These were my first pair of Nike Frees when I first joined Nike back in the 2000s. I wore them everyday. But darn I just announced my “values” to the world. I want them, but I don’t need them, but I want this. Damn, life is not fun.
Category: 3. Muse Better
I Am Now A Gig Worker
I was hired as a Bravely Pro last week. Bravely is an online coaching company. It hires contract coaches (Bravely Pro- my latest professional moniker) to provide on-demand coaching to employees of Bravely’s corporate clients. So yes, I am now in the gig economy. Instead of driving people around in cars or delivery food on…
Morning After
I fell ill- fever, sore throat, nasty cough. The feeling in the first morning of recovery is special. I feel weak but hopeful. I feel refreshed, and it’s a rare kind of refreshed. Perhaps it’s because I am slowly regaining smell, and so I am only smelling a fraction of all smells. These are strange…
Day 2 Without the Apple Watch
My watch broke 2 days ago. I wore the watch since the moment it was launched in mid 2015. It’s been 6 years. I missed it at the gym. I used the “Intervals Pro” Watch app as a haptic timer for my HIIT workouts. It worked great because I would move among intervals by following…
3+1 Tips to Maximise Clubhouse
It’s 7am in Hong Kong. Jason behind basecamp / hey email and Tobi of Shopify just showed up on clubhouse. I have 👋🏼 up. While I am waiting to be picked, I want to share with you what I wish I did when I first joined Clubhouse. 1) Write down the names of 10 people…
「豐子愷漫畫書選繹」讀後感
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 Closely
Air pauses and light stallsSoftest and quietest partsecho through my soul
Fundamentally Safe
I listen to Jeff Warren’s guided meditation. The way he takes me onto meditation trips is mischievous and accurate. At the climax of his “simple meditation” trip, he asks us, to be very still, quiet, and edge ride between openness on one hand, and having this delicate direction for our attention on the other, and…
Realization from Scaling Up, the 📚
I finished the Scaling Up book. It was very underwhelming. I figured out why. I was lucky I experienced most of what the book was explaining at Apple and Nike. I disliked many of the “scaled up” things, and so as I read through the Scaling Up book I could not stop thinking, “it takes…
Blog as of Jan, 2021
This is the current layout. I like it a lot. It’s useful because it visually represents my thoughts and emotions. It helps me remember. What changed was I added the posted date and the excerpts, and I organised it in a block format. This allowed me to glance at everything more easily. After all, this…