Saturday Putnam

the 67th William Lowell Putnam competition will be held this saturday. My mission is to get at least one question done (out of 12, and in a 6 hr interval), to get a grade in my math class. I really doubt if i could ever possibly finish this mission. The historical median is always 0 among the thousands of top undergrad mathematicians in north america. Richard Feynman did it, and got top 5. Crazy guy.
It reminds me how those little boys and girls in china spending days just to do tricky questions. Olympiad Schools etc. They would probably score higher than anyone but once again what's the point? Opening our mind works better than probing the limit of our logic.
good luck to everyone who's doing it this year, let's kick some asses.

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addiction

trying to cut off coffee, I'm feeling drowsy now. Passing throguht the coffee stand I had the urge to go get a cup, then proceed to find a reason to buy one....

well life goes on. Life is going to be better.