CNY 2021
Was busy with some last minute fai chun writing for my family last week running up to CNY. Had dinner with my parents, sister, and brother-in-law on CNY’s eve. Went into hiding and never left my apartment for the first 4 days of CNY. This is the first time I didn’t see my parents on […]
tagged: CNY, disaster, faithfulness, family, holidays, japan, Myanmar, patience, politics, self-control
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Fatigue
Being somewhat of an introvert, I sometimes feel exhausted after social events. I’m more at ease doing things solo. But after months of adhering to social distancing rules, I’m starting to feel exhausted, lacking motivation and patience, and easily irritated. Perhaps I’m finally feeling what many experts are calling pandemic-fighting fatigue (抗疫疲勞). February also heightened […]
tagged: covid19, culinary-art, depressed, faithfulness, hk, holidays, patience, politics, self-control, sin, social, social-distancing, tiredness
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Sketch… Sunday Service
tagged: art, brush-and-ink, calligraphy, faithfulness, patience, peace, self-control, sketches, sunday-service, thankful
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Future?
CNY is a couple of weeks away, I started designing some ink greetings early in order to make it in time to be mailed to a couple of friends in North America. Apparently, air mail was no longer available in Canada due to the pandemic, so only my US friend could receive it in time […]
tagged: anger, brush-and-ink, canada, CNY, covid19, faithfulness, family, friends, hk, patience, sabbatical, self-control, usa
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Isolation
Our insane government issued the first ever surprise weekend lockdown in one of the more covid19-affected areas, I was angry even though it didn’t affect me. The problem is not the lockdown itself, it’s the way it was suddenly executed without people’s consent. One of the government advisers said openly the operation wasn’t secret enough […]
tagged: anger, devotions, faithfulness, family, hk, hope, injustice, isolation, pandemic, patience, politics, prayers, sabbatical, self-control
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Sabbatical Begins
When planning work for the new year, I realized once again that my studio was into its 7th year since officially opening on July 23rd, 2014. I actually thought about taking a Sabbatical leave back in July, but a couple of interesting opportunities kept me dreaming up proposals. Unfortunately, both proposals were turned down and […]
tagged: 3D-printing, art, career, cartooning, chinese-painting, church, covid19, digital-fabrication, faithfulness, friends, patience, sabbatical, self-control, studio, thankful, vacation, website
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