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Cleaning Up
Busy cleaning up my place recently. About 75% done for my studio, and there’s also the bedroom and bathroom that I’ve yet to start. Got to get everything done before leaving for Toronto on the 29th. The way I’m rushing through everything and trying to properly leave behind the things for my family to take […]
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Ecological Footprint of Cities
Finally gathered enough data to plot the ecological footprint (EF) of 30 cities against their population density. It’s reassuring to see the trend of decreasing EF as population density increases. It also shows that I’ve lowered my EF from 7.36 to 4.4 gha (avg.) by moving from Toronto to HK!
tagged: canada, dissertation, hk, project, school
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The Borrower Arrietty
Saw the movie <<The Borrower Arrietty>> with my sister, brother-in-law, niece, nephew and his friend today. It’s been ages since I saw a movie by Hayao Miyazaki in the theatre, it was one of the most awesome movies I’ve seen in the last few years! Love the way the environmental message was subtlly delivered from […]
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Experienced the drastic switch in density when I moved back from Canada more than a year ago. 40-stories seemed to be the minimum height of residential/commercial towers being erected here in the last decade or so. Living in high-density cities like HK is good in a lot of ways and will inevitably become the norm […]
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Urban Design
Sat-in a public lecture titled ‘Urban Placemaking and the Role of Design Review’ today. The Canadian speaker presented many pictures of the beautiful Vancouver waterfront developments, proudly stating the city’s ranking as one of the most livable cities in the world. The truth is, as the speaker also acknowledged, a city like Vancouver needs at […]
tagged: architecture, canada, hk, school
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Catholic Wedding
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…
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Anniversary
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 […]
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World Cup 2010
The World Cup 2010 in South Africa has finally ended with Spain winning this most prestigious soccer award. I’m not really much of a soccer fan, but the atmosphere in HK is definitively much more vibrant and infectious compared to Toronto. Although I don’t play much anymore, soccer is still my favorite sport. Started playing […]
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Holiday
Today is a holiday for both of the countries that had my residence time split almost equally. It was particularly hot today with extreme UV alert, so I didn’t dare to go outdoors but rather spent much of my time at home reading “The Message”. I’ve also spent some time creating my first colored artwork […]
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Let’s Move On
There is this MINI showcase in the mall close by, I couldn’t resist to close in and take a peek at it (this is out of my character as I have a tendency to avoid crowds). After returning my leased car about a year ago, the vivid image of my hand gently holding the round-topped […]
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