01 · 28 · 08 · 2026 · South of the Expo districtPINNED
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The platform outlined in red looks so fragile—like a footnote to walking on thin ice in life.
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ENGLISH EDITION
Let it be,without forcing it;
Memoirs of a Chinese restaurateur in Portugal, read through life’s changes and the I Ching.
HALF A LIFETIME OF NOTES
Let it be,without forcing it;
If you can make ‘creation’ as natural as breathing, it is not because intention is absent; it is because all intention has already dissolved into the breath.Sam Wang
Two parts, twelve moments.
A life told through choices, losses and changes rather than a résumé.
Necessity brings change.
From arriving in Lisbon to the Madrid expansion, family, and the pandemic.
Change opens the way.
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The city passes.
Memory remains.
Photographs and short texts about Lisbon, restaurants, architecture, and the moments that do not fit inside the chapters.
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02 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Oceanarium
Oceanarium II
“The oceanarium sheds the bustle of the day and returns to quiet;”
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03 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Beside the oceanarium
Little Stream
“In the lower-left corner, the shadow holds up a phone;”
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04 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Lisbon Oceanarium
Oceanarium
“In the distance, two cable cars glide towards the end of the line;”
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05 · 05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre
Nightfall
“Beneath the streetlights, a family passes, seen from behind;”
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06 · 05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus riverside
Low Tide II
“The sky, so blue;”
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21 · 08 · 2026 · Tagus River · Parque das Nações · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Low Tide
Late in the afternoon, near the new bridge over the Tagus, the falling tide gradually reveals the wet mudflats. A seabird walks quietly along; the bustle retreats with the tide, leaving calm behind.
In the nearby park, a group of children are playing; along the embankment, a row of parents sit waiting.
The tide is going out on the Tagus, and a seabird is looking for food.
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Hexagram 41
Classic text · interpretive translationSun · Decrease
Decrease: with sincerity, great good fortune and no blame. Constancy is possible; it is favourable to have somewhere to go. — Zhou Yi · Sun, Judgment
Sun makes the relationship between decrease and increase visible. Water recedes and the bird finds feeding ground; one change creates different conditions for different lives.
The scene invites asking what decreased, and for whom. Not every loss brings a benefit; locating the viewpoint helps reveal what actually changed.
Reading in briefIncrease and decrease mean different things from different positions.The Ordinary Road · 平凡之路
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The water recedes and parents still wait. The song reminds me that after working and taking chances, we return to days of waiting and companionship;
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RESTAURANTS · ARCHITECTURE · HISTORY · I CHING
Half a lifetime
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Hello, I’m Wang Sanxiong — Sam 🤝
The book’s epigraph is my motto, and the starting point for how I understand life, restaurants, and entrepreneurship.
I am a Chinese immigrant living in Portugal, originally from Qingtian, Zhejiang, and a restaurant owner. I love architecture and the history behind it; I love the I Ching, and use Eastern wisdom to interpret the stories hidden behind history.
A battle for small and medium-sized restaurants to reclaim their own customer channels;
The second half of life should be more exciting than the first — that is only reasonable;
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