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First weekend at Network School!! Yay!!

I can quite a good number of people go out on the weekends which is visible from the less number of food stocked for afternoon. Much lesser events on the calendar as well. I took the 10 minute walk to the co working space.

I attended the Saturday sketching session which I have been avoiding for so long. The sketch on the black paper is one of the three I sketched. Then totally forgot to tell I met Yash one of the co founders of Network school and showed my app idea. He was honest and told me that it’s not investable if he was a VC because I have not yet still figured out exactly the end vision of the product. After some thoughts on it after the discussion I agree with him. He did suggest to do an activity for kids here. So touching back with that as I also met Gaurav part of the core team on day 4.

So the sketches you see are the sketches domes by kids for the event I hosted a week back in Chennai. So will be doing an another event here in network school for kids to draw some dinosaurs. 🦖 it should be fun.

A reflection: it’s been 4 days and still I didn’t feel like settled in. That’s when I noticed that it’s gonna take like a week to get settled and focus on ourselves. I do journal my thoughts on Network school and my future vision on setting up like a museum. My whole reason to visit Network school was for this. So I going to dedicate like an hour of my daily time to set for journaling. I shared this idea on Network School Discord and I got a good response too.

So I’ll be hosting that maybe not like two days in between as I’ll be traveling to singapore for the mineral show.

Anyways you can see my journal of the month. Which is an hand embroidered design of Kolli Kannu. ( South Indian version of Evil eye )

Lots of learning and new interesting ideas today!!

Got myself breakfast ( I have to take pictures of it ) Attended the workshop on AI agents and how it can be useful for your business. Then got my lunch. ( The first picture )

Then attended intelligent robots event and got to know about world models and how it’s still in developing stage unlike LLM’s.

Then attended event by Arć on why bitcoin matters and their thesis on bitcoin companies with fireside chat with Alex. Then went to have dinner at 5:30 pm.

Back again to Arć to make us pitch your product under 90 seconds. Done mine like in 40 seconds lol. It was interesting to see how others pitches and how they articulate. That’s all for today.

The day started great with looking forward to Balaji’s talk in the morning. I got the front row seat. 💺 If you are someone who is following Balaji’s network state since the start you would be hearing it again from him in person but for someone new it might be very interesting. Network school itself is an example of Network state philosophy.

After the talk we have a group picture. I did try to talk with Balaji but he said let’s take group picture first. Uncle Balaji is busy indeed. Hehe. I’ll get my chance in this month for sure.

After the group picture it was NS fair. Banners of all the clubs in the NS had their QR code so you can join from content club to calisthenics.

Then we had the combine session to measure your physical endurance. Boy o boy!! Haha I was exhausted and got my Body fat percentage measured plus other stats like the beep test, pull ups and push ups.

Later that day went on a stroll along the beach looking the sea shells and then visited the co working space. A good day indeed.

Attached the photo of Dinner. The Dinner starts at 5:30 pm and end at 8 pm. If I’m not wrong. I get mine by 6:30 pm. Early dinner always.

After a nice sleep which was totally needed for my last weeks sleepless nights I was pumped. The view from my room I woke up in Johor Bahru. Checked myself out at like 10 and booked a grab to Marina Hotel, Forest city.

Checked myself in the lobby and got my room keycard. ( Get yourself a card holder case for your mobile because that’s like the main important thing you will carry than your wallet here. As every venue needs the card access )

I also noticed I can see who my Roomate is on the app. The majority of the cohort come via singapore and get on the NS bus. ( I have attached the picture of my room which I’ll be staying for like for the next month)

We really had a nice icebreaker session and continued with forest city tour which was around the marina hotel. Then attended the Arc founder and investment program.

A great first day!! Also met my Roomate a chill guy. Got Lucky I think.

It can be overwhelming for some to meet a lot of people in a short span of time. I mean a lot of people.

Note: There is ton of events happening and only will be sharing the events I have attended.

Hey!! This is my Day 0 of Network school. I flew in from Chennai to Kula lumpur. Then I took a 5 hour bus ride from the airport directly to Johor Bahru. The buses were comfy they had 15 minutes break in between where you can take a leak and have something to eat. I booked a guesthouse so I can refresh and take rest after some restless nights for the past three days.

Last Sunday I hosted an exhibit showcasing my collection of fossils and crystals. 200 people came in and I enjoyed it myself too.

I visited kazhani Native Farms in Kottivakkam. A 2 acre farm in the main part of the city. You can get fresh veggies directly from the farms. Love it. Also don’t forget to have the guava juice 🧃 they have in the freezer. ❤️

Last time had to go early but spent some good time today. Loved the fish locks. Got some more stamps and coins.

Recommend going in the evening

There is an art show going in Lalit Kala academy Chennai. Free to visit.

Sent some handwritten letters as well

Added letters to the postcards too

Strolled from Thiruvanmiyur to Besant Nagar along the coast and collected these beautiful shells

Rendu Varsham Achu since I did this trip. Vaalkaila best memories. Solo trip for 45 days from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in my ambassador car. Kashmir thaandi Hanle varaikum ponen. Beautiful place. Kandipa ellarum at least oru thadava intha trip poganum. Totally recommend it. Ask me anything. Happy to answer.

Did this painting today

Was walking along the beach and found a very nice one and the next two hours was full hunting mode lol.