Mapping Party

Google PH organized a "Mapping Party" today (Thursday) at Bubba Gump Greenbelt.

The venue could have been better as there was no stage that could have allowed everybody to focus on the program. Also, the sound system wasn't that good and there was only one microphone.

The format of the program was that the moderator would ask us questions and open the floor for questions.

I miss speaking in front of large numbers of people. I loved how my accent was so much different from other's accents but I sometimes fear that I may sound too pretentious and so I would regularly ask people how I came across when I speak.

I haven't noticed it before, but today I kept on correcting myself when I made grammatical errors or pronunciation errors. I forgot to turn off my grammar check.

It was also a sort of reunion for us guys who went to India. It was great seeing them again, but then you realize that you have nothing else in common that you could talk about. Asking about updates on their hopes and dreams which they mentioned in India felt weird in the setting that was created.