Today marked the beginning of the conference which all kind of serious engineering issues would be discussed deeply in our meeting later. That would be the main purpose why I came all the way from Malaysia – to lead the formation of Engineering Students of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (ESAFEO). When Malaysia first proposed it to the ASEAN countries, it had mixed reactions from the ASEAN countries; some back it up and some disagrees. At first to vote whether to form the ESAFEO, it was a tie. After a series of argument and discussion, we got supports from Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Brunei and Thailand. Therefore, from next year onwards, all countries will bring their student leader to attend YEAFEO in respective countries.
In the afternoon session, all countries including non-ASEAN countries were giving a country presentation. From these presentations, we learnt from each country and knew what are the activities or program running in their countries like courses, technical visit to other countries, specific program for student members and etc. I could feel the great vision of each country to bring their engineering institution to higher level. After the presentations, it was the time for souvenirs exchange. Every country brought their country unique souvenirs to exchange with all other countries. Friendship was building up gradually since we first arrived here.
At night, I felt the privilege being invited by the Cebu governor to dinner at the governor’s office. It was a very grand dinner where everyone was treated like a special guest. We even had police to escort to the dinner venue! What was even more interesting was the present of former president of Philippines, Fidel V. Ramos at the dinner. The speech given by him was full of laughter and insightful, of which he analyzed the engineering problems and solution during his day as the president.
YEAFEO Family
Dancers for the dinner
Nice dining hall
fantastic performance 
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