Thanksgiving 2026
Decided to take a little break from the studio this Thanksgiving long weekend after an unusually social and thankful Friday. Me and a couple of old colleagues met up for an early lunch on Friday near the studio, the last time the three of us met up was years ago. After lunch, one of the […]
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Day By Day
I have the habit of reading my previous post before composing a new weekly one. Last week’s post about Mid-Autumn felt like it had happened months ago already, and when I realized we’re entering the last quarter of 2026, I started questioning where all that time had slipped away so easily. Didn’t accomplish much at […]
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, events, exhibitions, friends, life, life-drawing, paper, patience, quote, social, sports, time
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A Week of Mourning
The weather was mostly cloudy and gloomy during weekdays this past week. After a tiring week at the studio and after knowing about the devastating news of a friend’s brother (also my friend) sudden passing away, I decided to take some time off work. The gloomy weather was good for me to watch World Cup […]
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Tiring Week
After a long tiring week of preparation for an event on Saturday, and a day of long hour driving chauffeuring a good friend’s relatives visiting from HK to see the Niagara Falls on Sunday, I was exhausted and slept relatively early (around midnight) on Sunday. Had a refreshing sleep and woke up naturally at around […]
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Fresh Start
LNY had quickly come and gone. Temperature returned to double digits last week and the clocks had just sprung forward for an hour overnight. It felt like Spring has returned. Last Monday I started the first class of a workshop focusing on linoleum relieve prints using a Vandercook press. I enrolled in the course to […]
tagged: art, creative-mondays, creativity, joy, life, life-drawing, prayers, sketching, studio, time, weather
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A Time to Mourn
Arrived in Hong Kong for a month-long visit on Thursday night. I only started hearing about the tragic fire in Tai Po hours before my flight while I was packing my luggage in the middle of the night. Discussed about it with the friend who kindly drove me to the airport in the very early […]
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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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A Little Pause
Not long after I messaged my mom that I have been staying healthy and never got sick in the past two or so months since returning to Canada, I started feeling unwell on Monday. Couldn’t remember the last time I got sick, but living alone and still hadn’t had my health card renewed with the […]
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2 Months
Passed the 2 months mark of my return to Canada. Having a little time to spare before the closing day of my permanent residence, I finally picked up my calligraphy hobby again. Rushed to write about 20 fai-chuns and had them sent off to my family in HK immediately. Hopefully they’ll receive them before LNY. […]
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Holiday Meetups
Had a few more meetups with friends in the first week of 2025. Happy to see everyone staying healthy and well. I’m now more or less settled in TO – got an old car from a childhood friend, made deposits to a condo unit that should be ready for me to move in in a […]
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