On Friday 28th June 2019, I came to work in the morning and was sitting in front of my working PC and suddenly saw this email from APNIC popped up. I opened and it said “ACCEPTED”. I was so excited and over the moon and said to myself, “yes I got it”. At first, i shared my exciting news with my working colleagues. After work I went home and shared with my partner. He was very helpful and encouraged me how and what to do during my travel.
Each year APNIC arranges two huge conferences – the first is held as a conference track of APRICOT and a second as a standalone conference. Each year, the APNIC community come together for policy development, education, information-sharing, decision-making and networking both professional and social.
I was very lucky to attend APNIC48 in Chiang Mai, Thailand (5 to 12 September 2019) as a fellow. I was the only fellow selected from Solomon Islands and joined with other professional fellows from Bhutan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, France, Guam, India, Myanmar, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timo Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu and Vietnam. We combined in with the crowd of mixed cultures so nicely and are still in touch with each other.
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