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...