
After a three days at Bran, where I slept something like 12 hours a day, I'm back online. The break at Bran came after what I currently consider to be the most important event in my life: the International Physics Olympiad. Not only have I been the farthest away from home (almost 9000 km) and visited Singapore, but I have also obtained quite an important award: Silver Medal at IPhO. Let's take them one at the time.
I shall begin with the coutry of Singapore. At the first sight, it seems like an utopia. Everything over there seems (am probably is) brand new: all the buildings, outdoor and indoor, look like taken from an US movie that depicts a luxury neighborhood of, let's say, New York. The catch is that New York also has poor neighborhoods; in Singapore, as far as I have seen, there aren't any. Everything is clean. Nobody throws anything on the street. Smoking students are a minority. You are not expected to tip the cab driver, and he gives you the change to the last cent. Oh, and the 90Km/h speed-limit on the high-way is respected by almost everybody (the cab drivers make the exception

Now about the Olympiad. It was nice. I found two of the three problems easy. The last one... well... had I only known relativity

Why is this in English? Well, I will be going to Britain this year and my blog must reflect it. Plus I want the people I met in Singapore be able to read it (Hi Cheryl!)
"Pe curand!"
P.S. I almost forgot. Singapore is heaven for those who like science and engineering. It's two technical university (NTU and NUS) conduct lots of research programs. H.E.A.V.E.N. Take my word for it!
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