Fellow report of 8th APNG camp

First of all, I would like to thank the organizer(s), sponsors, senior professors, fellow participants and last but not the least, secretary Ms. Tsering Dolker, without whose support and reminders, it wouldn’t have been possible to be with the group which we call the ‘Asia Pacific Networking Group’.

 It was a dream come true to get qualified to attend an international conference which was going to be held at Singapore. Before leaving for that seminar, different things were in my mind. I had never been abroad and I was a bit worried about how would I go there, how would be other participants etc. But when my plane landed on Singaporean soil at 11:15 local time, it wasn’t that tough for me to get a cab and go to YMCA building at Dhobighat. Due to tight schedule in my office, I couldn’t attend the welcome party and it was what I missed a lot.

 The camp started officially from 18^th of July with the presentation of Prof. Kilnam Chon on Digital Archive. During the period of the camp, I learnt many new things from senior professors and fellow participants. Not only about the networks in other regions of Asia Pacific but also I learnt about the cultures, people and communities in the camp. The network infrastructure, e-learning, disaster recovery systems, live-e project, these all were new things for me to learn. To be with the network pioneers in Asia Pacific region is indeed a great experience for me. I was so happy to introduce myself as one of the youngest grandsons in the camp. During the camp, I never felt I was out of my home. People out there were supportive. It was also a nice experience for me to be with the people from different countries. Ishino, Hikaru, Dr. Kondo, Kasif, Abdur, Snow, 8con, Joan, Sumit, Sagarika, Awal, Tsering, Tommysan (grandpa J), Prof. Lee, and all other participants whose names i forgot to mention here and I apologize for that.

Most importantly, I brought the confidence, experience to be with future internet leaders and network terminologies in other regions with me. I will try to pass it on to other friends and colleagues in my country. And we will obviously work together to move towards better society.  Thank you all!


Submitted by:
Prabal Khanal
Nepal