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.
90 translated notes · English edition
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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11 · 09 · 2026 · Northern Expo · Parque das Nações · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Five Stars
Near the entrance to the hotel we call the ‘sailboat hotel’ in Expo, there is a curved sculpture. Behind it, the buildings run in straight horizontal and vertical lines; in front, the green surfaces curve this way and that. Once the children sit on it, this piece of public art begins to feel like a playground.
As we were leaving, Kimi asked me how many stars the ‘sailboat hotel’ had. He said, ‘Just like Dad’s new office — they’re both five-star.’
Kimi, Dabao and Xiaobao — none of them was looking at the camera;
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Classic text · interpretive translationWu Wang · Innocence
Without falseness, going forward brings good fortune.
Wu Wang can remind us not to impose a meaning on the scene. Kimi connects hotel and office through “five stars”; immediately correcting the rating could miss the affection in that association.
The children do not look at the camera. Allowing them not to cooperate with the photograph makes room for the life still happening.
Reading in briefMake room for the meaning the child has found.Childhood · 童年
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The sculpture becomes a playground, and the office earns five stars. ‘Childhood’ accompanies the world as the children see it, with a melody familiar to me;
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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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XIAOXIONG®; it is not an advertisement in this book. It is proof that, in the second half of life, I am still willing to change.
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