Lunch with Old Friend

Met up with a primary school classmate who recently moved back to HK to further his architectural career.  Had a long and wonderful chat with him in wildly unrelated topics including environmental issues, government policies, architecture, design, painting, photography, career, family, friends,… I’m really thankful to have such a friend whom I can enjoy an endless conversation with.

I was told that I didn’t change much since we met a few years ago.  I’m guessing he meant my attitude to life rather than my outward appearance, so I’ll take that as a compliment.  Truth is, I’ve been living somewhat of a withdrawal life because I really don’t want to be lost in this busy, noisy, and materialistic city.

 

Work Friday

Had to skip my Creative Friday due to work.  Suddenly got busy as I accepted a somewhat urgent freelance website work, it was more to help a friend out than to work for the money.  I would rather spend the time to kick-start a new exciting venture that I’ve been discussing with a good friend.  Oh well, I guess a venture that I may happily engage in for years to come can wait for a few more days to kick-start.

There was no fellowship tonight, and I ended up working in the studio pass 11pm, the latest so far.

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Cookie

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Landscape II

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Creative Friday

IMG_0564 - Version 2Deliberately avoided doing the regular work at the studio today.  Instead, I completed the “homework” for my rubber stamping class, watered the plants, and did a little reorganization of the stuff in the studio.

Since moving my painting classes from Monday to Saturday, I no longer continued my Creative Mondays.  Kinda miss it, so I’m thinking about dedicating my Fridays to do creative works instead.  I’m marking this day as my first Creative Friday!

It’s Valentine’s Day today, and it so happens that the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” falls on the same day this year.  I saw guys lining up in front of a flower shop when leaving the studio, peeked at the ad and was a little shocked by the pricing of roses – $1000 for 11 roses?!  I made one for practically zero cost using apple peels after dinner, a good start for my Creative Fridays! =)

CNY 2014

IMG_0561Chinese New Year 2014 has come and gone quickly and plainly.  It was the hottest CNY since I came back to HK, so hot that I had to switch back to my summer blankets to sleep well at night.  It also felt a little busy, it wasn’t until today (10th day of CNY) that I finally finished most of the things I planned to complete before CNY.  That includes cleaning my rooms at home, it feels good to be in a tidied up room. =)

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CNY Fai Chun design for my church.

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Studio

Finally finished setting up my studio today, love the huge desk and screen space of my new work area!  From visiting other artist’s studio a few years back, to finding an rundown industrial flat, and finally transforming it into the way I wished, it’s like a dream come true!  I feel thankful every time I stand back and look into the transformed space.  May good works come out from the wonderful space.

My 3 coworkers (i.e. people sharing the same office but no business connections) had already begun their long CNY holiday yesterday.  And after the holidays, only 2 of them would come back as their demising business couldn’t afford the extra headcount.  The extra headcount is actually my cousin, she’ll be missed, and I hope she’ll find her way in her career path.

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Soccer

A friend’s wedding banquet on Sunday allowed me to meet up with some old soccer teammates from university.  One of the teammates is actually my primary school classmate, we used to play soccer together before school, during recesses, lunch, and after school!  Yes, soccer is a big part of my primary school life.

I asked the friend to join my game tonight, and he did.  It’s been years since we played ball together, good times, the game was especially enjoyable tonight!

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Rescheduling Life…

The studio is pretty much setup, and this week I’ve started the process of rescheduling my daily routine.  Being a rather habitual person, rescheduling my daily routine is not too different from altering a piece of myself.

Since Monday, I’ve been spending my daytime in the studio with regular early lunches and light afternoon tea.  Helped my brother setup his home office on Monday and Tuesday nights, and with a soccer game last night, it wasn’t until tonight that I can finally sit down in front of my computer at home to write up this blog while catching up on some meaningless TV shows.  This is becoming a bit of a luxury for me with the new routine.

Finally finished reading my friend’s blog about his 3-month South American adventure with his gf (wife?).  Their breathtaking photos of the exotic South American landscape and wildlife brought back some fond memories of my relatively brief week-long Hawaiian vacation in August last year.

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