5th Pandemic Wave
The 5th pandemic wave had officially arrived in HK according to the government officials and their consulting experts. Around 30 or so COVID cases were reported daily in the past few days. The government rolled out one of the strictest pandemic measures on Friday and banned all eateries dine-in after 6pm. The latest pandemic measure […]
tagged: calligraphy, covid19, design, faithfulness, friends, hk, holidays, pandemic, paper, patience, politics, self-control, social, social-distancing, studio, thankful, website
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Holiday Meetups
Had a few meetups with friends this past week, some of them I haven’t seen since the pandemic began 2 years ago! It’s good that we met up just before an imminent 5th pandemic wave. After 80+ days of zero community COVID cases, a few Omicron variant cases linking a restaurant near my parents’ place […]
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Prepping For Social-Distancing
The city did not enter lockdown. In fact, for months our city had zero COVID cases recorded in the community thanks to one of the most stringent border quarantine controls and the mask-wearing norm of people in public. Despite ceasing the COVID spread in the community, the government continued to tighten the pandemic measures and […]
tagged: 3D-printing, art, calligraphy, covid19, culinary-art, fellowship, friends, milestone, pandemic, paper, politics, projects, social, social-distancing, studio, surveillance, thankful, time
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Mid-Autumn 2021
My family already had our Mid-Autumn dinner on Sunday, so I was free to do whatever I wish on this full moon night. Thought about going for a running practice, but was a bit lazy to go out after arriving home. Frankly, I’m not in much of a celebration mood this year, it’s a bit […]
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Unusually Social Week
I’m not entirely sure why, but many of my social meetups ended up cramping into this one week and fitted perfectly into the weekly scheduling without overlapping. Other than Monday which I usually set aside for my weekly indulgence in ink art, I met up with friends every single day, probably a personal social record […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, covid19, faithfulness, friends, joy, pandemic, patience, self-control, social, thankful, tiredness
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Studio Cleanup
Have been busy cleaning up the studio in the last few weeks, it seemed like a never ending task, there’s always more things I could have organized and cleaned up further. Decided to finally call it quit for the big cleanup project last week after repotting the many plants in the studio! The city and […]
tagged: apocalypse, covid19, faithfulness, global-warming, hk, patience, prayers, self-control, social, studio, tiredness, war, world
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A Time For Sorrow
There’s a time for joy and a time for sorrow. Following a happy reunion with my UW gang and coffee with the girl-I-like after more than a year of pandemic craziness, news of sickness and death started coming in from people around me. First, my colleague told me her husband’s intestinal cancer had metastasized into […]
tagged: calligraphy, christian, covid19, faithfulness, friends, gentleness, girl-I-like, joy, kindness, love, memory, pandemic, patience, RIP, school, UW
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Sabbatical Ended
The opening of the embattled and postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics also marked the end of my self-conducted (half) Sabbatical. Thought about continuing the rather fruitful Sabbatical till the end of year, but it felt like the right time now to finally get myself out of this marathon pandemic rut and get serious with my life. […]
tagged: canada, career, covid19, design, entrepreneurship, event, furniture, life, pandemic, papertube, sabbatical, sports, studio, sustainability, work
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Memorable BDay Long Weekend
Didn’t realize today (Monday) was a public holiday until last Friday. It just so happened that many of my friends meetups and farewell gatherings were scheduled perfectly within the few days with no overlapping. Met up with 5 different group of friends on 5 separate meals and 3 of which served with alcohol! This certainly […]
tagged: canada, covid19, faithfulness, friends, hk, joy, milestone, pandemic, patience, politics, self-control, social, social-distancing, thankful
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Home Studio
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 […]
tagged: architect, canada, covid19, faithfulness, friends, furniture, hk, milestone, pandemic, papertube, patience, self-control, shigeruban, social, thankful
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