Attended my friend’s wedding ceremony this afternoon, my first time experiencing the catholic ceremony rituals. It was also my first time attending a wedding ceremony in a church in HK, I had many flashbacks of the many weddings I’ve been to in my Toronto church…
Read a book on planting green roofs and living walls. It’s just part of the preliminary readings for my proposed independent study.
There’s a part of me that is reserved just for plants – succulents, bonsai, and even freshwater species… I remember how much I used to envy the school gardeners for spending their days caring for plants. I also remember how I almost ended up studying landscape architecture instead of my current program. Thinking about it, a career involving horticulture might not be a bad idea…
It’s mother’s 65th birthday today! We took her to a seafood dinner in “Lee Yu Mun”. As for her birthday gift, we bought her an iPad! Need to set it up and teach her how to use it tomorrow, should be easier than the time I taught her how to use linux on my netbook!
Little by little, in the course of about a year, I’ve slowly transformed an empty room at home into my studio – the place where I happily spend my 9 to 5. Although there are still many things I want to experiment with the space, I probably won’t be spending too much time on it for awhile. Need to focus on finishing my last academic year and setting up my freelance company. What I have in the studio right now is already more than adequate for the purpose.
A gloomy day to kick-start possibly my last academic year. Being part-time, it seems like my schedule will again be quite flexible this year – requiring to complete 2 electives, 1 design project, 1 dissertation, and an IT proficiency test. The most critical and time-consuming part will definitely be the dissertation, but strangely I’m kind of excited and looking forward to it. Given the freedom, I hope that I’ll have the self-discipline to finish all the requirements early and move on to a new stage in life.
Spent much my time last week setting up a small aquarium in my home studio. Unlike most common aquarium setup which requires electricity 24/7, my idea is to design a self-sustaining and low-maintenance miniature ecosystem that is solely powered by the Sun. A rather challenging task that will require continuous design and experimentation.
So far, without a pump & filter plus the still rather hot weather, I’m already seeing signs of eutrophication! Need some immediate remediation…
Today marks my 1-year anniversary of returning to HK, it was also this same day in 1996 that I left this place to study in Toronto. Much had been changed over these 13 years – my family of 6 had grown to 14, my parents had been officially designated as elders, and we had moved from NT to KLN.
I’m pretty much adapted to my new life here – finding it ever more convenient to take public transit, loving the closeness of places, and slowly adapting to my new church life… However, I still find it quite challenging to find calmness and tranquility in this busy city that never sleeps.
Poured hours into solving the Rubik’s Cube this past weekend, it’s only by luck that I successfully accomplished the mission this morning. It’s not intelligence but rather perseverance that got me through the frustrating task. Or should I call it stubbornness? I’ve been known to be the most “stiff-necked” member of my family!
RIP for the tourists who lost their innocent lives in the tragic hostage incident in Manila today.
Rushed myself into completing a submission for a design competition before my trip to Australia. I don’t hold too much expectation as this is my first ever entry into a competition of this type, and honestly, I don’t even know if the panel had received my submission as I have yet to receive any feedback from my electronic submission. I participated mainly just to fulfill one of my new year’s resolution! =)
Came back home from Australia yesterday. It was a delightful and worry-free 7-day vacation with my family.
Australia is similar to Canada in many ways, but the country is much more captivating for its diverse landscape and exotic flora and fauna. It would be difficult to forget the experiences of seeing the Great Barrier Reef up close, stargazing in the pitch-black Southern Hemisphere sky, being surrounded by LED-like glowworms in the rainforrest caves…
Thank God for the safe and wonderful trip.
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