Category Archives: Leisure

Event to End All Events

Well, the event to pretty much end the summer has occurred. On Monday afternoon, while mountain biking in a bike park, I took a big fall off a jump and broke my wrist.
Monday morning started at 6:30 a.m. when Rita and I left for the  ferry on our way to Vancouver Island.  We left from [...]

Biking the Sea Wall

Stanley Park is one of Vancouver’s most popular attractions. Bordering Vancouver city, this urban park is the largest of its kind in Canada and the third largest in North America with 1,000 acres of land! The busy downtown area abruptly turns into a beautiful mixture of forest, paths, and gardens. Much of the park’s popularity [...]

Climbing “The Chief”

This past Monday, Rita and I took a trip up to Squamish where we did some hiking, biking, and camping. We hiked up one of the popular mountains called “The Chief” on our first day and decided to document it through video. Take a look below for the video:

Scuba Hits the Video Game Scene

As an avid scuba diver, I am super excited to see that a new game called Endless Ocean has been released for the Nintendo Wii. In this game you are a scuba diver able to “interact with underwater sea creatures to reveal encyclopedia-style descriptors–educating them on its species and habits.” In Endless Ocean, you can [...]

Running Shoes: Get What You Pay For?

I have started running again. The past four years of school have really put me out of shape. Most of my time has been spent sitting around the computer or at my desk reading so I haven’t done much exercising. I have been playing basketball once a week for the past few months, which has [...]

Matisyahu; Not Your Average Reggae Singer

While driving to St. Louis on a scuba diving trip, my carpool buddy pulled out some reggae music–a choice that we both liked–and popped it into the player. We were listening to it for a little while and I was really enjoying it. I asked him who the artist was and he replied, “Matisyahu.” “Matis-what?” [...]

Wine and an Essay; Plus Wine-tasting Tips

It’s not the typical Friday night of a 21 year old; tonight I am sitting at the dining room table writing an essay about the media’s influence on Canadian foreign policy while sipping a glass of wine. Who needs dinner and a movie when you’ve got this wonderful combination? Desperate times call for desperate measures [...]

Amazon, You Amaze Me

I have been wanting to learn Spanish for quite a while now and in a step towards fulfilling this goal, I ordered a couple of books from Amazon. I am a faithful Amazon user and love their service, so I just couldn’t resist blogging about how fast I received this shipment.
I ordered the books on [...]

Weekend Road Trip

This weekend Rita and I took a road trip to Toronto to visit family, see the Outdoor Adventure Show, do some shopping, and take a stroll through the Distillery District.
After visiting family on the Friday, we left in the early afternoon for the annual Outdoor Adventure Show (OAS), of which my dive club shared a [...]

Where Did All My Money Go?

Have you ever asked yourself this question? Do you ask it on a monthly/weekly/daily(!) basis? Well, I have begun to ask myself this very question and decided that I better get in-check with my finances. Since I wrote my post called 6 Reasons to Track Your Finances, well, I haven’t tracked my finances. Why? 2 [...]

New Years in Algonquin

I know, I know, I’m 26 days late but I have finally gotten the pictures from our New Years trip to Algonquin Park into the gallery (click images to make them larger).
In case you didn’t read my first post about this, Rita and I decided to do something a little different for New Years this [...]

Lifestyle Home Show and Adventure Expo

The dive club I am president of is sharing a booth at the Lifestyle Home Show and Adventure Expo in London this weekend. It is a large show that attracts about 17,000 visitors over the weekend, so there is a lot of stuff! Anything relating to home renovation, landscaping, appliances, etc can be found here. [...]