HOW TO DATE
A JAPANESE GIRL
episode 2
by real Japanese girl
@31o5

My session at #BarcampBangkok2
was
kind of a JOKE.

ah... if you don't know about it...

It's online
http://www.slideshare.net/31o5/how­to­date­a­japanese­girl­presentation

The session made me
kind of famous among
geeks in ASEAN.

I know everybody expects me
to do something even more.

BUT...

it's DIFFICULT!

Everybody asked me to do
\"episode2\"...

BUT...

I'm still single, how can I tell
them?

I thought of doing...

HOW CAN I
FIND A BOYFRIEND?
by real Japanese single girl
@31o5

or...

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
of
ME?
by real Japanese single girl
@31o5

BUT...

I shouldn't do that...
I'm not a comedian.

so... \"episode2\" means...

about my life after the session.

Here is the real topic title...

HOW #Barcamp
CHANGED MY LIFE
by real Japanese Barcamper
@31o5

It did change my life.

BEFORE

I was just a creature who loves
being online.

But afraid of getting close to
strangers online.

I had some geeky friends in
offline life, but not much.

There were no strangers in my
friend list of SNS.

I've never accepted friend
request from strangers.

I'd never uploaded photos of
myself online.

Tried not to write my real name
online.

My data online were something
about I'm interested in, but not
about myself.

If you know someone only
online, your brain try to figure
out what he/she is like.

People imagine what 31o5 is
like from my online activities.

Some thought
I'm a geeky man.

Some thought
I'm a Thai.

Some people searched about
me, but couldn't find any
photos of 31o5.

so... I was just like...

This.

AFTER

Everybody blogged about
#BarcampBangkok2.

and tagged as
#BarcampBangkok2

Many people mentioned about
my session on their blog.

and tagged as
#31o5

And tweeted about it.

And uploaded photos.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=barcampBangkok2&w=all

And videos!

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=barcampbangkok2&aq=f

on the RADIO!

http://www.bfm.my/Want­an­Opportunity­to­Speak­Michael­Teoh­and­Daniel­Cerventus­Bar­Camp­KL.html

Even on TV!

Sorry no screen shot.

Someone did Khmer version
of it at #BarcampPP

Thai geeks started asking me
\"DAIJOBU?\"

and... I setup a company,
with my partner in Tokyo
and my previous company.

WHAT HAPPENED TO ME

Got lots of followers on
twitter.com

Got many friend requests on
facebook.com

but sorry, I don't accept request on
facebook if I don't know you...

A Barcamper from Malaysia
contacted me and invited me to
#BarcampJB.

When I went to #BarcampJB
I didn't know anybody,
but people knew me.

When I was dancing in a club
(I love night clubbing)

A guy came to me and said
(I was almost ignoring him)

\"Your session was brilliant!\"

Someone spoken to me like...

\"Are you the one who did the
dating session?\"

WHAT I've GOT

Lots of friends!

Geeky techies in Thailand.

and in Malaysia, Singapore,
Vietnam, India and Japan.

Getting connected to many
people brings...

more people,

more exciting experiences,

huge motivation,

knowledges,

ideas,

and MORE.

also I've got

One of my staff :D

WHAT I LOST

Some of my privacy...

and modesty....
(I believe I had some before)

and some money....
(traveling to join #Barcamps)

#Barcamp changed my life.

Without taking part of
#Barcamp, I don't think my life
was like this now.

and I do enjoy my life :D

#Barcamp changes something

Your life will be a little different
from TODAY :)

Arigato gozaimashita.
@31o5