Old Fashion Engineering

I have been flipping through catalogue of flange to find a suitable blanks for our calorifier. There are so many different components in a mechanical system, each with many international standards. This is what differentiate mechanical with all the other disciplines, mechanical engineers make real thing in 3 dimensions and if it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit.

Homemade Kedgeree

I was looking for ways to eat up the smoked mackerel.  I decided to try to make kedgeree.  It turned out okay.  I find curry powder has a very non-descriptive flavour.  Maybe I shall make my own curry powder mix.

"Optional" Service Charge

When "Optional" is not optional.  It is very annoying.

Poor Dentistry

The longer I live in the UK, the more poor dentistry I observe.  Why would the dentist here pull out all the premolars when putting the braces on, when refuse to remove the breached wisdom teeth?  All the hard work of straightening the teeth with the braces is destroyed by the wisdom teeth pushing forward.  And apparently it is acceptable for the wisdom teeth to be sideway, whereas it does not serve a purpose as a molar but extra crevices for bacteria.  Absolutely nonsense.

Christmas Shopping

Ever since the British imported the Black Friday idea, this has become a big Christmas shopping push.  My inbox is full of marketing emails.  Most of them are headline catching, and a few of them actually got my attention.  I got a push by my credit card company with bonus, now I am spurred on.  Afterall, this is what Christmas is all about, consumerism.

Real Road Incident

As a cyclist, I have had my mishaps.  When I started driving, I can see a different prospective.


When I was driving to work, a cyclist wiped out at the roundabout when me and another car already entered the roundabout before he cleared off.  We both slammed the brakes and waited.


Scary.

Ring of Fire

Earthquake everywhere.  Does this mean it is a beginning of more earthquakes along of the ring of fire or does this mean all shifts released and wait for next substantial movements?  Meanwhile, let steers clear of the ring of fire.