Hai!
My name is Dania Jaslim from Indonesia
This might too late to write in here about my experience, I know. Forgive me. But I want to share what I thought about my first time meet-up with other local guides in Jakarta.
It was my honor to get an awesome experience meet-up with awesome people. Because I never know that this group or community will exist. I’ve been in Local Guide in such very long time and never try to find out more and then suddenly from Google, which when they emailed me and inform me about my progress they talk about this community and it does thrilled me to find out more about this community.
Honestly, in the group i’m not really active and follow their chat conversation or discussion or even their meet-up schedule which is always happened at the same time with my other appointment. They such a very wonderful, awesome and daring people who love sharing and get along each other very well. I wish I can be like them, bare with me especially with my shy nature.
I was join in Local Guide maybe around August 2016, or maybe before that. I’m not sure since I keep my pictures and update them to Google and some to Google Map. I didn’t know anything about Local Guide and what will happened if you post your picture or photo to Google Map until I got an email said that one of my picture which is a big and tall apartment building in front of my office building (and it also mall and apartment building called Citylofts Sudirman) with a very cloudy and dark sky due to rain season got hit for many thousands view and said that I give people help because of that picture. I was shock, confused and silent for couple seconds. And hurry to check it and see it and learn about it and get obsessed with uploading picture and photo to Google Map till now.
I like to take picture, remember about the details like what’s in that area, what’s they serve, and anything else. I learn how to write the details, be an informative person after I had my first time meet-up. They taught me so much. How to write a review really well, detail and informative and I did it after that. And I get motivated too to use Youtube and making my own channel. And of course, get interested more about 360 degrees picture, since I did a photography used ago. Maybe it didn’t showing up with my appearance in the group, but I will slowly learn and get to know more about Google and all the application.
I really hope can join with other people in the next meet-up, since their meet-up rundown never seems to be bored. With Google Live Connect 2018 in San Fransisco chance, I believe some members did their best to join and apply this event! Wish you luck to all Local Guide in anywhere, wish I can also get that chance, meet with other Local Guide from any countries and wherever they are come from. Let’s get motivated and sharing more!