Personal Archive · 2012–2013

Berlin 3.0

EMBA class 10 dispatches, Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Berlin → Shanghai → Tokyo → Los Angeles → New York.

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BERLIN13 MAY 2012Five Things About Berlin You Want To Know...
1. There’s no other city in Europe that parties harder than Berlin. – Clubs are not required to close at a fixed time on the weekends, and…
SHANGHAI13 MAY 2012kickoff...
I must say that I felt less enthusiastic about the assignment to write a daily journal to record my impressions (and whatnot) on Shanghai…
SHANGHAI14 MAY 2012Shanghai | day zero
Designing Shanghai 2012 If my week-days were busy, my weekends usually packed, literally. This last Saturday was no exception either. And…
SHANGHAI14 MAY 2012shanghai | 第二日
My Monday was started with a bang! Literally. Okay, not quite but it’s close. Living for nearly seven years in Shanghai, this was the first…
BERLIN14 MAY 2012shanghai | 第一日 (part one)
Day one @BerlinSchool was started by (surprisingly) interesting lecture by Dick van Motman , President & CEO of Greater China DDB. Having…
SHANGHAI20 MAY 2012shanghai | 第一日 (part two)
Grey weather aside, seems like Tuesday had a better shot at turning things around for the better @BerlinSchool. This time we had the…
BERLIN21 MAY 2012shanghai | 第四日
I tried to be less skeptical and giving the benefit of the doubt when it comes to anything related to advertising, specifically the big ad…
BERLIN22 MAY 2012shanghai | 第三日
For some inexplicable reasons I always drawn toward stories of failures, misunderstood heroes, and the underdogs. Call it whatever you like…
BERLIN28 MAY 2012shanghai | 第五日
One thing I dislike is doing anything obscure without knowing the objectives. Writing a daily journal for Asia Module fall on this…
BERLIN28 MAY 2012shanghai | 第六日
Shaun Rein delivered some interesting insights on what the End of Cheap China means from brand perspective as well as spending habit of the…
BERLIN28 MAY 2012日本 | Hello Tokyo
The upcoming series of my Tokyo journal would be really challenging. Not only that I would arrive armed with preconceived notion of what…
TOKYO31 MAY 2012東京 | Cool Japan?
What does it mean to be cool? And what does Cool Japan means to the Japanese? Or what do we (non-Japanese) had in our head when we talked…
TOKYO2 JUN 2012Some Japanese Cuisine you rarely seen. • Kita-Kamakura, Japan.
Some Japanese Cuisine you rarely seen. • Kita-Kamakura, Japan.
BERLIN2 JUN 2012東京 | ハローキティ We had the pleasure to enjoy strolling under the rain in o
東京 | ハローキティ We had the pleasure to enjoy strolling under the rain in our second day of class. Rainy day in Tokyo means people out and about…
TOKYO2 JUN 2012Being Japanese means? It is all about manners.
Being Japanese means? It is all about manners.
TOKYO5 JUN 2012東京 | Lesson on Innovation ワイガヤ
As I previously admit that I’m not a diary-type kind of person, so my procrastination in writing this journal, sadly, clearly speak for…
TOKYO5 JUN 2012東京 | Akihabara: Geek heaven or hell?
School’s out and some of us geeking out by strolling around Akihabara , the Otaku heaven, or hell, depending on how you look at it. For me,…
TOKYO7 JUN 2012日本 | Startups in Japan?
While I couldn’t speak for others, the packed schedule in our MBA module contributed to a significant disruption to my routine . Mainly…
TOKYO8 JUN 2012Meet NecoMimi Introducing the latest gadget that basically augments yo
Meet NecoMimi Introducing the latest gadget that basically augments your thoughts through series of cute movements in form of rabbit ears.…
BERLIN8 JUN 2012Uncensored Shanghai/Tokyo – Thank you and see you all very soon this s
Uncensored Shanghai/Tokyo – Thank you and see you all very soon this summer in Berlin!
TOKYO9 JUN 2012東京 | Otaku and Pop Culture...
Today’s session was the last one before wrapping up the Asia Module the next day, and we had Dentsu to thank for hosting us. Stepping into…
SHANGHAI9 JUN 2012Uncensored Shanghai | Tokyo –
Uncensored Shanghai | Tokyo –
BERLIN12 JUL 2012For my last entry on my school journal, allow me to dedicate the video
For my last entry on my school journal, allow me to dedicate the video above to all my classmates and teachers who had made my learning…
NEW YORK27 JAN 2013And so goes the new york days...
It has been a while since I allow myself the luxury of self-reflection. No grand excuses I could offer other than series of daily endeavor…
NEW YORK28 JAN 2013A Great Day in Harlem
If time could be rewind and the past is accessible for a visit, then Harlem 1958 would definitely be on my ‘to go’ list. It was summer. And…
NEW YORK31 JAN 2013Corner view of Park Avenue tunnel & viaduct, New York…
Corner view of Park Avenue tunnel & viaduct, New York…
31 JAN 2013Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
By Frank L. Gaines
NEW YORK3 FEB 2013View over the Hudson River taken from The High Line…
View over the Hudson River taken from The High Line…
BERLIN5 MAR 2013The Funny Side of Learning Agile... part 1
Agile scenario explained in a joke of ’ Why did the chicken cross the road ?’ — THE BUSINESS ANALYST I have twelve meetings today, I don’t…
BERLIN5 MAR 2013The Funny Side of Learning Agile... part 2
Seriously… ’ Why did the chicken cross the road ?’ — MARKETING We’ll recruit a representative chicken panel and probe their attitudes…
13 MAR 201312 Angry Men and The Art of Negotiation
How twelve angry men taught me the power of persuasion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I watched Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men for…
BERLIN26 MAR 2013That Thing Called Agile
Agile project management framework is not a new thing. It has been around for more than a decade yet the adoption rate outside the software…