Let everybody know you're looking for a new place to live. The more sets of eyes on the lookout for a place, the better. Putting it out on AnD is smart. MJ was saying he had a place he was looking to rent just last week. Check out his blog to see the message. Good luck.

a lot of people are going to chai wan lately... lots of space out there.

I did think about the space at Fotan and also in Shek Kip Mei, but I wanted to stay in HK island side and be close to a mtr (subway) station. I do know that in Chai Wan, there are many photographer studios in the area, so I will be in a neighborhood of similar people. It is unfortunate that I have to leave my place, as it's all contained in one space for me to paint, shoot and live. The major drawback to such a multi-functional space is that I am always in the same place. It is time for a change. Transitions like this are never without stress, so I'm trying to keep cool. I have never been fond of packing and unpacking boxes. On the pricing game, I have to say that Hong Kong love to play the market. I'm in the thick of things now that I have to find a new place to live and work, but this is the reality of it all. You'll hear of enormous gains and enormous losses. For the photographer or artist such as myself, I make certain sacrifices. This situation is just one of them. Most artists in Hong Kong are really doing it part-time, because trying to make a living from it is nearly impossible. When I think of my new studio, I am mixed with excitement and fear. I can see it being so many things, as it's basically a box with electricity and walls. I can do whatever I want inside to make it work.

Since you have so much work ahead of you to up-fit your studio space to your liking, be sure and find a place to live that doesn't also require a lot of work. You want home to be a place where you can crash and enjoy being it without having to do a lot of work to it.