Having had my first attempt at public speaking at TEDxYouth in Singapore a few months back made me realized that there was still so much out there that I do not know. It was surreal and yet exciting. Exciting because I was given the opportunity to share my passion with a new generation of youths, [...]
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Wicked of Oz
December 8, 2011
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Having loved the magical worlds of Narnia and Middle-Earth; I was spellbound by the untold story of the witches of Oz. The reason I was changed when I met Elphaba was the fact that it was original and very close to the human truth – that all things is not what it seems. Love is [...]
Read moreConnecting Creative Culture (TEDxYouth@SG)
November 26, 2011
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Being a Producer & Video Director in the last decade, I’ve seen how creativity triggers discomfort. I firmly believe that integrating the creative thinking process into any process or organization adds value and creates unique experiences…Creativity allows us to do insanely great things… What do we want to be remembered for? The creative process is [...]
Read moreTweets of my talk at TEDxYouth@SG
November 24, 2011
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zhiyingMEH zhi ying Don’t wait for that one moment to happen. Keep trying to succeed #tedxyouthsg #spsocialmedia 19 Nov lyonhsiao Lyon Joel Seow Creative culture connection can be a long term solution to successfulness. #TEDXYOUTHSG #SPSOCIALMEDIA 19 Nov stellanyx Stella.N How about using our creativity amd skills for a cause worth fighting for? Food for [...]
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November 11, 2011
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The evolution of the last thirty years was fast and furious. What has changed? Everything! I was five. My home in the east was a 3 bed room apartment where I shared a little room with my brother (15yrs old), my first sister (14yrs old) and second sister (11yrs old). Atari became my first computer [...]
Read moreWaking up
November 9, 2011
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There are some things that experience a lone cannot express. If our creative work gets too comfortable… it is probably time to shake us up again. The function of creativity goes beyond concepts. If we walk across the same room with four different visualizations, the perception of that room is different. Our interpretation, intuition, cognition [...]
Read moreWall Street
July 28, 2011
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My reflections of Wall Street (which refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in lower Manhattan.) will always be that of power… a financial and economic power. It is the home of the New York [...]
Read moreLiberty!
July 17, 2011
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The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World, French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure [...]
Read moreSeaport of NYC
July 10, 2011
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The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District. The Seaport is a designated historic district, distinct from the neighboring Financial District. It features some of the oldest architecture in downtown Manhattan, and includes [...]
Read moreLAT: 40’ 44. 53. 997N & LONG: 73’ 59. 10. 812W
July 1, 2011
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Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark in New York City, United States, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It is 1,250 ft (381 meters) tall. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world’s tallest building for [...]
Read moreLittle Big Chinatown of NYC
June 27, 2011
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Manhattan’s Chinatown (Chinese: 紐約華埠; pinyin: Niŭyuē Huá Bù), home to one of the highest concentrations of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere, is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Manhattan’s Chinatown is one of the oldest ethnic Chinese enclaves outside of Asia. In the years after the United States enacted the [...]
Read moreCars that caught my attention in New York
June 21, 2011
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There was this street where I found an interesting replica of the Fiat 500! But it is only in shape. Its actual purpose of being on the pavement was decorative. It’s a flowerpot! The car park lot was another interesting concept. Don’t really know why there is a need to elevate the car, since there [...]
Read moreCrossroads & Bridges
June 21, 2011
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I can’t figure out the 2 identical signs… why? 2 similar signs side by side?? As for the decision to use pictures or icons rather than just colors… why go through all the effort to create graphical interface? I think it’s because graphical interfaces speaks and connects better to the users, in this case the [...]
Read moreA Glimpse of New York
June 21, 2011
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The best 3-letter word is NEW! That’s six points if you play scrabble… 18 points if you land on a triple word… 33 if you have a double word on “W” + a triple word score. Life brings you through mysterious ways… sometimes you get 6 points… once in a big blue moon, you get [...]
Read moreDestination New York City
June 20, 2011
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There’s a great quote that it’s all about the journey rather than the destination. So this is a summary of my journey. First stop is New York City – the great city that represents freedom. But before that, there’s a 25 hours flight and stop over at Dubai airport. Transit There’s always transit in life. [...]
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