Yes I made it to the second round! (Rank 52nd of 303) 
Information Technology Competition at ImagineCup is a really tough one. There are three rounds for it. Round one is still on going but fortunately, I was qualified and passed at Round one and waiting for Round Two of the competition. I was really happy after all the reviews I made on Windows Server 2003. Actually even though I had 2 months of semester on Operating System, still that was not enough to know everything about Windows Server 2003 and I even knew more on theory about that and not yet take a hand on it. But with all the resources plus the book I've got on Microsoft Philippines which is a quick reference to Windows Server 2003, it was a great help. The preparation was not a pretty one either. The following will give you an overview on it:
Level One Preparation
Microsoft® Encyclopedia of Security
Microsoft® Encyclopedia of Networking
MCP on Windows XP, cod: 70-270.
Wikipedia.
Level Two Preparation
Exam 70–290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment.
Exam 70–291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure.
Exam 70-293: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure.
Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure.
Exam 70-298: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network.
General Information
Windows Vista
MS Office 2007 and Office Server
Exchange 2007
ISA Server 2006
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Mobile
Microsoft Forefront
Pretty tough? Well it is. I think there are more than 500 students passed the competition. All students are ranked based on their score and some ranked the same number. Top 500 students advance on the second round. Take note, 2 students from each country will advance on the second round, in other words, top 2 students from each country advance on second round. I ranked 52nd from all students out of 303rd ranks. Some filipino students where as follows:
Rank
103 PH PHMSP_fbadion 13
158 PH Kathrina 10
303 PH jarky 0
For more information, visit ImagineCup.com. 
That was my one of my special day as a developer. It was a one of a kind experience. Actually that was my first experienced on a live webcast featuring C#.NET debugging methods by Mr. Steele (I think if I remember it correctly). At first, I didn't think that it was actually possible that I can see what's going on the screen of someone's computer where I only use dial-up connection. It always connect in speed of 44Kbs. That was really low connection speed and viewing a webcast like that would be impossible. I can only think that I may view it offline by downloading it or by viewing some few slides. I waited and follow some instructions. After 5-10 minutes, I said, WOW!
I can really see the speaker on what he is actually doing. Seems like he is putting the camera directly on his PC. Hmmm.. sounds cool!
By the way, to get the overview of the event, the topics discuss (of course is debugging) are the methods on debugging C#.NET which can also be applied in VB.NET. Here it is:
1.) The first method is by going to a specific word on your source code and press F1 on your keyboard to know something about it. Pretty easy but sometimes, my problem is I ran out of load in my internet card that's why I cannot connect on internet. Well it's a simple problem on my part.
2.) Second is to use the immediate window when you run your program. Immediate window can change the value of your variables while running it for testing purposes.
3.) And lastly but not the least, by using breakpoints which is very particular of all since I program VB6.
Well, pretty cool environment on live webcast although I am sometimes disconnected because of slow connection (but now always), I really enjoy a lot! Thanks to speakers and to Microsoft as well!
Note: To join upcoming Live Webcast, register at msevents.microsoft.com