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Summer Holidays 2025 - An Unexpected Car Rental Experience 暑期活動 2025 - 難以想像的租車體驗

In early June, I reserved a Ford Galaxy 7-seater —through my favourite travel platform. Compared to our little Peugeot at home, it was definitely a size upgrade, but having driven a Ford S-Max back in Hong Kong, I figured it’d be only slightly bigger and shouldn’t be too difficult to handle. The day before our trip, I headed to the Kingston branch of the car rental company to pick up the car.…

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Summer Holidays 2025 - Preview 暑期活動 2025 - 預告編

The teaching pace at my son’s Sixth Form school  is honestly lightning fast — by early April, they had already covered nearly the entire Year 12 syllabus. Right after the Easter term break, it was straight into the Informal Examinations. The rest of June and July was a much lighter affair, filled mostly with field trips, work experience, Wider Skills Week, as well as the school’s annual Open…

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The Busiest Time of the Year 年中最繁忙的時刻

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Home Automation - My 2025 Update 智能家居計劃 - 2025 年回顧

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Bike Restoration 單車修復

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North Wales Visit - Part 2 北威爾斯之旅 - 下集

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North Wales Visit - Part 1 北威爾斯之旅 - 上集

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Second Visit to Wales 再來個威爾斯之旅

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Our Family's Journey in 2024 生活之旅 2024

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New School Year 2024 新的學年 2024

Despite this summer holiday being much longer than usual for my son, time flew by, and now it’s already September. Most students started their school term last week, and today, it’s finally his turn. Right after breakfast, he put on his backpack and hopped on his bike to head to school. 兒子今年的暑假雖然比以往的長，但時間卻過得非常之快，轉眼又踏入九月，上星期中己有很多學校開學，而今天終於輪到他了。大清早起來吃過早餐，背上書包，便匆匆騎着單車上學。 New day & new challenges…

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Summer Holidays Ride 2024 暑假單車遊 2024

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Looking Back - June 2024

20 JunHad a relaxing walk along River Thames near Sunbury with my best friend’s family.Of course, nothing was completed without a delicious lunch. Before leaving London, my classmate’s brother came to dinner with us. This time, my best friend’s wife who is a great cook, prepared another wonderful dinner for all of us.19 JunAfter six weeks of extensive examinations, my son’s GCSE finally came to…

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Looking Back - May 2024

31 MayMy classmate and his wife had a short stay in another classmate’s house.She prepared a very nice lunch for all of us on the following day and it also included lovely dessert.30 MayI drove to Heathrow Airport to pick up my classmate and his family, who came to visit the UK.This was the first time I drove to the airport, and frankly speaking, Heathrow is really huge. It took quite a while to…

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My DIY Bike Rack - UK Edition 自家製單車架 - 英國版

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Looking Back - April 2024

29 AprilOur thermal pot bought from Hong Kong failed unexpectedly and we had no standby hot water to drink.As it is extremely hard to buy these type of electric thermal pot in UK, we ordered it from Hong Kong and the delivery charge was about half of the cost of the thermal pot. Thank you HKTVMail.28 AprilGot a pair of used Roswell Alnico 5 Humbucker pickups taken out from a Harley Benton Fusion…

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Round Trip Ride – Hammersmith & Notting Hill 走一轉系列 – Hammersmith & Notting Hill

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Looking Back - March 2024

26 – 27 MarchAttended two sessions of the High School Musical played by the Drama Club of my son’s school. As usual, another excellent performance that demonstrated great team works.24 MarchMy neighbour had baked some French pastries for us. They looked great and tasted really good. 18 MarchHad a short walk from Putney to Hammersmith via Thames Path and the Hammersmith Bridge. We also had a tour…