Taiwan [04]

steam, dumplings, heat & crowd

The number of people waiting ouside is probably more than the number of dumplings inside.

I hate the English word dumpling. It is applied to every single dish with dough skin on the menu of Chinese restaurant. It can be wonton, gyoza, tangyuan, xiaolongbao.... For people can't read Chinese, I guess they never know what they have ordered until they eat it. Why can't it be more specific?
Well, the dumpling from the photo is a kind of steam dumpling with soup inside, called xiaolongbao. Mind the hot soup spurting out when having GOOD xiaolongbao.

Taiwan [03]

17 Yong Kong St.

Is beauty always from beautiful things? And ugliness is always from ugly things? Keep your mind opened, people.

Taiwan [02]

It's not what you think it is.

It's not raining.
It's absolutely dry and hot out there.
It's a layer of melted transparency on the car window.
It's something I hated so much in the morning.
However, it's the one brought me alot of fun at the end of the day.

It's a simple neutral thing that causes contradictory.

Taiwan [01]

don't think, just eat it

I (finally) went to Taiwan...
Taiwan is as crowded as Hong Kong, but the people there are way more friendly :p Thanks for my lovely friends, my stomach was filled up everyday.

a rainy HK

a serene day...

I always like rainy days, especially rainy days in Hong Kong. It always washes off the heat, the dirt and the noise.

It's a wrap.

I came out with this to summarise what I have learnt and done in semester 1. It is not only a wrap that literally wrap up the paper works I have made, it also represents my happy paper journey. I have been copying other great designers or artists' works, learning and studying their amazing creations, and finally, I am able to use what I have learnt and make it to my own. The wrap is folded with one big square sheet (540x540mm), and all the patterns are cut by hands. It contains 2 pop-up cases which hold documentary photographs of the paper works.
Sometimes I really amaze my last-minute potential (even though this is not something good to be proud of...) From designing, photographing, retouching, printing, cutting to putting everything together, I really pulled the whole thing off in 3 days with very limited sleep, of course. Because it is so last-minute that I didn't get to photograph the interior, I will put it up once I have it back.
So, it's a wrap.

meteor shower

I guess this is a little treat for my pathetic essay writing week,
I finally got to touch my camera and did some happy random snaps.
Honours is fun, casual and very independent, but it also makes you feel lost and stressed very easily. 2 more days to go, and I only have 1 day left to get the whole thing done...wish me luck