I woke up one day and decided to start my day with thinking one nice thing ...: 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

why not start with a New York Breakfast

Energized after a full New York Breakfast!!
my friend called this "the oily cafe" around the corner
but it't nice

Saturday, October 29, 2011

200% job satisfaction

when one can see works like this created by young students

and they are smiling while they are presenting

this is what it means by

200% job satisfaction

[Wearable Construction, Performed at University Station Piazza, 27.10.2011]

Friday, October 28, 2011

through Wearable Design Exercise

52 young mind getting encourged and empowered

Saturday, October 1, 2011

gelan

葛兰

Oh Calypso, 电影: 空中小姐, [1959]

the world wouldn't be as much fun without the voice of Gelan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a502on4D_1k&feature=related

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Life Drawing

Introducing

the power of Life Drawing

to my 1st year students

almost all of them is new to such experience

such profound feeling

not just about drawing technique

but about celebrating the beauty of human body

where there should be no taboo

no criticism

the human body shall not be

what the HK gossip magazine has been protraying

maybe this is also

my way of contestation about

living in Hong Kong

at the end of the class

students view the body differently

from the usual "no see, no listen, no speech" approach

to a more mature, artistic, respectful adult

I am glad to take them through their first class

and hopefully this may not be their last

Friday, September 2, 2011

pop song

Lately falling for her songs

[Hebe田馥甄]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3r7a_7LqRA&feature=related

Monday, August 15, 2011

July Momento

July's learning
1st time organised
a proper architectural tour
for undergraduate students
it's a new experience
to both the students and me
& I treasure
such chance to learn and reflect

MIHO Museum by I.M Pei

Ryoanji (竜安寺) – Jap dried landscape

Honpukuji(本福寺) , Takamatsu – Tadao Ando

Saturday, August 13, 2011

woman

there is always a connection

among women

no matter

what cultural background we have

we all encounter our moon cycle

wer are all daughters

we may all bear our own children

or become grandmother

no matter what

such connection

lies beyond words

upon the moment

we see each other in our eyes

such moment

makes me

smile

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

beauty

Flowers which are naturally grown

in the small courtyard

of a very basic village house

which I have stayed

in Eastern Tibet

in the last

seven days

love every moment

Monday, August 1, 2011

cats as lion statue

two little cats
one male one female
sitting like two lion
marking the entrance of the bathroom

Friday, July 29, 2011

a nice song

Smiles everyone

ease all the pressure from work or life

And get referesh before August comes

with Zee Avi's

Bitter Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpDXra9Zbk4&feature=related

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

My Setochi dream

all I needed
was a mermaid coming out from the water
where the moonnight shines
to sing me lullaby

[Mid summer night overlooking Setochi 瀬戸内海, 14.07.2011]

[Toto Awaji Retreat Center, Tadao Ando]

Gattaca in Miho

在日本找到了属于电影 Gattaca 的隧道
[Miho Musuem Tunnel, Kansai, designed by I.M Pei]
[Gattaca, 1997]
Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law

Monday, July 18, 2011

日出安藤

难得和学生有机会住进

安藤在淡路岛设计的toto员工度假中心

早上四点多起来

就是为了感受

晨光打进建筑空间

清水混凝土墙

变成金色的光板

安静而漂亮

mid-summer day stroll

mid-summer day shadow on wooden panel

intense heat spatial experience

[village at Naoshima island, Setochi, Western Japan]

[July,2011]

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

mid summer

watering the flower for the first time
after days filled with stormy rain
all the little animals are now hiding away
while I am quietly enjoying
the beauty of water in such different form and shape

[sheung shui, morning, 3 July 2011]

Sunday, July 3, 2011

looking within

4:00 4:30 6:30 7:50 11:00

12:50 14:20 17:00 17:50 18:50 20:00

for the past 10 days.

one of my task was to ring this bell 11 times each day

at a meditation retreat course

I feel blessed to also be able to look within myself

[Hong Kong Vipassanna Center, Hang Tau, 22 June- 3 July]

Monday, June 20, 2011

softeness in a cold winter morning

Exactly ten years ago
in the southern hemisphere
this self momento lies in one's own memory
and the body momeory of such sensation
the softness of early morning sunlight casting on all the bodies
such beauty has never been experienced before
while walking along the bridge
it felt like a moving carpet
soft, tender with such peaceful feeling
at that moment
one wondered whether war and conflict only started
when we start wearing clothes

[Photoshoot by Spencer Tunick]
Flinder Street Station, Melbourne City center
a winter morning, 2001
http://www.spencertunick.com/

zee avi

Zee Avi

a malaysian gal, writes her own beautiful song and sings with her beautiful voice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdXDgaEgaJ8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOnoz-f43RI&feature=related

[song mixed with malay words, cute!]

where does strawberry come from

[Smile, sent from...]
Berlin to HK, HK 6am, June 2011

woke up in the morning and
saw this photo image
sent by a friend from Berlin to my phone
with a caption:
[this is where strawberry comes from]
I couldn't help but smile in my heart
eventhough I could feel I have just
woken up from
one of those
busy and slightly stressful dreams once again

Thursday, June 16, 2011

dak and me

Dak-dak is one of my flatmate
an app 1 year old male cat
adorable
he has a handsome face
resembling those warrior in Avatar
that's why we have been calling him
Ah Fan "Dak" (Avatar)
Dak-dak
however
as you can see
apart from being a handsome hunter
he loves getting very close to people like a child
holding him always melt my heart
eventhough he is getting
a little bit heavy lately
[domestic lives, a summer rainny late night, New Territory, 2011]