My New Chapter In Life @UK

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My New Chapter In Life @UK Blog

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Music

Being Touched 一點感觸

Flight from Hong Kong to Taipei is quite short and roughly takes about 120 minutes. Excluding activities like takeover, meal serving and landing, actual flight time is really short.

Since my previous trip to Taiwan lasted for more than two weeks, I had to settle all those ongoing issues before the trip. Having just few hours of sleep before leaving Hong Kong, I was a little bit tired after boarding the plane. As such a short flight time made sleeping or watching a movie not really feasible, I finally decided to take a rest and listen to some music instead.

十二月往台北的航程不算太長，約120分鐘的飛行時間，減去起飛、進餐、降落等，實際剩餘時間不多。

由於這次在台逗留時間較長，很多日常雜務都要事先安排好，也因此前一天很晚才入睡。坐在早班機位上已覺有些累，想小睡但稍嫌不足看，電影又未必能看得完，最後决定合上眼聽點音樂，稍作休息吧。

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Baking / Local Bakeries

I am .. bakery

My boy was having his Taekwondo promotion examination again in mid January. Same as before, the examination was hosted in a small multi-function hall in Po Lam of Tseung Kwan O. With such a large number of kids participating in various stages of the event, the examination was finally completed by 5 o’clock in the afternoon.

I felt a little bit hungry on our return and noticed a shop opposite to the Po Lam MTR Station that came with a very interesting name – I am .. bakery. Sounded great and worth a try.

小朋友在一月中又要挑戰他的跆拳道進級試，今次試場也一如過往位於將軍澳寶琳。由於場地較細，應考學員卻非常之多，考試最終在臨近下午五時才完成。回家路上肚子有些餓，想找點東西吃，剛巧在地鐵寶琳站附近見到一間麵包店，名字頗特別 – I am .. bakery，就走去試一試吧。

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Family / Hiking / Hong Kong / Travel

Lunar New Year Hiking 農曆新年行山活動

During the Lunar New Year Holidays, most of the shops and restaurants will be closed. Even you can find restaurant that is open for service, it will definitely include a 10% surcharge. Other than visiting relatives or friends, hiking is believed to be the most cost saving activities. Not only we can consume some of our free time, it will also bring good health to us and that’s why we had two hiking trips in this holidays.

農曆新年期間市面非常淡靜，商舗和食肆大都休息，即使照常營業的很多時都會有加一的安排。假期間除了拜年外，最慳錢的活動相信是行山。既可一家人消磨數小時，也對身體健康有裨益。就像今個新年假期，我們一家就走了兩轉了。

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Taiwan / Travel

Flash Travel – Tainan 快閃台南

n our past holiday travels, I would usually prepare detailed itinerary for the trip. However, as my boy is getting older, he has his own expectation on the travel and the places for our visit may change from time to time. As such, nowadays, I only planned for the flights and accommodations, the rest of the trip will only be worked out during the trip.

In my recent Taipei/Kaohsiung trip, we had made a flash travel to Tainan.

以往到外地旅行，事前總會作極詳盡的行程編排，隨著小朋友日漸長大，多了些他自己的意願，想去的地方也會隨時改變，因此我也只會安排交通住宿，其他的行程到時才決定。

像剛過去的台北、高雄之旅，我們也作了一次台南快閃行動。

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Baking / Local Bakeries

小豬豬麵包 Little Piggy Bakery

筲箕灣是港島東一個舊區，是昔日一個魚港，人口相對港島東其他地區較為老化。隨著社區重建，新的住宅相繼落成，也為社區年輕化帶來一點動力。

今次我帶大家去看看區內一間較年輕的社區麵包店 – 小豬豬麵包。

Shau Kei Wan is located in the eastern part of the Hong Kong Island. In the old days, it was a fishing village and aging population is one of the its major concerns among other districts in the eastern Hong Kong Island. Along with recent city redevelopment projects, new residential buildings are erected which help to build up a more energetic community.

I would like to take you to a tour of a relatively young community bakery shop – Little Piggy Bakery.

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Baking / Taiwan / Travel

Boulangerie Nogami 朝聖之旅 – 野上麵包

九月中在醫院留醫時，好朋友為我帶來兩本烘焙書籍。一本是「火頭工」，早前也寫過我的讀後感；另一本是「野上智寛的麵包全圖解」，全書主要圍繞著他自家麵包的製作技巧，雖然尚未讀完，但十二月中在台北的時候，也要走去觀摩一下。

If you still remembered that my classmate had got me two baking books while I was staying in the hospital, one of them is the “火頭工”, of which I had a review on it. The other one is the “野上智寛的麵包全圖解”, a book focusing on the recipe and baking techniques for breads sold in his bakery – Boulangerie Nogami. Despite I have not completed reading it, I was still eager to visit Boulangerie Nogami while I was in Taipei in last December.

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Baking

My Homemade Pain de Campagne 自家製鄉村麵包

不經不覺已有數個月沒做過麵包，隨著身體康復得七七八八，決定要練習一下了。

I have not baked any bread for several months since I had my surgery. As my recovery is good and it is time for practising baking now.

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Family / Hiking / Hong Kong / Travel

Short Hiking Trip & Leisure Space in the Heart of the City 短程行山路線與鬧市中的悠閒空間

非假日的行山路線，我們都會集中在港島區的短程路線，這樣會有較充裕的時間接送家中小孩下課。像近期行過好幾次的金督馳馬徑便是其中一個很好的選擇。

Our weekday hiking routes are normally focused around those short trails in the Hong Kong Island where we can have adequate time to pick up our little boy after school. The Sir Cecil’s Ride located in the eastern part of the Hong Kong Island that we hiked recently is one of the great choices.

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Baking / Local Bakeries

Wheatie Bakery 麥典坊手感烘焙

午後獨自出外取回已維修好的手提電腦。一切安頓好後，步行到天后，準備乘搭巴士回家。在英皇道與留仙街口見到一間頗雅緻的麵包店 – 麥典坊手感烘焙。

I went out after lunch to pick up my notebook computer from the repair shop. When everything was settled, I walked to Tin Hau and prepared to go home by bus. Right at the junction between King’s Road and Lau Sin Street, an elegant bakery caught my attention – Wheatie Bakery.

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Baking / Local Bakeries

Local Bakeries in Hong Kong

I like to visit bakeries when I’m having overseas tours. This not only allowed me to enjoy tasty breads, pastries and wonderful shop decorations, but also gave me a chance to experience various bread that are local to the place.

Recalled that I have written several posts on those bakery stores that I had visited, however, seems like I have none for bakeries in Hong Kong. Starting in 2019, I would like to spend some efforts on all those local bakeries that I have visited and tasted their breads.

到外地旅遊很多時都會留意麵包店，除可嘗試到各式麵包美食和店舖的特色裝修外，也可體驗各地特式麵包。

之前寫過數編以此作主題的貼文，但卻從沒有關注過自己日常生活的香港，2019年就來個本土麵包店的廵禮吧。

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Baking / Local Bakeries

Number One 麵包西餅

Got some free time this morning and is great for another short hiking trip in Mount Parker. Before starting the trip, I went to NumberOne bakery to buy my breakfast.

今天早上有點空閒時間，又到柏架山作一個短途行山。出發前有點餓，就在入囗處附近的 Number One 麵包西餅買個麵包充飢。

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Cycling / Riding in Taiwan / Taiwan / Travel

First Encounter of YouBike 微笑單車的初邂逅

You may be surprised that I have not ridden any YouBike before despite that I have been to Taipei a number of times. The main reason is that I don’t have Easycard nor local phone number. For security reason, I also don’t want to use my credit card for one-time bike rental as well.

去過台北好幾次，但從來也未騎過微笑單車(YouBike)。主要原因是我沒有悠遊卡和台灣當地的電話號碼，無法作會員登記。另一方面，基於保安理由，我又不想使用信用卡作單次租車。

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Challenges / Family

2018 回顧 Review / 2019 展望 Resolutions

時間比我想像過得更快，2018年尚有不足一小時便成歷史，回望這一年，部份的目標叫作落實了，但也有些尚未開始，更有些事情完全是意料之外; 好的、不如意的，我也會照單全收。

2018 will be leaving us within an hour, looking back at what all those targets that I had established for 2018, seems like some of those had been achieved while the rest are not yet started. In fact, there were other things that came all out of expected. Anyway, this is life and I have to accept them all.

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Information Technology

Getting My Next Mobile Platform

Ever since I have quit my job in late 2017, I don’t have any notebook computer with me. This sounds a little bit inconvenient and I have been thinking of getting my next mobile platform for quite a while.

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Music / Taiwan / Travel

週3聚樂部─羅大佑與音樂瘋子的傳奇派對

住在台北的老同學早前在面書上分享了羅大佑與音樂瘋子的傳奇派對音樂會。這個由羅大佑和王治平携手合作的Live Show，除了讓大家回味他過往的作品外，也提供一個平台給年輕樂團和樂手作表演。音樂會安排在每月最後的一個星期三晚上。

碰巧十二月份的表演日子，我和其他舊同學一行三人仍在台北，當然不想錯過這難得的機會。

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Taiwan / Travel

Bohemian Rhapsody 波希米亞狂想曲

Can’t remember how long I have not watched a movie in the theatre. Yesterday, I went with my friends to Vieshow Cinemas Taipei Xinyi to watch Bohemian Rhapsody, a documentary on the rock band Queen and the lead singer Freddie Mercury.

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Cycling

Fixing the Wahoo ELEMNT Route Mode Support?

Early this year, I have kick-started cycle training with my newly installed CycleOps Magnus smart trainer. One of the simplest and cost-effective setups that I had discussed was using the built-in Planned Workout feature of my Wahoo ELEMNT bike computer.

At that time, I had observed that the “Route” mode of trainer control provided by the Wahoo ELEMNT was not functioning. The trainer resistance did not reflect the actual elevation profile of the loaded route.

The case was reported to Wahoo and I finally received their reply in mid-July on fixing the error.

Sounded great !

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Baking / Cooking / Family

10 Things I Have Learnt from MasterChef

My wife, my boy and I are fans of the Gordon Ramsay’s MasterChef series of TV Shows.

Having watched a number of the MasterChef seasons in the past few years, other than knowing some of the cooking skills and innovative ideas in elevating dishes to the MasterChef level, we have also learnt somethings from the show.