Don’t be ordinary be extraordinary

Don't be ordinary be extraordinary

I believe we should live our lives with the motto “Don’t be ordinary be extraordinary”. Ask yourself this question: do you want to be successful and extraordinary? I think 99.9% of the population will answer …

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Five benefits of a kitchen garden

benefits of a kitchen garden

Mrs. T grew up on a farm in Denmark and helped with growing produce and tending farm animals. As a result, she has always wanted to grow her own food in a kitchen garden. For …

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FIRE Canada Interview #12 – Being a valuist

financial independence retire early Canada interview series

The financial independence retire early movement is getting a lot of attention lately. While it’s nice to see the movement gaining traction, I feel most of the major media coverage has been very early retirement …

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FI…13 years and 4 Months in the making

financial independence in the making

“Hmm what the heck did I get myself into?” I thought to myself while walking toward GM Place in downtown Vancouver.    Being uncomfortable in a new surrounding It was Nov 7, 2001. All around …

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Use your imagination

The other day I was playing Lego with Baby T1.0. He found some wheels from his Lego box, where we keep all the Lego pieces, and went on to build an “airplane car” with random …

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More Random Thoughts

I was in Taipei for the last few days. In many ways, it was really nice to be back to Motherland. My family and I immigrated from Taiwan to Canada more than 20 years ago …

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