COVID-19

Nature Observations (lockdown 2021)

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Toothpicker

 
We often talk about time as if it is real, yet according to Albert Einstein and many scientists, time is only an illusion. Time is subjective and personal, and everyone has their own concept of time. In Zen Buddhism, the founder of Soto Zen, Dogen Zenji (1200–1253), also wrote about time [...]

This post was posted in London, Nature, Hiking & walking, Gardens & parks, COVID-19 and was tagged with London, walks, nature, parks, spring, cherry blossom, walking, plants, Covid-19, pandemic, lockdown, botany, garden, winter


Lockdown walks in London (Winter/Spring 2021)

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Toothpicker

Hampstead Heath, 28th Dec 2020
 
It is January 2023, and I have not updated my blog for about 2 years. Although a lot has happened in the past three years, everything seems like a blur to me now. How did I pass my time during the lockdown days? When did the lockdown end? [...]

This post was posted in London, Architecture, Nature, Hiking & walking, Gardens & parks, COVID-19 and was tagged with London, architecture, walks, nature, gardens, parks, Hampstead, walking, Covid-19, pandemic, lockdown


A global pandemic is the time for reflection and change

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Toothpicker

 
 
Like everyone else around the world, my life has been vastly disrupted by Covid-19. I was traveling in India for a month until early March, and luckily left before it started to spread, which eventually led to a nationwide lockdown on 25th March. Then I arrived in Hong Kong days before the [...]

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