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The Marathon
The long anticipated marathon finally came on Sunday. I thought I was more prepared than 2 years ago when I ran the same race, but ended up taking about 30 minutes longer to finish this time around. The time limit was 6 hours and I finished the marathon in 5 hours and 58 minutes! š […]
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Thanksgiving Weekend
It was the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend the last few days. On Saturday evening, the meetup with a couple of my high school friendsā family was finally successfully organized since my return to the country in November last year. It had been nearly a year in the making, a couple or more attempts for us […]
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A New Rhythm
Started getting more and more anxious as the marathon race day approaches. In response, I got more serious with my training this past week. One big change I made was forcing myself to wake up early to do the running practices in the morning instead of at night. Set my alarm to 5am yesterday and […]
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End of Summer
I started playing basketball again after moving back to Canada. Itās all thanks to a friend (ex-coworker) who introduced me to his special group of basketball friends who have met each other from playing in the same court for over 10 or even 20 years. Yesterday was the last time a few of us will […]
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Horticulture
My friend leaving me many plants to take care of while heās on vacation had triggered my passion for indoor gardening once again. In addition to my friendās many plants, I bought many more of my own. My northeast facing window sill was perfect in recreating the Garden of Eden planting system I designed (and […]
tagged: cafe-dream, design, friends, joy, plants, projects, social, sustainability
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Mr. Procrastination
After my childhood friend gave me his old (2007 model) car back in January, I was given the full responsibility of maintaining a second hand car for the first time. Though I have been worrying and praying for safety every time before I drive the car, my friend Mr. Procrastination had been dragging me from […]
tagged: economics, environment, friends, patience, plants, procrastination, social, thankful, time
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Summer Vacation
Finished reading the last of the investment books I had borrowed from the library. Met up with my childhood friendās dad for the third and final time before he returned to HK. And on Sunday after returning from church and lunch, I decided to open the expensive LEGO set I bought myself for birthday last […]
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Summer Meetups
This past week had been considerably productive. I kept myself busy reading and learning about investing, itās a topic Iāve been reluctant to touch until I realized itās something unavoidable. Will give myself one more week to learn before getting my hands wet on making my first self-conducted investment. Besides reading, I managed to discipline […]
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June
Have been continuously working on renovating the small den at home. The DIY ābunk bedā I imagined had a little stability issue and I had to design some new custom 3D-printed components to strengthen a small cantilevered cavity. The issue had now been successfully overcome and I should be able to put in the finishing […]
tagged: 3D-printing, bball, books, continuous-learning, design, friends, patience, peace, self-control, social, sports, studio, thankful
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Home Studio
It has been about a month since the site visit, but I still havenāt heard back from the owner of the studio space I hoped to rent. I started designing and renovating the small den in my condo. It will eventually be transformed into a space for work, storage, and a second bedroom for myself […]
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