Transitioning…
Made considerable progress in shifting my focus away from my financial investments this past week. The trick I used to ease my addiction of constantly checking my investments during market hours was simply to leave the laptop at the studio. I can still check my investments and trade stocks via the tablet at home, but […]
tagged: canada, design, faithfulness, finance, friends, hk, joy, love, patience, projects, romance, self-control, studio, sustainability
........................................................
Shifting Focus
Last weekend marks the first anniversary of my investment journey. With my parents’ many years of constant nagging, I finally took the time to learn some of the basics of economics and stocks investment and bought my very first stocks on August 8th of last year. In the course of the year, I had invested […]
........................................................
Back To Regularity
With the World Cup event finally over, life this past week had resumed to a more regular fashion. I went back to the studio every single day, usually starting from late afternoons till evenings (7-ish). There were one or two nights I stayed past midnight waiting for 3D print jobs to finish. One of the […]
........................................................
Hong Kong Visitors
Toronto seems to be a hotspot for HK visitors this summer. A good friend’s dad, another good friend’s in-laws, and a high school friend who just arrived last week with his wife and daughter. I was delighted to be spending time with them, catching up and introducing them to the country where I now call […]
........................................................
Some Milestones
Turned 47 on Friday, how did I get so old all of a sudden?! Life moves on… A few UW friends came out for a little celebration while watching the first Canada team game on home turf for World Cup. The Canada team scored its first ever World Cup point and tied the match. Apparently […]
........................................................
One Month
It has already been a month since I returned from my HK trip, time really flies. I had kept myself busy this past week with a mix of events, friends meetups, and studio work. On Thursday May 35th, besides meeting up a couple of good old UW classmates for lunch, I kept myself informed with […]
........................................................
Hongkong-ness
Picked up the slack this past week and had spent more time setting up the studio space and less time staring meaninglessly at my investment portfolio value going up and down. Bought a couple of used furniture for the studio, felt good to be giving some useful objects a second chance before they end up […]
tagged: bball, canada, design, events, faithfulness, fellowship, freedom, friends, furniture, hk, hope, justice, Kindnesses, patience, politics, prayers, social, sports, studio, sustainability
........................................................
Sluggishness
After the church’s 3-day retreat, I anticipated pulling myself together and get busy with work in the studio. But things turned out rather sluggish this past week. I still spent most of my time during the day at home trading stocks even though there weren’t many daily transactions. It’s an addiction that’s unnecessarily using up […]
........................................................
Studio Setup and Church Retreat
Returned from HK for about 10 days already. My immediate task after returning to TO was to set up the studio I started leasing in May. After buying insurance, getting the key to the studio, a quick “orientation”, and many rounds of moving stuff back and forth from home to the studio, I had managed […]
tagged: animals, church, environment, events, faithfulness, gentleness, goodness, grace, kindness, patience, peace, plants, rest, self-control, studio, thankful, time
........................................................
Blessed HK Trip
Managed to pull off a month-long trip to HK to see my parents before getting busy with setting up a studio in TO starting May. I was worried at first about needing to stay with my parents and causing all kinds of unnecessary conflicts during the short stay. To my surprise, my parents didn’t nag […]
........................................................
