I really did enjoy my 2010 freshman SIMUN experience as Venezuela. I found that my country, Venezuela, did not have a major role in any of the scenarios. I had to adapt to this problem by giving speeches on how I agreed with other nations and how Venezuela would help. For example in the scenario of Ukraine joining NATO, Russia was going to cut off gas to Ukraine, so as Venezuela, I made a business deal with Ukraine and supplied them with oil for a profit. I had a blast asking questions to people and making them blank out and give no answer, because it gave me the satisfaction that I succeeded as a questioner. The newsflash annoyed me because whenever I had a speech ready, a newsflash would change my whole argument. As a freshman I must say that SIMUN was not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Overall I believe that I did a mediocre job. This is because I did not give many speeches, because I did not know what to say. I do believe that I did outstanding in asking questions; because I could think of questions no one else would have been able to come up with. I contributed in coming up with resolutions, such as making the United Kingdom pay compensations to those who were attacked by pirates in the Falkland Island dispute. I also believe that I motioned for a lot of caucuses that allowed our groups to rethink what happened when a newsflash occurred. I did a fair job in contributing during SIMUN.
I prepared by reading over many different articles of the same topic to know I was getting the right information. I was able to be confident when I presented a speech about a topic. I also prepared by going over parliamentary style on how to make a motion or ask a question. I also researched my country to find out who my allies and enemies were which came in handy during SIMUN when it came to caucusing.
Next year as a sophomore I will definitely give more speeches. Hopefully my country will be in some of the situations so I can actually have an important role. If not I will do more of agreeing with other nations and promoting ideas that will help resolve the situation. I will also try to ask even more questions than I did this year. I had a great time doing SIMUN this year and I just cannot wait for next year to do it all over again.

What is love? Love is different to all of us. Those who try to trap love, end up trying to escape from a relationship. One who try to understand love, and control it end up sad, and looking for more, but those who accept love in any way will be happier and feel less stressed when there around those that they love (or think they love.)The Zahir or obsession is what controls us, and drives us to obtain it. The Zahir is something we wish we could have, but we know we cannot have it unless we try. Loves sometimes can become The Zahir, and when it does, it can ruin your life. That is what happens too many, and it can very well cause those that we truly love, to turn away and shun us.
Love cannot be an obsession, it must be free, and when you allow love to be free you will live a more peaceful life. This may sound confusing but it makes sense. Imagine that you are in a relationship that you once loved, but over time that love faded. You are trapped and feeling the need to escape, and once you do your life is full of relief. However, if later in time the love starts to re-blossom, them a problem has occurred. The love that was once believed to be gone was only hidden, by something else in life. Such as stress, temptation, and extramarital happenings. Once this has happened, it will take a strong effort to kindle the fire that you once had with someone that you truly loved.
Overall Love cannot become an obsession or contained, the Zahir, but it needs to be free and not restricted to what society believes is correct to love. Love is free and flowing, and when it is trapped unfortunate events can happen to one.

Venezuela will help the United States by supplying them with oil so that they can use their tanks, helicopters, and oil operated machinery. In exchange we will want 6 billion dollars to help our people out of the current economic slum. We may not agree with the United States most of the time, but when a there is a threat to not only India or the U.S., but when an unstable terrorist group has the most powerful weapon in the world, we would be more than glad to help out the U.S. We will increase our oil production and refining to trade with the U.S. and help to prevent the Taliban to use the nuclear weapns.
We disagree with the U.S., but they are not unstable like the Taliban. The Taliban could easily bomb any country in the world, and that very well could be us. Our country could not economically afford any type of bombing, and if we were bombed our oil wells could very well be destroyed, along with valuable citizens of the Boliarvian Republic of Venezuela. If our oil wells and workers were destroyed our country would very well be gone, thus affecting the whole world considering that we are the 5th ranking oil supplier in the world. The reason why we are asking for 6 billion is that our economy is in a poor state, and we need money to help improve the living conditions of our people. The Taliban will not use these nuclear weapons, if the U.S. has something to say about it, and Venezuela will gladly help them in their quest.
We can not, and will not allow the world to suffer from the terror of the Taliban. So we will supply the U.S. military with oil in exchange for 6 billion dollars.

First Meet

I am very nervous for my very first high school track meet, Tuesday April 13. Stevenson is facing Salem, and I do not know how well they run. I am running one of my least favorite events, the 2 mile, and one of my favorite events, the mile. I despise the 2 mile because it lasts way too long. Imagine running 8 laps around a never ending oval; this is something I wouldn’t call super fun. When I run the 2 mile, I tend to zone out and notice the most random things. Such as, the rhythm that my feet make hitting the ground, or the color of someone’s shoes, but these random notices actually help me runs better, because I don’t notice the pain as much. Heart pounding, lungs panting, I finish the race with a sense of accomplishment, but then realize that I have another meet where I will have to go through the same torture. On the other hand, the mile gives me a sense of control. I know that race inside and out. How to pace myself, what times to hit, how to control my breathing, in this race I control everything. At the beginning of the mile, I can feel the tingle of adrenaline rushing through my veins, and once that gun, loud and frightening, goes off, I am running like a rabbit. The mile is definitely my favorite race, and that is one thing that I can look forward to on Tuesday.
People probably do not realize how important cheering on the runners is, but let me say that when someone is running, and feels like they’re about to fall over from fatigue, when someone hears their name be called, it gets the adrenaline pumping and the runner gets this whole new burst of fresh energy. It is a feeling that is very hard to explain, but it feels so amazing. Another awesome feeling is when someone gets a kick at the end of a race. When the end of the race is near, the body just wants to fly through it and finish. When the body goes into a “kick” everything freezes, noises drown out, sometimes the control of the bladder is lost, but you don’t care. The speed you gain is such a crazy feeling that it almost feels like the world has stopped, and it’s just your mind and your body competing against each other. If the mind conquers over the body, you will run at impossible speeds that you never thought possible.