July 14, 2026 was Cherish’s lunar birthday. Cherish and Judy ate Guizhou sour soup hotpot at Haidilao again, with the bright birthday sign, cake, noodles, and a table full of warm color.

Cherish kept getting sleepy that day. The sleepy birthday mood became part of the memory, tucked beside the sour soup hotpot and the small birthday ritual.

July 9, 2026 was Cherish’s solar birthday. Judy had not fully recovered from a cold, and the way home from work felt dizzy and unsteady.

That evening also became Judy’s first time scraping another car. It was not a smooth birthday memory, but it stayed real: a slightly chaotic day attached to Cherish’s birthday.

Deai Home Cafe became the first saved place in this memory project. Cherish and Judy met there for the first time, and the day stayed simple, clear, and important.

The photo keeps the beginning in one frame: a cafe table, a first meeting, and the first point on the map.

The second meeting was saved at Shenye Taifu Plaza. The first meeting had already happened months earlier, and this day became the next fixed point in the timeline.

The record is small but useful: date, place, and one photo that keeps the second time from becoming blurry.

On May 12, 2026, Judy’s good friend dididi came from Fuzhou to Shenzhen. Cherish, Judy, and dididi went to Tiaogezi to play an escape room, moving through the glowing grid room together.

After that, Cherish and dididi spent time with cats. One cat bit the strap on Cherish’s dress and refused to let go, turning the cat visit into the funniest part of the day.

The photos keep the day in three pieces: the green-lit escape room, a black cat selfie, and the small cat tugging at Cherish’s dress strap.

On March 21, 2026, Cherish accompanied Judy to hike Tai Mo Shan in Hong Kong. The fog was thick that day, and the mountain held everything in a pale gray blur.

There was a lot of cow dung on the mountain, but the trail still gave Cherish and Judy beautiful flowers and bright fruit. After coming down, Cherish and Judy walked together toward the MTR station and passed a delicate little garden kept by someone along the road.

Back in Shenzhen, two drunk men suddenly fell onto Cherish on a metro escalator. Somehow Cherish found enormous strength and held both of them back. That night, Judy invited Cherish home.

Judy had a fever that day, and Cherish wore a pair of very slippery shoes. The route was not easy, but Cherish and Judy still finished the difficult horse-shaped path at Baiyun Mountain.

This became the first hike for the Year of the Horse: not perfectly prepared, not perfectly comfortable, but completed together.

Two World Cup nights stayed at home: food on the table, drinks nearby, and the match playing on the laptop.

The 2026-06-30 photo kept Germany vs Paraguay on screen. The other dinner kept the same feeling from another night: quiet, full, and easy to remember.

On June 21, 2026, Cherish and Judy went to Tai Po Kau in Hong Kong to look for fireflies. The Brown Trail carried the day through deep green forest, quiet paths, and small discoveries.

Along the way, Cherish and Judy saw monkeys, red crabs, and a stick insect. There were also rubus berries, bright and soft in the leaves, and Cherish and Judy got to taste them on the trail.

Around 7 p.m., the fireflies slowly appeared. Their light rose little by little, like stars scattered over water. That night, Cancer was overhead, holding the sky above the forest.

Cherish took Judy to Shunde on May 31, 2026. Shunde had so many good things to eat: desserts, fried milk, fried mango, hot claypot vermicelli, and small dishes that made the day feel full from noon onward.

On the road, Judy picked up a mango that had just fallen and ate it. It became a tiny, funny Shunde detail, sitting beside all the proper food memories.

That night, Cherish and Judy stayed in a hotel with a wide open view. The sky did not show the moon because of the weather, which made the view feel a little unfinished, but the day still belonged to food, road light, and a soft Shunde night.

Before Dragon Boat Festival, Cherish and Judy went to Diejiao in Foshan to watch dragon boat racing. The riverside was packed with people, lights, noise, and the close feeling of a festival arriving.

The dragon boat racers rowed with real force. Every stroke made the narrow waterway feel more crowded and more alive, and the whole place carried the atmosphere of a summer evening before Duanwu.

Cherish and Judy spent the first anniversary in Macau and stayed at The Venetian Macao. The trip moved between hotel light, Macau streets, bright summer photos, and small saved moments.

There was a chocolate birthday cake with candlelight, and later a lavender Lush bath bomb was chosen for a warm bath. The first anniversary became a two-day capsule: Macau outside, The Venetian inside, and a birthday cake glowing in the dark.

Cherish took Judy to Zhuhai Lovers Road, where the Love Museum and Fisher Girl Pier sit close to the sea. At the Love Museum, Cherish and Judy wrote a postcard together and saved one more small proof of the day.

The seaside part of Lovers Road was also a place from Cherish’s past runs. The walk made an old running route become a shared route.

After that, Cherish and Judy went to Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai Campus. Rong Garden and Li Garden were still there, and Cherish and Judy sat for a while in a teaching building before leaving the campus.