Category Archives: Life

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Be selective. Be very selective. That’s one thing that’s becoming more and more clear every day. These days I don’t know anyone who’s not on some form of social media. This is probably where one has to be the most selective what with all its links, and tags and likes andContinue reading “HAVE WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE SPEAKING EMOJI?”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk The sky is grey and so is my mind. It’s been grey for a while. Nothing is black and white. It’s being stuck in the Now and the Now is not what it was. Another birthday beckons and I wonder if I’ll see it through. Or want to see it through.Continue reading “GREY MATTERS”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk He knew when he bought it that this was no ordinary Christmas tree. After all, what made a grown man who had never ever celebrated Christmas nor had even received a Christmas present from his parents- they thought it was a waste of time- decide to buy a Christmas tree inContinue reading “CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Whether millennials or indigos or Gen X or Y, or Baby Boomers, we’re all in the same leaky boat that Simon Sinek is talking about in the excellent thought provoking video above. Somewhere along the way, our parenting skills along with our ability to keep our guard up, looked the otherContinue reading “GETTING BACK TO REALITY BITES”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk Saying 2016 has been a bad year for music- and this year ain’t over yet- is an understatement. So is saying it’s been a bad year for the world of entertainment and the world in general. Whatever’s in the water, it’s not helped that river of life to be smooth sailing.Continue reading “THE SEARCH FOR INSPIRATION…”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk “There’s something happening, but you don’t know what it is, do you, Mister Jones?” Dylan sang those lines years ago without realising just how many “Mister Joneses” have been given a free pass to run free in so many industries. Look at what has been allowed to happen in the theatreContinue reading “THE RISE AND RISE OF THE STUPID PEOPLE”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It was my birthday yesterday, and as usual, she called to wish me Happy Birthday. But did she really mean it? You tend to think she doesn’t, and flip it off as her Christian politeness and just two hollow words that lead nowhere except for the awkwardness. “Hi, Happy Birthday!” Thanks.Continue reading “SO THEY SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk “Aiiyah, I know Mr Hans. Not like before. Very much boring.” It was a longtime staffer at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Hong Kong agreeing with me when I told him I had to flee the hotel’s Champagne Bar after suffering from an acute attack of terminal boredom coupled with majorContinue reading “OPENING THE DOOR TO SUITE 1616”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s the technique not the idea. It’s something my mentor in advertising- Keith Reinhard- used to make all his creative directors understand, especially during a time when when the art director was more interested in how “beautiful” a print ad should look like and the copywriter was asked to shorten theContinue reading “BACK TO THE BASICS”

By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s just not good enough. Nothing’s any longer good enough. Even most women are no longer good enough. Neither is anything around us. What’s made us take this backward step? Has technology made things better? Or have we allowed it to take us wherever it wanted to that we now wantContinue reading “THE TECHNIQUE IS NOT THE IDEA AND WHAT HAPPENED TO A MORE SIMPLE LIFE?”