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To-do Lists

Jan 2, 2013

For about 2 years now, I have the habit of writing down my daily to-dos on square pieces of paper and then crossing out the tasks as they get finished. At the end of the year, I would have enough used paper to fold a geodesic “ball”. I thought about going digital with my to-do lists to save some paper, but I kind of like this peculiar habit of mine. Besides, there seems to be enough paper for yet another year, so digital or not, I’ll decide after 2013!

Today is back-to-work day for most people, holiday seems to have faded and the city seems to be getting back in order. As for me, I’ve cleared out some emails and started my first to-do list of 2013, slowly easing my way into the weekly work rhythm again.

Busy Holiday

Jan 1, 2013

I don’t remember the last time I slept pass noon, but it was close to 1pm when I woke up today! I must be really tired last night. It had been a rather busy holiday, there was only one day that I didn’t have any gathering with family or friends, and I used it to design the new programme card for my fellowship and to prepare a wedding gift for my friends.

I initially planned to spend more time on my own in this holiday to think, to plan, and to do some spontaneous creative projects, but I was just reluctant to put off all the gatherings to make time for myself. Regardless, I’m thankful to have family and friends to spend the holiday with.

New Year Card 2013

Jan 1, 2013

Holiday Gatherings

Dec 26, 2012

Just realized that I’ve been having dinner with my visiting sister and family for 5 consecutive nights! Our family of 14 had our last afternoon dim sum today before my sister’s family took their flight back to Toronto.

I’m always thankful for my family and friends, but the frequent gatherings recently seemed to have left me with very little personal time. Sleep also seemed lacking lately, so tired that I actually thought for the whole day that today is Tuesday when it’s actually Wednesday!

The holiday seems to be passing by much faster than I wanted. Hoping to spend more time alone to think, plan, and do some creative works, I had to decline a couple of group gatherings. I actually feel a bit bad, but I figured that my presence shouldn’t be all that important in large group gatherings, and I’m pretty sure that we’ll be meeting up after the holiday anyway. Perhaps a little selfish, but I can’t seem to function well when too much of my personal time is being sacrificed for frequent gatherings, hope my friends would understand.

Christmas 2012

Dec 25, 2012

This year’s Christmas is one of the busiest. After an early church service, I rested a little and cleaned up my place before meeting a friend from Toronto for afternoon tea. Had dinner with my family and then got home for a late drink with my good old housemates.

Drinks ended at around 2:30am, now feeling a little dizzy from the red wine while writing this post. I’m thankful for a loving family and some good old friends to spend the holiday with.

Family

Dec 23, 2012

One of the things that I’m always thankful for is my family. Being the youngest member in the family growing up, I’m always pampered and well protected.

My family is also the main reason why I decided to move back to HK 3 years ago. Since moving back, our family have been carrying on the tradition of having dim sum every Sunday afternoon. And now that my sister’s family have come back for a little vacation, our family of 14 have the rare occasion of meeting up regularly, I’m really thankful for this.

Oh God, I’m forever thankful for a loving family, and I continue to pray that You be merciful to us, to save and to include every single one of us in Your Book of Life.

10K Run

Dec 22, 2012

Decided to go for a last run this afternoon before the cold weather sets in. I was finally able to break the 60 mins. barrier, my new unofficial record for 10k run is 56 mins!

Thank God! And I really mean it as I was constantly reminded of this bible verse at times when I was thinking about giving up – “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27)

This run was actually a good learning lesson, I had been too dependent and confident on my own strength on previous runs, I really should learn to surrender and rely more on God. And this shouldn’t be limited to running, I should also learn to surrender my career and relationships to God, I mean who else would know what’s best for me more than Him who knows me before I was conceived.

Wacom World 2012

Dec 20, 2012

Went to see a small show organized by Wacom this afternoon, it was quite fascinating seeing some famous designers (illustrators, comic artist, 3D animator, etc.) demo a small part of their daily workflow. About a couple of weeks ago, my good friend helped me buy the software they were demoing for a fraction of the cost, and it just so happened that she received my copy today! Looking forward to trying it out.

Came across the well-known interview question “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” last night while going through my daily feeds, and I started thinking about my career again. Wouldn’t it be nice to be like some of the illustrators who demoed today, to spend my life drawing, painting, and doing creative works? But I really doubt that I can make a living doing art, some things may just be better left as a hobby.

I shall spend some time in this holiday season to think about my career…

Papercraft

Dec 19, 2012

Still hasn’t received further info from the client about the adhoc support task, and I wasn’t really in the mood to start a new project, especially in this holiday season.

I ended up spending more than a day doing nothing but folding papers! Those are actually receipts from my purchases this year, not sure why I kept those receipts, and I don’t know why I have so many either as I thought I wasn’t much of a crazy shopper.

I actually find it kind of soothing to do some mindless mundane tasks sometimes…

Creative Mondays

Dec 17, 2012

Did a lot of planting this afternoon, the row of succulents previously planted on my desktop didn’t quite last, hopefully these new species would survive in my apparently harsh desktop environment.