Day 11

The presentation to POI is finally out of the way. It was pretty daunting to present to so many VIPs, especially when you're such a small fry (and you're presenting after your DCE) but I think I did ok. WL and TL didn't say much after that, but KHoe did beam at me from across the table so I guess at least there was one person in the room who thought I did ok. It was a privilege to meet so many eminent people, including a Nobel laureate, who all seemed pretty friendly. Great bunch of nice people. It was a great encouragement to see that they gave serious thought to the discussion questions posed, but I think I was too stressed and stretched this week to the extent I fell sick. :(