North York Civic Centre
Bought an Italian sausage from a roadside hotdog stand and spent a solitary lunch hour outside the North York Civic Centre. Noticed the Canadian Flag and made a quick sketch. I really didn’t notice their ubiquitous presence until I became somewhat of a tourist to the country now. Took a stroll around the neighborhood of […]
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Richmond Green
The weather was too nice in the afternoon to stay home, so I took a stroll at the nearby Richmond Green. Saw countless Canada geese by the pond, almost forgot to include them in my list of Canadian things to sketch! Parks here seem to be lacking sufficient shading even though solar radiation seems to […]
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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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Driver’s License Renewal
Met up with a couple of friends for lunch yesterday, one of them is here for family matters and will be returning to HK, and the other will be relocating to Beijing soon. It’s interesting how all of us are or will be Asia-based but ended up meeting here in North America. Renewed my driver’s […]
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Meeting Ex-colleagues
Had lunch with my ex-colleagues from GS1 Canada yesterday. It was nice seeing everyone good and well. I was told that some of the systems I implemented 3-4 years ago as prototypes were still being used, glad to know that I left behind some good quality and useful work. Thankful that I crossed path with […]
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Sketch-a-thon
Realized that I missed my chance of getting a laptop for my trip to Toronto, I figured I might as well try to free myself from staring at a computer screen for a few weeks. Bought myself a new sketchbook and pens, thinking about indulging myself in a sketching feast in the coming weeks…
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Pixar: 25 Years of Animation
Took my 6 y/o nephew to see the Pixar exhibition, it’s been months since I last took him out. Other than the occasional nagging to do this/that like all children, it’s always delightful to hear him openly talk and reason. I probably enjoyed seeing the sketches and drafts in the exhibition more than my nephew, […]
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Dissertation – Completed!
Finally completed and submitted my dissertation! It’s a month after my personal target, but 2 months before the actual deadline. Goodbye school…. HELLO WORLD!!
tagged: dissertation, project, school, sketches, thankful
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Easter Sunday
Arrived church really early this morning as my brother-in-law needed to help with some preparation work. Interestingly, I actually felt more awake today than other Sundays, perhaps due to the nice sunny weather. The afternoon was quiet and quite relaxed, I actually wanted to do more work on my dissertation, but deliberately restrained myself. I […]
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