I was a scout for Google in my past life. That's what they used to call us (being lone feet on the ground). It was hard and we coped by having calls with our regional scout siblings. We had one international meet-up in Mountain View in 2007. We were not complete since the others couldn't get their visas on time.
When I was cleaning up my childhood home, I found a framed photo which I made back in 2007. It included the names of the other scouts and then CEO, Eric Schmidt. I did that so I don't forget their names, especially since the others were from other regions.
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| We were late for our meeting with Sundar because we had to ride a bike to transfer buildings. It was hard! |
That week with the other scouts was one of the highlights of my stay at Google. We got to meet the CEO and I remember meeting the current CEO, Sundar Pichai (he was still a VP back then). Ahh, but what I remember most from that week was learning how to play bocca and meeting fellow Pinoy Googlers.
And here's little me with my Chilean and Colombian siblings, Jim and Francisco.
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| We bonded by figuring out what words in Filipino was similar to their language. |
We planned to write a book a few years ago, but everyone's so busy. I guess we'll have to wait until everyone's retired, haha.
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