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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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New Studio T-shirts
Used my amateurish silkscreen printing skill to design and print some studio t-shirts. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I’m never a fashionable guy, and more like a cartoon character, I prefer to wear the “same” clothes each day. With the set of studio t-shirts printed, I’ll likely spend […]
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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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What is Life?
Have been pondering about the meaning of life a lot after my uncle passed away. The question of life and death never felt so near until the traumatic experience of witnessing my uncle losing his life signals before my very eyes. When I was aware of the interdisciplinary discussion/seminar about “What is Life?” was being […]
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Animal Portraiture
After my uncle passed away more than 2 weeks ago, I seemed to have become more withdrawn, quiet, and serious. I also seemed to have grown more conscious about the limit of our time in this world. The question about life’s purpose also pops up more often in my mind these days, what does God […]
tagged: animals, art, calligraphy, faithfulness, ink, life, patience, peace, portraiture, self-control, time
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Starting Life Anew
After a week of mourning and using cartooning and bible scriptures to help myself emotionally cope with my uncle’s passing away, I wished to start life anew this week. I started my running practice again, made 3 short morning runs over the week, the associated endorphins generated seemed to help. I also started a new daily routine […]
tagged: art, calligraphy, faithfulness, family, fellowship, habit, patience, peace, portraiture, running, self-control, sports, time
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Mourning…
Called up my calligraphy teacher to tell him of my absence tomorrow morning; Messaged my fellowship committee to inform them of my absence this Friday evening. I think I could really use some time to mourn of my uncle’s death. I’m still sad (with some regrets too) and easily sobs when I think of the things […]
tagged: calligraphy, cartooning, creative-mondays, fellowship, life, love, patience, RIP, sadness, self-control, sickness, time
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R.I.P. Uncle
Since visiting my uncle at the hospital and seeing his worsening condition more than a week ago, I have been researching about how to help my uncle review his life to make him know that he has lived a meaningful life. I was almost ready to start mocking up a list of questions to ask […]
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CNY Holiday Ends
The CNY holiday ended as though it had never begun. This holiday season was occupied by family and friends gatherings, one following another without much quiet time for myself to do some reflection and planning as I so eagerly hoped. Although tiring, I’m still thankful to be able to meet up with so many friends, […]
tagged: art, family, fellowship, friends, holiday, love, relationships, thankful, time, tiredness
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CNY Holiday Starts
Had been a bit busy before the CNY holiday trying to prototype products to apply for a tiny space to market the studio’s products. The kiosk owner quickly replied saying they were full and could only put me on the waiting list. They also mentioned that there are kiosk spaces in other malls I can apply […]
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