Monday, October 08, 2012

IMF WB Annual Meetings 2012 at Tokyo

Extremely honoured to be able to attend the meetings. Attended meetings with the IMF, World bank, civil society members, academics and youth leaders today. It's so international, I'm the only Singaporean out of the hundreds of people, and I met so many people from all over the world. According to the IMF personnel, people from more than 50 different countries.

Met people from Japan, Thailand, Korea, China, Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Malawi, Philippines, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Dominican republic... never thought I'd be able to meet such an international crowd.

The meetings have been extremely eye-opening. Just learnt today about what the IMF and World bank do, and what their future directions are like. There was so much engagement between IMF, World bank and civil society members. Finding out that there are so many civil society members who are so passionate about what they do and pushing hard for their cause is truly, truly inspiring.

Had dinner with the 3 other international youth fellows at Ginza area after the meetings. Planning to go travel around in a few days and possibly meet the Japanese friends I met in May this year. Not much time for travelling though, meetings usually end in the evening and on some days there are dinner sessions.

The next one week will be amazing. An experience of a lifetime; something that I will remember for the rest of my life. :')


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10:15 PM


LIVE LIFE

Xian
1. Keep loving and giving to my loved ones.
2. Be strong in the face of adversity.
3. Learn a new language.
4. Travel on every continent (except Antarctica).
5. Complete my Master's degree.