Le Grand Tour D'Asia: Day 7 of 58

Thursday, January 14th

Learning Moment: Singapore

I was in a taxi today, headed to the office in Serangoon, when I realized that I love my Kindle.

I'm the kind of person who cannot make a long business trip without bringing at least six books.

I need three for each direction.

Then I end up buying at least five more... You can imagine the weight I end up accumulating.

Well, this is my first trip with my Kindle. I've got 467 documents loaded: everything from ChangeThis manifestos to work documents that I've converted to pdfs to Gandhi's autobiography.

I've completed two books and more than ten smaller documents.

The kindle is lightweight, easy to use, and easy to read.

Very, very cool...

How To Be Global (Part Two): A Reference Library

Making friends in Seoul, South Korea

Yesterday, I mentioned that in this global environment, we're all similar and yet we're all different.

One example of that is that we all like music and movies - but different cultures will like different kinds of music and movies.

One of my favorite ways to bridge the culture gap is to learn about popular music and cinema in the countries that I visit and work in.

I often open a conversation or presentation by discussing the movie I just saw.

It builds rapport, as most Indians, Chinese, Koreans or Japanese can't believe that you'd actually watch a local movie. If you actually like it, they're thrilled!

In that spirit, I've made a list at Amazon of my favorite Asian books, movies and music.

But hey, if it's art or sports that makes you tick - then go that direction.

hues asian film collection

hues asian music collection

hues asian culture bookshelf

You can find plenty of clips of the bands and singers on YouTube. 

I'll whet your appetite with Anggun, from Indonesia, singing "Snow on the Sahara".