The Backpack Adventures

Day 5: September 14 Singapore x Google 2019: Day 5 & 6 Good morning from Singapore ! Today is officially the last day of activities in Google HQ Singapore . Kaya Toast with egg and coffee at Toast Box For a change, I skipped breakfast at Taste in Ibis Hotel at Bencoolen and went out to eat breakfast at Toast Box along the corner of Bras Basah Road and Bencoolen Street. Since it's not the usual buffet breakfast, I ordered a Kaya Toast with egg and coffee , something which my friends recommended me to try.  Steven Sutantro talks about blogging Thank you Steven for giving me a whole new reason to blog. From Toast Box, I then proceeded to Google HQ in Mapletree Business City. For today's round of talks and activities, I found the Innovator Energizer particularly interesting. In my free time, I toured Google HQ with Jim Copeland who'd a Googler based in the US. We went to explore and check different parts of the building including the Secret Room at L7 80 and th...

Day 4: September 13 Singapore x Google 2019: Day 4 Good morning from Singapore ! Thank God my throat seems better compared to yesterday. With health issues not being a problem anymore, I have set my heart and mind to exploring Singapore again later at night after fulfilling my responsibilities in Google HQ Singapore . Inside Google Singapore Time to go back to the Innovator Program My day started out like clockwork... I took a bath early in the morning then headed to the ground floor of Ibis Hotel for breakfast at Taste before heading off to Google HQ Singapore in Mapletree Business City. For today's round of talks,  I was particularly hooked to the " Final Prototyping " topic. Today is also special for the Google Innovators as their family members were invited to Google Singapore to watch them receive their certificates. Google Certified Innovator Program Activities The day was jampacked with activities and hours flew in the wind. Regardless, I still managed to sque...