World Maths Day

Ah alas, world maths day has passed by so quickly. I remember when it was just launched on 4th of march at 7pm sharp. I was playing then, well maybe at 8. Initially, my aim was just 1k to qualify for a certificate. That was until my maths teacher, Mr. Lai, decided to book the computer lab during his maths period to compete in this globally challenging quiz. For those who doesn't know what world maths day is about, its just a competition to see which individual/class gets the most correct answers within the 2 days period. Of course, the questions are easy, all answers double digits and only involves the 4 basic calculation(addition, subtraction, division, multiplication). That explains why our class ranked first on the 2nd day itself. However, as we approach the 3rd day, we realised we were beaten by 2 teams, 1 Australian school and 1 AMERICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL! The surprise you would have imagined in each and every faces of 0801PE4. Anyhow, the best thing about Mr. Lai, and this competition is that besides the first period, which was physics, we skipped the whole day of lessons. That's right, 7 hours of non-stop matching. Sure it was really physically and mentally demanding, but the results were such a relief. However, we missed our initial goal of 300k class points by a few hundred(those who didn't contribute much should be ASHAMED ).

In the end, our class got 1st, and 2nd was taken by another Taylor's University College class, which was the PM group. Sadly Joshua from our class didn't manage to enter the top 10 individual list but he fought very hard for the 11th place. Great efforts Joshua! Salute! And thus, ends the World Maths Day from 0801PE4(those who participated actively)'s point of view. Btw, I manage to get 12k points, 11k more than I initially planned :D! Yay me!