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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24 · 08 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus River · Lisbon · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Shelter from the Rain
A sudden downpour darkened the sky in an instant. Passers-by hurried into shelter. One group stayed in the rain and carried on talking, merely pulling up the hoods of their coats. One person had brought an umbrella.
The cable cars in the distance and the river close by turned indistinct beneath the rain and mist. A damp chill settled over the scene, carrying a sense of autumn desolation.
“Every autumn rain brings a little more cold.”
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Classic text · interpretive translationKan · Repeated Danger
Water comes again and again: Repeated Kan. The noble one maintains virtue in conduct and practises teaching. — Zhou Yi · Kan, Image
Kan allows observation of adjustments to changing conditions. Some seek shelter; others raise their hoods and talk. The same rain meets different preparations.
Shelter preserves conditions for continuing, while staying may have its own reasons. The scene does not measure courage; it shows situated responses to external change.
Reading in briefThe same rain meets different conditions.Laughing at the World · 笑红尘
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Rain arrives suddenly; some shelter, others keep talking. The song lends lightness to the moment: a change in weather need not end our good spirits;
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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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