Monthly Archives for August 2013
Renvoyer l’ascenseur
Hong Kong 16th August 2013 Not to deny my French roots, here is a bit of French today. Renvoyer l’ascenseur (or sending the lift back) is an acronym for scratching some one’s back…you scratch mine, I scratch yours. In our … Continue reading
LED and the lack of soul
Sanya 15th August 2013 In the end the whole typhoon hype luckily fizzed out as I reached Sanya without a single bump during my flight, though with a considerable time delay. It was only 2am when I finally found my … Continue reading
Shop lighting
Shanghai- Sanya 14th August 2013 As I am anxiously waiting if my flight to Sanya will leave on time (or at all) due to this year’s strongest typhoon (Utor) blasting its way between Hainan and Hong Kong I use my … Continue reading
Hangzhou’s Grand Canal
Hangzhou-Shanghai 13th August 2013 I was originally going to talk about the lighting in my hotel room, which was really bad, but then I went out for my early morning walk along Hangzhou’s Grand Canal and found a more interesting … Continue reading
China travel
Hangzhou 12th August 2013 After a long weekend courtesy of Hari Raya and Singapore’s National Day last Thursday and Friday, I am back on the road again. After a long day of travel I have reached Hangzhou for my first … Continue reading
Light and commerce
Singapore 7th August 2013 With a (very) long weekend ahead some thoughts about light and commerce. Public Holidays is when retail, events and food outlets try to get hold of the public spending dollars with special offers and promotions. I … Continue reading
Work and religion
Singapore 6th August 2013 This is of course a sensitive topic, but with Ramadan coming to an end tomorrow, it is very actual and made me wandering about with some thoughts about this. Personally I don’t have any issue with … Continue reading
The LED challenge
Singapore 5th August 2013 Started the week with a little cold and sore throat, probably climate and time differences after my stay in Europe catching up. You get that once in a while. Don’t forget with my frequent travelling I … Continue reading
Pro-active designing
Singapore 2nd August 2013 In my second day back in the Singapore office after the 3 day outing to Malaysia, much of my time was spent on design matters. It is amazing how relatively little time we actually spent designing … Continue reading
Taking responsibility
Kuala Lumpur- Singapore 1st August 2013 As a professional consultant we need to own up to our actions and recommendations. I have blogged about it before but really want to emphasize this again today. I had another round of project … Continue reading
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