Impressions from the MVP Romanian Summit

Between 14 and 17 of September, the first MVP Romanian Open Days took place at a nice location in the montains where I had the chance to meet for the first time 6 of the 11 romanian MVPs, among them, Ovidiu Cucu. Unfortunatelly the other Romanian MVP from CodeGuru, PadexArt, could not be present.

I had a great time there. The summit overlapped with my last vacation days, and despite waking up at 7 AM I enjoyed every moment (except for some delays during the fun time). We had some interesting "private" discussions between MVPs, as well as common time with students from the Microsoft Academic programs in Romania. We also had a day of fun in the montains, everything culminating with a moderated debate on various topics between MVPs in front of the students.

Me and my girlfriend took over 200 pictures during these days, but they are not yet downloaded on my PC, so I though I should post a picture taken with the camera of a fellow romanian MVP (copyrighted by Aurelian Popa). This is a group picture around a camp fire (can't be seen in the picture). You can see me on the left (proudly wearing my CodeGuru shirt) and Ovidiu in the middle (blue MVP t-shirt). Seven of us, from the left, are MVPs, the other three on the right are Microsoft employes. I will post more pictures as soon as I download them.

Here is a picture during the moderated debate (Zoli, our MVP Lead was the moderator). I'm on the left in the front seats, and Ovidiu in the middle. (copyright by Aurelian Popa).

This is me and Ovidiu having dinner at the hotel's restaurant.

The two of us preparing for outdoor adventures.

This is me climbing down on a rock in repel.

Let me put an end to this monologue... :D :D

Looks like you both had fun... ;) ;)

Keep it up... :thumb: :)

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Let me put an end to this monologue... :D :D

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Now becomes a dialog (or trialog?). :p

Nice photo... :)

It looks like the guy in the background is for real too... :D

My girlfriend took this picture of me, Ovidiu and Andrei (another MVP) having dinner. This was taken the same night with the first one around the camp fire. Notice that we were wearing the opposite shirts than in the previous evening (that can be seen in a picture above) ;).

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Originally Posted by cilu

My girlfriend took this picture of me...

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Okay, now you know what picture we are waiting for... ;)

Or, do I need to state it in black and white? :D

Me again having a lot of fun... :D

This is Ovidiu, preparing for a rafting session... ;)

To get an idea about the places we've been, here are some pictures taken by my girlfriend, while we where having meetings...

Here you can see the fog covering the city of Petrosani, near the peak where the summit took place.

Same fog over the valley...

It is still a monologue ... :D

Great pics btw.. Cilu and Ovidiu must have enjoyed a lot! :D

Great pictures, Marius! :thumb: :)

Looks like you had a lot of fun that weekend... Just wondering: Have those outdoor activities with rafting and so also been part of the MVP event, or private activities on the same weekend?

// Edit: Sorry, reading your posts again answered my question...

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Originally Posted by Marius

near the peak where the summit took place

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Nice pun... :)

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Okay, now you know what picture we are waiting for... ;)

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Hm... You don't mean this one, right? ;) :D

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Originally Posted by gstercken

Hm... You don't mean this one, right? ;) :D

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LOL! :D :thumb:

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Originally Posted by cilu

Notice that we were wearing the opposite shirts than in the previous evening (that can be seen in a picture above) ;).

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You mean - you swapped them? :D

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Originally Posted by guido

You mean - you swapped them?

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Nope, me and Ovidiu have identical shirts. ;)

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Originally Posted by sid

Okay, now you know what picture we are waiting for...

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Ovidiu took some pictures of us. I'm waiting for him to mail them to me. Then I'll post one... ;)

PS: please don't bring Yuliya into this thread... I don't want to start deleting posts here.

Look how happy Ovidiu (middle in the background) was, carrying the raft. ;)

MVPs chatting about SQL Server...

Some more of the last day debates...

...with the students from Microsoft's Academic programs attending to the "clash of the titans" (the title of the debate ;) ).

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Originally Posted by cilu

MVPs chatting about SQL Server...

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Yes, looks like you're discussing the ALTER TABLE statement here... ;) :D

Wow! very nice photos, Marius! :) It really looks like you and Ovidiu had a great time. It shows on the photos. :thumb:

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Originally Posted by gstercken

Yes, looks like you're discussing the ALTER TABLE statement here... ;) :D

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LOL!! :D

nice pics, cilu. That surely sounds like lot of fun you all had there.

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Okay, now you know what picture we are waiting for... ;)

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Very true... right now, it sounds like a background process with no GUI :D:D:D

My turn...
The Codezone Ninja. :D

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Originally Posted by gstercken

Yes, looks like you're discussing the ALTER TABLE statement here... ;) :D

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That reason all are so lost in thought... :D

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Originally Posted by kirants

Very true... right now, it sounds like a background process with no GUI :D:D:D

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I subscribe. :p

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Originally Posted by cilu

Look how happy Ovidiu (middle in the background) was, carrying the raft. ;)

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...the last happy moments before next over 20 kilometers on the river. :D :D

Well, it was supercool. :)

Ovidiu

PS. I'm waiting for GUI pictures. ;)

Perhaps my girlfriend should remain like Mrs. Colombo: always talking about her, never showing her... ;)

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Originally Posted by cilu

Perhaps my girlfriend should remain like Mrs. Colombo: always talking about her, never showing her... ;)

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Sounds suspicious to me... ;)

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Originally Posted by cilu

Perhaps my girlfriend should remain like Mrs. Colombo: always talking about her, never showing her... ;)

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Note that the statement starts with a "Perhaps..." ;)

She's somewhere in this picture. :D :D ;)

If I were roma...I would(n't) be (im)repressee...ed

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Originally Posted by ovidiucucu

She's somewhere in this picture. :D :D ;)

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You're sure? I saw all guys in the picture. You need to post a clearer picture!

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Originally Posted by CBasicNet

You're sure? I saw all guys in the picture. You need to post a clearer picture!

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No, actually, I think she's there... In the background... ;)

keep talking...don't mind me....I'm here looking for my keys...

by the way...have you seen them?...

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Originally Posted by mrRee

keep talking...don't mind me....I'm here looking for my keys...

by the way...have you seen them?...

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They're in your pocket, dummy :D

Nice pics Cilu.

Nice pictures! I hope this was not a fresh air overload for our romanian geeks... :D :wave:

Overload? No. But fresh, yes. ;)

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Originally Posted by NoHero

I hope this was not a fresh air overload for our romanian geeks... :D :wave:

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Ehhh! Now we have to switch from overloading to overriding because of virtual reasons. :D

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Originally Posted by ovidiucucu

Ehhh! Now we have to switch from overloading to overriding because of virtual reasons. :D

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:D :lol:

/Who killed default parameters? C# did!

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Originally Posted by NoHero

/Who killed default parameters? C# did!

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Don't worry... They'll be back soon... :D

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Originally Posted by NoHero

/Who killed default parameters? C# did!

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They really, really did it?
OK I understood... no pleasure of memory leaks, no pleasure of unitialized variables, no pleasure of....
But not default parameters? Ugh, I couldn't never ever imagine such a horrible cruelty!