Finally finished setting up my home studio, one of the biggest projects I included on my Q2 to-do list. The most time-consuming part was the piece of custom shelving I designed and made using paper tubes and 3D-printed joints. This Shigeru-Ban-inspired system of furnitures and accessories is probably my most satisfying work during this self-conducted half-Sabbatical.

The pandemic seems to be more or less under control in the city with over 28 days of zero local cases. I’ve just pasted the 14 days for my second vaccination shot to take full effect. It’s probably a good time to rehabilitate back to the society and start life anew under a “new normal”.

One of the top things to do in this seemingly post-pandemic time (at least locally) is to meet and catch up with friends to make up for the huge social deficit I’ve accumulated in the past year or so. Farewelled another old friend tonight before he moves back to Canada in mid-June. A friend at church told me today that he’ll be moving to UK in August, need to farewell him before he leaves too. Not sure how many more friends I’ll need to farewell as this long pandemic tunnel comes to an end, but the unraveling “new normal” doesn’t look too promising so far.