Plans in the pipeline...

We are coming up with a different approach to the selection of the Malaysian IChO team. It'll be announced soon after its confirmation and approval from the higher authority.

IChO 2011 Results

Maybe all of us who were involved in the training of the Malaysian team may feel upset on the achievement of the Malaysian team in the recent IChO. However, I think this is the right time for us to macroscopically and microscopically examine our training methodology. Maybe we have been not effective enough in our training, maybe we have been not thorough enough in our selection, maybe, maybe, maybe. Maybe it is just other participants who are now better? It is up to us to decide and to change. We hope that we'll be back better next year! Back to the basics again.

No updates yet from the official IChO website

Today is Day 4 of the IChO 2011, Ankara but we haven't have any updates on the official website. My blog have been having increased traffic due to many very interested people on the IChO but unfortunately I cannot provide any update as I myself is in Malaysia, not Ankara, Turkey. Judging from the given schedule, our young participants have just done their practical exam and is now out for sightseeing. Argh! That rekindles my jealousy for not being able to attend. Anyway, they have done best in one of the exam and is now resting while the mentors scratch their heads discussing and translating the problems for the theoretical exam. I wish the students all the best in the coming theoretical exam on Thursday and hope that they'll enjoy their trip after that. May their hard work be rewarded!

IChO 2011 Day 1

Its day 1 of IChO 2011 already... This is the day where participants arrive to the venue and start to get to know each other... Speaking of this, I can't wait to find out about the Malaysian team's experience when they arrive back in Malaysia... This also reminded me of my own experience 3 years back... It was such a great one and I hope all the participants of IChO 2011 will enjoy their 10 days together... Hoping to get to download the Catalyzer Issue No. 2 soon to read on the updates of our enthusiastic participants... Argh! How I wish I was there to see it for myself... Anyway, this is all for now... Will be updating more soon...

43rd IChO 2011 Ankara, Turkey is coming soon!

Oh my. It is finally coming in 2 weeks time. Our delegation this year is truly a 1Malaysia team. I hope that they can further showcase the Malaysian culture to the world. Besides that, hopefully they can outperform their predecessors with the best performance so far of a silver medal. I hereby wish them all the best and have fun in Ankara! ^^

Team Malaysia

Finally... The candidate for the final 4 was selected... I hope that they will try their best to prepare for it... I'm all ready to contribute whatever I can for them... Hope we'll have better achievements this year! ^^

Last Weekend

Once more, students from all over the country was called to attend the selection of the IChO Malaysian team. I felt so lucky to get to meet top students in Chemistry every year. These students possess talents that is yet to be sharpen. Hopefully, a gold medal winner will be nurtured this year. I get to share my experiences in Medicine and in IChO with them. It was a great weekend! Signing off... ^^

Of K3M and IChO Selection

Recently, I realised the flaws of K3M as a benchmark for the preliminary selection of IChO candidates. This is because K3M consists of 40 MCQs only. The usage of MCQs as a screening test is very unreliable. This is because it is not very sensitive and neither is it specific in identifying students who are really good in Chemistry. A set of more extensive and structured questions are in my opinion more sensitive and specific for that purpose. However, I do not have the statistics to prove my arguments and all of this is merely based on personal experience. I do hope that the IChO selection and training committee will look into this problem and come out with a better solution.

International Chemistry Olympiad - Malaysian Selection

Heard that the candidates for the selection have been contacted few days ago. To all selected candidates out there, you must be looking hard for info about this olympiad. As usual, the selection will be carried out in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya. Look, I'm here to help. Please leave a comment! Cheers! ^^

P.S. I can provide some information that you all might want to know. Not here on the worldwide web but privately on private messages.

Preparatory Questions for 43rd IChO 2011 is Out!!!

Saw a few visits logged with the referral term as preparatory questions for 43 IChO 2011... So, I decided to just check it out on the official website... To my excitement, it is out! Click the link below to download! Enjoy! :)

Preparatory Question (43rd IChO 2011)

Official Website (43rd IChO 2011)

Another Interesting Visitor

Found that my blog was visited by someone who had googled "universiti malaya icho letter 2011". I was very excited when I saw it and wonder who is that. I'm very interested in knowing this person and please feel free to contact me by commenting below. I'd be very delighted to get more information about the thing you googled for you. Look forward into knowing you soon! ^^