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Keep Running…
Not much had happened this past week (relatively speaking). Hundreds of pro-democracy district councilors call quit before the anticipated disqualification by the government. Apparently, it’s now a crime to serve the community as long as you are not pro-China. The city’s atmosphere continues to feel depressing and suffocating and I continue to try ignoring it […]
tagged: depressed, digital-fabrication, events, faithfulness, marathon, patience, politics, running, self-control, soccer, sports
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Canada Day
There are a few commonalities between my 2 homes – Hong Kong and Canada. Their flags are colored in red and white and include a symbolic flora, and they both share a public holiday on July 1st. In HK, the handover of a colonial democratic government to a brutal dictator regime on July 1st 1997 […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, canada, DIY, faithfulness, furniture, hk, holiday, hope, light, marathon, patience, politics, running, self-control, sports, tiredness
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A Death Blow To Appledaily
The sad week noted on my earlier post turned sadder still. The only pro-democracy newspaper media company, Appledaily, folded and printed their last newspaper on Thursday after being raided by police and had their financial accounts frozen the week before. They printed a record 1 million copies and it was already sold out when I […]
tagged: appledaily, canada, entrepreneurship, faithfulness, family, freedom, friends, hk, hope, justice, marathon, news-media, patience, politics, practice-makes-perfect, running, self-control, sports
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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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Steady Progress
While having my breakfast and catching up on my daily news on Tuesday morning, a loud explosion was heard in the kitchen. Checked and found the glass lid of my months-old multifunctional electric pot completely shattered. The shocking part was that the appliance had been unplugged and left idling on top of the fridge for […]
tagged: 3D-printing, architect, architecture, bible, covid19, culinary-art, design, faithfulness, family, friends, furniture, hk, injustice, mystery, paper, patience, running, sabbatical, self-control, sports, thankful
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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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Hurdles
The past week was filled with ups and downs. Started the community marathon training on Tue, first taste of real exercise since my last run back in Jan/Feb, exhausted but felt good. (Up) Met and caught up with a couple of friends on Mon and Thu separately. I’ve been proactively meeting up friends in the […]
tagged: covid19, faithfulness, friends, girl-I-like, love, marathon, patience, prayers, running, self-control, sin, social, sports
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New Routines
It’s been a week since I moved out and started living independently again. The transitioning to new routines like meals, laundry, transport, library visits, etc. was considerably smooth. Productivity at work seems to be improving along with the new routines. Managed to keep up with the daily Inktober cartoons, my drawing and inking skills seem […]
tagged: art, bible, brush-and-ink, cartooning, devotions, habits, life, marathon, pen-and-ink, practice-makes-perfect, prayers, running, sports, thankful
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CNY Day
Woke up in the middle of the night at around 3am and couldn’t fall back to sleep even though I was still tired. Did my daily devotions, followed by breakfast while catching up on the daily news. It was 6-ish am when I finished my morning routine, I pushed myself out the door for my […]
tagged: art, calligraphy, devotions, faithfulness, family, friends, gentleness, girl-I-like, goodness, hk, holidays, joy, kindness, love, marathon, patience, peace, running, self-control, sports, thankful
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New Year Update
2020 seems to be off to a pretty good start. In the first 20 days of the year, I have accomplished the following: Finally met up with the girl-I-like. Saw an exhibition together and had dinner afterwards with happy conversations. Visited 3 exhibitions. Kept up with my marathon training, can now run up to ~12k […]
tagged: art, environment, exhibitions, faithfulness, girl-I-like, love, marathon, peace, running, self-control, sports, studio, thankful, tiredness, volunteering
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