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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First Jab
Took my first of two COVID19 vaccination needles on Friday. The past week seemed to be centred around that single event. Dined out with my parents and sister on Tuesday, they talked me out of submitting a proposal for a small commercial unit at an artsy establishment that previously turned me down. They think I […]
tagged: 3D, canada, career, covid19, faithfulness, family, friends, girl-I-like, hk, patience, politics, self-control, social, thankful, work
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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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Sabbatical Begins
When planning work for the new year, I realized once again that my studio was into its 7th year since officially opening on July 23rd, 2014. I actually thought about taking a Sabbatical leave back in July, but a couple of interesting opportunities kept me dreaming up proposals. Unfortunately, both proposals were turned down and […]
tagged: 3D-printing, art, career, cartooning, chinese-painting, church, covid19, digital-fabrication, faithfulness, friends, patience, sabbatical, self-control, studio, thankful, vacation, website
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Escape…
The 4th wave continues to ravish our city, averaging about 100 cases daily and cases of suspected residential buildings contamination. New tightening measures include no dine-in after 6pm, compulsory covid19 testing, designated quarantine hotels for travelers, etc. Equally, if not worse, devastating is the increasing persecution of pro-democracy people in our city. The media tycoon […]
tagged: books, career, cartooning, covid19, culinary-art, faithfulness, hk, homeless, kindness, patience, politics, prayers, rthk, sabbatical, self-control, website
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An Accomplished Week
Towards the end of the first half of 2020, I rushed into finishing some of the things I planned to do before starting life anew in July. Here are some of my accomplishments this past week: Tue – Submitted my proposal for a commercial tenancy at JCCAC Wed – Disassembled a long-standing bridge model at […]
tagged: art, career, covid19, engineering, faithfulness, friends, girl-I-like, love, patience, peace, prayers, self-control, social, thankful
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Social Week
Have had an unusually social week during these social-distancing times. On Thursday, I even met up with 2 separate friends and had 3 total hours of phone conversations on 2 separate calls, ended up not setting foot in the studio the whole day! I purposely scheduled all the meetups this week because I wanna hear […]
tagged: art, career, digital-fabrication, faithfulness, family, friends, patience, scripture, self-control, social, spiritual-gifts, thankful
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Weekend Art Retreat
Over the weekend, I was fortunate enough to be invited back to WWF’s Island House to do some art. The location is truly a paradise that’s isolated from our ever more chaotic city. The staffs and volunteers there were also very friendly and accommodating, quite a stark contrast from the hostile faces that’s becoming common […]
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Glimpse of Hope
Looking back this past week, seems like I had been pretty productive: made good progress on the ink art website fired up the laser cutter and prototyped some 1/10 models visited my woodworking friend in Tuen Mun to discuss the coming fair on 24th and possibly more future collaborations printed out the parts for the […]
tagged: architecture, art, career, faithfulness, friends, joy, nostalgia, opensource, patience, prayer, running, school, sports, studio, thankful
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Geniuses
Finally finished reading the huge biography of Einstein, love the genius who famously said “imagination is more important than knowledge”! On top of his unquestionable scientific achievements, I also admire his humility, creativity, ability to drift off or focus in all circumstances, courage of nonconformity to authorities, and above all else, his perseverance. At the […]
tagged: biography, books, career, courage, creativity, family, patience, perseverance, thankful, traveling
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