Plastique

I thought plastic injection industry was a piece of cake. But let me tell you how serious this industry is after 4 months in this field. A plastic spoon as below will take roughly a week to complete! No kidding man!

In coming stock of raw material will require lead time of 2-3 days. Mould polish and refurbishment will take a day. Testing mould will take a day. Cycle time for this “minuscule” spoon is around a minute and so 5 days just finished like that. Production will run for 1 day or two to buffer for stock and then only you will have what all call it, a plastic spoon. Tough life uh?

Egg Tarts

Sunday for me is waking up at 12, and wonder around shopping malls for the rest of the day. But I wonder if I can make myself useful this week. I woke up at 12, and I was quite reluctant to wake up. When Mak Teh called around 1, want it or not, I had to wake up. After a quick lunch, I decided to bake some egg tarts. The very last time I bake some was when I was at Adelaide, Australia. The recipe, as simple as the basic stuff you can reach at home:

Pastry
150 g flour
120 butter
1 egg
A pinch of salt

Custard
3 eggs
60g sugar
Vanilla extract
250ml milk (Make sure not from China)

Mix them well, and bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. The end products…Kelvinicious