This year’s PowerWithin was a much smaller size crowd than two years ago, but it was still a worthy experience. Lorreta LaRoche was still my favourite: I just could not stop laughing so hard with her performance on the stage. It almost brought me to tears to see those business people who paid big bucks coming to this event hands-in-hands singing and dancing in waves with her in the stadium -- how wonderful life could be when people’s mind is free. Why not talking to the person beside you?! Why not be able to laugh at yourself sometimes?! Why not reply with “I’m feeling juicy” while being asked “how are you”?! Christopher Gardner’s opening speech about “Pursuit of Happyness” was inspiring. His story of being thrown in jail for parking tickets and realizing the importance of life with his son reminded me of the movie American History X. Frank Abagnale, the man behind the movie Catch Me If You Can, was also a speaker. Martha Stewart and Andre Agassi were supposed to be the two big names but both failed the expectation. I’ve never been a big fan of Martha Stewart so I didn’t even bother continuing listening to her story after the mumbling boring start. The organizers tried to make Andre Agassi’s part for those business audience, so I guess he couldn’t shine too much over there. I was only disappointed he didn’t bring Steffi Graf. The legendary Quincy Jones had a long story to tell us which bored me (partly because I couldn’t hear what he was saying with his low volume mumbling). However, legend is a legend. The end of his speech didn’t only wake up the audience but also emotionally brought the event to another level. When the music started showing tenor Andrea Bocelli singing with a Columbia girl at We Are The Future charity around-the-world charity concert organized by Quincy Jones, he chocked up and his eyes were wet. What an incredible story!
I think legendary people are brought to their best when they are at their own business.
Another highlight of the day was to go up to the broadcasting booths on top level of GM Place!
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