I go, I forgot to say this on Monday. I FOUND OUT I HAD A 2^ND DEGREE CONNECTION TO PATRICK CHAN.

:D

Signing out, this is Emi-kun! =)