Inktober Challenge
Decided to take on the #inktober challenge this week, had a lot of fun each day dreaming up and inking episodes of the Story of a (starving) Artist. I constantly think back to the book Bird by Bird and the chapter about how the writer disciplined herself to sit and write a small piece of […]
tagged: art, books, brush-and-ink, cartooning, inktober, joy, patience, practice-makes-perfect, self-control, spontaneity, thankful
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Reading and Writing
Spent unusually long amount of time immersing myself in books the past week. Finished reading two books, one on creative writing (Bird by Bird) and the other being a fictional novel about time (The Time Keeper). Never considered doing any writing myself, but Bird by Bird is one of those books you just can’t let […]
tagged: books, faithfulness, girl-I-like, joy, love, patience, time, writing
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Let Your Life Speak
Finished reading the little book Let Your Life Speak. Don’t remember where I came across that book and noted it down on my reading list. I probably was just captivated by the title. Can’t say that I liked the book, but there’s something intriguing in it that got me thinking. The author says that even […]
tagged: authenticity, badminton, books, life, prayers, spiritual-gifts, sports, thankful
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Geniuses
Finally finished reading the huge biography of Einstein, love the genius who famously said “imagination is more important than knowledge”! On top of his unquestionable scientific achievements, I also admire his humility, creativity, ability to drift off or focus in all circumstances, courage of nonconformity to authorities, and above all else, his perseverance. At the […]
tagged: biography, books, career, courage, creativity, family, patience, perseverance, thankful, traveling
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World Cup Craze
Every four years I transform myself into a soccer fan trying to catch the World Cup games at the most inconvenient times (I never seemed to be at the same time zone of the World Cup host countries). I don’t usually watch soccer games, and it must be more than a year since I stopped […]
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Random Thoughts from Wedding
Joined my parents, brother, and sister-in-law to a wedding banquet near our home last night. It was the wedding of the son of late Mr. Kot. I remember that around this time 2 years ago I was actually on the same ship with Mr. Kot during a cruise trip to Japan… Sitting at our table […]
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Recent Updates
It’s been awhile since I sat in front on my laptop and talk to my journal… Firstly, since this “co-op term” started at the beginning of the month, I stopped my regular morning running practice, not because of work but mainly just due to the unusually hot weather… I’ve also finished the month-long Cafe Startup […]
tagged: books, cafe-dream, career, idea, patience, perseverance, prayers, self-control, thankful, weather
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Readings and Recent Updates
Finished reading a couple of good books (Where’s God When It Hurts, Man’s Search for Meaning). I’ve always avoided reading books on war, death, and suffering, and I would probably never have picked up and read those books if not for my uncle’s recent passing away. My uncle’s passing away seems to be transforming me still, […]
tagged: books, death, faithfulness, family, life, meaning, patience, prayer, relationships, self-control, spiritual-gifts, suffering, time
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Goodbye 2017 Q1
Almost forgot it’s public holiday today. I went back to the studio as usual after my weekly calligraphy class. The studio seemed particularly quiet, I took some time to fold up 3 months of daily to-do lists. Much of the goals I’ve set up for this quarter was left untouched. Where has the time gone? […]
tagged: art, books, calligraphy, holiday, life, patience, purpose, self-control, social, time
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Creative Monday
A rainy day, not good to do any outdoor sketching, instead spent the afternoon finish reading the 5 illustrative books by Jimmy S.P.A. I borrowed from the library awhile ago. The 5 books were of a series named Paradise Lost (失樂園), all published in 2005. The series is consisted of many individual chapters, each illustrating an […]
tagged: artist, books, cartooning, creative-mondays, dreams, thankful
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