Arun (a) Alex P.E born and raised up in Chennai, India .
Studied mechanical engineering, and work for a watch company for five years as a product designer.
Came to Hong Kong for work in 1997  and worked in the same company for 20 years. Quit my job as a chief operation officer of the company. 
I’m a vegetarian since my birthday and that’s how I got to know Woodlands when I came to Hong Kong. Started editing in the restaurant every meal for many years and eventually became the owner of the restaurant in the year 2018. 
I am the first generation businessman in my family and a full-time businessman since 2017 after I quit my job.
Following my passion, I started building the food and beverage business and in five years we have five restaurants almost every year a restaurant. The reason addition being the one in Macau the first Indian vegetarian restaurant of Macau.
My vision is to make Woodlands a popular brand in this region of the world and my mission is to educate the locals about the Indian food. Indian culture. Also the Indian vegetarian food.

All about Stefano Bussi, Head Mixologist of Vida Rica Bar at Mandarin Oriental, Macau

A flamboyant, eccentric and recently crowned the winner of 2024 World Class Hong Kong & Macau,

Stefano Bussi is a storyteller, an innovator and an experimentalist. Gaining experiences in London,

Italy, Australia and now Macau, Stefano creates cocktails that may look simple but once you take a

sip, it will leave you wanting more.

Lambert Lam 

Founder of JUSTINDIA 

Founder of HONG KONG EAT & MACAUEAT Marketing and Production

After studying overseas in Toronto, and working as a gourmet editor in a Canadian Asian magazine, Lambert returned to Macau. He worked with Wynn Resorts Macau until 2021, before founding MACAUEAT, a marketing and production studio offering digital services to promote the city’s culinary gems dotted along cobbled streets and glitzy casino strips. In 2024, he teams up with Michelin-starred chef Justin Paul to open a semi-fine-dining restaurant named JUSTINDIA. With Justin’s culinary expertise and Lambert’s marketing skills, the restaurant quickly becomes one of the most popular in town.

Master Hariom is the trendsetter of Kuchipudi , Bollywood and Semi classical Indian dance in Hong Kong among the locals ever since he started teaching here in 2003. He has been a dancer , dance teacher and choreographer in a career spanning over 4 decades. He started learning Kuchipudi in his hometown of visakhapatnam since the age of 3 and went on to learn under the tutelage of many esteemed gurus such as Sangeet Natak Academy awardee Sri Pasumarti Sitaramayya ji and Guru Sri Hari Ramamurty, a direct disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam becoming a champion in district, state and national level competitions. He was a national scholarship awardee from Center for cultural research and training, a wing of the union Human Resources and development ministry of India to learn Kuchipudi. He started teaching in India in 1992 in his home town and moved to here in 2003 to continue his teaching. Himself and his students have been performing in many prestigious events both locally and internationally in India, China, USA, UK, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Macau

GEORGE IU THE HONGKONG MENTOR SHARING THE HAPPY FITNESS LIFE IN LIVE TALK SHOW WITH US TODAY.BE HAPPY AND BE FIT.KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

- Nike Trainer
- Co-Founder of MiU Training Hub
- ZUMBA Education Specialist
- STRONG Nation  Master Trainer
- Group Fitness Instructor since 2004

Now let us hear what he will share in our live talk show :)

about shobit shetty : I have been in bar industry since 2010 , I did my bartending course from India cocktail and dreams Mumbai,most of my career had been in India and Macao which has given me so many opportunities to display my skills here in macau, In this in food and beverage industry I have started my career as a delivery boy in Domino's Pizza worked my way up to AM and then straight landed up doing Bartending course, I fell in love with this IndustryJourney in macau had been amazing from stand alone to Fivestar luxury property is some thing I never saw this coming,Thank you, so much for the invite,Best regards,Shobit.

George Dovas

Iyengar Yoga Teacher

George Dovas encountered Iyengar Yoga

in Sydney, Australia in 1999 when he was

working as a fitness instructor. At that

time, George was keen to understand

what it means to be "healthy" and “fit”. The

teachings of BKS Iyengar revealed aspects

of human health that George hadn’t

encountered in any other modality or by

any other “fitness expert”.

Not only was BKS Iyengar’s vision of

human health profound, it was also his

brilliance as a teacher that was

noteworthy, and the skill with which he

could convey the theoretical

understanding of total “health”

interwoven with the practices to achieve

that.

In 2001 George relocated to Hong Kong

at a time when fitness and Yoga were

rapidly growing in South East Asia.

Now, George is the Director of The

Iyengar Yoga Centre of Hong Kong. He

teaches students of all levels and is a

mentor for upcoming teachers. George is

an assessor of teachers seeking Iyengar Yoga certification in South East Asia and

China.

As well as teaching Yoga, he has given talks on Yoga, its benefits and how this

ancient science is being verified by modern science.

Annually he studies at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in

Pune, India with the Iyengar family.

Formerly, as well as working in the fitness industry, he worked as a business

consultant for a top tier professional-services firm.

John has been a student of Yoga, of AVY since 1987, though during retrospective reverie, john realises that much of his early years at school where spent daydreaming – “eyes fixed out through the window as if travelling to another dimension of reality..”

When does one start yoga? John questions and believes that once you start to question where are you, where have you come from, what are you, what are you doing and where are you going? when these questions percolate and bubble to the surface, you become aware you are already on the Journey of enquiry, the enquiry into your true nature and purpose for being here on this physical plan. It is through the practice of AVY and deep enquiry into the self that John has brought all his earlier experiences and meditations into his life work of sharing.

John’s teaching is therefore very metaphorical, analytical, technical and often humorous, his teaching style appeals to students of many backgrounds and nationalities, teaching workshops throughout the world. John remains an avid student of yoga and relationship fascinated by the linking of different traditions and cultures through symbols, language and the Counted Method of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.

John’s wishes to acknowledge his first teacher Derek with great love and gratitude, Derek Ireland who introduced John to K Pattabhi Jois, John’s root teacher, connecting him to the source.

Oxana Banshikova is a distinguished dancer, choreographer and dance

educator. Hailing from Kazakhstan, she specializes in Bharatanatyam– South Indian Classical Dance and its fusion with other art and dance forms. Oxana graduated from the world famous Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts, Chennai,India.

In 20 years of her professional dance career, Oxana has performed and taught

this dance form in India, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Hong Kong. She is founder and

director of Cosmic Dance company, founded in Hong Kong in 2009.

Rather than staying in her comfort zone, she continues to challenge herself in

different industries. Oxana has background in ballet and jazz and is certified

Pilates and Zumba instructor.

This breadth of experience has allowed her to develop a unique perspective

and approach to directing and teaching by creating supportive, safe and

inspiring environment for her students. Oxana is passionate about identifying

current dance trends and innovations to keep her choreographies fresh and exciting.

www.cosmic-dance.com

https://instagram.com/oxanacosmicdance

Journey Of Woman By Angela Douglas

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