Monday, February 28, 2011

Visiting Taiwan, in the eyes of Malaysian

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQUUHFhOgg?rel=0]

I have shown this before in FB. This is a really well done video by a group of talented Malaysian video production house named D-1 production. It's shot with lots of happy memories that sometimes rarely caught by Taiwanese. As a Malaysian myself, I am proud of them and loving my time here even more in Taiwan. 台灣萬歲!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Beautiful Yilan landscapes 宜蘭的美

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Yilan 宜蘭, is a place that I have been many times over the last 3 years since arriving in Taiwan. It is however in this most recent trip that I have discovered its raw beauty. We visited some of the rural area architectural facilities and buildings that designed by International award winning architect, 黃聲遠 and his firm, Field Office 田中央設計群. The firm, like its name, located in the middle of the rice field,  incorporated the beauty of Yilan landscapes and created an artistic and harmonized living communities that uses local resources and materials. It is colorful, refreshing and very organic. I would love to go back there again and take more pictures someday !

Texture from TEDx Crossing Tour

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WHAT: Textures and patterns from the TEDx crossing tour. 

WHERE: 台北華山-->宜蘭

WHEN: 2011.1.15-19

Friday, February 18, 2011

TEDx Taipei + Best of Taiwan

In a recent TEDx event, I have an opportunity to join the rest of the Asia TEDx curators for a fun, eye-opening, and educational tour around the Taipei's best in culture, design and technology. The highlights are Flower expo 花博, night markets 夜市, VVG 好樣 , Non-zero 非零 and Canmeng Institute 肯夢. The TEDx event not only cultivated awareness among young entrepreneurs, designers, technologist, music and entertainment enthusiasts on the latest current events. It also allow all of us to share thoughts and ideas on many of the worldly issues today especially on sustainability, green economy, and business ethos. The event brought together experts in different field from the technology, entertainment and design industry. It is one of the most inspiring event that I have attended in the recent years.

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