40th IChO Training and Orientation Week in UM

After staying for such a long time in University of Malaya, I am finally done with the IChO training. However, I still have my Bachelor's Degree to pursue in the same university. Well, for the IChO training, I get to know great professors, lecturers, tutors and peers. I would like to elaborate further on some of the characters I met during the training.

Professors
Professor Dr. Noorsaadah - A very good organic chemist which likes to say that, "Reaction mechanisms of organic compounds are very easy as long as you know what is an electrophile and what is a nucleophile.". Well, it is true but we need to get our electrophiles and nucleophiles right first.

Lecturers
Dr. Cheryl Cheng - A youthful lecturer that is admired by all of us especially my colleague, Gavin Cheah. She thought us a way to remember formulae. This is one of the example:
Gary hikes to school a.k.a. Gavin hikes to **'s for the formula G = H - TS

Tutors
Kak Quench - It is not her real name but we are more used to refer her as Kak Quench when we are talking about her. Why? Mainly because she went round scolding people and in one instance she shouted, "Quench! I said Quench!".

Abg Yean Kee - When everyone first heard his name, we thought that he is a she. Even Dr. Cheng thought so. Anyway, he is one passionate chemist doing research on serine protease.

Peers
Khor Shu Heng - One brilliant guy that likes reading. His passion towards reading is clearly portrayed when he knows more Biology knowledges that we Biology students do.

Gavin Cheah Jia Sheng - A pharmacist in future. One that knows my stories the most. I can say that he is one outstanding student as he still manage to get an A for his Biology despite being penalised in Biology Paper 3.

Chai Yi Kang - Another passionate reader. Read Tan Yin Toon's books even before completing lower six. However, this is often concealed by his jokes that will make people think he is just a normal student.

Well, I'm done with my lengthy descriptions. Now, I would like to proceed to the outcome of the training. It turns out to be very shocking when Shu Heng was not selected. Why am I shocked? Because I never thought that Yi Kang would make it as he did not put in much effort. The only thing I can say is great people does not show off his "greatness" until it is needed.

I think I'm quite done with the IChO training part. Now I'll briefly introduce my orientation week. I join my new family with other fellow fresh Secholions last Sunday. We were being orientated by senior Secholions which taught us a lot. Although there are some times that we felt like we are tortured but soon after the week is over, we felt that it was one of the most memorable moments in our life. After the end of this two events, I need to start to work hard so that I can achieve what I want in the coming IChO. However, this means that stress is also coming soon to visit me.