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 ^^.

TEDxKL 2010 Photo: The people behind the scenes

My blog has been loaded with lots of photos from the recent TEDxKL 2010 at KLCC.I have been writing about it from being selected as one of the volunteer/TEDxter, about TED / TEDx, preparation for the event to my experiences during the event. 

Hopefully this will be my last post regarding this event before my readers get bored and started to curse me run way.

Although there is still room for improvement, I think TEDxKL 2010 was running smoothly, thank to the generous sponsors such as P1 for the WiMAX connection, Microsoft for the venue, MSC MDec, SocialWalk and many more.

Besides that, I think each and everyone of TEDxters should be given a pat on their back for their contributions in making TEDxKL 2010 a successful event. No to forget that TEDxKL is a non-profit event and all the preparation works are based on voluntarily. Everyone (TEDxters) works hard for TEDxKL without any claims on transportation or even on the expensive parking fees.

With the following photos captured during TEDxKL 2010, I shall dedicate this last post to the great and hard working people behind the scenes. Starting with the TEDxKL 2010's core committees: 

Daniel Cerventus, from Malaysia Entrepreneurs.my is one of the most important guy who initiated the first TEDxKL back in 2009.

Jason Ng, another hardworking TEDxters who is "the man", running here and there.

Shyam, one of the most hardworking committees who has the main important task of setting up the backdrop of the TEDtalk. 

Security at KLCC is really tight! I still can't forget the scene when the security guards stopped us at the front entrance and forced us to carry the preparation stuffs through the loading bay. It was a long journey man !! 

Keng Yew, from SocialWalk, who oversees all the registration matters for TEDxKL event.

Aidan A. Chew, who had contributed his time and efforts before, during and after TEDxKL event.

Michael Teoh, who has contributed a lot and given numerous briefings to the TEDxters.

Followed by contributions from many TEDxters, Teck Lam, the "techie" guy who helped out with handling all the equipments during the presentation.

The guys (Daniel Tan & Je Mein) who have been continuously "twittering" live from TEDxKL 2010. Daniel Tan at work during one of the talk. They are so busy and don't even have time to take a bite with their breakfast.

Daniel Tan smiling while taking a break from twittering.

One of the official video crewmen at work during the TEDxKL 2010.

The Emcee jotting down notes before Aloha Lavina's speech.

Did anyone know that the door can't be open with the visitor pass? Chelsea is the girl behind the counter who keeps activating the door to open for anyone to enter or leave the TEDxKL's venue! 

Cute Chelsea holding up the card which activates the opening of the door.

The TEDxters behind the booth (Danial, Michelle, Chelsea, sorry forgot ur name, & Leonard).

Fadli Moja, the patriotic TEDxter in TEDxKL 2010 ! 

TEDxters also took their chances to take photo with the famous artist/producer Pete Teo.


Photog Mao and Leonard with Pete Teo.

The happy TEDxter, Teck Lam posing with Pete Teo duing TEDxKL 2010.

Chelsea posing too with Pete Teo beside the TEDxKL banner.

Random group photos of the TEDxters, posing with TEDxKL logo.

The core committees of TEDxKL 2010 with some of the speakers.

More group photos of TEDxters.  

Bigger group of TEDxters with some of the speakers. 

It is really fun to be working with TEDxters to organize the TEDxKL 2010. I am glad that I had the opportunity in making lots of friendships with these friendly and great people.

 

People such as Michael Teoh, a humble and outstanding youth who is a talented great speaker.

Friendly Khai Sheng.

And many more TEDxters who kick ass !! literally... You guys rox....

U-Jean doing the kick-ass action!

After clearing up the TEDxKL 2010 venue, the last group photo of TEDxters is taken before leaving the place.

Perhaps, we shall meet again, for TEDxKL 2011, ok?