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“Taksi! Taksi! Go straight lah!” Daiki Yuasa said in the middle of my interview with him. Daiki is Japanese but is able to talk in perfect Singlish (short for “Singaporean English”), which might be confusing at first but in reality, it is not at all confusing because Daiki actually lived in Singapore for 10 years.
Standing beside Daiki is a dapper-looking lad named Vio. On the outside, Vio might seem like just another Indonesian but when he talks, there are some words that he pronounces rather uniquely. Those words include ‘McDonald’s’ and ‘alright’, which he pronounces in a fashion similar to that of a Southern United States accent. Vio actually went to a high school at a small town in the state of Indiana.
Daiki and Vio are two delegates from Meeting Room #3 Crisis Simulation. Of all the people in the room, Daiki and Vio became close because of their appreciation for electronic music and talkative personalities.
“Being TCKs ourselves, both of us understand the importance of globalization and its effect on people’s personalities, such as becoming more open-minded and future-oriented,” Vio explained.
Daiki further added: “I think what Vio said is true. I think as TCKs, we learned to believe in diversity, to believe that we can learn from other people from other cultures. I feel like Vio and I believe in these values, which could be one of the reasons why we became friends.”
From Daiki and Vio, we can learn that similarities could start a conversation but shared uniqueness is what really brings people together. With more than 250 participants from 27 nationalities, JEMUN 2017 is a place where you can find friends that share your interests and are as unique as you are!
Friendships form quickly at JEMUN
By Mazayya Fadillah