Andrian Kurniady’s Blog

As usual, the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) started with regional contests in the period of September until December. This year, I got the chance to represent BINUS UNIVERSITY again for the ACM ICPC. However, since Felix Halim and Andoko Chandra, my former teammates for the ACM ICPC, have already graduated, we have to form a new team. This time, our team is named “YoiMon” which consists of myself, Timotius Sakti and Kenny Hartono (final year students in BINUS UNIVERSITY). Taipei site is the first one of two regional sites that we attend this year (the second one is Singapore site). For this site, our team will be accompanied by Ms. Henny Surya Ningsih as coach (and translator ).

This story about the contest and travel to Taipei and Hongkong are posted separated in day-per-day basis.

• Day 1 (November 22nd) - Departure to Taipei
  • We departed as scheduled and arrived in Taipei on the evening.
• Day 2 (November 23rd) - Taipei Sightseeing
  • Visited Chiang Kai-Shek and Sun Yat Sen memorial hall, as well as Taipei 101.
• Day 3 (November 24th) - Practice Session and Opening Ceremony
  • Went to NTNU, completed the registration, and attended the practice session and opening ceremony.
• Day 4 (November 25th) - Contest and Closing Ceremony
  • We solved 6 problems on the contest day and ranked fourth.
• Day 5 (November 26th) - Departure to Hong Kong
  • Wandering around Taipei before going to the airport on the afternoon.
• Day 6 (November 27th) - Hong Kong Tour
  • Visited the Giant Buddha Statue, Kowloon, and took pictures from Tsim Sha Sui.
• Day 7 (November 28th) - Return to Jakarta
  • Got bumped into China Airlines from Cathay Pacific, but returned home safely.

Each part of the story will be posted separately in a chronological order, but photos may not be in a strict chronological order. The pictures are hosted on my gallery, http://gallery.kurniady.net/v/acmtaipei2007/ and more photos will be available in there.

Please take note that all pictures are copyrighted, please ask for permission before reproducing.

-Andrian Kurniady