Thailand – the land of smiles. Recent 3 week trip to Thailand with our kid and a childhood friend.Short story is I do not know why anyone goes to Mexico/Central America or Europe when they could go to Thailand. It’s beautiful, safe, lots and lots to do, easy to travel in and the dollar goes… (Read More)
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I was recently invited to the opening of the Okanagan Buddhist Cultural Centre (Chùa Tây Trúc Kelowna) [They are working on their website]. It was a wonderful experience, which reminded me of my experiences with Buddhism and how it has helped me. A long time ago (November 1, 1991) a car hit my car at
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I get this question every week at work and I have always said eat cook food. As you will get more nutrition inside your body. I made this post to be able to find the two video’s listed a bit lower in the text. It is not too hard to show that cooked food will
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Then we saw Europe, well Funchal, Madeira to be exact. After 15 days at sea any land was a welcome sight. That was 21 years ago. I spent two summers working on a cruise ship going all over Europe, did over 100 tours and saw a lot of countries. Fast forward to my brother getting
This is the first “guest” article I have use in the entirety. It is really good. Basically spend money where you spend your time and enjoy your life. I have a friend who has a $500 coffee mug and it’s super fancy and he uses it a lot. I thought he was a bit nuts
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Heather and I took our 12 year old daughter to an “Accelerated Learning Course”, called “PhotoReading – Whole Mind System” and she ROCKED IT!! I was worried on so many levels, the class was a $1000 each. It was filled with PhD, engineers, business owners…. from 9am to 9pm, 3 days. I emailed the facilitator
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I saw a flyers for back to school so I figured it was time to put this up. If you want a lovely child, get them more sleep! If you want a super lovely child, get them a bit more sleep! This of course goes for you also. So many health challenges I see every
I like Tai Chi, you know that slow moving stuff you see ‘old’ people doing in the park in China town? I recently came back from a big workshop in Toronto the 20 year anniversary of the passing of the Master of our style. Mr. Moy Lin-Shin. It was my opportunity to see all the
I admit it, one of my big life goals was fulfilled last week. I got to chaperone my kids Grade 6 school camp out and it was fantastic. Thank you to the SD23 school teachers that made that trip and many before it happen. I am grateful for the amount of time you put into
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Did a North U sailing trim and tactics course this weekend. 60+ participants, 30 volunteers, 20 boats and perfect weather (a miracle for our lake). We had 5 famous sailing coaches fly in from around the USA and Canada and they put it too us. It was great for a few reasons. Our boat won
