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Stories & Memories: True Meaning Of A Happy Birthday?
01-06-23 What does your birthday mean? Party, cake, balloons, gifts or a smitten kiss? Or, is it just another day? Some think a birthday is only a means to calculate the age. Is it a reminder that aging is a kind of ‘lost youth’ and you must value your remaining time? The Bible told us…
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Did You Watch The Singing Contest 「King Maker全民造星V」? It’s Fun Time To Know Who Is Good Or Bad? In Or Out?
10-07-23 Young talented singers joined the entertainment industry in Hong Kong expecting to accomplish and get a lot, but many came away empty-handed. Why? Most of it is down to luck and timing. Do you get the right manager? Do you sing the right song? Do you present the right image? Can you keep up…
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Expensive Branded Goods In Hong Kong—Falling in Love & Breaking Up
Vanity is an enemy of humility. I used to be, more than once in a blue moon, vain. I no longer want to be a slave of marketing. The version of my old self was deleted. Why do people like to hail branded clothes, shoes, handbags and watches? Alex Williams, a columnist, put forward many…
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How To Achieve ‘Work-life Balance’? Different Angles To Change Your Balance Perspectives!
28-02-23 Less is more? More is less? What is the right ‘balance’ when we live? Work? Life? Self? Others? Between the 2,3 or even more kinds of values in life, can we really calculate and divide these abstract values such as achievement, meaning and happiness; and multiply the result by a percentage? 50:50%? 20:80%? 30:70%?…
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The Story Of The 1st Impresario In Hong Kong Mr Harry Odell, His Empire Theatre (璇宮戲院) & To Be Continued尚未完場, The Touching Film About This Jewish Man
An ‘impresario’ is a person who organizes and finances concerts, plays and operas. Art intermediaries are important. They make the availability of art performances much more accessible for the public. A good impresario knows well the audience and their needs. Mr Harry Odell, a Jewish man, was born in 1896. He came to live in…
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The Bright International Film Score Composer: Elliot Leung(梁皓一): What Is The Way For a Young Person To Build A Future?
It was said that by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. I, terribly, prepare too much. I get so wrapped up in what should happen. I lost too many times the opportunity to be amazed, if not amused, by what was unpredictable. The great film score composer Elliot Leung(梁皓一) is lucky, not only…
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A ‘Professional Fan’ Timmy Cheung (張港欣) Explained, “Why The Often-disrespected ‘Fandom’ Actually Help Art, Culture And Creativity In Hong Kong?”
25-04-23 A ‘fan’ is short for ‘fanatic’. Celebrities welcome fans to support, until they suffer ‘social phobia’ when their fans turn up everywhere and they become afraid of going out. It is easier for entertainment events to attract fans. Serious art exhibitions, culture talks and classical concerts can hardly find thousands of fans encircling entrances…
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The 4 Future Cultural Policies Of China: Cultural Consumption, Cultural Ecology, Cultural Digitalization & Rural Cultures
30-3-23 Have you given a thought to the 2 kinds of countries in the world? Scholars said some countries are considered ‘feminine cultures’. They are like Sweden, Norway and Costa Rica. Both men and women are supposed to be modest, tender and concerned with the quality of life. On the other hand, countries like United…
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The Most Promising ACGN Artist In Hong Kong—Pen So(蘇頌文): “Why Do I Like Black-and-white Comic Drawings? Why Do I Like Nature Disaster As My Theme?”
08-03-23 It was said, “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it is enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness.” My friend, my young friend, never give up when you are tired, uncertain or frustrated! Try to believe! The ordinary people are usually happy because…
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The Interplay Of 3 Theories ‘Pareto Principle’, ‘Pendulum Effect’ And ‘Spiritual Awakening’ Among The Young People: A Positive Hong Kong Future!
21-12-22 I am a believer of Galileo’s ‘pendulum effect’ and Pareto’s ‘80/20 rule’. I particularly believe so after the social disturbance of 2019 and COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 22 in Hong Kong. Life swings like pendulum backward and forward: between happiness and pain, hope and frustration, and activeness and passiveness. Some said the past…