Gracehopper Conference 2007

I've been spending my 2 days in Orlando, FL to attend the 2007 Gracehopper Conference. I was one day late because I still had an exam on Wednesday night. Thursday morning 5am, I left my apartment and drove my way to Indi airport. Usually, it only takes 1.5 hours top to get to the airport. Guess how many hours it took me last Thursday? 4.5 freakin' hours! I was stuck and really stuck at the same spot for over 3 hours! There's probably an accident or something which I haven't found out til now. I missed my morning flight and was on the stand by list for the next flight, which fortunately still has a seat for me.

I reached Orlando around 12.30pm and took a shuttle to the hotel. I went to the hotel room, got my registration packet and went to 2 of the sessions that day. There were a lot of sessions in the conference, but I just feel that the other sessions are targeting mostly master/phd students, which I found really boring =P There are more companies coming this year. I was told there were about 68 companies attending this year. It was doubled or probably tripled than last year's conference. What does that mean? MORE GOODIES! Haha..I love career fairs where companies are coming and giving out fun cool stuffs ;)

There are a lot of women here who work in technical computer science field. To describe a lot, let's just say that even the men restroom around the conference area were turned to women restroom to accommodate all the women in the conference. Here's one of the example that I grab from another blogger attending this conference as well.

Today (Friday), I went to Downtown Disney, which is just across the hotel, for a walk and was planning to buy some gifts. There were tons of Disney shops and I feel like I'm in Disney's Heaven =D If I have the money, I will buy everything in the store!! This afternoon, there will be a Platinum Sponsored Event in Universal City Walk. Hopefully I will get some funs there and I'm planning to go to Downtown Disney again tonight after going back from the event. I need to wake up early tomorrow because my flight is @ 9am and the shuttle will pick me up @ 5.50am. *sigh* going back to reality! I have a make up exam on Sunday (yes, it's on Sunday!), project due on Wednesday and I could breath freely after that!

For those of you who got a chance to go to Gracehopper Conference, GO! I could assure you that you would have a lot of fun and new experiences. Next year will be @ Colorado..Can't wait! Anyway, I need to get ready for the Platinum Sponsored Event. I'll post some pictures later(if I get one)!