International Friendship Day

The theme for this year International Friendship Day is getting to know more about ASEAN.On International Friendship Day,people spend time with their friends and express love for them. Of course, it is called international is because people express their feeling to their friends from other countries.This event started in USA,1935.It dedicate in honor of a friend.The United States , proclaimed first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival.Basically, ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN was formed by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand on 8 August 1967.Since then, membership has expanded to include Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia , Laos and Vietnam.Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully. Seriously, I don't really enjoy this year International Friendship Day. From the previous sentence, I think you can see that I don't like this year activities organised by the school. I think that it is quite boring unlike the one we have last year. Well, i have friends from Thailand. Actually, it is my father's colleague's wife. She opened a shop in Bugis Junction. She make things that are really beautiful. Some of the items are imported from Thailand. The school could maybe can show a power point slide outside the HOD room about ASEAN because I had seen pupils looking at them.