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Observations of the GYLC

Alright, in this post, I will be discussing some observations that I have made whilst attending the GYLC conference. I felt that the lack of communication and coordination between the staff members, senior staff members, advisors and executive program staff and also the discrepancies between the advertised schedule and the real schedule of the conference was extremely significant.

But before I…

Most notable GYLC quote: “IF YOU CAN HEAR ME CLAP ONCE, CLAP TWICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION SCHOLARS.”

Today is the last day of the GYLC: Cultural Extension and tomorrow is the departure day for everyone. I wasn’t as moved as the day when all my friends left on day 9 because I had little close friends left but I still made some new ones.

Today was fun, to say the least, we had a late bus…

Today was a truly special day for me as we had the chance to go to the observatory deck of the Empire State Building! I was able to be on one of the great landmarks of the US, a symbol almost for American culture. But that was one of the last things we did, the first thing we did this morning was a tour along Wall Street.

Wall Street was literally a wall built when Dutch settlers came to the US,…

Quote of the day: “Money is like manure, it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around encouraging young things to grow.” from Hello, Dolly! Which I watched today.

A program with a tight schedule that desperately rushes students from place to place with only hour-long meal time windows suddenly gives students way too much time to spend to the extent that we literally have nothing to do to pass…

Activity of the day: Eating at five guys in suits

Quote of the day: “Five guys in suits sounds like a pretty sick band name”

Day 9 marks the last day of the summer program, often such ends are met with tears and bittersweetness of the parting of lifelong friends made through this journey together, such as me during the end of the Boston University Summer Challenge, however, the end of this…

And the out of context quote today is: “SpongeBob was so annoying I had to assume he was American”

The activity of the day: Getting the dance off we deserved.

Today was a very busy day, proposals had to be drafted and presented AND voted upon to decide which proposals will become resolutions to be voted on in the final summit. It is similar to the world cup because it’s a relevant talking point,…

The activity of the day: Wandering times Square aimlessly, getting hopelessly lost and almost starving. How was your Sunday?

Day 7! It’s been a week since I’ve been in the program. I’m feeling quite good about this but I’m also feeling that this program is quite disorganized times.

We visited Chinatown for lunch today and since I already had Chinese food yesterday, we ironically went to a…

Today was rather uneventful, to say the least. We moved from Washington DC to New York City. It was very very misty and the temperature was very cool, around 25 to 26 degrees celsius which is the ideal temperature in my opinion.

We stopped by the University of Pennsylvania after a 2 hour bus ride (hey I spelled this right the first time!) and we walked around and had lunch there, I decided to eat…