“Good Mathematics is not about how many answers you know… It’s about how you behave when you don’t know.”
-Unknown
Preparation Day
I joined the SISMO committee about a month before the D-day, which meant that i didn’t contribute as much as the other members did for this competition. However, they were all nice enough to make me part of of the committee anyway and gave me all the perks of being part of the team :’). All that aside, SISMO was probably the most organised, student + a teacher, event that has ever been held in SIS KG – at least for as long as I’ve been here.
Although i want to make this whole journal like a story telling sesh, if i do that you might not want to read my blog. *cries. Anyway, I’ll list down the preparation that I witnessed happening throughout the last one month before the SISMO~
- Making the Test papers and Answer Key for all three levels (The dedication was legit. But what’s funny was that they made it so hard up to the point of not knowing how to answer it when they were rechecking the question papers)
- Deciding on the Logo and name of the event
- Contacting the school so they could “rent” the MPH for a day.
- Making the Time Table (Easier said than done from the looks of it) and setting up the date for the event
- Contacting each and every school, plus following up for their registration
- Making the standing banner, medals, certificates, angpaos and plaques
- Making the labels for both the tables and the student
- Setting up the tables in the MPH
- Assigning each member to different jobs on the day of the competition
- + I think they had to go through the school to actually make this event happen but it was all done when i joined so i don’t know the details. I saw them going through thick, THICK documents though.
PICTURES BELOOWW:
One thing that i thought was really cool was that the whole SISMO thing was somewhat rushed by the school ’cause they wanted it to be on the same week as STEAM week. Mr Kichan and the gang wanted it to be like mid-March(?), but they were speedy so they pulled it off just in time. WOA
I mostly did more laborious tasks which didn’t require thinking and could easily have been done by anyone. I cut labels, move tables around, fill up the angpaos, and helped in calling some of the schools. Unfortunately, I wasn’t that involved in the whole preparation of this competition but it was a fun experience.
SISMO Day
On the day of the competition, we had a deal where we had to arrive by 6 and those who were late had to pay 10 thousand rupiah per minute that they were late. Surprisingly, the punishment worked better than i thought and a lot of people showed up on time. The rain poured really heavily in the morning and we anticipated flooding (It flooded a week before SISMO) Fortunately it didn’t and all the participants could reach safely.
Then, a problem came. The key to open the cupboard which had all the papers was gone. We were at a dead end. Someone even suggested we just pick the lock and split the bill to pay the school. Desperate, i tried all the keys that were available for other cupboards. BLESS THE GOD OF THE LOCKS, one of the keys opened it!
Another thing that made our stomachs flip was that we didn’t have enough playing cards for the game of 24. Somehow managed to go through it though. Things went uphill from that point. The students did the test and boy should i say they looked distressed! LOL. sOrRY heheheh, I’ll probably be like that too if i joined it.
I was stationed in the front door to direct the participants to the proper table. I also got the chance to invigilate the test, which was something i never experienced before. After round 1, I checked the papers along with the other SISMO committee. This part was particularly interesting since participants unexpectedly scored higher than we anticipated – this is always good news! After round 1, I mostly stayed with Hyun A in the SISMO booth to sell food. My day ended with watching the lightning round which was..
I-N-T-E-N-S-E
I stayed until the awarding but had to leave earlier than the rest of the members since my sister was leaving for the airport that day. Overall, it was no doubt – a successful event. That wraps up SISMO, the start of a new SIS Tradition!!! Also want to mention the teachers who helped make this event possible : Mr Kichan, Mr Jeremy, Mr Rodel, Ms Yogeta, and Mr John.
International Mindedness
Yes, you may not know this (and i wouldn’t have if i weren’t doing this e-journal) but some concepts in the SISMO question paper that were invented by mathematicians in the past.
1. Trigonometry (Part of the Intermediate Curriculum)
Hipparchus (140 BC), a Greek astronomer produced a table relating the lengths of chords of a circle to the radius. He is credited as the founder of trigonometry.
Ptolemy, another Greek astronomer extended this table and his work is used by the Hindus and Arab Scholars as well.
A Hindu mathematician, Aryabhata, constructed the first table of sine values using the lengths of half-chords and a circle with the radius of one unit. (5th and 6th Century AD)
Rheticus, published an accurate table of all 6 trigonometric ratios without the aid of computers or calculators.
Question #8 in the Intermediate MCQ : What is the exact value of tan 5/12 pi, can be solved by using the trigonometric ratios of special angles created by Rheticus. (Tan pi/4 and tan pi/6). Using compound angle formula: tan (A + B) = [tanA + tanB] / [1 – tanA tanB], which was calculated by hand in the late sixteenth century. (I couldn’t find out who found it, but if you could, you can comment it down belowww)
2. Complex Numbers
Heron is a Roman-Egyptian mathematician who is known for the Heron’s formula (area of triangle) and Heron’s method (computing square roots) He was the first person who thought about finding the square root of a negative number, but didn’t explore the concept further as it has no use in the context of a real pyramid.
Question #5 in Intermediate MCQ: Let i= square root of -1. Find the value of i^2020. Using Cardano’s solution which is to square the imaginary numbers, (i^2)^1010= (-1)^1010=1
3. Binomial Theorem
The earliest evidence of the use of the binomial theorem was Euclid, where he used it in geometry
(a+b)^2 = a^2+2ab+b^2
Al Karaji (~953 AD,~ 1029 AD), a Persian mathematician and engineer, used mathematical induction to prove the binomial expansion of up to n=5
Zhu Shi Jie (~1260,~1320), a chinese mathematician, published one of the earliest binomial triangles similar to pascal’s.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) discovered a pattern within the already discovered binomial triangle. The coefficient is the sum of the two coefficients above it
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) discovered the binomial theorem that would work for fractional and negative values using calculus. up to that point only positive integers could be calculated.
Question #6 in Advanced Lightning Round: Find the value of 2020!+2017!/2019!+2018!, where [x] represents the largest integer not greater than x. I’m not sure how this particular question is answered and that’s kind of depressing. This question really caught my eye though, perhaps because of how aesthetically pleasing the question looks. Nonetheless, i know solving this equation is made simpler by the mathematicians who led to the binomial theorem formula we know today!
There are definitely concepts that i haven’t mentioned here but it would be too lengthy so I’ll save it for next time~
IB Learner Profiles
Communicators: I contacted some schools and leading the students to the administration table meant that communicating is what I did most of the time while i was there. I had to be mindful about the vocabulary that i was using while communicating
Principled: As one of the invigilators of the test, I had to be fair and honest towards the all the competitors whether I personally know them or not. Marking the tests I also have to respect the rights of each competitor by not sharing their test results to other people.
Thinkers: When the cupboard got locked, i thought about how it’s possible that some of the keys were similar in shape and unexpectedly opened the cupboard. Yay!
Open-minded: I normally don’t like being in a position where I have to interact with a lot of strangers at the same time. However, since that was the most useful task at that moment, i decided give it a try anyway. I enjoyed it more than I thought actually! Another thing was: Cooking. It wasn’t really cooking actually since i just needed to fry the chicken nuggets. But usually I’m soooo bad that I don’t even do simple things like that. This time i tried and it was surprisingly easier than i remembered.
Resources
Daruka, A. (2020, February 1). Jpg. Jakarta.
Hease, M., Humphries, M., Sangwin, C. J., & Vo, N. (2019). Mathematics: analysis and approaches Hl. Marleston: Hease Mathematics.Pascal’s Triangle. (n.d.).
Kim, H. A., Gozali, R. C., & Affandi, A. S. (2020, February 1). PDF. Jakarta.
Retrieved from https://brilliant.org/wiki/pascals-triangle/The History of the Binomial Theorem. (n.d.).
Retrieved March 9, 2020, from https://prezi.com/cy1cq_d82m4x/the-history-of-the-binomial-theorem/
Image Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchus
https://www.merdeka.com/claudius-ptolemy/profil/
https://www.facebook.com/aryabhatathegreat
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5583107.Georg_Joachim_Rheticus
#MAAHL #SISMO
Helen's Blog ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ 
Thank you Helen for all your help. You are indeed a blessing in MAAHL, and mathletes fam.
I love how organized and detailed this blog! The international mindedness section is my most fave! Loved how you relate international mindedness to particular SISMO questions. Brilliant!!! 🙂
and oh, I am motivated to cook again after reading your insights about “open-minded” ;p
LikeLiked by 1 person
though you were new to the committee, im sure you helped out a lot. and even if you didn’t, there is always a next year where you are more experienced and will make the event better than this year. :D. im sure all the hard work that was poured into the event, you were part of the process so don’t feel bad about being late to the game.
honestly, i never thought of the guy who made the formula to find the area of the triangle with all the side known without the angle was the same guy who thought of the square root of a negative number. i just assumed it was a random person who just thought of it in the shower. but hey the more you know.
i understand the hard work u poured in from your communicators section as the event pulled in a lot of people, the wording you used must have been sugar sweet if that many people agreed to join
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yesss hopefully I can be more proactive for next years SISMO! Thank you hihihi. Btw I also only just found out about that guy who made the formula to find the area of a triangle WHILE DOING this E-journal. Oop!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think you under-estimated how useful you are to the committee. I mean, I don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes and what you guys did, but I’ve read other committee members’ blogs and a few mentioned about how you managed to find a spare key while others gave up. (That’s the amount of patience I’ll never have.)
For international mindedness, I think you have one of the best explanations. It was concise and organized, and really introduced me to quite a lot of mathematicians I’ve never even heard about before.
I can totally relate when you said that you had to be open-minded to do something you’re not comfortable doing. I might seem very outgoing, but interacting with strangers is so hard and mentally-draining for me. eeekkkkk…
LikeLiked by 2 people
HAHAHHAHA i can’t believe you read through the international mindedness part. ^^ Also, i never thought that you find interacting with strangers challenging as well, as you’ve mentioned, you seem so outgoing hehehehe. Well, that means that you’ve reached that point where you can already mask your nervousness – a point i’m still reaching out for ╥﹏╥
LikeLiked by 2 people
I appreciate all the hard work u guys put in this event. I am actually speechless on how hard to make this amazing event. I am also really Great full of your hard work.For the international mindedness, you did the best to be honest. I am really thankful of the hard work u put in and how you don’t give up !! Thank you again for what u do in this event!( sorry for this comment bc my first comment got deleted:-: ). Anyhow i wish to see SISMO again if this event will be held again next year and keep improving:)
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yepp, there are plans for a SISMO next year if the situation allows it. Hope to see you there if the event pulls through! >.< Hm, about your first comment did i accidentally delete it? 😥 So sorry if I did.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nonoo my ipad accidentally shut down and everything got deleted 🙈😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the structure of your part of the blog on International Mindedness. I enjoyed reading through it and learned a lot from the information you inputted. In addition, I love how fun your blog is to read! I think you also did great help for SISMO because if not for you, the team may have resulted into something violent in order to get the cupboard of test papers open hahahaha. Amazing input of your IB Learner Profile! My favorite of yours would be about ‘Principled’ and invigilating the test. I really like your light structure and how you seem to not brush past any details and is incredibly honest about the rundown of the entire process and the event itself.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad that you liked the International Mindedness part heheheh. YES, the cupboard business was really an emotional rollercoaster 😂. We were ready to split the bill for ruining a cupboard in the process of picking the lock. Anyway, I hope your SISMO experience was fun!!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I am sure the effort you put in this event was just as important!! I liked how you guys were early because you didn’t want to pay and spend money on being late HAHA. Will definitely use that to my advantage if I was given the same opportunity. Your blog is for sure organised and complete and this was shown with your international mindedness section. Although, I can’t seem to comprehend the complicated names and formulas in that section haha. But is was interesting to find out and learn more about all of these mathematicians. I relate to your thinkers paragraph since I also believe that I would be doing the same thing if I was ever in that position That’s thinking out of the box for sure. Thanks for this blog!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yess HAAHAHHAHA, I was almost late cause I underestimated Kelapa Gading’s traffic~ Don’t worry about the international mindness, I went back to read it because several students mentioned it, and guess what? I totally forgot what I wrote. I kind of blanked out not gonna lie. pls don’t tell Mr Kichan 😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
ooohh hahahahha
LikeLike
Although you did join in a month before the SISMO event, I think that it was also a right decision to invite more people since there was only little time left before the event. I think that even though the event was rushed, I didn’t feel that at all when I participated the event. I felt that it was an event that took a very long time to plan and all. It was amazing of how much you guys can do at that amount of time. For international mindedness, this is probably the most descriptive one that I have read so far, the pictures also helped a lot for describing the history and the concepts of the theory. I also have to say that it is actually relatable on being in the position of not interacting with a lot of people.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the SISMO heheheh. We were thinking like “Oh no, will they come back next year after seeing the test papers?” Thankfully it seems like you will register for next year’s SISMO right?? YESS. On the interaction with people – yep still struggling sometimes (getting better I hope).
LikeLiked by 1 person
i really enjoyed reading your blog! you were literally everyone’s life saver when trying to find the key. if i were in your place, i wouldn’t be patient enough to do what you did so, i admire your patience and determination. also, i love how you elaborated so much detail in your international mindedness section. i never knew that the math concepts we learn today such as binomial theorem or trigonometry required years of different mathematicians’ own discoveries. (i don’t think i worded that right but i hope you get what i’m trying to say) oH and i totally relate with what you said in your open-minded section in the IB learner profile. as an introvert myself, i don’t really like interacting with strangers and i suck at doing simple tasks like cooking :p anywayssss,, thank you for all the hard work you put in organising this event, i thoroughly enjoyed it and definitely made some fun memories !!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog! I’m glad you enjoyed SISMO – hope to see you next year!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Very interesting blog to read! I love the beginning quote your wrote “Good Mathematics is not about how many answers you know… It’s about how you behave when you don’t know.” You did a lot of effort on organising this event, thank you and also for your team! I had a great and new experiences after participating in SISMO event, and also my friends as well. Your international mindedness is very informative and well-explained. Also your IB learner profile is well shared and very inspiring as well, one of the key to success!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Heheheh was hoping someone would notice the quote. Yes I felt that the quote says a lot about how people should behave in a competition, or in life generally. I’m glad you enjoyed the event. See you next year!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I can’t even recall how many times I’ve read about the lost key incident, but what I did catch was that the other SISMO committee members seriously thought of you as a life savior — honestly, I could never imagine having your patience and especially for something like this hahah. I really appreciated your light and friendly language in this blog because it definitely made my reading experience a lot more exciting! Also, I liked how you shared your experience of getting to do new things that you later found out to be much better than you initially expected them to be.
I certainly can’t forget to mention how detailed and complete your International Mindedness content was as well as how you brought up the few questions on the question papers for which these concepts could be applied. I also found the IB Profiles which you chose to relate to your experience as a member of the committee greatly reflective and insightful! Needless to say, it looks to me that you truly put in a lot of effort and commitment which attributed to the success of SISMO. I genuinely thought it was incredibly enjoyable — you and your team really exceeded expectations!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog!! I’m glad the language in this blog is to your liking and most importantly that you enjoyed SISMO wee~ I saw some pretty stressed out participants back there, and was genuinely concerned 😓.
LikeLiked by 1 person
“if i do that you might not want to read my blog. *cries.”
that’s not true, i would love to hear you story tell about your one month preparation experience😇, but anyway it was really a great and friendly blog to read through. Also like damn gurl, your dedication on finding that key, that’s some level of patience and determination you have, I’ll give you props for that👏. for your international mindedness part,`it was really well explained about who invented the theorem and how is it applied to the questions from the SISMO paper , good job on that part. As for your IB learner profile, i can relate to your open minded part since i’m also bad with cooking. it was late at night and i didn’t had anyone to help me cook for me, so i decided to try cook some eggs for the first time and it turned it pretty bad, but hey at least i tried😅.
LikeLiked by 2 people
HAHAHAH yes no worries people say cooking eggs is supposed to be easy, but I’ve messed up several times too. As a matter of fact, my maids used to joke that the only thing I could cook is water zzz. –“
LikeLiked by 1 person
You guys did a great job on this event! I’m sure you were just as important as the others, as a team isn’t one without a member missing. I appreciate all the effort you’ve put into formatting your blog and the detailed information towards International Mindedness. Regarding your Open-Minded IB Learner Profile, I can definitely agree that it is a crucial trait everyone should learn; it is a gate which allows for new opportunities and memories, for example, your cooking in this case. 👉👈. I’m sure it must’ve been a memorable experience for you. 🥺. Overall was a great blog, keep it up! 😍
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog!!! This blogging thing is kind of new to me so I’m glad you liked it~ hihihi
LikeLiked by 1 person
Although you were new to the committee, I am sure you contributed as much as the others that made this event run successfully and smoothly! I really like the way your blog was structured; Its organized and abundant with pictures. Saying how you were wanting to make this journal like a whole story session really shows that your very dedicated and passionate about this HAHAHA, which is a great thing!!🙂
Honestly, you explained the International Mindedness with great details and no points missing out. I also admire how you incorporated them into the question papers, and showing us how its worked out on your blog (I honestly understood imaginary numbers after you explained it).
You did a great job incorporating Open-mindedness and being principled to your experience to be part of the SISMO committee! I can certainly understand how you had to fight the urge to leak information your friends whom are not part of the committee. This is overall a great and comprehensive blog Helen!
LikeLiked by 2 people
HEHEHE props to Anushka for all the pictures (and Laras If I’m not mistaken). The story telling thing… I was wondering if it was going to work, but thank god it looks like it did yay! Thank You for reading my blog 🙌
LikeLiked by 1 person
When you said that you don’t normally like to interact with many strangers, yet you managed to put yourself out there since it was the most useful task at the moment; it proves how thoughtful, nice, and eager you are. It is inspiring the fact that you decided to help even though the circumstances were not on your favor and no one forced you to do so. People like you are the ones that made SISMO a huge success. You should definitely be proud of yourself. Needless to say, the blog is really entertaining as it gives me a glimpse of what it is like to be a SISMO committee. :))
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yeaaa I totally agree with you that SISMO was most probably the most organised event that has been held in SIS KG. I think you should take back your first sentence you wrote, cuz das not trueee. Your contribution and effort really made a positive impact to all the committee, where you managed to open the cupboard while the others were start to panicking😂. Oh ya and one thing, I like the way how you organised your blog, simple and Informative especially on the preparation part where you listed everything happened throughout the preparation. I couldn’t even remember everything happened during our SISMO preparation.
Moving to International Mindedness, this part always confuses me. However, I found it different after reading yours; you really explained it well using your soft and very friendly language which made my reading experience seems more exciting! Besides that, it’s very informative starting from the concepts you brought how the intermediate question can be easily be solved using trigonometric ratios of special angle. And last but not least, I really like how you reflect your IB learner profile, and I one thing I also learned that communication is really important along with principled, because it really played a crucial part. I’m looking forward to read your other blogs and hopefully as a committee, we could make SISMO even greater!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Although you joined the committee just a month before the event, thus not contributing as much as the others, you were really the MVP when D-Day came and you managed to find the key to open the locker, as without your patience and resilience, the whole blood, sweat, and tears by the committee to prepare this event would have turned to ash. But as far as the event went, it was a success in my opinion, although no event is free from flaws, and I did enjoy it. For the international mindedness section, I liked you utilize pictures and diagrams to explain the origins and evolution of trigonometry, number theory, and binomial theorem. Lastly, the IB Learner Profiles, I could relate most to the thinkers. That great thinking of yours was what IB must’ve wanted to be implemented in real life. So, you did a good job 👍. Thank you for your contribution towards the event and hopefully next year’s SISMO will be even better.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I’m glad you enjoyed the event! Hope to see you again next year!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hey! So you’re the legendary Helen that saved SISMO, huh? I loved your blog, you managed to mention stuff that I never even knew happened. Like how you mentioned what you guys did as preparation. Your international-mindedness part is definitely my favorite part of your blog, it was so in-depth in informational. I also really like how you arranged the International mindedness part, it’s very neat and aesthetically pleasing (how you fit all of the pictures perfectly), maybe it’s my minor OCD, but I really like how it looks LOL. I certainly agree about how you have to be a communicator, principled, and open-minded. I DEFINITELY agree that you have to be a thinker in the key situation. Again, great blog! Stay Safe!
LikeLiked by 2 people
HAHAHAHAH, yes I also have a slight problem with asymmetric things, which was why i placed the images like that. And nooo I didn’t save SISMO, it was a collaborative work of thinking of ways to open up the cupboard. I was just lucky my idea worked 😆. Also I heard Secondary 4s are basically on holiday now – jealous~. Stay Safe too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
First of all, thank you for hosting SISMO and doing such an awesome job at it! This competition was the best one I have ever attended so far! Reading your blog was super easy! I genuinely appreciate the way you organised and explained the process and I really liked how you bolded some sentences that deemed important. For the international mindedness, the way you explained it made it really easy to understand. I was shocked that Isaac Newton discovered the binomial theorem! Anyway, I agree with your IB learner profile, being open-minded when experiencing new things is really helpful. Overall, your blog is outstanding and I hope that there will be more of SISMO!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yes I was genuinely shocked that Issac Newton discovered the binomial theorem – I thought he was just the gravity guy! Thank you for reading my blog ❤ I think you were the first person who mentioned the bolded words hahahahah. I think I'll continue doing it then. I'm glad you enjoyed the event YAY! I there should be another SISMO event held next academic year if we can return to normal school by then (I hope so).
LikeLiked by 1 person
SO I have read your blog and it is quite interesting to read. I am very happy that I participate in the event and it was quite in interesting game before we start the competition. For the International mindedness it is very unique and it is in a neat arrangement and for the IB learner profile I like how you say communicators because I was actually shock that my seatmate is from another school and thanks to that I made a new friends and I hope to see this more in your blog. keep up the good work !!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog! I’m glad you enjoyed the SISMO event and even got to make new friends~
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow, this was really intriguing and detailed, thanks for the unseen experiences from the event, which you put into light in this blog , and thanks to you, we were all able to have the experience we all wanted and expected, and it was definitely memorable too! 🙂 Your international mindedness part of the blog was also very neatly arranged and organized, and interesting as well as your IB learner profiles which were quite inspirational as well!
LikeLiked by 2 people
I’m thrilled that you were able to gain insight into the things happening behind the scenes! Hopefully you can be part of the committee next year hehehhe. Thank you for attending SISMO and reading my blog~
LikeLiked by 1 person
Although it could’ve gone differently if the SISMO was held in mid-march, you guys managed to pull if off successfully despite the time constraint and pressure 👍. Anyways, I enjoyed reading your blog! The events were summarized comprehensively and the way you wrote the blog in a casual and friendly manner makes the reading experience all the more enjoyable. Although you say that you didn’t contribute much, most people, including me, think otherwise since you are the messiah that saved the whole committee from certain ruin XD 😆😆. If it weren’t for you who managed to retrieve the test papers from the cupboard, the whole committe may be in jeopardy and SISMO may have to be postponed.
Other than that, I like how thorough the international mindedness section is. Tbh, I previously thought that concepts like trigonometry and binomial theorem were discovered by one person only. Now I know that the mathematical concepts we use today were the result of countless trials and improvements.
As for the IB learner profile, the profiles you included accurately outline the skills required to host a large math olympiad. It was admirable how you stood up in trying to interact with strangers.
Anyhow, I am looking forward to the next SISMO!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Omagash messiah naaahhhh!!! It was a collaborative work of thinking what the best way to open the cupboard was. Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed my blog and most importantly the event. I think you are the first person who said that you look forward to the next SISMO :’). Nonetheless, YAY one participant recruited – or even member?? 😆
LikeLiked by 1 person
AH!!! THE LEGENDARY KEY-MASTER!!! I’VE FOUND YOU!!
First!!! Let me tell you that you did a wonderful job despite joining only a month before the event! I’m sure you had stepped out of your comfort zone by inviting others, but its always fun to try out new things!! (I can relate haHA) Like the others, I agree that you shouldn’t underestimate yourself <( ‵□′)───C<💕💕💕💕!! You certainly played a big part in the success of this event, from inviting the other schools to have more participants, to the very end on the D-Day when your perseverance and patience pushed through to find the right key. How would the event go on without youuu–w ahHH We all aspire to have your patience dudee- This blog was written wonderfully, and I had a lot of fun reading through your recollection of the events. It has such a friendly manner, and I love those sort of blogs. Thank you and the others for making my first math olympiad so memorable!
Second, love love LOVE the International Mindedness! It's great that writing this section gave you more insight on the concepts we use in math, and it even gave me new knowledge about these people! There is so much work and collaboration into making the formulas we use everyday, and I think you showcased this perfectly, in such a good layout too! I knew Isaac Newton was the guy who discovered gravity but I didn't know he made something in calculus :OOO
Third, I really enjoyed your reflections into the IB learner profile! It really shows the morals and values behind the actions you guys took to make the first ever SISMO an amazing one! I can relate a lot to the communicator and open-minded ones because I'm pretty shy and I am rarely asked to be a leader in a group project hahaaaa- Wonderful stuff!
In conclusion, awesome post, would love to join SISMO again (´▽`ʃ♥ƪ)
LikeLiked by 2 people
First of all, I really like the way you tell the story in such a friendly way which makes it more enjoyable to read for me. I also wanted to thank you for taking part in pulling off such an amazing event, regardless of joining the committee a month before I’m sure that you did a very good job. Joining this event was surely an unforgettable experience for me! The International Mindedness section is very well explained and clear to understand; I like that it’s very specific and detailed. I really like the open-minded part of your IB learner profile because I can definitely relate to it. Awesome blog!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Holy moly…. this was one long blog.. BUT definitely worth the read. It was so organised, it helped me to read it with more ease. This was such a masterpiece XD there was definitely something about the blog that just made it very compelling. With the friendly manner that you have used in this blog, it made it very comfortable to read since it was very casual. Your idea of trying all the keys to open the cupboard definitely was a life-saving moment everyone should appreciate HAHHAHA. You have saved the whole lives of the committee. I’m glad to know that despite all the problems you all have faced, y’all managed it through. Oh and I didn’t know Sir Isaac Newton found and discovered the binomial theorem 😮 Anyways, thank you for this marvellous blog!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, at the end, I realised: Wow it’s too long, shit. :’) But then I thought it’s ok only Mr Kichan is going to read it and he likes reading (I think HAHAHHAH). About Sir Isaac Newton, I also thought he was just the gravity guy before writing this blog, so no worries we are on the same boat – welp. Anyway, thank you for taking your time to read my blog!! ❤
LikeLiked by 2 people
I am truly impressed and inspired how much work you put in even though you just joined this committee just a month before the event. You truly saved the competition as you are the one who found the key to open the locker. Thank you so much for making this event to a reality! I really think that this event is truly well organized and very well arranged. I can see that you put so much hard work into this blog, I had soo much fun reading it! It’s truly relatable. I can see how much The part for your international mindedness, I really think that it’s very well explained. Thank you so much for making it easy to understand. You made international mindedness to something intriguing and interesting to read. Can’t wait for your next blog, reading your experience is very relatable hahahaha. keep up the hard work! 🤗🤗
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog! I’m happy to know that you enjoyed both my blog and the event itself wee~. (MAIN GOAL HAHAHAH)
LikeLiked by 3 people
This was a very fun and eye-catchy blog to read as you added in a lot of pictures. I also love how you used a bullet point list to explain the whole process of the preparation of SISMO. Due to this, it was really organised and easy to read! Despite coming in a month before D-DAY, I’m sure the event wouldn’t have run that smoothly and successfully without your significant contributions as well! Talking about international mindedness, your blog really helped me deepen my knowledge regarding the history of trigonometry and complex numbers! Lastly, I can really relate to your IB learner profiles as this competition really allowed me to become a better thinker and communicator, because of the mind-drilling questions and I also had the chance to socialise with new people!
LikeLiked by 2 people
To be honest, I was also somewhat lost in deducing the sequence of events, which is why I decided to put them into bullet points HEHEHE. Although, I’m thankful it had made the reading experience easier for you! More importantly, thank you for coming to the event. I’m glad you were able to achieve a thing or two through your experience in this short, but memorable competition!
LikeLiked by 1 person
At any rate, I am delighted in reading your blog! The occasions were outlined extensively and the manner in which you composed the blog in an easygoing and inviting way makes the reading experience even more pleasant. If not for you who figured out how to recover the test papers from the cabinet, the entire committee might be in risk and SISMO may must be deferred in which we all have to be grateful for you. HAHAHAHAHA
Other than that, I like how careful the global mindedness segment is.With respect to the IB student profile, the profiles you included precisely diagram the abilities required to have an enormous math olympiad. It was praiseworthy how you stood up in attempting to communicate with outsiders.
In any case, I am anticipating the following SISMO!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for taking your time to read my blog! I’m sure as much as it was easygoing, it was hella lengthy! (Sorry bout that hahahaha). Anyway, I’m grateful that we were able to bring to you a memorable event and we hope to see you next year!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I absolutely loved this blog post! I can definitely agree with what you said about SISMO being one of the most organised student-teacher events in SIS considering the fact that you all had only about 1-2 months to prepare; it clearly shows that the hard work and dedication has paid off. On a different note, I love the style and structure of this detailed blog, it’s so refreshing and unique and distinctive compared to many other blogs I’ve read. I also found that the International Mindedness section very interesting as you included a timeline of how different mathematical concepts and discoveries came to be what they are today, such as the binomial theorem. As for the IB learner profiles you mentioned, I can definitely relate to the point about being a good communicator. As the vice-president of the student council, I understand the struggle of having to use the proper vocabulary and choice of words with certain people, especially when making proposals or contacting people.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for your kind words! 🙌 As I was writing it, I wondered if I was being too informal, but now I’m glad I decided to stick with that tone. For the communication part, I didn’t know you out of all people could relate to me, seeing how you are really confident and focused on your job as the vice-president of the student council. Anyway, I just want to say: Thank you for reading my blog and attending SISMO!!! ❤
LikeLiked by 2 people
Even though you are new, you seemed to have done plenty.from making the logo to creating the answer key of the papers. Thats really amazing and from a creative standpoint, even more amazing. In your ib learner profile, you said to be open minded. I completely agree. I Doing something that doesn’t really comfort you is an important experience. Hoping to next year!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Oh I didn’t make the logo or the answer key of the paper hehehe (My mistake if I made it seem that way). Anyway, thank you for reading my blog! See you in next year’s SISMO~
LikeLiked by 1 person
I have no idea that the event have such numerous amount of complications as by the perspective of contestant, it looks really well organised. This blog was neatly written with the summary of the preparation of the event written in bullet points. I really enjoy reading this and it made me think more deeply that this was such a great team work! Glad that this event was successful!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog! Glad, I was able to give some insight to the things happening behind the scenes during SISMO heheheh.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Just like the other blogs, i really loved this one. It’s not that long yet it contains all the information about the steps and work put into preparing the event. I also loved the fact that you used bullet points in the “first” paragraph. Some people might say its too simple but for me, i loved it. Anyways, i am (kinda cause of the questionably hard questions) looking forward to the next SISMO!
LikeLiked by 2 people
HAHAHHA the first person (I think) who enjoyed the event for the difficulty of the questions! Yes sir I shall relay your message to Hyun A, the person in charge of the test papers, to make the questions extra hard next year. 😉About the bullet points, i was wondering if it’d be a good idea to put it but from your comment, I think it was a the right choice to go with it. Thank you for reading my blog and most importantly, participating in the SISMO event. See you next year~
LikeLiked by 1 person
What an outstanding event! This blog is definitely long but fun to read. It is really detailed and informative from the beginning till the end. I find this blog very neat and organized where it wasn’t hard finding things you want to find. The pictures in this blog surely is important where it makes the blog really fun. The international-mindedness was explained very well and easy to understand. For your IB learner profile, i strongly find commui=nicators beneficial to share other schools in the city of Jakarta to join this event. Thank you!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yes I agree that it’s a loongg blog (I only realised this at the end lol). Thank you for taking your time to read my blog! I’m glad you found it interactive enough to read, despite the length of it. All that aside, we hope to see you in SISMO again next year – perhaps as a committee member even? ^^
LikeLiked by 1 person
You summarized all the stages that happened during the creation of this event, this was something i found lacked or scattered around in their blogs. This detail made your blog unique! It also showed some new problems that you have encountered as a member of the event such as not having enough playing cards, some that I haven’t seen in other member’s blogs.
LikeLiked by 2 people
First of all,this is such an amazing blog even though there was alot to read but surely it was worth the time.Usually long blogs are very boring but this blog is different,with the pictures it surely made the blog more interesting.Loved how u added the formula to them for more information loved it.😄
LikeLiked by 2 people
Aww that’s so nice of you. ❤ Thank you for reading my blog!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
it’s a pretty long blog but you got my attentionn!!!! i like how you also added a little informal touch just to spice things up and not being boring. thankyou for making this event happen and honestly u guys did a great job okayy!! hopefully u guys can make this event again in the upcoming years so all the best. u were able to explain international mindedness really well, u were able to focus on more than one topic which is really goodd. i relate when u said in the IB learner profile that we have to be open minded as in order to succeed working together as a team in preparing an event. anyways goodluckk!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yess, we hope we can hold another one next academic year! HAHAHAH yep it’s one long blog – I hope I didn’t bore you. Thank you for reading my blog~
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think that the preparation day was though because as I can see in ur blog that Making the Test papers and Answer Key for all three levels and Assigning each member to different jobs on the day of the competition it must be doing with a team without a team together maybe there will be some mistakes could be taken but any ways it was A GREAT EVENT OF SISMOO!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
yes i agree that the committee has done a lot to make this event successful. Happy to know that you enjoyed SISMO~
LikeLiked by 1 person
Your blog was very detailed. It amazed me on how specific you were able to explain the details. It felt I was apart of the process lol. I felt as if you played a very important role in preparing for SISMO, never underestimate yourself! The IB learner profile you included was being open minded which i also think is a very important trait. Reading this is so entertaining because you were able to include fun and formal language. The international mindedness you included made me understand the history of each theory very easily.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog!! I’m happy to know that reading it made you feel like you were part of it heheh~ (That’s something I haven’t heard from the other comments) ❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
The preparation of this significant event was all listed out in an orderly manner, depicting the importance of proper planning resulting in the immense success of this event. Problems (such as the loss of the key) were encountered and had to be solved under time pressure, but everyone kept their cool and resolved all of them skilfully. I learnt the IB learner profile of being reflective as seen from the effort you took in analysing, and learning the various types of questions that came out in the tests (even though the tests may be insanely difficult and one may not bother to revise them again).
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for reading my blog! I actually didn’t know that I relating the international mindedness with each question was not needed, but well, it was interesting to do anyway hahahaha. I didn’t do the test myself, but I heard it was really hard. Despite this fact, i hope you join SISMO again next year~ (It is good after all, to step out of your comfort zone once in a while ><)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nice going on how you put the different story of your timelines part by part very organized and helpful for us to understand too if we were in your situation which is a good experience and a good thing to do for the charity. You showed us the imagery of a picture by words you said in the blog! Outsanding!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad my blog was to your liking 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
love love love your blog. at first glance I thought your blog would be extremely long but I started to resized that was long because of how many pictures you add onto this blog. I love your ib learning profile. over all lovely blog❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person
ahahahha yes many people said it was long. Thank you for reading my blog ^^
LikeLike
This blog is so informative and contains a lot of detail during the event. I can see how hard it is to make all the questions for the SISMO event. It was such a great questions and you guys are so amazing at providing those questions, i hope there will be more amazing questions in the coming SISMO events. Keep up the good work!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes! We also hope we can hold SISMO again next year! See you there~
LikeLike
You really were the hero of the day, how you were that desperate on finding the key to the cupboard and I admire how you didn’t give up just yet. I think this is the best blog I’ve read so far. I love how your blog is so organized and simplistic making it look so professional, however, I also love how you balanced it out by using semi-informal language. I agree that communication, open-mindedness is key in working in a team. Without these traits, it may cause disruption and miss communication and get ugly. I consider myself am a shy person and therefore I don’t really get to speak my mind and opinions. Anyways, I really had a great time during SISMO and hopefully, I’d get to compete on the next one! Hope you and your family are healthy and safe during these uncertain and unprecedented times!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for reading my blog! I’m so happy that you like it wee~ Yes, i agree that communication is important, but sometimes introverts like us find it difficult to express our thoughts. I’m glad you are already set on joining the next SISMO yayy. Stay Safe!
LikeLike
I only can imagine the awkwardness that’ll ensure if you didn’t get to open that locked cabinet, thankfully you all managed to get it open, and conduct a brilliant, unique SISMO for us to enjoy. I also like how you refer the day SISMO was to be held as “D-DAY” to show just how ambitious it was. Thank you for you and the committees effort. Hope you stay safe during these times.
LikeLiked by 1 person
AHAHAHA yes D-day, it sounds so cool 😎. Thank you for reading my blog! I hope you stay safe as well.
LikeLike