This year’s TED Global talks at Scotland’s capital was simulcasted in this month’s TEDx Jakarta Live. On Thursday evening, I joined more than 200 other attendees in watching presentations by people with ideas worth spreading.
This year’s TED Global talks at Scotland’s capital was simulcasted in this month’s TEDx Jakarta Live. On Thursday evening, I joined more than 200 other attendees in watching presentations by people with ideas worth spreading.
I received a souvenir in the mail last week, sent all the way from the Czech Republic. Little did I know the gift would come with an extra story, which it could only dictate, had it been capable of voice.
In the light of the many recent events that have incited unwarranted hatred towards certain groups, I have compiled a small list of cultural comedy videos as my personal response. It is my contribution in bringing a sense of reflection — through doses of intelligent humour — and, in the name of laughter, the courage to mend broken bridges.
This year’s World Cup had a historical end, Spain emerging victorious. The world was not united in emotion, though; some mourned, some rejoiced. But once again, I witness the engagement of football fans into a collective spirit. It is one filled with emotion, unspecific to creed, nationality, race, walk of life, or choice of team for the World Cup Final. In the midst of it all, I share some of my personal observations — and a word or seven about that blasted octopus.
The third cultured home is less worldly and more intangible. It can be made up of multiple and/or no locations, everywhere and/or nowhere. As a global nomad, I share my personal concept of home, going far beyond the physical constraints of location.