Monday, July 17, 2006

Reality check

IPhO was indeed an eye-opener.
Never thought I'd see so many delegates from all over the world. (A total of 86 countries). Reminds me of how myopic I am, that I've never heard of countries like Azerbaijan Republic. Until that fateful day at the airport. And that was when a certain delegate from that place left a deep impression on us.

The whirlwind of activities was also an adrenaline rush for the journalist in me.
Having to rush for production every night just to meet the newsletter printing deadline for distribution the next morning.
Having to jostle for seats on the tour buses.
Having to find a balance between PR and news values.
Having the opportunity to meet and interview 4 Nobel Laureates and one Templeton Prize winner.
Having good food from day one.

10 days. 10 newsletters.

I am thankful.

The 37th IPhO Newsteam at Orchid Country Club (Our pseudo red carpet moment. LOL.)

Gv complained @ 9:05 PM

{xoxo}

Saturday, July 01, 2006

And so my second ICT is over.

I'm unsure whether it's the sense of liberation that I feel after an arduous two weeks or simply the fact (though I'd hate to admit) that reservist provided me with a breather from all the other stuff that I was facing before I went in last week.

Sure enough, it felt as though I was still an NSF for the past two weeks - the somewhat familiar routines, the waiting to rush, rushing to wait inefficiencies of the organization, the playing of pranks, the calling of names (fattie!!! ;P), and of course certain hateful people that I'm trying my best not to judge and remain neutral.

All of that is over. And I'm back to my civilian life again. Until next year (perhaps).

For now, I've loads of writing and publishing as part of the newsteam for the upcoming International Physics Olympiad, other editorial commitments, and of course Hong Kong!

And then it's a brand new semester again.

I need a time-stopper.

Gv complained @ 1:02 AM

{xoxo}