Day 3 (16 Jan 2009) - Opening Ceremony

It was snowing after we had our breakfast! The boys enjoyed watching the snow fall and had a good time playing in the snow before we proceeded to the Opening Ceremony of Robofest 2009.

We continued with the second part of the competition today - Battle Robot Match. Our team was very motivated to achieve better results after our bronze in yesterday's match. The boys spent half of the day to prepare their robots for the 'battle. Here are some photos of them hard at work.

At 3pm, the competition began. The teams from Singapore first had to compete among themselves before proceeding to the final round. The 2best teams from PEPS will then compete against the other 4 teams - namely 2 teams from Maris Stella High School and 2 teams from Korea to fight for the top 3 prizes.

After the elimination round, our 2 best teams finally emerged - Sean and Pranav, and Brandon and Faris. They were extremely nervous for the match!

Finally, we managed to secure a gold for PEPS! We made it! We came in first for Battle Robot Match! Hurray!

After the match, the boys went back to have a short rest before proceeding to dinner and the friendship event at night. They had a lot of fun participating in the activities and mingling with pupils from other countries as well as Singapore. They even put up an item for the event. They sang 'We will get there' together as they felt that the song could fully relate their feelings for the competition. We really 'got' there - the finals! =)

We would like all parents to note that we may not be able to update this blog after 17 Jan as we will be moving into the hotel till we return to Singapore on 19 Jan. This is because we may not be given internet access in the hotel rooms. We seek your understanding on this matter. Should you need to contact your child, you can reach him via the hotel number.