So today was the last full day before we left for the IOI. After a refreshing night's sleep, and another early breakfast, I felt ready to tackle the problems that would be given to us in our trial exam. We had a bit of a difficulty to begin, as the room we originally had planned to sit it in was booked (this was a room that had the air conditioning "accidentally" set to 29 degrees, getting us used to Canadian temperatures), and so we quickly dashed to another lab.
The first problem I tackled was the full feedback one (you could check what you scored for it immediately), and I quickly observed the necessary solution. After a couple of 'huh?' moments after not getting 100%, followed by realising a crucial bug that was screwing it up, I finished it and looked at the next, a much harder one. This time, I was unable to think of the solution immediately, and so only partially solved it before the exam had ended.
Again, this was slightly depressing, but I drew confidence from the fact Evgeny and Kenneth scored close to what I did, indicating that it was very hard. We then went and had lunch, and this time I got some not particularly noteworthy fried rice. Then Evgeny, Kenneth and I headed back to the rooms, with them intending to stay there while I went home to back my bag fully.
The trip home was not particularly eventful, as I have done similar trips before, but killed 3 hours. After arriving back and quickly dumping my new bag, I turned around and was quite shocked to find the mirror of our room drawed on in whiteboard markers. Evgeny, when I showed him it, realised the possibility it presented for doing informatics and so we went into his room for a impromptu problem session.
The rest of the day consisted of dinner at a Thai place, which ended up with all of us getting curries and Kenneth getting a phobia of glasses being knocked over. After this, we went back to our rooms, leaving time for us to pack and go to bed early for the big day tomorrow.
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