“Single“ Again!

Feb 26, 2023

Though more or less expected, I was especially ecstatic yesterday morning when a single line on my rapid test reassured my recovery from COVID! I immediately told my fellowship caring group to let me join the scheduled dinner meetup!

Stayed home the entire week without stepping outside. Took the opportunity to put in some finishing touches on the website project I had been working on since CNY holidays. The website is ready to launch anytime but I hope to design and make some product samples first so that potential customers can order online immediately after I officially launch the website. Should be ready to launch in mid-March!

Finally get to see my parents tonight since my mom had her heart surgery and me catching and recovering from COVID about 2 weeks ago. My mom seemed more frail than before, but I’m confident that she’ll eventually improve to a better state than she was before the surgery. Looking back at the surgery, I am filled with thankfulness because the regular body checkup helped my mom find the clogged arteries and avoided the potential serious stroke that may result for many elderly. My dad strongly agreed with me.

Thank you God for healing my mom and myself of our sicknesses. 🙏🏻

Sketch… Sunday Service

Feb 26, 2023

Sickness

Feb 19, 2023

I finally tested positive for COVID today since the pandemic broke out in late 2019. Symptoms are mild – occasional coughs and chills. The symptoms actually started emerging after I did my evening run last Wed. Didn’t sleep very well that night and felt especially sore the next morning. I thought it was just caused by the extra effort I put into the running practice.

I didn’t take any COVID test then because I hate to generate unnecessary plastic waste. Instead, I took extra precautions by keeping my mask on during calligraphy class and meeting a friend on Thur. Also took the Fri. off to WFH just in case.

I wasn’t worried about my sickness as much as my mother’s. She had to undergo a minor heart surgery on Fri. evening following her annual body checkup that found clogged arteries. I didn’t visit her in the hospital because I wasn’t feeling too well and that I know my dad and siblings were there with her. Needless to say that I was worried and so asked my fellowship caring group for prayer support. The operation was successful and I was much relieved and fell to sleep shortly after hearing the good news at around 2130.

Stayed at home today for online Sunday Service just in case. My sister visited my mom at home and was really worried seeing her feeling unwell in bed. She urged me to do a COVID test and move back with my parents for a week to help take actions in case her condition suddenly worsens in coming days. It got me worried too. I was already thinking about what to pack to move back in with my parents before my positive COVID result came out. Called my parents, they seemed to be ok, it just so happened that my mom was at her worst when my sister visited. My mom was actually scolding me on the phone for catching COVID without a hint of sickness in her voice.

I was just wrapping up an ambitious website project this week after demoing the prototype briefly to family, calligraphy class, and a collaborator, and was already planning to work on a new project this coming week at the studio before sickness struck and pushed me to make alternate plans. Sickness seems to have a good way of making life pause and giving us extra time to think things through. Thank you God for Your goodness amid sickness. 🙏🏻

Sketch… Sunday Service

Feb 19, 2023

Church/JF Reunion

Feb 12, 2023

Joined a fellowship’s brother’s wedding yesterday. The preparation began a few months ago when the groom-to-be asked for my help to design the ceremony rundown printout. It was the first time I saw the actual physical print yesterday morning when I was helping with the church decorations before the ceremony. It turned out better than I expected. I enjoy helping with the simple things that not many ppl notices, but at the same time I hate to see my work inevitably turned into waste after just a couple of hours of use. This small personal project did however earned me some insight for my upcoming studio work.

The full day of celebration for the newly wed gave me an opportunity to meet and catch up with many church and fellowship b&s, many of whom I haven’t seen in a few years. Since COVID began, I stopped going to fellowship but kept up with Sunday Service online. A few b&s asked whether I would return to fellowship and I had to harden my heart to say no. On top of repeating my reasoning for not returning to fellowship, I also shared with some b&s about my feeling of despair for underachieving and wasting time since returning to HK in 2009.

My feeling of despair for wasting years of time is complicated further by an unclear future. Since returning from my summer vacation, I have been asking myself time and time again whether and when I should move back to Canada. Many friends I reconnected with in Canada asked me that same question too. I wish I could give an answer with confidence, but there’s just too many uncertainties and concerns that I would rather put aside until I’m forced to make any decisions. A bad sign of procrastination, I know, sigh.

Sketch… Sunday Service

Feb 12, 2023

Back to Work

Feb 5, 2023

A little reluctant, but I went back to work on Wed. (Feb. 1st) as promised after an extended LNY holiday. Didn’t get a lot done at the studio other than wrapping up the 100 Blessings postcard fai-chuns project and cleaning up the messy art area. Also had a long lunch on Fri. with a friend and his colleague, they treated me and my colleague for the start of year lunch (開年飯) which was cancelled last year due to a severe COVID wave.

My plan for the extended LNY holiday was to work on a rather ambitious website project that’s related to Chinese calligraphy. Made good progress, but still need a little work before I can demo it to friends. Will give myself one more week to work on this project before moving on to other projects in the queue. Add oil! 💪🏻

Sketch… Sunday Service

Feb 5, 2023

Website Updates

Jan 29, 2023

Have been working hard from home during this LNY holidays. Except for an evening run on Tue., calligraphy class on Thur. and a fellowship gathering on Sat. evening, I stayed home to work on some websites.

I first had to cleanup and organize the MBP I bought during my summer vacation in Canada. When that’s done, I had to set up the MAMP environment for local website development. Luckily, I didn’t run into any major hurdles and it took relatively short time for me to familiarize myself with web development once again.

Finished backing up and updating all of my websites, they include:

Still have one website that I have been wanting to design for a very long time, but doubt that I can finish it in the remaining LNY holidays. Will try and see! 💪🏻

Sketch… Sunday Service

Jan 29, 2023
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