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Celebration

Posted: April 1st, 2009 | Author: John Kuan | Filed under: disk-jockey philosophy | 1 Comment »

Hooray for a New Clarity!

In the past month or so, I’ve had the great fortune of spending some time in Thailand observing some of the parties that they throw there.

It comforts me that they’re not very different from what we do at the Epic Tribe.

Once I got back, I had a sudden opportunity to compare the motivations between us and other tribes across the region.

One of the things that struck me as interesting was the reasonings behind celebration. After all, what we did at the Epic Tribe was effectively get a group of people together, meet up at a particular location, then party down.

In my experience, people throw parties when they’re celebrating something. Mostly birthdays, religious occasions, sometimes even divorces and funerals.

Many people are eagerly waiting for the clock-out on a Friday evening to celebrate the end of a hard working week.

But what of people who don’t work a corporate job and spend almost every waking moment in the most subtle of inner-celebrations (like many monks).

What exactly were we doing that deserved celebrating?

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For me, I celebrate the fact that we’re capable of pulling off the stunts that we have since FoundationKL.org right up to the Epic Tribe.

I’m extremely grateful for the fantastic people that I work with and the meandering new friends that I’d meet along the way.

I celebrate the fact that FoundationKL.org has been running for 4 years now, and 2 years for Epic Tribe — and 12 events locally and internationally.

And most of all, I celebrate the people that have come to celebrate with me. The type of effort required to be present contributes to the energy and the successes of everything that I’ve done so far.

What are you celebrating right now?

Who are you celebrating with?

What does it mean to celebrate?


One Comment on “Celebration”

  1. #1 free said at 12:55 pm on April 11th, 2009:

    believe it or not, i was looking to click the ‘Like’ link on this.

    it’s hard for me to celebrate life, upon knowing the deep sickness of it all. it’s easy for me to celebrate because i’m very alive despite it. i’m celebrating progression, with you, and everyone else who nods with us.

    wheeoo! :)


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