Everyone was rather dead in the morning. My team had its morning walk and we explored the hidden park beside IE University. The morning walk was rather refreshing. It helped us
to release and let go of our stress and tiredness we had. We were told
to spread ourselves around the park, to observe one thing about the
nature; the insects or anything around the park. The first thing that
came across my mind was to go down the slope and sit beside the river. I
looked into the river and it was clear. I saw a crab-like
kind of species resting beneath the water. I admire the crab for being
able to find peace in the water. I admire the crab because I want to
have the opportunity to do that, without any fears. I closed my eyes and
I hear the whisper of nature singing to me- the river flows, the tree
leaves sway and the conversations between the insects.
Sebastian
Lindstrom (co-founder of the HIV/AIDS organization, "Light" for the
children in Ghana) was the first speaker of the day. He inspired us with
his deep interest in photography. His love for the camera and his hope
to help the society took him for a journey where he wanted to show the
world about people living in the dark side of the world through his
photographs and hopefully one day, everyone could live in peace and
everyone would be given a fair treatment. His photographs are not just
about the people but animals and anything that God has created. It's
true when people say that a picture paints a thousand words.
Next the stage was passed to Luis and Alberto (co-founders of the Holalabs). They were inspiring to me because they were only 16 years old and 17 years old when the Holalabs was created. I was impressed by their efforts and determination for having to balance both their academics and their project. When I was 16 years old, I was busy fulfilling my curriculum and academic life that I was so ignorant of what was happening in reality and in the real world. Aiming for a straight A's results and gold medals for competitions aren't that big of a deal now looking at these people who went through pain and sweat to create something for the society and the world. Their success proved to the world that age isn't a matter; it's you that matter.
After having sufficient data about our project, we were told to compile our project using the
business canvas model. The business canvas model is extremely useful
because it is a summary for us and questions my group about our project;
whether it would be successful in long-term and also, short-term. It
narrowed the information to the most basic level that sometimes, we
might forget. With this information, we were ready to go on with our prototype the next day.
I
would say that that night was the best night for us, Malaysians,
because speaking of cultural aspect nothing beats Malaysia. We were so
prepared for the cultural night from our outfits to food and souvenirs.
Many came back for our junk food. For me, I fancied the Colombian
pancake (I would say it looked like the French crepe) with their
topping that seemed like Malaysia's kaya. It was really sweet but I
guess everyone needs some sweetness in life, don't we? There were lots
of performances and I would say the traditional Spanish dance was
fantastic. It was really brave of her to dance on the stage alone. One
thing I knew was that she was proud to be who she was- a Spanish and I
believe that roots are the most important part of the a tree and in all
of us, human beings, life. You will never go far without acknowledging
your roots because with them, how could the flowers bloom?
The
best performance of the night would definitely be the American guy who
went on stage alone and started performing a performance with mashed-up
songs. No words could describe his performance because it was.... beyond fantastic. Seriously?!
He did it effortlessly and he could remember the sequence of his steps,
which took him about 5 minutes or more? I was so WOWED by him.
