Old Master Q

Jan 4, 2017

img_4080The news about Old Master Q’s original artist Wong Chak (王澤) passing away was on radio throughout the day yesterday.  Knowing that a local exhibition of the comic artist was extended, I decided to take a half day off to see it on its last exhibiting afternoon.

I wouldn’t consider myself a big fan of the Old Master Q comic, but after seeing the artist’s original comic drafts and his volumes of high quality comic strips, I couldn’t help but admire the talent, diligence, and dedication of the artist behind it.  At the exhibition, I see old folks as well as young kids reading, discussing, and laughing at the comic strips that are showcased.  Without a doubt, Old Master Q has to be the longest running comic strip and with the widest age range fans in HK!  Old Mr. Wong Chak would be pleased seeing the many happy faces at the exhibition as his main goal of drawing the comic strip was to bring happiness to its readers: “我的一生就像漫畫，我儘可能的讓<<老夫子>>，也就是讓自己耍寶去逗樂讀者。”

Once again I feel a little urge to start a comic strip, perhaps one of my 2017 New Year’s resolutions?

Silent Night

Dec 24, 2016

Spent Silent Night silently in the studio making some limited Christmas gifts for family and friends…

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Life Back to Normal

Dec 14, 2016

My sister and 2 nieces ended their vacation and flew back to Canada yesterday, and my life is slowly returning back to normal.

Went for a run this morning.  Without imposing any time limit, I ran slowly and completed about 12k, it’s my first run that’s over 10k since starting my practice in November.

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Visiting Uncle

Dec 10, 2016

img_3988My family insisted on visiting my uncle at his home this afternoon even though he was reluctant to see people after his liver cancer relapsed.  Joined by a couple of our relatives from Mainland, there were a total of 9 people visiting!

At my uncle’s home, my young nieces from Toronto were kept busy playing with my uncle’s cat, and the elders tried their best to encourage my uncle to stay hopeful while he pretended not to hear and had his eyes glued to the TV.  I can tell that my uncle was only pretending because he occasionally responded to the conversations and that he couldn’t hide a constant smile on his face.  My uncle’s expression clearly showed that our visit was a success in lifting up his spirit.

I suggested my dad to visit my uncle more regularly to keep up his spirit, and I hope to be tagged along.  I can’t think of anything I can do to help my uncle other than praying for him and offering my time to hear his worries and pain.

Oh Lord, please be merciful to my uncle, please don’t take him away from us before he finds you and believes in you. ??

Meaning of Life?

Dec 8, 2016

img_3987My uncle’s (father’s younger brother) liver cancer has relapsed and my aunt was told to prepare for the worst.  It’s time like this that makes me stop and question about the meaning of life.

Just when I was starting to procrastinate about the many things still unfinished before the end of the year, my uncle’s news made everything seemed meaningless in comparison.  Couldn’t quite pull myself together to do work, I went out to catch the movie “The Young Messiah”, an imaginative story of young Jesus trying to find answers about His holy birth.  Don’t we all question about the meanings of our lives sometimes?

Wouldn’t it be nice if God would just appear before us and tell us exactly why we were born and what we were supposed to do with our lives?  But then if we know everything like God does, there wouldn’t be joy in searching and finding answers, and faith would be rendered unnecessary since we can’t possibly deny a God who created us and knows everything about us.

But then sometimes I just wish I knew and be assured of where to land my next step without being told exactly how everything will turn out.  Feeling a little lost lately… about my career, life’s purpose, my possible other half…

Sketchbooks Re-stocked!

Dec 6, 2016

Recently started a new sketchbook after taking 6 good months of calligraphy practice/sketching/life-drawing/note-taking to fill up the old one.  Really loved the size, volume, quality, and pricing of this economy notebook/sketchbook, I even made a custom pulp cover for it.  The sketchbook must be very popular because they were all out of stock in almost all the locations I searched in the last couple of weeks.  I was getting a little anxious, worrying that the company may have stopped making that specific type of sketchbook.  I even asked my sister to search for me while she is visiting Japan!

Fortunately, the store had restocked the sketchbooks when I visited after my weekly calligraphy class today, and I immediately bought 10 of them without hesitation!  That should satisfy my calligraphy and sketching indulgence for at least a couple more years!

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Sister and Nieces in Town

Dec 3, 2016

My sister and 2 nieces from Toronto had been back for about a week, I had been spending more time with them and less time doing work (always thankful for a flexible work schedule).  But it’s December already, and I’m starting to procrastinate on the many things I wish to finish before the end of 2016!

They’re off to Japan for a one week trip today.  Finally getting my morning personal time back, I went out for a run.  Ran about 7K, broke some good sweat and cleared a bit of my troubling mind.

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Practice…

Nov 28, 2016

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Running

Nov 24, 2016

The weather finally getting a little chilly in the morning.  The sun was shining today after a couple of rainy and gloomy days, I couldn’t resist to go out for a run.  Ran about 6k, longest run since getting back to my regular running practice at the beginning of the month.

Took the day off to do some cleaning at home in preparation for my sister and 2 nieces visiting from Toronto this Sat.  Will need to continue the cleaning tomorrow!

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Practice…

Nov 21, 2016

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