01 · 28 · 08 · 2026 · South of the Expo districtPINNED
Performer
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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31 · 08 · 2026 · Northern Expo grounds · Tagus River · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Hotel
MYRIAD by SANA Hotels—everyone tends to call it the ‘sail hotel’.
A landmark on the northern side of the former Expo grounds, it is a five-star hotel and one of the hotels most often chosen by Lisbon’s Chinese community.
The Babylon 360º observation deck at the top of the Vasco da Gama Tower is worth visiting; from there, you can look across the Tagus and the Lisbon cityscape.
Business this year is clearly slower than it was last year.
“There is a young doorman at the entrance who is quite warm and friendly;”
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Classic text · interpretive translationLü · The Traveller
The Traveller: small success. Constancy brings the traveller good fortune. — Zhou Yi · Lü, Zhou Yi
Lü’s modest success can be read through the practical comforts of a stay. Height and stars are visible from afar; a greeting gives warmth to close contact.
Friendliness deserves recording without representing the entire hotel. Business trends also need more observation. Acknowledging partial experience gives the visitor’s account credibility.
Reading in briefFrom afar we see scale; up close we experience welcome.Paths Meet Again · 人生何处不相逢
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Business rises and falls, yet someone at the door still offers a warm greeting. This song turns my attention from business to people: after years abroad, a greeting carries warmth;
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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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