Monthly Archives: November 2010
Sunday
After 2 weekends of lecture, I can finally attend Sunday Service once again this morning. I miss the tranquility and the constant reminder of how blessed I am. Over the years, I had grew into the habit of ceasing all work and simply rest/play on Sundays. There are 6 days to work in a week, […]
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Interruptions
Locked myself up in my studio to do some work, didn’t progress too far, but better than nothing. Had an argument with my mother this afternoon, I had to tell her for the third/fourth time that I can’t spend more quality time with my little niece from Toronto until I submit my assignment next week. […]
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Urban Climatology
Finished my assignment for the course on Urban Climatology, 3 weeks before the due date, an impressive record for my standard! Have learned a fair bit about urban climate, I now understand the causes for lower wind speed and higher air temperature in urban areas. The urban heat island effect is especially alarming in midst […]
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Soccer
Lecture ended early today, so I was able to join my church brothers for soccer in the afternoon. Came across trees of Bauhinia, it’s the blossoming season, the second season since I returned. Didn’t play well today, my mind was too cluttered with thoughts. I could have easily blamed the bumpy carpeted field for my […]
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WKCD
Recently all that I can think of are the two assignments that I aim to finish before the end of the month. My sleeps were often interrupted by vivid dreams and were not as revitalizing, a sign of procrastination and stress. So it felt quite refreshing when I made time to see the proposals for […]
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Aquarium II
I’ve been making slight modifications to the small aquarium in my studio since late August, and the latest addition is a batch of Cherry Shrimps acquired last week. Together with snails, tiny catfishes, and lots of vegetation, the aquarium is evolving into a small freshwater ecosystem! The aquarium is my main source of visual entertainment […]
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Tired
Had my first weekend of lectures for this semester. It’s been a long time since I had to miss a Sunday Service. Didn’t sleep well for the last couple of nights. Tired, but tired in a good way. I’ve been spoiled with too long of a ‘vacation’ without meaningful work, it’s about time that I […]
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Experienced the drastic switch in density when I moved back from Canada more than a year ago. 40-stories seemed to be the minimum height of residential/commercial towers being erected here in the last decade or so. Living in high-density cities like HK is good in a lot of ways and will inevitably become the norm […]
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Urban Design
Sat-in a public lecture titled ‘Urban Placemaking and the Role of Design Review’ today. The Canadian speaker presented many pictures of the beautiful Vancouver waterfront developments, proudly stating the city’s ranking as one of the most livable cities in the world. The truth is, as the speaker also acknowledged, a city like Vancouver needs at […]
tagged: architecture, canada, hk, school
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HKGBC Conference
Took an excursion to the full-day annual HKGBC Conference today. It was rather boring most of the time, but I felt quite refreshing to be outside of my studio leaving my papers/books and computer behind. Perhaps I’ve spent way too much time at home recently. I really should go out more often.
tagged: architecture, event, green, school, travel
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