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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06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Beside the oceanarium · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Little Stream
The “little stream” beside the oceanarium: a winding, level path of stone slabs; walking across it brings back the feeling of village streams from my childhood.
In the distance, two palm trees are shedding their old attire. On the right, beside the red window, someone has just passed.
“In the lower-left corner, the shadow holds up a phone;”
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Hexagram 10
Classic text · interpretive translationLü · Treading
The path is level and open; steadfastness brings good fortune to the secluded person. — Zhou Yi · Lü, second line (nine)
The second line of Lü uses walking a path to speak of steadfast conduct. Read through this scene, the level surface does not erase the gaps between the slabs; the route bends but still provides places for the feet to land. The line should not be reduced to smooth paving. It suggests a distinction: looking at a path and walking it are different ways of knowing it.
The childhood stream emerges as a feeling while crossing the slabs; it is not the history of this urban water feature. The shadow holding a phone puts the observer inside the picture. The name “little stream” involves both the water and stone before us and the person walking across them.
Reading in briefThe slabs support the steps; memory helps name the place.Childhood · 童年
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Lo Ta-you’s “Childhood” accompanies the village memory stirred by walking across the slabs. The song makes room for that familiarity without adding stories to the author’s childhood.
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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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