APNIC 60 Was Fun!

This is my recap of #APNIC60 Da Nang 🇻🇳 as a Fellow from Malaysia 🇲🇾.

Time really flew by. My brain is a little fried, but I've gotta do a full recap of my #APNIC60 fellowship. This whole thing has been a massive experience, a real journey.

Honestly, I didn't even know about APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) until I started my job at Nebula Systems Sdn Bhd three years ago. Before that, as a student, it was just a name in a textbook. I knew a little about it from my study materials, but we didn't really learn how it works. But my job let me join so many APNIC workshops, which totally leveled up my technical skills and helped me get what they actually do.

Fast forward to a few months ago, I saw the fellowship application on LinkedIn. I had applied last year and didn't get it, so my memory was a little fuzzy on the whole process, but I gave it my best shot. And Alhamdulillah, I got in this year! The webinars organized by the APNIC team were so good. I learned about tools I'd never heard of, like Salt for Automation, and got a better understanding of the current state of Internet security and RPKI adoption. I even got a chance to do a hands-on lab for RPKI later on.

Then came the real deal: almost two weeks of in-person workshops and the conference. It was my first time traveling alone overseas, and I'll admit I was a little nervous and accidentally packed way too many clothes 😂. The first thing we did was go see the Hoi An Memories Show, and the visuals and storytelling were just incredible. The next day, we jumped right into the Advanced Routing: (Train-The-Trainer) track. Imtiaz Sajid and Makito Lay were seriously knowledgeable and made sure we all got the necessary messages. Huge thanks to them for the training!

Throughout the conference, I basically lived on the Kahoot podium, which was awesome because I won a ton of goodies 😉. Met some amazing new friends like Linlin Cui from NTT, reconnected with existing ones like Abdelmagid from Shinjiru and Sree from NTT (sorry if I missed anyone!). Of course, I also made new friends with the other fellows. Oh, and APNIC hosted a sports event for the first time, which was super cool🏓.

My favorite talks were by Geoffrey Huston on "QUIC" and "Measuring the Transition: What the Data Tells Us About IPv6-Only Adoption," as well as Tsung-Yi Yu's session on "Setting Up a Telecom-Grade Temporary Conferencing Network." The debate during the Open Policy Meeting for Job Snijders's proposal was also really exciting to watch. The social events were so well-organized and made it easy to connect with everyone.

Major thanks to Kenrick Lin, Thy Boskovic, and the whole APNIC team for being the best hosts. They went out of their way to make sure everyone was good, accommodating every need from the diverse group of fellows.

And now, for the best part... photo dump!

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