A Packed Week
Joined my fellowship b/s for lunch on Tue. after my calligraphy class. Went to see a movie on Wed. with some fellowship brothers. It’s good that they still didn’t seem to see me as an outsider even though I stopped joining my Friday night fellowship since the pandemic started more than a year ago. The […]
tagged: art, artist, bread, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, christian, faithfulness, fellowship, friends, hk, kindness, kingofkowloon, patience, running, self-control, social, sports, tiredness, volunteering
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Canada Day
There are a few commonalities between my 2 homes – Hong Kong and Canada. Their flags are colored in red and white and include a symbolic flora, and they both share a public holiday on July 1st. In HK, the handover of a colonial democratic government to a brutal dictator regime on July 1st 1997 […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, canada, DIY, faithfulness, furniture, hk, holiday, hope, light, marathon, patience, politics, running, self-control, sports, tiredness
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A Death Blow To Appledaily
The sad week noted on my earlier post turned sadder still. The only pro-democracy newspaper media company, Appledaily, folded and printed their last newspaper on Thursday after being raided by police and had their financial accounts frozen the week before. They printed a record 1 million copies and it was already sold out when I […]
tagged: appledaily, canada, entrepreneurship, faithfulness, family, freedom, friends, hk, hope, justice, marathon, news-media, patience, politics, practice-makes-perfect, running, self-control, sports
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A Sad Week
Following a memorable bday long weekend, the past week was by contrast rather sad… Went to the airport to farewell an old family friend whom I know for over 30 years on Tuesday. Saw his parents and sister for the first time in many years, they obviously were sad to see their son (and 2y/o […]
tagged: canada, china, faithfulness, farewell, freedom, friends, hk, news-media, patience, politics, prayers, sadness, self-control
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Memorable BDay Long Weekend
Didn’t realize today (Monday) was a public holiday until last Friday. It just so happened that many of my friends meetups and farewell gatherings were scheduled perfectly within the few days with no overlapping. Met up with 5 different group of friends on 5 separate meals and 3 of which served with alcohol! This certainly […]
tagged: canada, covid19, faithfulness, friends, hk, joy, milestone, pandemic, patience, politics, self-control, social, social-distancing, thankful
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Commemorative Week
Didn’t pick up my social activities as planned this past week. Was also hoping to pick up my regular jogging habit again, but the week had been mostly gloomy with scattered showers, will try again his week. The past week had been filled with news regarding the 32nd candlelight vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre. […]
tagged: christian, events, faithfulness, hk, patience, persecution, prayers, RIP, self-control
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Home Studio
Finally finished setting up my home studio, one of the biggest projects I included on my Q2 to-do list. The most time-consuming part was the piece of custom shelving I designed and made using paper tubes and 3D-printed joints. This Shigeru-Ban-inspired system of furnitures and accessories is probably my most satisfying work during this self-conducted […]
tagged: architect, canada, covid19, faithfulness, friends, furniture, hk, milestone, pandemic, papertube, patience, self-control, shigeruban, social, thankful
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Second Jab
Took my second COVID-19 vaccine shot yesterday evening, despite forewarned side effects I slept surprisingly well last night, but the body is still suffering from minor headaches and muscle fatigue as I’m typing up this blog post. The pandemic numbers continued to ease locally, so I continued to meet and catch up with friends to […]
tagged: canada, covid19, faithfulness, friends, hk, milestone, pandemic, patience, politics, self-control, social, social-distancing, thankful, uk, vaccine
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First Jab
Took my first of two COVID19 vaccination needles on Friday. The past week seemed to be centred around that single event. Dined out with my parents and sister on Tuesday, they talked me out of submitting a proposal for a small commercial unit at an artsy establishment that previously turned me down. They think I […]
tagged: 3D, canada, career, covid19, faithfulness, family, friends, girl-I-like, hk, patience, politics, self-control, social, thankful, work
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Transitioning…
Dined out with family and friends 3 times this week, a record high in recent months amidst the pandemic. The number of confirmed cases saw a small rise to low double digits this weekend, hope those were only isolated cases and that we can continue to transition back to a more healthy social state. Finally […]
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