Dining @ Yippee Noodle Bar

Yippee Noodle Bar @ King Street, Cambridge
From left: Alex (Maths), Sean (Nat Sci), Nung aka Zung (Maths), Choong Yin (Maths), Lim Jeck (Maths) and Justin (History), all are freshers at Trinity College

NUSH Boarding Dinner

SIMO Senior Team 2016/2017

SIMO Senior Team 2016/2017 (44)

RI
Daniel Choo Zhenghao, Y1
Li Hantao, Y1
Low Choo Ray, Y1
Pan Yifan, Y1
Goh Chee Kiat, Ethan, Y2
Han Jiatao Jerry, Y2
Jiang Bowen, Y2
Lee Jun Long Matthew, Y2
Leong Eu-Shaun, Y2
Keane Ng, Y2
Shen Xinyi, Y2
Tan Wei Han, Max, Y2
Tan Xu Chen, Y2
David Toh Hui Kai, Y2
Dai Xiang Rong, Y3
Loh Wai Kit Victor, Y3
Seah Yuxuan, Y3
Luke Tan, Y3
Weng Chang Kai Kenneth, Y3
Seah Fengyu, Y4

NUS High
Chieu Le Heng, Y1
Tan Yu Ren, Y1
Chen Yu, Bryan, Y2
Ho Li Xiong Timothy, Y2
Liau Yi Jun Jovan, Y2
Qin Haichen, Y2
Tan Chee Heng, Y2
Tan Cheng Yat, Y2
Tan Kin Hern, Y2
Wong Swee Chong, Dave, Y2
Li Yuelin, Y3
Toh Jia Xin, Y3

HCI
Guan Yangchen, Y2
Benson Lin Zhan Li, Y2
Loh Yan Xun, Timothy, Y2
Loo Yi He Scott, Y3
Sun Longxuan, Y3

RGS
Chen Xinyi, Y2
Shi Ruixin, Y3
Lee Estelle, Y4

ACSI
Ang Boon Han Nathaniel, Y2

Bukit Batok Sec
Lu Ming Yuan, Y2

RGPS
Hu Xinghui, P6

Home School
Louth Bin Rawshan, Y2

Cambridge University Alternative Prospectus, 1st Year Mathematics Timetable and Cambridge Supervisions

This is a very good website for anyone who wants to know about Cambridge, its colleges and courses - Cambridge University Alternative Prospectus

Everything on the website has been written by current and recently graduated students at the University of Cambridge, to give you honest information about what it’s like to be a student at Cambridge.
Cambridge's Courses
Cambridge's Colleges

Supervision is one of the greatest strengths and a key advantage of studying at Cambridge - most students find their supervisions the most rewarding and beneficial part of their course. It is organised by the college. Supervisions provide regular small-group tuition (usually one or two students) with subject specialists who may be one of the country's or world's leading authorities.

Lim Jeck's supervisors for this term (4 Oct to 2 Dec 2016) are:
~ Numbers and Sets - Prof Imre Leader, who is also Lim Jeck's Director of Studies (DoS). Read about the roles of DoS and Supervisors here
~ Groups - Prof Imre Leader
~ Vectors and Matrics - Dr Crowe
~ Differential Equations - Dr Peng

Lim Jeck is paired with Alexander Gunning from Australia for supervisions; both of them are 3-time IMO Gold medalists

Lim Jeck and Alexander Gunning

Statistics on 2016 Mathematics Course Admission cycle:
Total Cambridge first year Mathematics undergrad students in 29 colleges: 258
Total Trinity College first year Mathematics undergrad students: 48

More Pics from Cambridge

Sean and Lim Jeck in formal gown and suit

King's College

With Trinity College porter

Centre of Mathematical Sciences - about 20 min walk from Trinity College. Cambridge library is here too.

Most items at Wilko (above) are very reasonably priced; I bought a single duvet for only £6. Another place to get cheap items is Poundland, where most items are sold at £1. Both Wilko and Poundland are located in Grafton Centre
For clothings and shoes, you can get from Primark. Lim Jeck's suit (see first pic above, jacket and trousers) was bought from Primark at £28. His gown was purchased directly from Trinity College at £34.50

Bicycles are a common sight in Cambridge. Many students ride them to lecture venues

Dim Sum @ Yim Wah Express
From left: Choong Yin, Lim Jeck, Lay Yen, Sean, Meng Ai

NUS High mates: Choong Yin, Yee Suen (Oxford Y2) and Stanley Quek

Dung (we call him Zung) from Vietnam, Sean, Choong Yin, Lim Jeck 

Dinner at Yim Wah Express

SIMO National Team 2016/2017

SIMO National Team 2016/2017 (25)

RI
Lucas Boo, Y1
Aloysius Ng Yangyi, Y2
Tan Wee Kean, Y2
Cheng Puhua, Y3
Khor Jun Wei, Y3
Li Chenxu, Y3
Ang Ben Xuan, Y4
Lee Ker Yang, Y4
Wang Jianzhi, Y4
Ma Zhaoyu, Y5

NUS High
Joel Tan, Y3
Daniel Leong, Y3
Zhang Xiaorui, Y3
Gabriel Goh, Y4
Dylan Toh, Y4
Clarence Chew, Y5
Lim Li, Y5
Matthew Fan, Y5
Teddy Ong, Y5

HCI
Ng Yu Peng, Y3
Shi Cheng, Y3
Goh Hong Pei, Y5
Winfred Kong, Y5
Bryan Wang, Y5

RGS
Li Anqi, Y4

Training for SIMO National Team will start on 15th October 2016 (Saturday). The trainers are Teh Jiun Harn and Ling Yan Hao.

Arrival in Cambridge

Staying at Blue Boar Court, Trinity College.

The termly room charge is £1078.95 for 10 weeks, inclusive of room cleaning.

Favourite Rubik's cubes corner

Spacious room

with side lamp, arm chair and tables

on the left is cupboard, centre below is a heater (there are also 3 auto activated heaters around the room), on the right is a sink with mirror

Dining hall in Trinity College

Dinner. Chicken with mushroom sauce, parsley potatoes and mixed vegetables (£3.43)

Breakfast. Muesli with cold cream is only 71p. Free flow of coffee/tea or milk

Very standard breakfast set £3.43 each plate

Croissant is £1. Toast bread @ 5p per slice must be the cheapest breakfast in Trinity Dining Hall, free spread and free coffee, cheap and good :)

Bought detergent capsules for laundry. 1 wash is 2 credits 20 mins. Drying 1 credit, high temp option takes about 30 mins per cycle. 10 credits for £5

Cubes Bought from Taobao

Lim Jeck bought these Megaminx cubes as parting gifts for his students at Mathlete Training Centre.
He is leaving for Cambridge on 28 Sep

For himself

Photos from Heidelberg, Germany

Off to Heidelberg, Germany

Lim Min's friends sending her off at Changi Airport.
From left: Alexandra, Jia Rong, Debra and Lim Min

Lim Min is participating in the 4th Heidelberg Laurette Forum (HLF) held in Heidelberg, Germany, from 18 to 23 September 2016. Hotel acommodation and forum costs are sponsored by the HLF organiser, whereas her air tickets are paid for by NTU SPMS.

About the HLF

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum is a one-week event combining scientific, social and outreach activities. The winners of the most prestigious awards in Mathematics and Computer Science, the Abel Prize, the Fields Medal (including the Nevanlinna Prize for contributions in “Mathematical Aspects of Information Science”), and the ACM Turing Award are invited to participate in the Forum.

Each year the Scientific Committee of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation decides on a topical focus for the upcoming forum. This is done in close communication with the laureates.

Once the focus has been defined, applications from young scientists for participation in the forum are solicited. The first phase of the application process is primarily handled by the award granting organizations, supported by the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Mathematisches Forschungszentrum Oberwolfach and by Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics. The candidates proposed by these organizations will be reviewed by the Foundation’s Scientific Board, which will make the final decision.

Programme

CGMO 开心聚餐 @ Thomson 800 Condominium

From left: Lim Jeck, Anqi, Lim Li, Lim Min, Ruixin, Xinyi, Xinwei, Kui Shuai

好丰盛的晚餐!

Associate with GIC Pte Ltd

After her 10-week internship (end May to early Aug 2016) with GIC, Lim Min has been selected to join the GIC Professional Programme as an Associate. Four other fellow interns have also been similarly offered a permanent position with GIC.

She is now in her 4th/final year at NTU Mathematical Sciences, and will start work with GIC's Technolgy Dept upon graduation, in end July 2017. The salary is confidential; I can only say it is rather attractive.

Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 700 notebook

Lim Jeck bought a new Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 700 notebook yesterday, from Comex Show 2016 (8 - 11 Sep 2016)

Specifications:
Processor Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor( 2.60GHz 2133MHz 6MB)
Operating system Windows 10 Home 64
Display type 15.6" FHD IPS LED 1920x1080
System Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB
Total memory 8.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133 MHz
Hard drive device 1TB 5400 rpm
Network card Intel Wireless-AC 8260
Free Lenovo Y Gaming Precision Mouse
Free Lenovo Y Gaming Mouse Pad
Free 15.6" backpack
Free DVD drive
2 years warranty
Price: S$1399

SJPO 2016 Results

Full Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad 2016 Results

Congrats to the following Main Category Gold medalists!

NUS High
TEO POR LOONG, JACOB
LU ZIYOU
LI KANG CHEN
CHIA JIN QUAN MATTHEW
DYLAN TOH SHAN HONG
WONG MING HIN
KU BRIAN
JOSHUA TEO WEI HERN (ZHANG WEIHENG)

RI
LEONG EU-SHAUN
HAN RUOBIN
FU XINGHONG

SJI International
DING TIANYAO

Happy Teachers Day 2016

Thank you, Y!
尊师重道，很好！

SMO 2016 Prize Presentation Ceremony

SMO Junior Top 10

1. BOO TSE YANG LUCAS Raffles Institution
2. ANG BOON HAN NATHANIEL Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
3. LOW CHOO RAY Raffles Institution
4. HO LI XIONG, TIMOTHY NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
5. NG YANGYI, ALOYSIUS Raffles Institution
6. TAN XU CHEN Raffles Institution
7. TAN WEE KEAN Raffles Institution
8. LEONG EU-SHAUN Raffles Institution
9. DAVID TOH HUI KAI Raffles Institution
9. KEANE NG Raffles Institution

SMO Senior Top 10

1. JOEL TAN JUNYAO NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
2. KHOR JUN WEI Raffles Institution
3. LEE KER YANG Raffles Institution
4. GABRIEL GOH KHENG LIN NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
5. ZHANG XIAORUI NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
6. WANG JIANZHI Raffles Institution
7. DANIEL LEONG ZHI MING NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
8. LI CHENXU Raffles Institution
9. CHENG PUHUA Raffles Institution
10. DAI XIANG RONG Raffles Institution

SMO Open Top 10

1. GLEN LIM WEI AN Raffles Institution
2. SHELDON KIEREN TAN Raffles Institution
3. LIU YIJIA Raffles Institution
4. BRYAN WANG PENG JUN Hwa Chong Institution
5. LIM LI NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
6. JOEL TAN JUNYAO NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
7. TAN LIKAI Raffles Institution
8. CLARENCE CHEW XUAN DA NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
9. LEE KER YANG Raffles Institution
10. LYU LIANG Hwa Chong Institution

Full Results

IMO 2016 Singapore Team

This is our 10th consecutive attendance at the SMO Prize Presentation Ceremony.