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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18 · 09 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Feira Internacional de Lisboa · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Moored
Feira Internacional de Lisboa, with its distinctive, expansive cable-supported roof and towering steel pillars, displays the character of modernist architecture.
In the setting sun, FIL looks like a great ship moored; its tall masts are gathering in enormous sails of cable.
The streetlamp in the centre of the frame resembles a lighthouse, watching over the international exhibition centre moored beside the Tagus.
“The setting sun is infinitely beautiful, though dusk is drawing near;”
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Hexagram 52
Classic text · interpretive translationGen · Keeping Still
Mountains joined: Keeping Still. The noble person’s thoughts do not go beyond their position.
Gen invites attention to one’s present place and moment. The author sees a ship gathering its sails; the voyage belongs to the gaze while the building remains still.
Dusk gives light a boundary. If every stop serves only the next departure, the present remains at the service of the future. Allowing a stage to end can itself offer rest.
Reading in briefA moment of rest can carry its own weight.Strolling · 漫步
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Looking at FIL in the evening light, the busy pace eases. Xu Wei’s “漫步” accompanies this release: after travelling some distance, still being willing to stop and notice light on steel and trees.
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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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