After our breakfast the next morning, we had our opening ceremony whereby Tuan Haji Rosland officiate the event. We were also been entertained by different types of cultural performances in Malaysia which was really interesting. Then, we had our photo session before refreshment was served. After that, the first session of the presentation on the What Works Well Project took place. Our school presented during this session and we were very happy to get the positive feedback from the audience and other delegates. After lunch that day, we had to go to the Iskandariah Palace as we had a rehearsal for the Royal Banquet Dinner that will be held on the 23rd June 2011. During the rehearsal, we were taught different etiquettes of fine dining that we had no idea before. It was truly indeed an unforgettable moment. That night after dinner, we had a dialogue session regarding the Role of Youth in Society with Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah as the speaker.
The next morning we continued our presentation on the “WWW’ Project at the Hargreaves Hall. As session 2 and 3 ended, we truly had learnt tones of new things and had an idea about the different things that works well in other school. Then, we depart from Kuala Kangsar to the beautiful island of Pangkor. We arrived in Pulau Pangkor around 5.00pm where we had light refreshment upon arriving. Then, after unpacked, we went for a community service to clean up the beach that was nearby. To make the activity more exciting, the group that collect the most rubbish will win the competition. All the delegates collect the rubbish with full of enthusiasm and the beach actually looked clean after the community service. That night, we had dinner where the winner of the competition was announced. The pink group was really happy went they were announced as the winner.
As the clock strikes 7.00am, all delegates were already having their breakfast and were excited for activities that were planned for them. After breakfast, we made our way to SMK Pangkor where we had several activities with the students. During the games that we were playing, we learn the true meaning of teamwork and leadership skills. It was truly such an amazing experience not only because the game was fun, but we also made new friends along the way. After lunch, we head back to MCKK as we have a royal banquet dinner planned for us. Around 6.00pm, all delegates, teachers and other students have gathered at the Iskandariah Palace for the last rehearsal before the actual dinner. Then, the moment of truth came when we actually had the banquet dinner. It was truly a once in a life time experience as we cannot do this in other events.
The next morning, after breakfast, we have gone on a tour around Kuala Kangsar. First, we went to the handicraft center at Enggor where we were taught on how to make the famous Labu Sayong. Delegates were also given the opportunity to make the Labu Sayong hands-on. After spending two hours at Enggor, we then made our way to the Sulatn Azlan Shah Gallery. Here, we got to see so many royalties’ items like their clothes, gifts from other countries and even their cars. We then went back to MCKK by noon for lunch. At 2.30pm, we had our cultural performance practice whereby each country will perform a type of performance not more than 10 minutes. For the Malaysian, we decided to liaise with each other and perform the Sumazau dance and the song ‘Aladom’. After dinner that night, we had to prepare our ‘WWW’ Project Exhibition at the exhibition hall before lights out.
The Speech Day for MCKK was arranged that morning whereby all their old boys will come to collect their certificates. In conjunction with that, the delegates of MCYDS also had to exhibit our WWW Project. The Raja Muda of Perak was brought to all the exhibition counters including ours to see the various projects that we have carried out. As noon approached, we had our final cultural performance rehearsal as we need to perform them at the closing ceremony that night. So, that night, the closing ceremony happened and delegates were given their certificates and souvenirs as a token of appreciation. We also performed our cultural performance after the closing ceremony. We were all very sad that night as it was our last night together. We took pictures and exchange personal details so that we can still keep in touch.
On our last day, there was no activity arranged. We just had breakfast and packed our stuff before going home. The local delegates said goodbye to the international ones when they had to go together to Kuala Lumpur by bus. Then, slowly, the local delegates made their way back home. Overall, the MCYDS 2011 was a really exciting and beneficial event. We hope that we will be invited to more events like this and maybe one day, even organize such an event.
