Thoughts beyond my life & my travel - Bel

The coffee shop close to where I live was packed today. Most of us just wanted to sit down and read a book or surf the web in a lazy afternoon. I was about to read a book that I brought along until a "reporter" who sat opposite me started to set up her phone, earpiece and some note books to do a phone interview. I was not an eavesdropper, but I couldn't focus on what I was reading while she's asking tons of questions about advertising culture in HK. Maybe this topic is far more interesting than what I read from my book. Her body was moving as if she's doing a face-to-face interview with all those hand gestures flying around. That could definitely trigger my curiosity to read her story. While I could only hear the questions, I was guessing what the story she's going to write about. I felt like the focus of the story would be the advertising culture in Hong Kong and Asia. I got the impression that the interviewee tended to think TVCs were stronger in the 8...

It was a tremendous week. The highlight was a conference about women of influence. This year's event was actually very inspiring as many speakers shared their personal stories on how to success, like a woman who was born in Iran and had changed schools for 7 times in 12 years. That made her a very sociable person and adaptable to new environment. She evolved from a chemist to a business woman with a lot of hurdles but eventually through her network of friends and hard work, she succeeded. The opening kick started with the speech of the Chief Secretary who talked about trying to balance work and family life after years of services in the public sector.Her speech was full of wisdom and she is, no doubt, an eloquent speaker. We work hard and at the same time we should take our hard-earned holidays to enjoy quality time with family and friends. I learnt from this event, the power of speech is to speak authentically and from your heart. Sharing personal story always catch people...