Elim Fellowship

Aug 21, 2009

I’ve been feeling this stress/anxiety building up inside me throughout the week.  There were a few nights I couldn’t fall sleep until 4 or 5am.  This is not like the stress I feel in exam times, and I don’t recall any similar prior experience.  It’s beyond my vocabulary to describe what I’m feeling…

I felt slightly better after fellowship tonight.  This is why I like my fellowship so much – Regardless of how I felt before fellowship, I always feel better afterwards.  I’ll definitely miss Elim Fellowship after moving back to HK next week..

Gifts for Elim Fellowship b/s

AGO

Aug 20, 2009

I’ve finally visited the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) today!  I’ve been wanting to go for ages, but the visit was delayed for fear of the dreadfully long trip to downtown.  I’m glad I overcame that fear today.

AGO VisitIt was a great experience, especially when I was accompanied by a friend who knows so much about Art.  Moreover, the visit was a nice break from my increasing anxiety of moving back to HK…

CD Lava Lamp

Aug 15, 2009

While I was packing, I found an old lava lamp, some robotics stuff for my undergrad design project, and a bunch of useless CDs.  I spent my Friday afternoon transforming all that into somewhat of a sculpture.

There are 2 more projects I wish to complete before I leave Toronto – One is to transform my 4 y/o desktop into a media centre, and the other is to make farewell gifts for my Elim Fellowship b/s.

CD Lava Lamp

Week of Gatherings

Aug 14, 2009

I had the pleasure to meet up and farewell many of my friends this week.  Friends including colleagues from my last 2 workplaces (GS1 Canada, SCI) and from school (UTSC, UW).  I’ve even met up with friends from highschool (EHSS) and elementary school (Steelesview PS)!

I’m thankful to be always surrounded by friends – friends willing to lend a helping hand whenever I’m in need.  More farewell gatherings planned for my next and last week here in Toronto…

Origami

Aug 11, 2009

I’m guilty of chopping down trees for mindlessly printing paper for reading.  It’s just too tiring to read long papers on the screen!

To ease my guilt, I usually save up the printed pages and use the backside as scrap paper for doodling or draft work.  In order to use up the piles of unused scrape paper, I decided to take up origami and have spent most of my time tirelessly folding paper in the last few days.

Origami

Mini UW Class Reunion

Aug 7, 2009

It’s a rare occasion that we have 2 of our classmates back in town at the same time, so we had a mini UW reunion on Wed. night.  The dinner served an additional purpose for me, it’s the start of a series of farewell meals I’ll be having with friends whom I wouldn’t see as often after moving back to HK.

ee2003Reunion

Acrylic Painting

Aug 6, 2009

I bought this inexpensive Acrylic Painting for Dummies kit a few years ago when I was taking night classes that explored many different art media.  However, I didn’t play with the kit until today.

Acrylic paint is quite versatile, it’s like oil paint when thickened but it behaves more like watercolor when diluted.  I followed the tutorial inside the kit to create my very first painting!

My First Painting

Indoor Plant Installation

Aug 5, 2009

There are 2 tiny windows in my basement.  I utilized the natural sunlight from one of them for my row of succulent plants, and to utilize the other one, I created an indoor plant installation using scrap resources I found while packing my stuff earlier.  The stuff includes extra plant pots, my remaining potting soil, unused grass seedlings, scrap acrylic panels, throwaway CDs, leftover modeling spray paint, decorative sand, glue, and tape.

I’ll revisit their germination progress before I leave for HK in 2 weeks…

Indoor Plant Installation

Cardboard Plant Pot Holders

Aug 4, 2009

Inspired by Frank Gehry’s Wiggle Chair, I constructed a row of plant pot holders using recycled cardboard.  Since the cool temperature in the basement does not provide the optimal condition for my succulent plants, I’ve also created a pipe using Pringle’s chips containers to pump warm air from my PC through the row of plants.

I really like the idea of creating beautiful and useful objects using recycled waste materials.  The flickr album of the project can be found here.

Cardboard Plant Pot Holders

Uncluttering – Part 2

Aug 3, 2009

It’s been an intensive week of uncluttering.  I’ve been procrastinating about packing and clearing out my stuff for the longest time, the built-up stress even cost me a few sleepless nights.  But I’m now happy knowing that I’m about 75% done.  I’ll probably leave the rest of the packing till 1-2 weeks before I leave Toronto.

I’m hoping to take a little break in the coming 1-2 weeks to do some creative projects, farewell my friends, and visit places I’ve been wanting to go…

Before uncluttering
Before uncluttering…
After uncluttering!
After uncluttering!

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