Had a lot of gatherings with family and friends in this CNY holiday, so I didn’t have as much time to work on my DIY projects as I hoped. Nevertheless, I managed to craft some brick-sized (also half-sized) cardboard boxes, this is what I’ll do with all future cardboard collected from excess packaging!
It’s 
the Year of the Rabbit, my second Chinese New Year since returning to HK. The atmosphere is joyous and vibrant, but I didn’t feel as dramatic of a change as last year, another indicator that I’m well adapted to the lifestyle here.
Spent the day with my family of ten – dim sum in the afternoon, then a stroll at the Peak, and followed by dinner. I’m thankful for a peaceful day in the midst of great catastrophe happening around the world (Egypt’s political uprising, Australia’s hurricane, North America’s snowstorm…) May God be merciful to life on Earth.
I have the habit of saving the receipts of my purchases. Within a year or so, the collection is more than enough to create a huge stuffed origami ball! The ball will serve as a self-reminder to move away from the materialistic lifestyle, and to only buy things that I need and not things that I want. Hopefully, I’ll have much less receipts in 2011!
Giving myself a little break in this CNY holiday to do some DIY projects in my studio…
Though this book wasn’t as relevant to my dissertation as I hoped, it was still an interesting read. It got be started on understanding the economic and social sides of sustainability. While reading the book, I couldn’t stop imagining myself pursuing a career in sustainable design.
According to the lunar calendar, today is the day to do cleanups before the Chinese New Year. Spent much of my afternoon pruning my plants, tending my aquarium, and dusting and sweeping my studio. It’s been awhile since my desk is this organized.
Since my uncle’s surgery last week, I started noticing the unceasing worried look on my father’s face. I’m usually not too observant towards my family’s looks or expressions, but the dark cloud around my father is too overwhelming to go unnoticed this time.
Dear Lord, please continue to heal my uncle. Have mercy on his soul and give him one more chance to reconcile with You.
I want to investigate whether high-density cities can be sustainable through proper design/planning, so <<Cities and the Environment>> seemed relevant. However, much of the papers included were emphasizing the political and economical factors, and sustainability was only vaguely mentioned.
So, I just skimmed through the book.
My father tagged me along to see my uncle at the hospital last night. My uncle’s cancerous cells had come back after operation a few years ago. There was nothing I could do other than quietly stand in the hospital room listening to my father’s brotherly conversation with my uncle.
The timely scheduled surgery started in the afternoon, I don’t remember ever seeing my father this worried waiting for the phone call. Thankful that my aunt finally called in the evening notifying him the completion of the operation, otherwise I don’t think my father will be able to sleep tonight.
I pray that the operation was a successful one, and that God would have mercy on my uncle and give him another chance.
Spent my day reading a short book to whet my appetite for a potentially long reading/writing period on my dissertation. Kind of enjoy this initial researching phase in which there are more questions than answers.
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