I was in Melbourne last year for NCG as well and went again this year. Things are much better in terms of the organisation of the whole events. The AGM was as usual the platform for them to fight over things that they did not agree with. As the representative for WA delegates, I took a neutral stand for everything. There is really no point of agreeing or not agreeing when you know that that will not solve the matter. Moreover they fight over stupid trivial matter. But I'd say that in terms of the whole event, it was a success to be able to get together all the states from all over Australia. Do not talk about integration first, being able to get together is already a great achievement. I applaud them for that. For me personally the idea of going there is just to establish contacts for MASCA WA and build a strong interstates connection for WA. Well, at least that was what I hope. I will leave it to the next committee to extend my efforts and I think I have worked a lot to get MASCA WA to this stage. People might not see it but here in my page(where I have been most sincere with) I think I have done something for MASCA WA. It does not really matter if they do not recognise my effort. It was just a sincere help anyway. I do hope that whoever that will take over the club next year will make something different for it. I made some new friends there.
I did spent sometimes to unwind in Sydney. Another quick holiday there. Spent most of my time with Ian to bring him around Sydney as it was his first time. Opera House always appeals me no matter how many times I have visited it. It has been a common habit of mine lately to visit any Hard Rock Cafe when there is one and bought a t-shirt there.My new hobby! Ian is a nice guy and has the same thinking as mine I suppose. It is not that common that I found someone who shares the same opinion. People say that I am a little weirder than other people. Well I do mix around but I still hold my opinion on certain things without having them to tell me what to say. They kept pestering me to disagree with the motion brought up during the AGM but I still stood my ground. They thought that I was afraid of saying no.
The last day of the conference a few of us went for karaoke for 1.5 hours. The karaoke in Sydney is ridiculously cheap compared to here due to the competition there I suppose. It was a real fun that I did not have enough for the night. Want more of it. I will make sure that everytime I pay a visit to Sydney, karaoke is a must! Was also quite surprise to see the Malay guys in Sydney took a beer in the name to socialise. I kinda did not expect some of them to do that. May be not to trust anyone is a lesson that I can say I learned. I told MSD director about this and he was just smiling and told me he knows about this. Any action, sir?
** I saw the same guy when I was in Melbourne that I mention in my post in Sydney near paddy's this time. Still persisting on his mission.
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