The Art of War lecture with Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat

Thanks to Michael Teoh, I was invited a week ago to attend and to be the photographer for "The Art of War" lecture / forum by Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. It was a small event which was organized by AIESEC (the world largest student-run organisation) with the help of Michael.

This lecture was done at Starbuck, Bangsar Village 2. It is quite a conducive environment as that location is not as noisy and busy compared to other popular shopping malls such as Mid Valley and KLCC.

I have heard about Sun Tzu's The Art of War philosophy / strategy and wanted to learn more from an experience leader. I went there with an open mind right after work. The journey to the venue was quite depressing "challenging" especially when the whole LRT system was down, I have to wait for quite some time for the train arrival and walked a short distance under the light drizzling rain. Perhaps, I should have taken a taxi even I don't trust Malaysian's taxi.

I managed to arrive there just in time before the scheduled time. Since it is a norm to wait for VIP, Everyone mingled around before DS Ong Tee Keat arrived. Some managed to grab a few bites for dinner and some bought coffee to stay awake.

For those who do not know, Sun Tzu (Chinese pinyin: Sun Zi) was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher during the King of Wu era (722–481 BC). He is believed to have authored an influential Chinese book on military strategy, known as "The Art of War". This book was written based on his proven strategies in battlefield, and it presents a philosophy of war for managing conflicts and winning battles. Ever since, this book has been widely adopted including the US marine corps ! 

Below are the shots taken during the event:

Sun Tzu's The Art of War lecture with Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and Michael Teoh.

Speaker 1: DS Ong Tee Keat.

Speaker 2: Michael Teoh (An excellent speaker with great leadership).

The serious and light moments of the speakers.

Moderator of The Art of War lecture with DS Ong Tee Keat.

DS Ong Tee Keat warmly greeted the participants the moment he arrived.

DS Ong Tee Keat being briefed by Michael Teoh.

Moderator started the forum with introduction of the speakers.

The forum atmosphere with AIESEC members and invited guests.

Recording in process....

Some brought their laptop and "tweet-ed" live.

You are on "candid" camera.

Some wrote down important notes during the talk.

Some participants originated from other countries.

In deep thought...  hopefully on Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

A participant listened carefully to the talk...

Everyone is given a chance to express their thoughts and to post questions to the speakers.

The forum speakers are listeners too..

Mingling session with exchange of name cards, opinions, and etc. among the participants.

It's my pleasure to meet two pretty Dutch who happened to be a student exchange for AIESEC's programs.

The 3 M: Michael Teoh, Marcus Lim and Mohd. Alif (current president of AIESEC).

Not forgetting a group photo with Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

It is wonderful to be there to listen to the experiences and the knowledge shared by the speakers. After all, it was nothing related to anything political. Besides that, I make many wonderful new friends there.

Last but not least, I had an opportunity to take a photo with DS Ong Tee Keat ^^.