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Thanksgiving Challenge – Day 4/5
Friends – Took a stroll down the memory lane and browsed through the photos I was tagged in on FB, thankful that a rather introverted guy like me can cross path with so many wonderful friends in life. 1. Thankful for friends in my old workplaces, being self-employed now makes me miss those fun times […]
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Soccer
Went to my alma mater in the afternoon to sit in on a meeting about a possible website project. While I was there, I checked about using their library service as an alumni, I really loved their cross university library system in which I can borrow books from any local university, but apparently, alumni can […]
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Career Plan
After ~10 years of post-secondary study, I’ve finally decided to frame and hang all the grad certificates in the studio. If what Einstein once said “imagination is more important than knowledge” is true, why have I spent so much time and money gaining knowledge? Not sure how to answer that, but I’m thankful for the […]
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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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Studio Renovation V
Day 5 – Set up my art supplies, planted a row of plants (mainly succulents brought from home), and started cleaning up. Hope to finish this little renovation project tomorrow. Before renovating my studio, I sat in on a public forum at my Alma Mater in the morning. It was about climate change from HK’s […]
tagged: climate, graffiti, plants, project, questions, renovation, school, studio, succulents, sustainability
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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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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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Another Painting Course
Spent the entire afternoon catching up on my reading of a design blog, and still hasn’t quite caught up yet… Started a new oil painting course at night. Well, it’s basically the same weekly course I’ve been taking, just painting different pictures. I’m reluctant to graduate, my Creative Mondays just wouldn’t seem complete without the […]
tagged: creative-mondays, oil-painting, school
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Soul Searching (Education)
A rough calculation shows that I had been in school for ~24 years, that’s more than 2/3 of my life! Been trained to be self-discipline at a very young age when I attended boarding school in grade 1, and my family never really had to worry about my academics since then. Frankly not a smart […]
tagged: architecture, career, environment, hk, life, nostalgia, school, science, soul-searching, thankful
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Soul Searching (Art)
Finished my first painting for the current oil painting course, not too satisfied, but I don’t seem to care as much now. I’m still very much enjoying the process – the weekly 2-hour worry-free and quiet time with just me and the canvas. With the power of FB, I stumbled upon the info of one […]
tagged: art, canada, career, friends, nostalgia, oil-painting, school, soul-searching
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