Home Sweet Home
Arrived HK yesterday when most people were still asleep. Immediately noticed the hot and humid air when exiting the airport, but thankful that it wasn’t raining. The long haul flight was exhausting. I managed to reach home by myself on bus. Arrived home without my parents noticing. I took a shower, relief was immediately sensed. […]
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CN Tower
Did what most tourists would do and gone up CN Tower this afternoon, I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of seeing the city from high above. Stopped by St. George on my way back home to make a quick visit to the building where I used to work for my last co-op term, it […]
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Past Family House
Took a stroll around the neighborhood where I lived for 4 of my primary school years. Walked around my primary school and the adjacent park. Then I took a seat under a tree shade and sketched my past family house just across the road. There is a funny feeling visiting long forgotten places and seeing […]
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Dinner with Friends
Had been going out for dinner with friends almost every single night this week. Met up with a couple of primary school classmates tonight. I know it’s very rare that we still keep in touch after so many years, so I cherish every moment that we had a chance to meet up. Casual and happy […]
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Crazy Weather
The temperature was close to 40 degrees (with humidity accounted) in the afternoon. Had to stay indoor where air-conditioning is provided, so I went to the mall to shop for a wedding gift for my friend in HK. Luckily, I found something that’s not “Made in China”! The Ice Cap tasted particularly good in the […]
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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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Living Things @Home
Took an inventory of the flora and fauna I have acquired since returning to HK. There are 30+ pots of plants (mainly succulents and cacti) and an aquarium with 6 corydoras, 7 neon tetras, 10+ cherry shrimps, 6+ assassin snails, and lots of aquatic vegetation. I can honestly claim that I’m making good use of […]
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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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