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  • Understanding ComicsJanuary 31, 2021
    I finished the book “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud. It was written in the mid 90s. I already miss the…
  • FOBL circa Jan 2021January 26, 2021
    Fear of Being Late. There are three things that would make me anxious. Crypto, specifically being late in social coins…
  • “The Hill We Climb” by Amanda GormanJanuary 21, 2021
    First, guilt and shame. I kept thinking, what the fuck am I doing in this world? Look at her! Second,…
  • 「豐子愷漫畫書選繹」讀後感January 17, 2021
    過往九個多月,每朝晨光乍現前,都會利用泡咖啡的數分鐘,細讀明川先生著作的「豐子愷漫畫書選繹」。 這本書是明川先生在七十年代中編寫的。而我讀的這個版本,是從二手書店裏撿回來的九十年代的修訂本。雖然在肺炎疫情期間無法外遊,但我透過此書,在過去九個多月,完成了一個八十多年的時光旅行: 三十年代老人對童真的愛慕。二戰時代兒童騎天馬與轟炸機共舞。七十年代文人對中華一瀉千里的眷戀。九十年代港人,在金碧輝煌的盛世的片刻,驀然回首,撈摸成長的傷麟。 「會不會?有人在公務之餘,春秋歲月裏,偶爾在風中月下踱一回方步?」 會不會?
  • Look CloselyJanuary 16, 2021
    Air pauses and light stallsSoftest and quietest partsecho through my soul
  • Honestly (The 2021 WhatsApp Exodus)January 15, 2021
    The day I saw the pop-up on WhatsApp, I decided to try and ditch WhatsApp (again). What was I thinking…
  • How to Be Responsible – Ray Dalio’s New BookJanuary 11, 2021
    Ray Dalio’s new book, “The Changing World Order,” is coming out soon. He made a few chapters available for public…
  • Fundamentally SafeJanuary 10, 2021
    I listen to Jeff Warren’s guided meditation. The way he takes me onto meditation trips is mischievous and accurate. At…
  • Newsletter? Video? Podcasts?January 9, 2021
    I am building in public. In 2019, I left my comfy corporate life and began my career as a solopreneur….
  • Realization from Scaling Up, the 📚January 9, 2021
    I finished the Scaling Up book. It was very underwhelming. I figured out why. I was lucky I experienced most…
  • Plugging Back Into The MatrixJanuary 8, 2021
    I whined about why I stopped using Blinkist. I am about to use it again. The main reason why I…
  • Blog as of Jan, 2021January 7, 2021
    This is the current layout. I like it a lot. It’s useful because it visually represents my thoughts and emotions….
  • A Writing App Idea 📝January 7, 2021
    I am trying to find my perfect writing tool. I need it to be in block format, similar to the…
  • “Grandma is gone.”January 6, 2021
    It was late summer, a few weeks before school resumed. I was going into my senior year in college. I…
  • Super Heroes 🦹🏻January 3, 2021
    “Who is your super hero?” I used to ask this as an interview question. I liked it because it was…
  • A Pretty Good DealJanuary 3, 2021
    Not everything will be okay.  While you are downing your almond milk CBD latte, 5 toddlers starve to death. A…
  • Starting 2021January 1, 2021
    2021 are just 4 integers, but 4 powerful ones, especially at this moment in time. So let them be powerful. …
  • How Do I Want to Feel in 2021?December 31, 2020
    In 2020, I wanted to be in the moment more. Turns out that was the appropriate goal. There were many…
  • Year 2020, in #FailDecember 29, 2020
    I attempted many things, and most of them ended in … failures. Yea I can say I learned from them,…
  • Year 2020, in Cool FindsDecember 29, 2020
    I have been trying to ween off of social media in the last few years. I deleted my Facebook account….
  • Year 2020, in WordsDecember 28, 2020
    I am not going to participate in the books-I-read race, because I didn’t read that many books and I don’t…
  • I Tried To Fix My Sink and FailedDecember 27, 2020
    Sharon took the kids to the in-laws and I had the morning to myself. I had plans- clean up the…
  • Christmas 2020December 25, 2020
    I listened to Michael J. Fox’s interview with Terri Gross. He talked about gratitude. He has been battling Parkinson’s for…
  • Year 2020, in PodcastsDecember 21, 2020
    Summary: Last year podcasts opened doors to me. I got deeper into meditation, spirituality, and language. They gave me new…
  • Struggle EverydayDecember 19, 2020
    I silence my mindget through the morning workoutdamn mind comes right back
  • Year 2020, Happy ListDecember 17, 2020
    I like to look back. There is no LinkedIn-proper reason, just nostalgia. This year, I added a “Happy List.” I…
  • I love WAVE 4December 11, 2020
    Hong Kong is officially in Wave 4 of COVID-19. Schools and gyms are closed. There has been a lot more…
  • Backpack Buying 🎒December 8, 2020
    I spent months trying to look for a new backpack. My old Fjallraven was destroyed. There were two big holes…
  • 做就,斡旋。December 3, 2020
    在回顧2020年的過程中,我與忽略了很久的詞語,「斡旋」,乍然重逢。 從2000年開始,世事感覺越來越混亂。我知道,理智和歷史提醒我們,現在的情況肯定不是最壞的。但當我們每刻每秒都被爭論、慌亂、矛盾、和荒誕支配時,實在很難不感到絕望。 然後,我開始想起兩個英文動詞:facilitate, mediate.。我在尋找方法,活用自己的能力,為改變現狀而出一分力。而我的強項,就是facilitate和mediate。而當我在幻想如何向香港的朋友解釋我的意願時,想到了「做就」和「斡旋」兩詞。 究竟我們還有機會回到較理智、更包容的社會環境嗎?事實很可悲,因為今天的動盪,並不是因為一小撮無知、心術不正、或心懷不軌的人所造成的。這是發生在歷史上最多人得到文明、財富、教育的時代。換言之,現在的狀況,是最理智、理論上最包容的時代的產物。那試問,我這個平凡無奇的人,憑什麼可能改變這條大洋船的航道呢?不被她的漣漪淹死就該還神了。 唉,所以啊,能對得住自己,能向我的兒女交代的唯一做法,就是盡力而為。而我這刻覺得需要嘗試的地方,就是育成一個能做就大家互相斡旋的社會。 如何去做呢?
  • Last Month of the 💩2020 – A Pledge to Do GoodDecember 1, 2020
    This is it. The final month of 2020. I won’t waste time bitching about it. We have been bitching about…
  • A Week To Remember.November 28, 2020
    Nov 21st to 27th, 2020. Winter Fair, where 400+ people showed up. I was in charge of pasta. Made two…
  • How did I do? What did I learn?November 26, 2020
    It has been a while since I did a presentation. I was rusty. A few things I observed: I did…
  • Presenting @ HKUNovember 25, 2020
    This is the second presentation I will have since I left Apple. The first one was with WEAVE, which really…
  • 🏙November 18, 2020
    The blue broad and wiltedThrough windows that chill the palmsBirds hutch over ledges
  • What’s Keeping Me Up At Night 😨November 15, 2020
    The 2020 election did not resolve this crisis of legitimacy. It found two Americas, very evenly divided, and at war…
  • Why These Cliches Make Life Worse And Then GreatNovember 14, 2020
    The purpose of life is finally obvious. It is not fun. It’s dull. It’s not romantic at all. Not something…
  • America之道November 8, 2020
    Boring is the new thrilling. Predictable is the new exciting. Normal is the new extraordinary.
  • Election 2020November 8, 2020
    There is one thing that is very clear: I cannot assume all those who voted the other side are idiots,…
  • What Am I?November 7, 2020
    “No one is stronger than the person who knows who and what he is.” Rabbi Sacks There are two indicators…
  • Every MorningNovember 5, 2020
    He frantically searchesFor an empty toilet stallI am glad I pooped
  • ConfidenceNovember 5, 2020
    “When I realized that I was smarter than my parents, I felt tremendous shame for having thought that.” Steve Jobs…
  • 特朗普的實力November 4, 2020
    是日美國總統大選,全球矚目。今年,香港人對此也特別關注,皆因未來四年將會是中國在世界定位的一個重要的分水嶺。中國國力經過了幾十年的發展,成功成為世界最大的經濟體系之一。同時她利用她經濟方面的影響力,鞏固其國際關係,沖擊所謂的world order。 香港自回歸以來,爭論不斷。部分的人不滿共產黨對一國兩制的演繹,希望透過國際壓力對中國作出制衡,保全他們認知的香港。這次美國總統大選之所以特別受港人關注,最主要的原因是因為香港人覺得美國出現了一個願意抗衡中國的總統-特朗普。很多反共的港人特別支持特朗普。 我想提出一個思路。任何國家要制衡中國,自身必須穩健強大。世界上能與中國匹敵的大國,就只有美國,別無他國。在這場比拼,中國美國都必須要穩健強大。要美國穩健強大,美國就要內無憂、外無患。我相信這是一個大部份人都能同意的思路。 且看今日美國,內部分化,國際關係混亂。 內憂:聯邦州府關係緊張。失控的疫情反應其應變能力之弱。BLM等的社會運動等呈現嚴重的社會兩極化。 外患:國際關係不穩定。 特朗普絕對不是沒有建樹,但我們必須考量整體的情況。美國今天非常不穩定,其內憂非常耗力。而且我看不見特朗普政府有能力穩定自己的社會。 疫情之前,雖然美國股市屢創佳績,社會好像萬象皆美,但一個肺炎,就披露了美國的脆弱。特朗普政府根本沒有能力應對危機。更嚴重的,是疫情爆發後,一連串的社會危機接踵而來,另動盪不斷惡化。特朗普政府不單止沒有把握危機來鞏固其實力,反而導致其大選選情變得更糟糕,另拜登有機可乘。 試想想,如果中國真的要攻擊美國,今天的美國實在不堪一擊。這是誰的責任? 試想想,如果繼續有政黨、極左組織、州政府等,要在美國搗蛋,特朗普政府能應對嗎?我們憑什麼可以看到他們會有跟過往四年不一樣的統治技巧?理智地想,期望特朗普政府突然可以有效地維穩,如何不只是痴心妄想呢? 這不是一個政治取向的問題。這只是一個純粹關乎統治實力的問題。特朗普統治的美國,有精力和能力跟任何大國對衡嗎? 至於拜登有否這個能力?不知道。但可客觀看到的,是特朗普沒有這個能力。這是可觀察到的事實,並無其他。 Photo Credit: Patrick Semansky | AP
  • 💵 or 💳October 29, 2020
    Cash or credit card?Apple Pay master card pleaseCash or credit card!
  • Why Meditate?October 21, 2020
    I started meditation in 2012 when the Headspace app was launched. Since then I have stopped, restarted, struggled, changed many…
  • 💔October 16, 2020
    He suffered and diedI felt a new kind of painI am more complete
  • 🐘October 7, 2020
    I zoom in and lookI don’t see an elephantI unearth essence
  • 🇺🇸October 1, 2020
    He talked and they talked Then he talked too while they talked They talked and he talked
  • 💩October 1, 2020
    He pee-ed in his pantsI made him wear a diaperHe pooped into it
  • SparkSeptember 30, 2020
    fingers on the keysI struggle to start workingand the typing starts
  • 🌉September 28, 2020
    The sun radiatesone minute less than twelve hoursdarkness’ reign begins
  • TikTok of Newsletters and PodcastsSeptember 27, 2020
    What @math_napkin reminded me of was what @balajis said about@Ghost and @SubstackInc, and what @benthompson said about @WordPress and his…
  • 🛶September 27, 2020
    a boat sails upstreamit stops progressing forwardthen it goes backwards 學如逆水行舟,不進則退。 Not forward is backwards.
  • What Were Steve Jobs and Hitler Doing When They Were 44?September 27, 2020
    Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in 1933 when he was 44. Jobs officially returned as the CEO of Apple…
  • 不知道最親切 Not KnowingSeptember 24, 2020
    a recognition pause and release the knowing it’s more intimate
  • LureSeptember 23, 2020
    Jaw pulsates and throbs Darkness shimmers in darkness Thoughts lure me in, again 🧘🏻‍♂️
  • PhilosophersSeptember 18, 2020
    When math dominated philosophy-> Descartes, Pascal; When psychology dominated philosophy-> Hume, Kant; When biology dominated philosophy-> Nietzcshe, Schelling; When investing…
  • SourdoughSeptember 15, 2020
    Mix flour and waterNurture it. Take care of itThey rot into dough
  • Why Meditate? 為何打坐?September 13, 2020
    To meditateis to unlearn our relationship with time, self, and then reality. 打坐是重新認識與時間、自己、和現實的關係。
  • Why I left Apple. Why I am trying to leave Work.September 11, 2020
    I wanted to stop rationalising. I couldn’t square the dilemma. I was sick of the wrestling. The value of I…
  • Writer’s BlockSeptember 9, 2020
    When I hit the wallif I just sit down and writethere will be no wall
  • ✍🏻{Level: 99} Professional Skills✍🏻September 9, 2020
    In video games, {Level: 99} is the maximum level. When you reach {Level: 99}, your character has achieved the limits…
  • Endless ScrollSeptember 8, 2020
    I flick two fingerstweets and tweets they scroll and scroll …I flick two fingers
  • It’s okay.September 3, 2020
    All feelings vanishbefore they appear againso, it’s okay
  • 秋曉September 2, 2020
    Legs crossed and eyes closedcrisp air appears through my noseautumn dawn, once more. 秋曉 釋道全 飄飄楓葉草萋萋,雲壓天邊雁陣低。何處水村人起早,櫓聲搖月過橋西。
  • 😪August 31, 2020
    Today is August 31st, 2020. In the last 2 months, every day between 11am-3pm, my brain would give up. It…
  • 🍃August 31, 2020
    Still colors and soundsThe leaves are moving gentlyAnd the fan is seen.
  • 🌇August 30, 2020
    Jing and I, walking in the warm late afternoon sun, with chai sleeping in his stroller, near Tai Koo Shing….
  • It’s the phone, stupid.August 29, 2020
    Ah. Ok. I think I have a way to break the spiral of the morning struggle. Don’t start with the…
  • Break. Broken.August 29, 2020
    I laid down the matStuck, staring at the lights, stuckBroken, thoroughly. Today I skipped my morning routine. I broke it….
  • |August 28, 2020
    A line pulses, pulsesorderly and rhythmicallysays this, this, this, this
  • 🔫🔫🔫 🔫 🔫🔫 🔫August 27, 2020
    Jacob turned his back.Bang bang bang. Bang. Bang bang. Bang. A part of me died.
  • 💼 Work, flow, Aug, 2020.August 27, 2020
    This has been a struggle that lasted much longer than I ever imagined. I don’t have an office, so I…
  • Mornings 🌄August 26, 2020
    These days, these pandemic / lock down heavy days, I have two types of mornings. Type 1: 430-5: Wake up…
  • 🌤August 24, 2020
    Take a step abackReveal the breadth of the seaThe bare of the sky 退一步,海闊天空。
  • 2 Uncommon Practices To Present BetterAugust 19, 2020
    If you are the kind that enjoys mind-tricking yourself, you might find these presentation skill practices useful.  Olympian’s Secret  Michael…
  • The Journey of Learning Colemak Keyboard LayoutAugust 16, 2020
    In summary, it was a change driven by the ego (I am special- I type with the most efficient keyboard…
  • Routine – August, 2020August 16, 2020
    Context: COVID-19. School paused for a while. I have no job. EW demands nothing from me. Working to become a…
  • 44 Things @ 44August 14, 2020
    COVID-19: 3rd wave in HK. Lock down again. No dine in after 6. COVID-19: Globally, 20.6M confirmed cases, 749K deaths….
  • How Much Do I Charge My Clients?August 12, 2020
    ( Original Post: https://enlivenworks.com/fees/ ) I charge 2% of Your Monthly Salary. How? Why? Why Are You Sharing This? Most…
  • Unified Theory of the 10% MeAugust 12, 2020
    Some say, on the internet, people only get to see 10% of anyone. Hence, all we need to do, is…
  • Side Effects of Anti-depressants: Accidental MindfulnessAugust 11, 2020
    I have been battling with my mind for a few years now. I tried talk therapy, CBT, medication, meditation, exercising,…
  • 🤫 to Asking Useful QuestionsAugust 6, 2020
    Which leads to better communication? Hacking our listening or questioning skills? The latter. Wait, what? “Creativity is problem formulation.” Murray…
  • 陪著你走 完之後 🍂August 4, 2020
    The road in the end taking the path the sun had taken,into the western sea, and the moon rising behind…
  • Choose Fear 😱August 3, 2020
    Accept this, and life will be easier. To be human is to go through you entire life getting used to…
  • Investigating the “woo-woo” in Chinese and EnglishAugust 2, 2020
    I love having a blog that I don’t know if anyone reads, because I can just write freely, but still…
  • Scorecard, CY2020, Q2July 30, 2020
    How did Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and COVID-19 do in Q2 of CY2020?
  • Breathing OutJuly 29, 2020
    Hello Derek,Today in Hong Kong, we went into another round of lock down because of the 3rd wave of the…
  • Then Go Wash Your Bowl 🥣July 28, 2020
    A monk asked Zhaozhou (趙州從諗) to teach him.Zhaozhou asked, “Have you eaten your meal?”The monk replied, “Yes, I have.”“Then go…
  • Become an EducatorJuly 27, 2020
    “In such uncertain times, does it still make sense for me to continue my “career”?”  “What are the most direct…
  • What is Empathy without Proximity?July 26, 2020
    I can’t figure this out. Can you have real empathy for experiences that you have never had? I don’t have…
  • Back-tracking the 🏞 of IdeasJuly 22, 2020
    I am now at ohwowohwowohwow.me. Before that, I was thinking if I should put my tokenised newsletter under wootwoot, or…
  • TikTok the Tipping PointJuly 17, 2020
    (Inspired by Ben Thompson, a tech writer, who wrote about US potentially banning TikTok) The Watershed I have worked and…
  • Hagia Sophia -> 🕌July 13, 2020
    Source: https://hyperallergic.com/576036/after-85-years-as-a-museum-the-hagia-sophia-will-become-a-mosque/
  • Nike Rise’s Shitty Press ReleaseJuly 12, 2020
    The press release of the new “Nike Rise” store was not written for humans 🥴 Members of Nike’s family of…
  • 🗞 The Newsletter Binge 🍽July 11, 2020
    I have been on a binge lately. I started subscribing to Tim Ferriss’ 5 bullet Friday about a year ago….
  • Blog Posts, since 1996.July 5, 2020
    I decided to leave Medium, set up this website, and put almost all the blogs I have written in the…
  • 🙇🏻‍♂️ Smithfield; 👋🏾 QRWJune 30, 2020
    Today is the last day of school. It’s also the last day Island Waldorf School of Hong Kong will call this…
  • What Joseph Goldstein Did To Me This MorningJune 28, 2020
    When you become aware that your shoelaces have become untied, which they will, simply re-tie them and begin again. When…
  • Black Lives Matter. Really?June 3, 2020
    Mental models in action First, how do I become a racist? What makes me not inclusive. Why don’t I embrace diversity?…
  • Facebook Eats Dog FoodMay 29, 2020
    As the legend goes, every year the president of Kal Kan Pet Food would eat a can of the company’s…

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