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Scaling the Peak: Why the Morning Trail is Our Favorite Family Ritual
A fun, family-friendly guide to hiking the historic Morning Trail in Hong Kong. Follow our journey from the HKU campus to the summit of The Peak, featuring WWII ruins at Pinewood Battery, 100-year-old boundary stones, and the iconic views of Victoria Harbour.
· 4 min read
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Hang on the Bar for 100 Seconds
A dead-simple exercise with surprising benefits โ just grab a bar and hold on.
· 6 min read
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"I've Never Been to Me" โ The Song That Failed, Disappeared, and Became a Hit Anyway
The strange story of Charlene's 1982 ballad โ a song about regret, identity, and the life you didn't live โ and why it still resonates decades later.
· 10 min read
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The Matrix and the Choice That Never Goes Away
Revisiting the 1999 film that turned a simple choice โ blue pill or red pill โ into the defining metaphor for uncomfortable truths, wilful ignorance, and the cost of seeing clearly.
· 11 min read
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"The Sound of Silence" โ A Song Written in Darkness That Lit Up the World
How a 21-year-old Paul Simon wrote a song in his bathroom with the lights off, and how it became one of the most enduring meditations on isolation, disconnection, and the failure to communicate.
· 12 min read
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Reclaiming the Spirit: My Three-Hour Ascent of Lion Rock
A perspective on hiking Hong Kongโs iconic Lion Rock. Discover the "Lion Rock Spirit," the cultural significance of the peak, and why a three-hour climb is the ultimate physical and mental reset.
· 4 min read
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Building Digital Garden with Astro
How I built this digital garden using the Astro framework โ the decisions, the trade-offs, and why Astro felt like the right tool for the job.
· 8 min read