Read Part 2 : The City of Wind here...I explained them the core philosophy of Buddhism, that it encourages liberation from materialistic bonds by understanding the impermanence of things. I finished it off with emphasizing that it was not generally centered on a God or Gods . One volunteer was so surprised about a religion without "A God" that ...
Continued from The Land of Fire - Part 1 - The Take-off...We descended the stairs towards a banner displayed welcoming teams for the IJSO. It was a collage of flags of the participating nations. Amongst them was the tiny lion flag. It gave a sense of relief that after all, we had landed at the correct airport in the ...
Continued from the previous story...Coincidences are amazing! Just within a week of writing about the IJSO teammates, four of us met quite unexpectedly in the pre-university orientation program called "Future Leaders". It was wonderful spending three weeks with Pamodh, Mayura and Sithira reminiscing about those unforgettable days. Isn't this the best motivation to write about IJSO!. IJSO was the reason ...
Continued From...The meeting with professor Mahesh enlightened us with the idea of an Olympiad. Although the training was to start in the Eid holiday itself, someone from the university called home informing it was postponed till next week. That was delightful yet subtly disappointing (That strange state of their superposition). It took another week for the mystery to unravel. The ...
Continued from Part - 4 -The CaspianThe day after the first test was a free day. A city tour had been planned to visit sites in the Baku city. As usual we got into the buses and rode along the road along the coast towards the city. Our first visit was a historical mosque on a cliff overlooking the Caspian ...
Continued From...An Olympiad team includes a delegation of students, a leader,a deputy leader, observers and visitors. Leader and deputy leader are responsible for translation of problems into their native languages and moderation of the marked papers. They take part in board meetings where decisions are made about future hosts, amendment of regulations and electing officials etc. Observers are usually government ...
45th International Physics Olympiad is the last Olympiad I took part and will be the last ever in my life. Having said goodbye to the Olympiad subculture, it would be a great injustice not to share what it adds to ones life, the glory of it, the spirit of it. There are events where you can show your talents in ...
An Olympiad differs from its namesake, the Olympics in two ways It is a competition based on school subjects, the polar opposite of games. It is held annually. What Wikipedia says,The International Science Olympiads are a group of worldwide annual competitions in various areas of science. The competitions are designed for the 4-6 best high school students from each participating ...
Sri Lanka Physics Olympiad Results are officially released. Apparently there will be more rounds of selection exams following training sessions (More than 8 names are shown highlighted). Gear up for a couple of battles if you are selected.Check here for results and here for Past competition papers and general information about future competitionsGood luck!
Sri Lankan Physics Olympiad 2015 Will be held in June. Students will be selected to represent Sri Lanka at Asian Physics Olympiad 2016 in Hong Kong and International Physics Olympiad 2016 in Switzerland and Liechtenstein ( Two countries organizing the event for the first time).Applications are also called for Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad to select students for IAAO ...
Srilankan Teams for APhO, IPhO and IBO have been selected to participate in the international olympiads in May, June and July. Congratulations to all successful team members .We wish them good luck and success in the competition. Also don't forget to enjoy the journey and make new friends. Bring us golds people !Srilanka Mathematics Competition will be held on March ...
This is an account of my experiences of being a part of science Olympiads. Although Science Olympiads are wonderful and prestigious events that nations take pride in showcasing their intellectual potential, rather unfortunately they are less known amongst the wider public. This is my humble effort to shed some light upon Olympiads. I believe this will inspire young students to ...
Continued from Part 3 - The Buta ...The test competition was difficult for all of us and that was something we had already expected. But we were glad that one of the three exams were over. And the evening was free time for students.The hotel we were accommodated was a four star hotel called The Crescent Beach Hotel, Baku. ...
Continued From...It was only a few days till the Eid-Ul-Fitr or Ramazan as popularly known in Sri Lanka. We were doing the last minute shopping as usual in the city. The "last minute" metaphor was quite literal as it was closing in for the sunset and we needed to be back at home to break the fast. I remember the ...
Continued From...A Sri Lankan Physics Olympiad ExaminationIt was an ordinary post-term-test day at school in grade 10. Teachers were busy marking answer scripts. Teachers' front row pets were helping them on random tasks like adding marks, writing name lists and zillion other bureaucratic documentation that associates a term test in a Srilankan school. Rest of the class in their own ...
