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Weekly Update
The past week was filled with highs and lows:
- Woke up on Monday with a strong urge of going back to school and study landscape architecture, it had to do with the dream, but I couldn’t recall the faintest content. It felt like a calling from above and the more I thought about the possibility the more right it seemed – (high)
- My sister forwarded me a news article about a teacher who was diagnosed with an extremely rare disease (possibly only 5 ppl had it in HK) about 9 years ago. I was diagnosed with the same disease about 4 years ago and was hospitalized for 12 days. It brought back memories of a life-changing event that brought me closer to God – (high)
- A good friend invited me to exhibit my ink portraits of endangered species. Even though the venue is “low key” according to her, I’ve never shown my work in public and it’s truly an honor to be recognized as exhibition worthy material – (high)
- Assembled a cheap opensource 3D printer I purchased for the studio recently. Its print quality and speed was better than the one I got about 5 years ago that costs about 15 times more! This seems to have opened up a world of possibilities for my studio work – (high)
- Mom fainted, fell, and hurt her right arm yesterday. Good thing my father was at home. She was reluctant to see the doctor even with the fear of a possible stroke. She has trouble lifting her right arm now, we as a family ruled out the possibility of a stroke and will try to make her see a doctor tmr. This incident totally negated all my previous highs – (low)
- Checked online just now that there were no part-time master degree in landscape architecture in HK, and I’m almost certain that I don’t wanna go back to school full time, so that strong sense of calling I felt waking up on Monday morning was likely just a false alarm – (low)
Earth Hour
Earth hour, I figured I’ll spend the time contemplating and write up a post for my somewhat neglected journal (just checked, my last blog post was way back in early Feb.).
Not a lot has been happening with me since the beginning of 2019. In terms of work, I’ve been busy transitioning back to doing digital fabrication after a long detour in art and other miscellaneous stuff. Recently, I’ve been designing and making lots of things including a giant construction crane using bamboo skewers and 3D printed joints. Feel very alive when I’m designing, experimenting, solving problems, and crafting things with my hands. It feels right and I’m confident that I’m aligning my studio work back in the right direction.
I’m not abandoning my seeming innate interest in Art just yet. I’m still keeping up with my weekly Tuesday calligraphy class, my interest for the art form didn’t diminish but seem to grow ever stronger since starting the first class about 3 years ago!
I also hoped to get back into running regularly again, but the track I’m accustomed to has been under renovation since the beginning of the year. Will check back in April again and hopefully be able to restart the healthy exercise habit.
Spiritually, I was able to keep up with my daily devotions. Not a big challenge as I am not following an annual plan to read the whole bible like last year. So instead of reading 2 or 3 chapters daily in chronological order, I now just follow the daily devotion guide and read 2 or 3 random verses. Like many things, I suppose quality is more important than quantity.
Have been wanting to ask the girl I like out on a date since I returned from Toronto in September, but she seemed busy like most ppl in HK. After so long of not seeing and talking to her, I just don’t know how to even start a conversation now. Don’t know how this relationship will turn out to be, but I still trust that God will find a way to bring us together if it’s meant to be.
I’ve probably been babbling way too long here. Will try to write more but shorter entries in the future. It’s good to spend time gathering and jotting down my thoughts once in a while.
