The design of life and the life of design

Most of the time, people hate going to interviews.  But I love them.  Every interview is a learning opportunity to me, no matter to learn from the interviewer(s), learn about the job or learn about myself.  Sometimes, things would run really smoothly without much surprises, and everything seems to be really nice.  Other times, things would happen differently, and it is these moments that I get the most out of it. 

The interview that I went today happened to be the latter.  It was definitely the most challenging yet also the most inspiring interview I encountered.  It inspired me to really think through my life, my thoughts and my values.  I am a thinker, often too much that I found myself overwhelmed in thoughts.  Creations thus became my way of expressing myself, no matter in words, in graphics or in photography.  All these creations require some sort of thinking and planning, in which is the key to them.  Without any thoughts, design becomes dead.

Design is a very interesting thing on Earth.  I cannot say it is vital, but without it the world seems much less appealing.  Design can evoke emotions, brings happiness to people, inspires people, makes us think, passes messages, communicates, solves problems, makes a better life.  To be graphic design, it has to do these things visually.  In fact, design is in every aspect of our life.  I am the designer of my life and I design what I want to do to my life.  Just like any kind of design, every of our behaviour can create significant changes to our lives.

That was really a great lesson learnt in life.  And definitely much more for me to learn in the coming days.

災難過後的社會現象

日本的地震+海嘨+核災難至今已發生了兩個星期，無論在那個層面上，消息的流傳實在多得不可勝數。我們每個人都知道這次災難有多恐怖。這次地震已經是今年以來發生的第N次，8.9級過後是橫掃日本周邊的海嘨，但最令人憂心忡忡的卻是除之而來的核事故。

災難過後不難發現很多有趣的社會現象。中港澳掀起令人訕笑的搶鹽潮，顯出部分港人的愚昧和不理性。你要說他們質素低，你卻不可以這麼一面倒。他們很多可是從前服務社會的盡責市民，我不認為可以將責任全推到他們身上。又有報導說發放消息是幾個卑鄙的大陸人所為。另一邊廂，日本人表現得平靜得多，每個人也自律又守規矩。又有報導說，核事故發生到這個地步全是日本政府的錯，第一是日本政府動作太慢，支緩不足；但最大的原因是日本政府為了製造核彈而採用最浪費，最大成本，最不安全的一二代核能技術。坊間太多的消息傳聞，要查出是真是假，真要花上半個世紀。

另一個有趣但比較少人提及的現象，就是網上出現無數類似海報的東西，說是要來籌款，著你捐錢。沒錯，這個出發點完全沒有問題，捐錢賑災當然好，但當這些圖像已到了氾濫的程度，當人們已將重點放在設計的好與否而忽略了災難本身，那意義到底還在麼？

諷刺的是，我昨天就以這次災難為題用畫筆畫出我對日本的愛。姑且不要理活動的主要目的是什麼，我卻覺得聚集一班志同道合的朋友們去將我們的心交出來是一件十分美好的事。

核災難最後會變成什麼樣子，實在難以預料。祝願核泄事件盡快得到解決，日本人努力振作起來，香港也學會變得理智一點。還有，是五十也好，一百八十也好，我要向福島五十烈士致敬和學習。

God bless Japan and everyone on Earth.

標籤

我們的世界充滿著形形式式的標籤。中女，剩女，宅男，八十後，現在就連公筷也被標籤了。難道公筷就永遠只可以做公筷，不可以像其他筷子那樣嗎？

THE ART OF DOING NOTHING

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What can you see? 




Look closely again...What is it?




Yes, it is nothing.

Sometimes, doing nothing is just as important as doing something.  Filling in the gaps does not equal to good.  We need empty space in order to see the beauty of the filled.

WALK MY OWN WAY

Today, I opened my notebook, and I started drawing.

I am no fashionista, I am just a human being with my own character and beliefs.

Today is the day I decided to be honest to myself, to do what I like, say what I think.  Today is the day I decided to trust myself.  Today is the day I decided to walk my own way.