SQLAuthority News – Author Visit – South Asia MVP Open Day 2008 – Goa – Day 2

At MVP Open Day 2008 in Goa, we were promised action-packed days from 8 AM to 8 PM. In reality, the activities continued much later. Instead of finishing at 8 PM, we were still having fun at 2 AM the next morning!

Day 2 was filled with technical sessions, followed by a river cruise and a casino dance party. We also gathered for a group photograph. Since I was in the picture, I couldn’t take it myself. I’ll ask Abhishek Kant for a copy to share here.

At first, many of us were unsure how much we would enjoy the river cruise. Once the party started, we had such a good time that we wanted to go around again. However, the casino dance party was waiting, so we returned to Hotel Kenilworth Resorts. It was a wonderful place to stay, with plenty to enjoy right at the hotel.

You can read about the first day in South Asia MVP Open Day 2008, Goa, Day 1. Another highlight was Community Buzz, a team activity in which we prepared a campaign to promote a Microsoft product. Our team was assigned the color green and Windows Server 2008. My teammates worked hard on the documentation, and we’ll present our plan tomorrow. I’m excited about it. We hope to win, but even if we don’t, the activity has already been a lot of fun.

Among all the activities, meeting and talking with other MVPs was one of the most rewarding parts of the event. I want to congratulate Microsoft MVP Leads Abhishek Kant and Abhishek Baxi. They gave us so many opportunities to get to know one another and learn from each other. Here are some photographs I took during the day.

I’m still waiting for a copy of the group photograph from someone who took it.

The giant chessboard at the hotel

MVPs wearing matching T-shirts

Santa Monica, Goa

R.E.D.

Casino night

A game of pool. Where is the cue?

The MVP backdrop

The MVP gathering

On the evening cruise

At R.E.D.

My beach clothes!

More from MVP Open Day 2008 in Goa

• Event announcement
• Before the trip
• Event agenda and series index
• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Group photograph

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