One step at a time, one piece at a time. 🧱🧱🧱 This LEGO Master Expert Builder is going through the paces to survive and thrive, with joyful resistance. ✨✨✨ Working on sets to make me happy means sorting pieces and I find it a very therapeutic experience to organize everything. 😊😌🤓

Needing warm happy fuzzies, I headed over to the LEGO Flatiron District store. 😊 I was just going to look, but temptation got the better of me! Got a 3-in-1 Retro Gaming Console set. ✨🎮✨ I want to build all three, so logically, I got three of them. Now, I have to decide which one to build first 🧱.

Accumulation of trauma... I am all too familiar with it and the effects. 😟 Since the beginning of the year, I have been using LEGO as a coping mechanism to process everything going on in my life and around me. 🥺 In other news, today is the 9th day of 2026 and I built my 9th LEGO set 🧱🧱🧱.

Today, I have been hovering by the door, patiently waiting for my LEGO order 🧱 to be delivered 🚚. Got five new sets 📦 coming in. Three Day 1 1st of January sets with two gwp. Tis the life of an og 80s to 90s LEGOManiac Expert Master Builder using LEGO as a coping mechanism in the year 2026. 😂😂😂😭😭😭

Another day of living life in defiance and in resistance. We are all doing our best to keep it together, in a compassionate community. Sending love 💕 with hugs 🫂 to all that needs it. ✨🫶✨

Astonishing how even now, in these times with so much going on, there are still some that are going, "I don't do politics." It is saddening, embarrassing , and infuriating to see. A friendly reminder that even if you don't do politics, politics is going to do you and that silence is complicity.

F🤬CK ICE! 🚫🧊 TODAY AND EVERYDAY!

A burger 🍔 sounds so good right now. With a side order of fries 🍟 and a large hot tea 🍵 with lemon 🍋 and honey 🍯. It would totally hit the need for comfort eats spot right now. 😌

One step at a time. Things I have done 📋, since the start of the year. I've read two books at the library 📚, attended one book club meeting 📖 and one board gaming session♟️, built six LEGO sets 🧱, make an art piece 🖼️, visited one museum 🏛️, walked in the park 🌳, and made a pot of homemade soup 🍲.

Good Morning, everyone! 👋 Been up all night arting 🎨 and LEGOing 🧱. Going to get some hot matcha green tea 🍵with lemon 🍋 and honey 🍯, along with a becwspk 🥪 (iykyk), for brekkie now. Take care, be safe, and be well with joyful resistance. ✨🫶✨

It's the first week of 2026 and I am already going through all the feels.🥺 Still recovering from 2025 and more. Taking it one step at a time to take on more proactive measures to self-care and not to withdraw, for my sake and well-being.🥹 Living and romanticizing every day, unapologetically. ✨🩷🩷🩷✨

Earlier tonight, I participated in my first group TikTok Livestream with a some artist friends and acquaintances. ✨👩🏻‍🎨✨ It was brief, but it was a nice experience. ☺️ When I am comfortable doing so, I am going to do a tour video showcasing my art🖌️, LEGO 🧱, and books 📚.

Thriving with joy, one step at a time, here in NYC 🌆. 😊🤓😌 •built a LEGO set 🧱 in the Flatiron District •book club meeting 📚 in East Village •board gaming session ♟️ in Greenwich Village •art studio time 🖌️ in the Lower East Side •spicy beef noodle soup 🍜 and hot sweet soy milk🥛dinner in Chinatown

Daily Bunny is following the light, to find a way out. One step at a time, with assurances that they will be safe. ✨✨✨

Beautiful artwork and I love the attention in the vintage details. Especially with the LEGO set. 💖💖💖 This is me, in so many ways. Jucika and I would totally vibe and have the best LEGO girls nights ever. ✨🧱🧱🧱✨

Taking some pics 📷 to piece together a #LEGO 🧱 content video 📹 for TikTok and YouTube. Being a grass Pokémon🍃, Kohlrabi thoroughly approves of the Hibiscus 🌺 set I put together. 😊🥰😌

The "inner guts" of the Botanical 🌺 sets. #LEGO 🧱 had me up late at night using spatial aptitude like I was studying for the board exams 📖. 🤪🤪🤪 LEGO, I just want to build a pretty flower, not a particle accelerator. 😅😂😭

From late night to early morning. Putting together a #LEGO set for myself and for content creating, to ring in the New Year. I was doing it as I was hanging out with other artists, gamers, and LEGOers during a virtual build together session. Thankful to be supported. Grateful not to be alone. ✨🙏💖🙏✨

Isabelle, Tom Nook, and all the villagers in Animal Crossing wish everyone a very Happy New Year in 2026. May it be a year filled with much needed kindness, compassion, and wisdom. ✨🎆🎆🎆✨

Happy New Year, everyone!!! ✨🎆🎆🎆✨ Sending blessings and best wishes to one and all, with hugs and cookies. 💖💖💖

Laughing 😂 and Crying 😭 This is so apropos for 2025. 🤣🤣🤣 Last day of the year, as I'm completing a #LEGO set, I see that I can't complete it... because it is missing the sticker sheet. 🥴 I'm going to fix this by improvising with LEGO City stickers. It'll be like putting a patch in a video game. 😜

New Year Eve with Kohlrabi and December goodies. I didn't celebrate my birthday, Dongzhi, Christmas, or anything else this December, because of everything that took place earlier this year and ongoing. Still, I got a few things and I am very grateful that I was able to. 💖💖💖

I am crying at the sweet wholesome adorableness of this. 🥹🥹🥹 Haitang The Traveling Cat (TT: @haitangtraveling) and his human went to Finland to see the Northern Lights ✨ after visiting Santa's Village 🎅. He loves it !!! 💖💖💖 Cats are peoples, in the best of ways. 🥰🥰🥰

Tea 🫖 and books 📚 for the win, today and everyday. ✨❤️❤️❤️✨

Thyme for some delicious comforting nourishing soups 🥣🥣🥣. Bowls of delicious goodness will heal the body and touch the soul, in the best of ways. 😌😌😌

Breathing and decompressing, to re-center myself. 🥺 Feeling ick sads where I am about to burst into tears and cry over my STEAM account 🎮. I know that some of my fellow gamers will understand. Going to vibe with my books 📚 and LEGO 🧱 for a bit, to get myself into a better headspace 🪷.

I had to send a Request For Help to STEAM today. I am locked out of my account due to password issues. My autistic self that likes things to function properly is going through it. Externally, I am calm. Internally, I am crying. Hopefully, it will be resolved very soon. 🥺

Breakfast Time meets Afternoon Tea Time 🫖 on a holiday season weekend. Finally eating, after a bit of a slight internal meltdown as I am dealing with issues with my STEAM 🎮 account. I literally almost broke down to tears. 😭 Taking it in stride (or trying to) and focusing on self-care, at least. 🥺

Earlier tonight, I braved the cold and the snow for the sake of satisfying an intense matcha boba tea (no ice, no sugar) craving. 😋 My brain said Don't Do It. My heart said F🧋ck It. While I know that I shouldn't have risked becoming Job Security, my soul says that I might as well be happy. ☺️

It is freezing cold 🥶🥶🥶!!! Bricks 🧱🧱🧱 out here...and I am not talking about the cheery LEGO kind of bricks. 😭😭😭

I am so annoyed. Nothing serious. But I am still irked. 🥴 I posted something earlier today and I just noticed that autocorrect changed something I typed...and now I have a typo. 🫣 At least hardly anyone has noticed it. 😮‍💨

Good News: The conceited condescending dingbat weirdo from this morning is gone. Better News: I am now at home, safe and warm, in freshly laundered warm jammies with a pot of osmanthus oolong tea. Best News: I have oolong tea cheesecake and matcha green tea mousse from an Asian bakery to enjoy.

A toxic dingbat weirdo from China tried to be a condescending ass to me. He scampered away when he found out that I am a born and raised NYC New Yorker from a family originally from Guangzhou (a Tier 1 city), fluent in two dialects of Chinese, and studied at an Ivy League and a Russel Group.

Boxing Day rolling in, after Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Extra cold today here in New York City and Winter Storm Warning is on. Going to tuck into some hot tea with apple cider, a cozy mystery read, and a warm blanket. Wishing all a good day. Be safe, be well, and get into good trouble.

Watching @adarkknightt.bsky.social 's stream on Twitch and it is fabulous. It's lovely being around good people I know in the gaming community and I'm grateful to be welcomed. Tonight is one of the LEGO Star Wars games and I love it. LEGO games are so underrated and the mini figurines are so cute.

From Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. Enjoyed hot chocolate and cozy reads last night and Chinese food and holiday films today, as I contributed to a LEGO toy drive and provided medical interpreter services for patients in need. Now, I am watching my friend's LEGO gaming stream.

I went to a gaming store I've never been to before, to see what they have. I was having a good time checking out the Pokémon cards and DnD merch till a creepy guy spotted me, went straight towards me, and gave me the ick. Thankfully, the manager saw it and threw him out.

Heeding medical advice, particularly from Heme and Ortho, to take it easy and to take self-care more seriously. With that, I'm taking in a reflective Dongzhi Winter Solstice night, connecting with my LEGOTikTok and AsianTikTok communities online, building a new flower set and eating some dumplings.

Checking the weather and the news, as I decide what I want to do this Sunday. Though, for the sake of my health and well-being, between the freezing cold, the tripledemic of flu, covid, and rsv going around, and a possible serial killer on the loose, I might just stay home.

Still decompressing from an interesting morning. A bone marrow aspiration and a bone marrow biopsy that I need, that were supposed to be done today, have been rescheduled. This is going to be a third time, after two inconclusive results back to back. I'm scared, but I'm hanging in there.

"You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." 🥹🥹🥹 #ForwardFriday vibes and energy with Winnie-The-Pooh to make to the end of the day and the rest of the year. ✨✨✨

Each of us are all going through our own path and journey where much is taking place. So much so that it can feel like you are alone. In the darkest of times, it is more important than ever to remember that you are not alone and that things getting better can come in the most unexpected ways. ✨✨✨

The 15th of December, my birthday 🎂, is here. Since 2021, it has become more than my birthday. Today is also the anniversary of the day I chose to stay, for I planned to die by suicide on my birthday. 🥺 At times, I ask myself if I made the right decision to stay. I like to think I did. 🥹

Today, December 12th, would have be my wedding anniversary, if my ex-fiancé had not left me. My birthday, December 15th, which is coming up, is the day that I had planned to die by suicide. Both of those times broke me, but I made it. I am still here and I owe it to myself to be happy. 💗💗💗

Another day is here and I am still here. 🥹 Going through the paces, staying warm with hot ginger lemon tea 🍵 and hot noodle soup 🥣, as I put together some plans 📋 for myself. I just want to make do with the time I have, as best as I can. 😌

I just found out that Miss Piggy from #TheMuppets was on #TheGameAwards earlier tonight. I LOVE MISS PIGGY!!! She is fabulous and I hope she makes another appearance. 💖💖💖

Happy #TheGameAwards Day! ✨🎮✨ Just as it is about to start, I am contacted if I am available to be a medical interpreter for a patient in a specific dialect in Chinese. It's okay. I can catch up with all the best moments and highlights I miss later or tomorrow morning. #videogames #gaming

I got the opportunity to make this lovely piece of Jeff for @marvelrivalsglobal.bsky.social! #MarvelRivals #thegameawards #jeffthelandshark

#SabrinaCarpenter, the fabulous woman that you are! 💖💖💖 Calling out the fuckery and ratioing the vile evil scum! From one fellow smol girlie pop to another, slay queen! ✨👑✨ Thank you for being you, for speaking up, for standing for what is right, and for being on the right side of history. 👏👏👏 💄💅😘

Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" 🎶🎶🎶 and a large cappuccino with an extra shot of espresso ☕, to start the day. 💖💖💖