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Day 65
Rainy night. Took a stroll around the previously occupied area in MK. It was difficult to find a trace of the protest that was still there last Monday. To be honest, I prefer the previous state where I can walk freely on Nathan Road and see people vibrantly utilizing the public space. Now, you just […]
tagged: architecture, hk, umbrella-movement
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Day 25 – A Day at School
Realized that it has been more than a month since the boycotting of classes began on 9.22… It took 87 tear gas bombs, unmeasurable amount of pepper spray, and numerous baton beating for the Government to finally face the political issue head on with a (fruitless) dialogue with the student leaders. What’s next? There was […]
tagged: architecture, dreams, hk, politics, school
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Lunch with Old Friend
Met up with a primary school classmate who recently moved back to HK to further his architectural career. Had a long and wonderful chat with him in wildly unrelated topics including environmental issues, government policies, architecture, design, painting, photography, career, family, friends,… I’m really thankful to have such a friend whom I can enjoy an […]
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Job Application
With a bit of spontaneity, I’ve sent out my first job application in HK today! I wasn’t really looking for a job per se, but I came across a part-time research position that seemed like a perfect match for me. The job nature seemed right (research, part-time), the field (architecture, sustainability) is something I’m really […]
tagged: architecture, career, entrepreneurship, freelance, life, marathon, prayer, spontaneity, sustainability
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Visiting ArchSD
Had the privilege to visit the Architectural Services Department (ArchSD) this afternoon to sit in on a talk about “Sustainable Design for Community Projects”. ArchSD had won numerous design awards on their projects, and I often imagined their offices to be clean, airy, and stylish like the typical architectural offices. It was nothing like that, […]
tagged: architecture, design, event, friends, school, sustainability
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Aftermath Of Competition
Started working from home again since my mother was injured early July. And for the last week or so I even moved in to sleep in my home studio to focus on completing the submission for the architecture design competition. Worked restlessly – there wasn’t a night I slept before 3am, and I even pulled […]
tagged: architecture, competition, design, family, joy, sickness, thankful, work
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Site Study
Spent a casual afternoon at the HK Science and Technology Park to do a brief study of the site for the architectural design competition. I really like the atmosphere there, it feels just like the huge campus I spent ~8 months in working as a junior researcher for what used to be Canada’s biggest technology […]
tagged: architecture, competition, hk, questions, work
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GIFT Design Ideas Competition
Started looking into an architecture design competition I enrolled earlier. The competition documents are quite detailed, the requirements on anonymity and confidentiality made the competition seem especially official and fair, and the requirement on deliverables seemed a little intimidating. I imagined this is rather usual for all architecture competitions, but this is my first time […]
tagged: architecture, competition, joy, school, thankful
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A Real Studio?!
I don’t remember for how long and to how many people I’ve been saying that I wanted to rent an industrial unit as a studio/workshop to do some messy work (e.g. painting, soldering, woodworking,…), and I may have just found one today, and possibly for $0 rent too! It just so happens that my family […]
tagged: architecture, career, competition, faithfulness, family, friends, nostalgia, purpose, studio, thankful, travel
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Forum on Land Reclamation
Wasn’t expecting much when I signed to sit in on a forum at my Alma Mater this morning, but somehow it felt like I was destined to be there. It was a panel discussion regarding the local government’s plan on reclaiming land along the coastline for development. The first speaker presented, he was a government […]
tagged: architecture, environment, event, hk, school, thankful, work
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