Slow Living
Slowly weaning off my compulsive habit of constantly checking my investment portfolio throughout the day. After about 1.5 months of playing in the stock market sandbox, I think I have more or less seeded all the investment fund into about 10 dividend-paying stocks (mostly ETFs). Ongoing work should just be leaving the stocks to grow […]
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Horticulture
My friend leaving me many plants to take care of while he’s on vacation had triggered my passion for indoor gardening once again. In addition to my friend’s 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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May in TO
It’s the flowering season, cherry blossoms, lilacs, tulips… I don’t remember Toronto being so beautiful before! Temperature is slightly on the cool side, but still much more comfortable than the hot and humid weather in HK. Been back to this free and beautiful city for nearly a month already. Life is lived in a relatively […]
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PP Recycling
Took a day off on Monday. Took a trip to TST to get some art inspirations from HKMOA. The last time I was in the area was probably about half a year ago already. Spent the whole day there to see all the art and design stuff I wanted to see. Took my time to […]
tagged: 3D-printing, art, entrepentrepreneurship, faithfulness, milestone, patience, plants, projects, recycle, self-control, sustainability, thankful
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Picking Up Pace
Picked up my pace in clearing out my apt. Finally moved all the acrylic paintings I’ve done at home to the studio. My colleague and studio visitors seemed to love the cute colorful series that is quite different than my usual brush-and-ink style. Besides paintings, I also organized my clothings and had 3 bags of […]
tagged: acrylic-painting, art, brush-and-ink, cartooning, friends, joy, movies, patience, plants, plastic, recycle, self-control, social, studio, thankful
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Clearing Up Projects…
Had been busy clearing up some projects at the studio this past week. Completed a small IKEA hack, updated the display of my studio’s mascot, and finally shredded some old plant pots for a recycling project I had been hoping to do many years ago! Haven’t done too much in clearing out my apartment this […]
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Shifting Gear…
Finally finished with the redesign of a temporary clothing rack at home to replace the old collapsing one. This new design actually collapsed a few times during assembling, hopefully it will stand for at least a month or so until I move out of the apt and out of the city. Also made considerable progress […]
tagged: 3D-printing, canada, faithfulness, furniture, hk, patience, plants, projects, self-control, studio, thankful
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Studio Visits
Finished the studio cleanup just in time for some studio visits this past week. A brother from church whom I met recently visited on Monday afternoon. After the visit, I treated him afternoon tea and visited his office since it’s only 10 min walk from mine! An old CUHK classmate, who’s now an associate professor […]
tagged: 3D-printing, badminton, cuhk, fellowship, friends, plants, social, sports, studio, tiredness, university
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End of Q2
Finished the 4th and last class of the paper-making course on Monday. I can now resume my regular routines on Mondays. I started going to work at the studio early in the morning because I desperately needed AC during the day in this extremely hot weather. Started the long process of cleaning up the messy […]
tagged: continuous-learning, paper, patience, peace, plants, projects, studio, succulents, weather
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