I know, it sounds dorky. Here I am at the Harvard Model United Nations Conference, serving the great Republic of Guinea. I’m at the keynote and I’m bored, so here I am blogging :)

First off, I was hanging out with my friends one day when I heard that someone dropped out of the Model U.N. trip. Some girl was planning to come to the conference, she paid in full for transportation and hotel, and had to ditch last minute. So I took her place. Free of charge. Awesome!

After a 3 hour bus ride, here I am. The first thought that came to my mind was, “what’s with the clothing?” It’s so incredibly formal here! Everybody’s wearing a suit and tie, then you have Ms. Jessica Mah wearing jeans and Juicy Couture. I’ve always found the formal-wear to be tacky and superficial, but what else can I do but conform? I’m at a Harvard conference, so I adjust. In 20 minutes, I took a cab over to Barneys, bought my first pair of slacks, and came back. I quickly changed, ran over to the Imperial Ball Room, and was told that the room was over-filled. Of course, when anybody at any conference says the room is over-filled, they’re just pushing you to find another way in. Walk past them or find the back entrance, it doesn’t matter. I saw somebody exiting in the back, so in I ran!

Picture of the jam-packed opening ceremony – taken with my iPhone

As for the opening speakers… I can’t hear them, they’re un-enthusiastic, and boring. I even prefer hearing Mark Zuckerberg to this! I could easily point out a few people slumped over their chairs taking a power nap. zZzZzzZz….

Anyhow, I’ll be here for the next few days, but I’ll keep you updated!

Jessica Mah is a 17 year old entrepreneur, blogger, and sophomore in college. She’s currently the founder of a startup, managing editor at Startupism.com, and Jessicamah.com. In her free time, she enjoys the prospect of being an underage angel investor while partying like a rock star.