Incredible India.Truly.

Taking things for granted. We will never learn, will we?

I miss India. More than I've expected. Who'd knew we'd be this close? All those time together. It might not be much, but it's good enough to make me cry each time I think about the days we woke up early for yoga or the indian rural games. CDLS was truly something. A particular something until I'm here and just enough to write myself a few paragraph- or even pages of the experience I had. I mean, I never write anything unimportant or unworthy of my time here. haha

The 10 days was amazing- come to think of it now :) The Taj was stunning and all the historical places we've been to in India is beautiful. Dilli Haat was fun- although I didn't exactly shop till I drop, and the activities held was so mind-boggling. I've learnt a lot from the summit and made tons of friends along the way. With CDLS I've come to realize how far I knew about the world around me and all those of who I am inside myself all these while. Life is just to short to be fretting on so of that we have to move forward and never look back. Ideas, Innovations and Design is truly the right theme to ponder on for this year. Through it we found how the world revolves and the need of us the human beings living in it to help it be a better place. Honestly, I've never knew about what actually happened at the Philippines, Haiti or other natural disasters that happened for the last - who knows, 2 years? I've been kept in a box for too long. So that's what changed me soo much in CDLS. My sensitivity. The world isn't going to change on itself, we need to do something about it.

One of the most fun parts of CDLS 2010 is the Creative Sessions we had. It's been a really loooong time since I touched or played with art stuffs at school or home. I love art. I don't hide the fact that I enjoyed doing art any time of any day in my life. You give me anything that has to do with art and crafts, I'll do it right away. Because through it I can express myself and I love it. I'm not much of a social animal or anything and I know it, but if you gimme a chance to tell you who I am inside, I'll do it right a way with art. I liked it a lot, the CSs. Even though all I did was playing with clay and drawing a flag and maps on a globe, I like seeing art around me. I feel statisfied seeing the creations all the delegates produced. It made me feel somewhat content. Maybe someday I would create myself an artwork. I'll show it to the world and convey to them the importants things in life so that they would all see and realize.

Friends are important. No matter how little you mean to them or they mean to you and in certain cases where you don't know how you would label them as your friend or not, you still need a person called FRIEND. A person once said to me, "Even though you might not like the idea of a friend, you just have to have them. Because sometimes you just need them to be there, to here out what you have to say,". That's what I've learnt in CDLS. Friends. Just look at the four of us for instance. We never were the best of friends during school times before CDLS, but look at us now. Amazing what a few months before CDLS and the whole 10 days of CDLS can do to you. From not having anything to talk about to sharing the most simplest things in life with each other. Yet another reason to love CDLS! I miss the ASEAN table very much though. The Philipinos, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thais- at times, and one American dude, JORDAN. haha. I miss you guys very much. All those fancy dinner nights at the roof top, the blue and white dinner and the Eid party. I MISS IT!

"If only I could turn back the time and do it all over again, that'll be much better,"
Nabilah Salleh, Malaysia.

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