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Super Typhoon Saola
The day after the rare super blue moon appeared, Super Typhoon started ravaging the city on Fri. morning, but I managed to sneak back to the studio in the early afternoon to do some work before the highest typhoon no. 10 signal was hoisted in the evening.
The unexpected typhoon deterred many of my plans this past week. I wasn’t able to do a scheduled half-marathon practice and my Lego minifig project needed to be postponed. Despite the circumstances, I was able to utilize the remote 3D printing option of the newly acquired printer to complete a couple of long prints while I safely stayed home.
After much procrastination, I finally bought plane tickets for my upcoming “co-op” term in Q4. There was a little relieve after the reasonably priced tickets were purchased. But many uncertainties remain and there are still many things I need to finish up in the remaining month. May God continue to grant me the required wisdom, energy, and guidance. 🙏🏻
Still Progressing…
Made considerable progress on the 3DP Lego minifig project, should be able to complete the order this coming week! For my weekly long run practice, I only managed to complete a 10k run this week. Aiming to do a half-marathon this week, hopefully the weather and my body would cooperate.
Didn’t need to go back to my parents’ place for dinner tonight as I did that yesterday instead. After finishing the early Sunday service, I had the whole day to myself. I managed to complete an art piece for my ongoing critically endangered caricature series in a single Sunday art therapy session!
Time is running out for me to finish off my planned Q3 work, need to keep up my progress next week! May God continue to guide me and grant me the necessary wisdom and energy to finish off the planned Q3 work. 🙏🏻
Mid-Q3… Progressing
It had been a pretty busy week. Started an evening workshop on Tue to learn about making independent illustrated zines. I’m tinkering on the idea of making a small story book for KOKB. Two more lessons to go, will see whether my inkling will provide enough fuel for me to actually do the story book later. I first learnt about the idea of independent zine publishing from a speaker at the Comics 101 short-term course I enrolled in. The last of the six weekly sessions were completed yesterday. Together with some Chinese painting workshops I attended this afternoon and my regular weekly calligraphy class, I had attended 4 different classes/workshops in one week, almost like a full-time student!
As to my studio work, I had started working on a project to 3DP some custom Lego-like minifigs for a client. Hope to complete the order by the end of the month.
Managed to complete 2 evening running practices on Mon and Thu respectively. Ran (very slowly) a total of 16.8k on Thu! Will try to finish a self-conducted half-marathon (21k) by the end of the month.
Started doing some initial planning for Q4. Asked my fellowship caring group to pray for me as I really needed some guidance from God. I started looking into plane tickets and AirBnB. After talking to my parents tonight over dinner about my plan, I felt less worried. May God continue to guide my steps forward. 🙏🏻
Back to Normal
Have had a considerably productive week at the studio. Finished setting up a new 3D printer and had been testing it nonstop. Took the opportunity to assess my inventory of 3DP filaments and printed out many DEXTER minifigs – my studio’s mascot. Also finished prototyping some scout minifigs and shown them to a potential client. Will touch base with him again next week to see whether the order will go through. Had a little free time on Friday and decided to work on a personal project. I took about an hour or so to draw a 3D model of a crab-eating device brought back from my dad’s recent trip to Japan. After completing the 3D model, it took just roughly an additional 30 minutes to print the near exact copy of the apparatus! It was an enlightening experience to be able to create digital 3D models and immediately turn them into physical functional objects.
My enthusiasm for 3DP seemed to have returned with the new advanced but very affordable 3D printer. Now I only need to turn this enthusiasm into a business that can keep myself economically sustainable. Shouldn’t be too difficult, right?! 😂
Completed my longest running practice in recent months on Thur evening (14K). Practice time is running out for the upcoming marathon in mid Oct. Can’t afford to slack off.
Back to my regular Sunday art therapy at home this afternoon. Completed my 13th acrylic painting of the critically endangered animal caricature series. In the evening, I went back to my parents’ home to have dinner with them like before. A bit shameful to admit it, but I haven’t gone back to my parents’ place for months.
Things seem to be getting back to normal, but this probably won’t last too long as I need to start and plan my escape from this suffocating and deteriorating city. Will start looking into plane tickets this week. May God guide my steps. 🙏🏻
Super Moon, Regular Week
Haven’t taken a good look at the night sky for a long long time, but the super moon was too prominent to ignore, couldn’t resist to snap a photo from my balcony. Once in a blue moon, I used a skillset acquired last quarter to carve a seal for my calligraphy classmate. I could have used more time on the seal, but I left the task to the very last minute and just barely completed it before class on Thur. He was really happy receiving his first seal and treated me for dinner after class, but I felt slightly guilty for not doing my best.
Other than the super moon and the once-in-a-blue-moon seal carving work, the past week was rather unadventurous and dull. I continued with more 3DP work at the studio and made considerable progress on prototyping a custom minifig for a potential client. Also managed to complete a 12k running practice on Fri. evening to get a much needed dose of weekly dopamine boost.
