Hobbies
I enjoy hiking, swimming and cycling with friends during holidays. I think it is a good idea to show you photos of a few places I have been. (Written in Sep 2021)
Hiking Photos
My current favourite ...
Video Games
- Minecraft
Minecraft
Minecraft has been a successful game developed by Mojang. As it is a sandbox game, different people would find themselves having fun with different modes available, including survival, speedrunning, building, and minigames provided by servers.
I have been playing a server named Hypixel for a few years. In fact, I have created HyMinions based on Hypixel Skyblock.
My survival Minecraft house 
An old game where all players jump into a pit and fight 
My Skyblock island 
My Skyblock island - Brawl Stars
Brawl Stars
Fast-paced 3v3 multiplayer battle game created by Supercell. I think what makes Brawl Stars popular is the frequent updates, constantly releasing new brawlers and game modes, continuing bringing freshness to the game.
Its success is also due to their care for free-to-play players like me. We could progress quickly even though we did not pay any money, like being able to get legendary brawlers and get half of the brawl passes for free as long as we are active.
I am also obsessed with the Brawl Stars lore. It is said that Brawl Stars was originally a theme park, but something weird happened to transform the visitors, staff, and even objects of the park to become the brawlers players fight with today.
Nearly maxed account (42/44 back then) 
Brawl Pass 
Gameplay - Last man stands 
Play with friends :) - Bounce On 2
Bounce On 2
This is one of my favourite games back when I was small. A ball rolling game with the aim to defeat the final boss Dorallo
Even though the game is already not available on App Store and Google Play, I managed to find the APK of the game and I still replay it occasionally up till today.
Home Page of the game 
Avoid the electrity! 
Cool level selection menu 
Time to beat Teddy up 
Defeating the final boss Dorallo 
See the red sphere at the right hand side? That the mystery token in each level where you can collect it through getting into secret passages, I enjoy finding them when I was small. - Mini Motorways & Mini Metro
Mini Motorways & Mini Metro
I played Mini Metro a few years ago, and Mini Motorways is just a much more complex version of it! Their easy yet fun game mechanics paired with simplistic User Interfaces successfully catch my eye.
Both games are developed by Dinosaur Polo Club
Mini Motorways
Connect the houses to the supermarkets of the corresponding colour, this seemed simple task gets more and more complicated as the map expands. The game ends when there are not enough cars arriving the supermarkets on time.
A high score of 2620 in the Rio de Janeiro map 
The game started out simple Mini Metro
Similar to Mini Motorways, our aim is to transfer the passengers (labelled in black-coloured shapes) to the corresponding station (laballed in white-coloured shapes). Your goal is to transfer as many passengers as possible without congestion.
A high score of 2744 in the St. Petersburg map 
Tried to minic the MTR system map with the Hong Kong map in-game.
Youtubers (Gaming)
- Hermitcraft
Hermitcraft
Hermitcraft is a survival Minecraft server, where professional YouTube Minecraft builders come together and have some fun and create mega builds.
They might not be as skillful in PVP as some other YouTubers, but I am fascinated by the mega builds they have created block by block. I also enjoy watching the interactions between the hermits.
Grian's Mansion 
Grian's shop on Hermitcraft - The Barge 
Scar's Enchanted Forest 
Aque Town built by Scar and other hermits - Grian
- GoodTimesWithScar
- KairosTime Gaming
KairosTime Gaming
Brawl Stars Youtuber providing update sneak peeks and strategy videos.
Youtubers (Learning)
- Primer
Primer
Uses animations with cute "blobs" to simulate evolution, economics and more.
- NileRed
- Amoeba Sisters
- thenewboston
- mycodeschool
Books
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact on him while he was alive.
My favourite part is that he managed to meet the girl that he saved at the end of the book.
- 射鵰英雄傳 (The Legend of the Condor Heroes)
射鵰英雄傳 (The Legend of the Condor Heroes)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a novel by Chinese writer Jin Yong (Louis Cha).
I like how the skill level of the protagonists (Guo Zing and Huang Yong) got better as time goes naturally without weird plots.
Movies
- Inside Out
Inside Out
I like how they interpret memory as colored glass balls, representing different emotions (even though it is quite different from how our brain actually works). In which the glowing balls store significant events happened to a person. That has kept me thinking which events to me are glowing ones.
The movie uses different characters to represent different emotions. In which Joy thinks her happiness is the most important to Riley, the girl that they belong to, at first, who learned that other emotions, especially sadness, are also vital to her growth, after a series of events and mishaps. I agree with this thought and feelings could mix and match as well.
At the start of the movie, Joy asks Sadness to say in this "Circle of Sadness", so that his sadness would not affect Riley. 
- The Truman Show
The Truman Show
Am "I" actually in another show like Truman? Is everything in my world "real"?
By the way, just a fun fact: maybe I was quite slow, but I only realized that Truman is in a reality show until nearly the end of the movie, despite hundreds of hints given before that. XD
A scene of The Truman Show where Truman reaches the "border" of his world, he could either choose to leave and face the unknown, or stay in this world with many other actors taking care of him. He finally decides to ...
Board Games
- The Game of Life
The Game of Life
The game simulates a person's travels through his or her life, from college to retirement, with jobs, marriage, and possible children along the way.
Whether to gain more life experience or focus on study and work? Maybe both at the same time? That has always been a question in both the game and in real life.
- For Sale
For Sale
A game where players first bid on the land (represented by land cards) and then sell it for money. The player with the most money wins.