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Big Meals
Had a big all-day-breakfast for lunch at around 2pm, I was still not too hungry when I met my ex-colleagues for dinner at 7pm. The portion for the dinner was even bigger than lunch, I managed to finish it, but my stomach was feeling unhealthily full throughout the night. The conversations with the couple of […]
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M & J’s Wedding
Attended my good friend’s wedding, that signals the completion of the last mission for this trip. It was great catching up with my EE2003 friends, especially now that we’re spread all over the places. With my mission accomplished, my remaining trip can be quite spontaneous. Will spend more time catching up with friends and maybe […]
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Shopping
Went shopping for appropriate shoes to attend my friend’s upcoming wedding. There were 2 things that I noticed – the malls in Canada are empty of people (compared to HK) and everything is made in China! Why can’t they just let me buy the stuff in HK, then it won’t need to travel so long […]
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Tax
Had lunch at the only Chinese restaurant that’s at a walkable distance from my place yesterday. Amazed that the owners still remembered me after my ~2 years absence! Family restaurants with a sense of warmth and locality like this is hard to go by in HK where franchises and big corporations dominate the business. Finally […]
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Driver’s License Renewal
Met up with a couple of friends for lunch yesterday, one of them is here for family matters and will be returning to HK, and the other will be relocating to Beijing soon. It’s interesting how all of us are or will be Asia-based but ended up meeting here in North America. Renewed my driver’s […]
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Meeting Ex-colleagues
Had lunch with my ex-colleagues from GS1 Canada yesterday. It was nice seeing everyone good and well. I was told that some of the systems I implemented 3-4 years ago as prototypes were still being used, glad to know that I left behind some good quality and useful work. Thankful that I crossed path with […]
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Dissertation
Finally started the actual writing of my dissertation, 286 words completed and 9714 more to go! Will continue the work tomorrow… This whole dissertation had dragged on far longer than I anticipated. I thought that by locking myself up for a few weeks would heighten my focus and productivity, but the effect seems negligible. I’m […]
tagged: dissertation, friends, project, sports
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Dissertation
Continuing the work on my dissertation day and night, and on a Saturday too! Took almost a week to hunt and synthesize all the data to plot the graphs. Seems like I’ll have an interesting story to tell, will start the actual writing next week. I still remember the time my good friend reminded me […]
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Nature is a limitless source of design inspirations. Can cities be designed to be sustainable by mimicking natural ecosystems that is inherently healthy, zero waste, self-regulating, resilient and self-renewing, and adaptable? A very appealing concept, but seems to be lacking concrete measurable progress indicators. Played soccer with my highschool friends tonight, perhaps my last social […]
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Japan’s Earthquake
The air seems particularly hot and stuffy today. Went to church, dim sum with family, watered my plants, tended my aquarium, and killed hours at night sitting in front of the TV – a typical Sunday routine. It must have been years that I have the habit not to do any “work” on Sundays (had […]
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