Sharing of Cycling, Travel, Baking and personal feelings
Today is 10 June 2018, Sunday and with highest temperature over 35ºC. What a hot and sunny day! After a week of heavy rain and tropical typhoon, its time for outdoor activities again. With two of my cycling buddies, we went on a ride to Ngau Tam Mei near Yuen Long.
If you like hiking in Hong Kong, there is a place that you must make a visit - Tai Mo Shan. I've been to Tai Mo Shan a number of times. Cold Winter, cool autumn, hot summer; Sunny day, rainy day; hiking and even cycling. No matter how and when, you will find your ways to enjoy.
This is part 5 of the Hong Kong Cycling Routes series. Instead of continuing our long distance group ride in the northern New Territories of Hong Kong, we have taken on a rather relaxing coastal ride in the eastern part of the New Territories this time. Our destination is Sai Sha at the peripheral of the Sai Kung district.
The fourth of the series is "FoTan to the Old Frontier at Lo Wu". This is an extension of the FoTan to Sheung Shui cycling route. A visit to the old Hong Kong Frontier before the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China,
Sunday morning, 17 June 2018. My boy wanted to make some bread on his own. He was thinking about bread representing various simple geometric shapes and asked for two shapes from his mom and me.
The 23rd of March of the Lunar Calendar is the birthday of Tin Hau (or Mazu in Taiwan). According to informal historical recording, she was born in China around the 10th century and was later became the Goddess of the Sea. This year, the Tin Hau birthday (or Tin Hau Festival) was on 8 May 2018. There are various celebration activities held by local communities in Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and several traditional fishing villages. On last Saturday, my family and I visited Sai Kung, an old fishing village in Hong Kong, and had a glimpse into one of the local celebration events.
While writing my last post on Red Wine and Dried-Fruit Bread, I have talked about Wu Pao-Chun and his Fermented Glutinous Rice and Dried Longan Bread. Someone who closely related to Wu Pao-Chun is Chen Fu Guang (陳撫洸) - the legendary bread master who is the mentor of Wu Pao-Chun and the one who lead him to explore the wonderful world of tastes. I have come across his book "堂本麵包店 小巷𥚃的味蕾奇蹟" (ISBN 978-986-93284-4-9) and would like to learn from the master by following some of the recipes and tips shared by him.
Tired of running your bike training and virtual cycling system on your smartphone, tablet with tiny screens? Constrained by the limited connectivity options and/or processing power of those smart devices? If yes, how about using your good old desktop platform or notebook to drive the bike trainer and connect to virtual cycling systems like Zwift or Golden Cheetah?
My little boy attended his Taekwondo examination yesterday evening. The examination was quite short and lasting not more than 15 minutes. However, it covered many aspects of his past learning like patterns execution, physical fitness, breaking of wooden board as well as sparring and self-defense. To my surprise, the boy has done quite a ...
My little boy is having school function today and so no outdoor activity for me as well. Since it is terribly hot in Hong Kong with temperature rising over 30ºC, baking at home sounds like a good choice. Instead of continuing with my journey on sliced bread as for the past few weeks, I plan ...
During my stay in Kaohsiung, the Rapid Transit System (RTS) or "高雄都會區大眾捷運系統" is the major means of transportation in the Metro area. Despite the history of the Kaohsiung Metro train services is relatively short, there are some interesting facts that I can share with you.
