JUN 2023 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -
-
Church/JF Reunion
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 […]
........................................................
Social Isolation
The government announced that it will extend its current unreasonably strict pandemic measures for 2 more weeks into the CNY holidays. Besides my weekly calligraphy class meetup and a consultation session at a paper artisan workshop, my time this week was mostly spent at the studio and at home. Had a funny thought this morning […]
........................................................
5th Pandemic Wave
The 5th pandemic wave had officially arrived in HK according to the government officials and their consulting experts. Around 30 or so COVID cases were reported daily in the past few days. The government rolled out one of the strictest pandemic measures on Friday and banned all eateries dine-in after 6pm. The latest pandemic measure […]
tagged: calligraphy, covid19, design, faithfulness, friends, hk, holidays, pandemic, paper, patience, politics, self-control, social, social-distancing, studio, thankful, website
........................................................
A Productive Week
Without much social activities this past week, my studio work became a lot more productive. Decided to bring back the studio’s annual tradition of crafting Christmas trees this year. It took a mere 2 days to design and prototype the Christmas tree phone stand, the high efficiency in bringing imagination to life kinda surprised myself! […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, cartooning, christmas, design, digital-fabrication, holidays, joy, kindness, laser, peace, projects, studio
........................................................
Sabbatical Ended
The opening of the embattled and postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics also marked the end of my self-conducted (half) Sabbatical. Thought about continuing the rather fruitful Sabbatical till the end of year, but it felt like the right time now to finally get myself out of this marathon pandemic rut and get serious with my life. […]
tagged: canada, career, covid19, design, entrepreneurship, event, furniture, life, pandemic, papertube, sabbatical, sports, studio, sustainability, work
........................................................
A Packed Week
The past week was unusually packed with social activities. It started with Monday evening when a friend who emigrated to Taiwan came back and wanna meetup before she goes back in a week. Tuesday was packed the most. After my weekly calligraphy class in the morning, I joined my calligraphy classmate and her daughter for […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, cafe-dream, canada, church, covid19, design, family, friends, furniture, illustrations, nostalgia, pandemic, portraiture, social, thankful
........................................................
Steady Progress
While having my breakfast and catching up on my daily news on Tuesday morning, a loud explosion was heard in the kitchen. Checked and found the glass lid of my months-old multifunctional electric pot completely shattered. The shocking part was that the appliance had been unplugged and left idling on top of the fridge for […]
tagged: 3D-printing, architect, architecture, bible, covid19, culinary-art, design, faithfulness, family, friends, furniture, hk, injustice, mystery, paper, patience, running, sabbatical, self-control, sports, thankful
........................................................
Glimpse of Light
After a full week of gloomy weather, the sun started sneaking out again this week. The hardy white orchid I bought from a CNY market many years back seemed to notice the sun and bloomed beautifully in the light. Received a gift for helping a good family friend’s wedding back in Nov/Dec. Was hoping to […]
tagged: 3D, 3D-printing, covid19, design, digital-fabrication, faithfulness, friends, patience, plants, politics, prayers, self-control, studio, work
........................................................
Back to (Passive) Social…
The past week had been an unusually social one since the third wave of the pandemic hit us in early July – had dinner with a few fellowship brothers on Tue, a friend’s brief studio visit and mom’s and sister’s bday dinner on Thu, and met a friend’s friend on Sat to introduce her to […]
tagged: competition, design, environment, faithfulness, family, friends, patience, plants, politics, prayers, self-control, social, thankful
........................................................
(Starving) Artist, seriously?
It was back in April when I attended my first ever Maker Faire in HK. I took the opportunity to explore the late Zaha Hadid designed building, slowly strolling and ascending the floors before stumbling upon a workshop for DIY bookbinding. One of the instructors gave out postcards she designed, and it just so happened […]
tagged: artist, career, design, event, faithfulness, patience, prayer, self-control, sustainability, thankful
........................................................
