Chin Xiang, Hong De and I formed one team and went for this Junior Achievement Titan Workshop and Competition‏. Both the workshop and Competition was held in HSR Building at Toa Payoh. The workshop commenced on 19th Nov from 9am to 5pm. As such, we had to apply for LOA and skipped the whole day... was quite bummed that I had to skip Banking Law tutorial T__T! The workshop's duration was pretty long as they had many lectures on how to manage and run an efficient business. We had 2 tea breaks and a lunch break (food was great! YUM!) We only played the trial game for an hour or so against each other (SP teams were grouped together for the try outs).
The next day was the actual competition. Our team's goal was to qualify for the finals. We breezed through the qualifying rounds and was 1st. 4 SP teams made it to the finals. During the finals, there were some controversy that happened. ZJ's team was suddently made bankrupt and he confronted the admin about it. But the stupid thing was even they themselves don't understand why ZJ's team was made bankrupt. ZJ demanded a rematch which created tension amongst the other groups. After a long debate, the teams were asked to vote whether to restart or continue on the game. In the end, the game was restarted and we had to start all over again. We only played for 11 quarters which was short for a finals and the game was called to an end. We felt it was unfair because we played 14-15 rounds during the qualification round and we expected a much longer duration for the finals. Overall, my team came in 6th but we did have fun during the game. The game was much easier than SIM management game and it was pretty interactive with the graphics. We were awarded with certificates and a box of chocolate.
After the game, Chin Xiang and I had to rush back for FP presentation.

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