Attention Nerds: Google is Here!

3 Nov 2006

It was 7pm on a Friday night. There was no parking left (bicycle parking, I mean) outside the Economics building. Bicycles spilled from the sidewalks into the lawn. There was even traffic jam (bike traffic) outside the building.

President of Google China was in da house.

3rd November 2006, Google President Kai-Fu Lee was in Tsinghua University to talk about talent for the 21st Century. Doors open 6.40pm and the event was supposed to start at 7.30pm.

When we arrived at 7pm, the security guard was shaking his head. "There's another seminar going on. Why don't you go for that one instead," he pointed to a lame Finance seminar poster nearby. No way, dude. We're here for Google.


The hall was already bursting with people. Some tried to climb in through the window and others strained their necks to get a peek of what was going on inside. People were trying to get in any way possible. If you could kill someone to get in, those kids probably will. It was unbelievable. Just like a rock concert.


So we left, as we didn't have any claws to clear the way in.