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Transitioning…
Dined out with family and friends 3 times this week, a record high in recent months amidst the pandemic. The number of confirmed cases saw a small rise to low double digits this weekend, hope those were only isolated cases and that we can continue to transition back to a more healthy social state. Finally […]
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Back To Work…
Easing back to work after the super long Easter holidays. Reviewed my Q1 goals while writing up new Q2 goals. Continue to plan my new work in anticipation of a new normal after the pandemic. Rearranged some tables in the studio to make room for more R&D and prototyping work. Also ordered some furniture to […]
tagged: brush-and-ink, calligraphy, faithfulness, freedom, furniture, hk, Hongkongers, justice, patience, politics, portraiture, sabbatical, self-control, studio
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Easter Holiday
In preparing for this long Easter holiday weekend, I rushed into finishing my first prototype of a Shigeru-Ban-inspired papertube furniture in the studio. Also went for a haircut, first cut in more than 6 months I think. My weekly community running clinic also ended just before the holidays. The studio’s building was cutting electricity for […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, cartooning, covid19, faithfulness, family, friends, furniture, holidays, milestone, models, patience, politics, portraiture, running, self-control, social, sports, studio, thankful
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Prepping For Easter
The number of COVID19 cases in the city had dropped to single digits and there was 0 local cases this weekend, first time in 4 months! Happy to see more light shining at the end of this long pandemic tunnel. The pandemic is still far from over, one of the more reliable vaccines was put […]
tagged: art, calligraphy, cartooning, covid19, faithfulness, family, hk, holiday, injustice, justice, patience, politics, portraiture, prayers, self-control, work
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Glimpse of Light
After a full week of gloomy weather, the sun started sneaking out again this week. The hardy white orchid I bought from a CNY market many years back seemed to notice the sun and bloomed beautifully in the light. Received a gift for helping a good family friend’s wedding back in Nov/Dec. Was hoping to […]
tagged: 3D, 3D-printing, covid19, design, digital-fabrication, faithfulness, friends, patience, plants, politics, prayers, self-control, studio, work
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A Gloomy Week
The weather had been gloomy all week, a matching backdrop for the inhumane marathon court hearing of 47 democrats who were accused of violating the vague national security law. They were detained and judged throughout the week without being granted basic needs like shower and change of clothes, some inevitably fell ill and were sent […]
tagged: 3D-printing, art, brush-and-ink, canada, cartooning, faithfulness, family, hk, patience, politics, prayers, running, sports, weather
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Carrying On…
With the social-distancing restrictions relaxed, my social activities are slowly picking up once again. My weekly Chinese calligraphy class was resumed on Tuesday since stopping from December. Had dinner with a few fellowship brothers on Friday, last meet up was probably around half a year ago before the 4th pandemic wave hit the city. Also […]
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End of Tunnel?
The government finally relaxed some of the social distancing restrictions this past week, the city seems to have come alive immediately. The public libraries reopened, I rushed through a long overdue Chinese painting book before returning it. Also started dining out again, one time with my family and another time with my Chinese calligraphy class. […]
tagged: art, biography, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, chinese-painting, climate, covid19, culinary-art, environment, faithfulness, family, friends, Myanmar, patience, politics, portraiture, rthk, self-control, Singapore, social, social-distancing, us
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CNY 2021
Was busy with some last minute fai chun writing for my family last week running up to CNY. Had dinner with my parents, sister, and brother-in-law on CNY’s eve. Went into hiding and never left my apartment for the first 4 days of CNY. This is the first time I didn’t see my parents on […]
tagged: CNY, disaster, faithfulness, family, holidays, japan, Myanmar, patience, politics, self-control
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Fatigue
Being somewhat of an introvert, I sometimes feel exhausted after social events. I’m more at ease doing things solo. But after months of adhering to social distancing rules, I’m starting to feel exhausted, lacking motivation and patience, and easily irritated. Perhaps I’m finally feeling what many experts are calling pandemic-fighting fatigue (抗疫疲勞). February also heightened […]
tagged: covid19, culinary-art, depressed, faithfulness, hk, holidays, patience, politics, self-control, sin, social, social-distancing, tiredness
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