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                 Card received by Nga-kei Yu                            Card sent by Nga-kei Yu
                 (Photo courtesy of Nga-kei Yu)                      (Photo courtesy of Nga-kei Yu)


      With 366 Art motifs Hikoko created from the Chi- Yu received a card from the mailbox with a line say-
      nese character for “happiness” featured on the mail- ing: “I am good at uncoloured art.” and a drawing of
      boxes’ covers, visitors found their destined mailbox  Peppa Pig.
      according to their birth dates.
                                                           “I could tell it was written by a zestful kid judging by
      Each visitor could take a card from a mailbox of their  the pencil strokes. It made my day. I have always loved
      birthday and write down their own messages in new  works by kids. The embodiment of innocence offers
      cards for their birthday twins, contributing to a cycle  pure happiness,” the Early Childhood Education ma-
      of blessings.                                        jor student says.


                                                                                In return, she left positive mes-
                                                                                sages like “I wish you a fabu-
                                                                                lous [and] wonderful day,” and
                                                                                “Do you know that you are the
                                                                                best version of yourself because
                                                                                you’re always the best?” at the
                                                                                exhibition.

                                                                                Inspired by the exhibition after
                                                                                experiencing a long-lost nos-
                                                                                talgia, Yu wrote five small notes
                                                                                to her loved ones.

                                                                                “I want to remind them of how
                                                                                much  I care  about  them and
                                                                                how  great  they  are.  I  wish  to
                                                                                continue spreading the sense of
                                                                                connectedness I experienced in
                                                                                the exhibition,” Yu says.


                                                                                Yu’s mother Anssie Suen Yuk-
                               Setting of the exhibition                                                                                                                                        kuen was one of the recipients
                         (Photo courtesy of Yuk-kuen Suen)                      of Yu’s loving notes. She also
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