A Little Different Perspective...: 2013

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Homemade Salted Caramel Macarons

A few thoughts...
After a few failures in the past...
- Don't bake on a humid or rainy day
(if you do, make sure you have your aircon or dehumidifier on)
- Make sure you sift your almond meal & icing sugar (no cheating!)
- Don't be afraid to mix the meringue well with the almond meal & icing sugar with a spatula
(scoop the batter from the bottom of the bowl and press down the mixture and repeat until firm and drips slowly off spatula )
- To make perfect rounds, draw on a baking sheet or buy a silicon mat with rounds drawn :)
- Need more practice to get the right consistency to get rid of the tips in the picture above

Monday, September 30, 2013

Scottie and his magic "Phiten" dog collar

Thank you auntie Kim for the magic collar!!

Watches & Wonders - Hong Kong 2013

For those who never get the chance to visit SIHH in Geneva, Switzerland. Thank you auntie Amanda for the tickets to the event.

Tools of the trade

Hand operated lathe for producing all the intricate parts in the AP caliber.

Inside an AP pocket watch

The caliber of another AP watch

Roger Dubuis Quatuor prototype -
using 4 springs at right angle to each other to achieve even distribution of gravity.
An alternative to the well known tourbillon concept.

Humans are still the best precision machinery the world has seen.

Monday, August 26, 2013

ICC Light Show

If you look over from Hong Kong Island towards West Kowloon at night, you might noticed a new light show has started in addition to the long-running light show at 8:00pm. The ICC light show lasts 3 minutes and you can see it every night at 7:45pm and 9:00pm.