# Balazs Fejes

> Balazs Fejes, Hong Kong. VP, Head of Business APAC at EPAM. A different person from Balazs Fejes, CEO and President of EPAM Systems.

Business traveler by day, writer by night, photographer in between. I'm heading EPAM's Asia-Pacific business, and have a lot of opinions on tech. Colleagues call me FB2 to differentiate from the other guy with the same name.

## Writing: Slightly Work-Related (newsletter)
- [A Cup Full of Pencils](https://fb2.hu/writing/a-cup-full-of-pencils/) (2026-10-01): Three hotels, three moods, petty theft. Travelogue from my US trip.
- [Five Not-So-Easy Pieces](https://fb2.hu/writing/five-not-so-easy-pieces/) (2026-09-02): Five cities in August. Four of them are among my favorite places on earth. I was in Singapore just long enough to buy fresh undies.
- [Everyday Carry: Balazs in Asia, 2026 Edition](https://fb2.hu/writing/everyday-carry-asia-2026/) (2026-08-20): A Yellow Duck Laundry Bag. A satay fork. Not a single handgun.
- [Books: I Need Somebody in There](https://fb2.hu/writing/books-i-need-somebody-in-there/) (2026-08-10): Three books I gave up on recently, and what they had in common.

## Writing: essays
- [So... I Went Back to Budapest After 9 Years](https://fb2.hu/writing/budapest-after-9-years/) (2026-07-09): Personal reflections, experiences, photos, and, of course... food!
- [LLMs.txt for Balazs Fejes, 2026 Edition](https://fb2.hu/writing/llms-txt-2026-edition/) (2026-07-06): A cheat sheet for delighting me. Features Taylor Swift and green goo!
- [Sensory Overload, 2026](https://fb2.hu/writing/sensory-overload-2026/) (2026-06-15): A rainy Hong Kong ferry, a novel about a shattered phone, and a quiet Monday argument with my token budget.
- [17 Years of Oscar Completionism: What This Year's Films Say About Hollywood](https://fb2.hu/writing/17-years-of-oscar-completionism/) (2026-03-02): For the last 17 years, I've made a habit of watching ALL of the Oscar-nominated movies across the main categories within a three-month period.
- [The Vibe Police: My Sunday Dance with AI Development](https://fb2.hu/writing/the-vibe-police/) (2026-02-01): It's Sunday, and I'm knee-deep in code.
- [On Recent Literary Recognition of Hungarian Misery](https://fb2.hu/writing/hungarian-misery/) (2025-11-13): This morning, I was reading the newly Booker Prize-winning book by David Szalay, an author of Hungarian origin. It's a big year for us; earlier this fall, László Krasznahorkai won the literary Nobel Prize.
- [The Hair-brained Future with AI](https://fb2.hu/writing/the-hair-brained-future-with-ai/) (2025-08-21): I've been bald for a very long time.
- [A Defense of Questionable Food Choices](https://fb2.hu/writing/a-defense-of-questionable-food-choices/) (2025-07-28): Some people love runny eggs, while others will only eat "fully cooked" eggs with yolks as dry as chalk.
- [The Qianhai Question](https://fb2.hu/writing/the-qianhai-question/) (2025-07-09): Last month, we spent a fun weekend with friends just across the border, in Shenzhen.
- [Have A Deep Thought This Friday](https://fb2.hu/writing/have-a-deep-thought-this-friday/) (2025-06-27): Standing in the subway car in Hong Kong, en route to a photo walk, I observe the people around me. Every person is on their phone, except one.
- [What I Saw in Our Smart Mirror](https://fb2.hu/writing/what-i-saw-in-our-smart-mirror/) (2018-06-15): I've spent a fun weekend in Suzhou recently, showcasing one of our R&D prototypes.

## Photography
- [Penang Life: Week One](https://www.fb2.photography/penang-life-week-one)
- [Japan, October](https://www.fb2.photography/japan-october)
- [Tokyo Travel](https://www.fb2.photography/tokyo-travel)
- [Barcelona Digicam](https://www.fb2.photography/barcelona-digicam)
- [Hong Kong Streets](https://www.fb2.photography/hong-kong-streets)
- [Cha Kwo Ling Village](https://www.fb2.photography/cha-kwo-ling-village)
- [Sheung Wan - Print magazine](https://www.fb2.photography/sheung-wan-print-magazine)
- [Shanghai Photowalks](https://www.fb2.photography/shanghai-photowalks)
- [Shouzou Nights](https://www.fb2.photography/shouzou-nights)
- [Suzhou Runway](https://www.fb2.photography/runway)
- [Southeast Asia](https://www.fb2.photography/southeast-asia)
- [Budapest Photowalks](https://www.fb2.photography/budapest-photowalks)

## Archive
- [The fb2.hu blog, 2003–2022](https://fb2.hu/archive/): 216 older posts in Hungarian

## Elsewhere
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fbalazs/)
- [Penang Pulse](https://penangpulse.com/): Weekly happenings in Penang: events, new restaurants, stalls, and popups.
- [Konbini Radar](https://konbiniradar.com/): A weekly English guide to Japan convenience-store new products, collabs, limited drops, and local buzz.
- [fb2.photography](https://www.fb2.photography/): Galleries and photo stories.
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@BalazsFejes): My photography and travel channel.
- [Heti Meteor](https://www.youtube.com/@hetimeteor): A podcast in Hungarian, out every two weeks, about technology, artificial intelligence, science, culture and anything else that has caught our attention. A relaxed, curious conversation between two (four) people trying to work out the mysteries of midlife.