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Subtitle “Time to remember”. When I was in high school, the consumer society began to take shape in Vietnam: beer, cheese, cigarettes, toothpaste and vinyl music albums. Then we moved on to AKAI tape. By the time I got to the US, the first item I purchased was a portable cassette recorder (to record music…
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At the gym, I couldn’t help notice two guys with Mountain-Dew T-shirt. We can still have “black swan” scenario in our life time e.g. the US rises again from the depth of deficit (muscle memory), or someday a Hispanic president will seek a M&A with Mexico (will not be the first time the US offer…
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Change bears a different connotation to different people. In the 60’s, change threatened the status quo (Hell No, we won’t go). It’s inevitable that we need to adapt (from jukebox to boombox, from paper-back book to e-book). A few years from now, we would rather be dead than getting caught carrying a hard-back book (today’s…
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I like Bond, James Bond. Unlike Batman, Bond shows his face, grace under pressure and yes, his penchant for “work hard play hard”. But don’t ever doubt his loyalty and commitment to serve the Queen. The franchise still commands a huge audience with formula that works: Bond got a mission, Bond got captured, and finally…
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The cut-aways (filmed after the interviewed subject had left), the backstage steady cam sneak peeks, the studio bird-eye-view shot showing anchors walk away from the set while credits roll and music fade out…. We are a society privileged with multiple vantage points , given us the illusion of omnipresence. When film and television cameras were fighting…
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A Vietnamese film director, a Japanese novelist, a Beatles title (which I read the Vietnamese translation bought in Hanoi)= Norwegian Wood. http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/norwegian-wood-film-a-labour-of-love Indian telecom companies bought out Middle Eastern counterparts to target mobile market in Africa. China beefs up its investment in construction and rare earth mining in S America, Australia and Africa. These are…
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So this is Christmas, what have you done? Year-end review and future projection. Cloud strategy? Hiring and firing decision? Productivity squeeze and cost cutting? (female shoppers said they planned to spend 1% less as compared to last year). Time to take stock, at individual and institutional level. New calendar. Hollywood is going to Detroit (greener…
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Year in review. A look back at the decade that was. We reflect so we don’t repeat the same mistakes. Our brain can play trick: stand aside or step back, then press rewind. I can still recall incidents when I was 4, or 7 and especially my first puppy love (in this case, the song…
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There is a time to listen and a time to read. That time is now. At lunch or in line. The WSJ runs a a picture of an “early adopter” (old lady wrapped herself in a good book, digital that is). For her, what a lifetime that was: out of the house to go to…
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