“Celebrate the achievements, regardless of who’s it is because we are here (at the music awards) to celebrate the works and achievements of those who deserve them.” Keung To at the 2021/22 Chill Club Music Awards Hong Kong’s music scene have awakened from a 20-year lull. The new vigour a much needed welcome to citizens mentally and emotionally impacted by the global pandemic and prior, by the social unrests 2019-20. This new crop of talent sees many having started out busking. They loved sharing their music and THAT eventually opened doors for a new ecosystem, and even a revival of mainstream Cantopop. Platform to Music Ecosystem The Viu TV channel an integral part of this revival along with various youtube-based platforms and programs. When asked what prompted him to sign-off on a music reality contest in the station’s inaugural years on a shoestring budget, Lo Ting Fai, CEO of Viu TV said the talent he saw moved him. Amongst the young generation there were many talented – whether in music, performance, dance – yet the …

2nd part of conversation with Myriam Bartu – Where does desires come in? What’s finding peace? And unpacking common trip-ups in practice. And a little throwback to students days hosting an experience in the family garage.

What does founding a not-for-profit take? And what are the challenges that can turn into gifts? Meet Myriam Bartu, co-founder of Enrich a non-profit in financial literacy since over a decade ago. She has since let go of it. Find out why.

Kimberly took a two-year learning and travelling break, Eat.Pray.Love -esque. It helped shape her approach in using the Traditional Chinese Medicine understanding of food energetics, emotions, and healing to her teaching and work.

Growing up in Singapore and Australia, Kimberly took to China, and ended up staying 18 years. From working on the World Expo in Shanghai to starting a Wellness consultancy and later health food stores, it’s proof that sometimes, not knowing what you want to be when you grow up is okay – because you’ll find it as you follow your heart.

Kelvin pulls back the curtains on how his journey began with one interest leading to the next. Opportunities such as going on tour with Jacky Cheung and yearly goals have come full circle to what he loved doing as a kid…

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Anna Gleeson takes us on her journey across the world through four continents, projects, experimentations and a dream to create community.

Anna Gleeson, on what her works teach her, “good taste”, and works that come out from a drawer that offers new perspectives.

Ea Holm on life’s many twists and turns – from aspiring Opera singer to bodywork, from sorting shit out with parents to deep healing. Many take-aways on living.

Jacqueline Shiu shares with us a deeper look into her adventure launching her products and the fun, challenges, and encounters “growing up.”

Matt Knights fell into game creation and shares the learnings along the way – From entrepreneurial mindsets to what fuels creativity. A must read for entrepreneurs, especially creative types!

In a breezy corner of a mall-slash-hall, 20-30 seat-long rows arched before the stage. Neighborhood folks came in their homewear, kids and sometimes grandparents in tow. When they advertised this as a community screening, it truly was a community screening. A little girl climbed up on stage to play during the screening, yet nobody was too fussed to haul her off. The film continued to roll, the little girl played for a bit and climbed down of her own accord eventually. I was surprised by the large turnout for a niche film, in Malay. It drew a large crowd of at least a hundred. REDHA, based on a true story, enraptured the audience as it tells the gripping, yet moving journey about a family rising above the harsh realities of raising a child with Autism. Thanks to superb acting, I couldn’t be sure if the boy who plays the main character was autistic or if he was acting. Turns out the young actors Harith Haziq and Izzy Zulkhazreef shadowed autistic children to help them get …

It was like a revelation. A shocker – my life as I had known it has been like a frog living at the bottom of the well. The revelation came about thanks to Michael Moore’s heartful film Where to Invade Next. He takes us on an ‘invasion’ to ‘steal’ the best ideas of ways of life from other countries. Growing up in Hong Kong with access to information, learning amongst “great minds” in the US, and travelled a decent bit – I thought I had a fair understanding of the world. It was not until Where to Invade Next that I realised I held a limiting perspective on how life can be. Eye-opening ways of the world In Norway, prisoners run their own prisons and even have keys to their own ‘cells.’ Meanwhile in Portugal, all recreational drugs are legal. And as a result of legalisation, drug-use actually dropped! In France, children are served four-course meals at school everyday. And in Finland, some of the high-scoring students in the world don’t grow up with homework …

Unlike architects who have monumental masterpieces for future generations to experience, or film-makers, novelists whose work can be savoured by future generations. With chefs and their creations, it’s for the now.