NASA Workshop

NASA is a space settlement Design competition where different schools from all over the world take part in. And each year the best project is selected and the students of the winner team then go to the USA. Our school also participated in the competition for which we had to attend its workshop at LGS Kabana.
Although, only twelve students were required to work on the NASA Space Settlement Projects, a total of twenty students went to LGS Kabana to attend the NASA workshop. Whether the reason for this extra-attendance was the "thirst for knowledge" or the "impeccable Kabana charm" is something that I have yet to find out, but there is this funny feeling that it was the latter.
The workshop was a total of four (painful!) hours. Abhishek, one of the two judges who formed the panel that was to check the projects, had been called from India exclusively to brief and guide the students as to how they were supposed to go about the project. He taught the err...uhh..., eager students about different concepts of Physics and how they were applicable in this particular project. He also talked about other requirements of the project that I would have loved to share with you guys had I only paid a little attention to what the Indian guy was saying.
The best part of the entire workshop was the food. To the surprise of all, LGS Kabana served a splendid lunch (see, that's where all our money went!), and as if that wasn't enough they also provided us with tea. And no, I'm not a gluttonous person. It's just that food is the only part of the workshop that I could remember.

Mid-Term Exams

The mid-term exams of A levels, started on the 7th of Dec 2009 and went on till 21st Dec 2009. These exams were expected to be successful and consequently turned out to be...umm...not successful at all!! Apart from a few nerds like Muhammad Ali, ofcourse, none of the students managed to get straight A*s!
But let's not forget, that these were the first A-1 exams and perhaps our first experience of taking A-level exams so let's not worry much!:)
Well, the results were mailed to the students' homes and some lucky pupils got their hands on their result envelopes before anyone else could! While, unfortunately, the poor unlucky ones who got informed about the results by their Guardians, were grounded...or atleast scolded! While talking on the whole, except for a few, the parents were not happy. Well I was fortunate enough, since my result never got posted but honest children like me (*height of modesty*) don't hide things from parents. Anyway, let's get back to work, because i have written all i could think of on this boring topic by forcing in some humour. I hope it worked!

LUMUN

"Why LUMUN is the most anticipated event of the year?" is a question only a person who has attended the event can answer, and that too, if he has an expression as brilliant as Abdul Qavi Khan's.

In spite of the ultra-peaceful atmosphere in the country (sense the sarcasm!) the attendance of schools and students in LUMUN was amazing. People from all over the country had come to attend the confrences, not to mention the oh-so-fun social events.

DAY 1. 30th Dec 2009:

The day started with everyone meeting up their old school-fellows behind the main gate. After the registration process, all the delegates went to their respective rooms to attend the help session. An opening ceremony ensued where Mr. Babur Ali and Mr. Khurshid Kasuri were the chief guests. The only part of the ceremony I remember is my eavesdropping on everything Muhammd Ali and Asad Amir were talking about. Next came the Global Village. Our school set up a stall of Bulgaria. Once we were done with setting it up, the hard work all of us had put in showed. Ours had the makings of a perfect stall. Rose-covered floor. A splendid painting in the background. Surrounded by white fence. And artistically lighted. Not only did it look pretty, it felt pretty too. We had a variety of food to offer and plenty of knowledge to share. No wonder we attracted SO many people and no wonder we won the "Most Innovative Stall" prize.

DAY 2. 31st Dec 2009:

Immediately after entering the premises, the delegates were supposed to go to their respective Committee rooms to attend the conferences. Over here, saving us the trouble, me of writing about them and you of reading about them, I'm skipping through all the conferences and thier details. Cheers! Once done with the three scheduled conferences, everybody went to attend the most awaited social event of LUMUN: the concert. Although it was freezing-cold outside that particular day, the number of people attending the concert was staggering. But of course, that can be explained by the fact that Call the band was performing. The performance of the band was marvelous. It truly got everybody dancing and swaying to the tunes. After the concert, there was a supposed New Year count down that I could never attend. *wiping tears*. Overall : FUN.

DAY 3. 1st Jan 2010:

A total of two conferences. The second conference ended around 1 p.m and then a series of minor events started. The series included a bicycle race, a painting competition and another 'something' that I can't remeber. Hey I wasn't there at that time, okay? I was shopping with Muhammd Ali. For a tie, that is. Anyway, after the three minor events, there was a Cabaret Night which consisted of three plays by LGS Cabbana, LUMS, NCA and various popular-LUMS-students-auctioning. This social event, in my opinion, was by far the best one. Not only did we get to see the outstanding mime and make-up of Cabbana, we also got a good laugh out of the plays by NCA and LUMS. Overall: A LOT of Fun.

DAY 4. 2nd Jan 2010:

Three conferences. Not a lot of fun, trust me. Once done with the conferences, most of the delegates went back home to dress up for the Formal Dinner. The fact that it didn't make a difference is a different story. The Formal Dinner is/was overrated. Tambola. Soup. Tambola. Dinner. Some more Tambola. Fun, eh? The Dinner, however, wasn't bad (loved the Gulab Jamuns). Overall: OK.

DAY 5. 3rd Jan 2010:

Last two conferences. After that there was a Scavenger Hunt that none of us (Pargon-ites) took part in. I was busy in extended conference (my Chair was upset because we hadn't agreed on a resolution yet), why the rest of my teammates did not participate in the hunt is something that only they can answer. The Hunt was to be followed by the Closing Ceremony, the mere thought of which is painful, for all we got to do throughout the ceremony was clap for KGS (NOT Khuzaema Gauhar Siddiqui), Karachi Lyceum and LSE. Overall: Boring.

LUMUN not only gave us all a chance to broaden our vision regarding several important issues of the world, it also gave us a chance to fraternize with people from all over the country and learn something of substance about our country-mates and human nature in general (okay now THAT was corny). If you can speak, like REALLY speak, it is my suggestion that you take part in LUMUN next year. And as a small tip: work on the research. NOT the Global Village. Take this piece of wisdom or next year the only thing you'd be coming back with is a box of "After- Eight' choclates", and even that you won't get to eat!