Many years ago, the spouse and I invested in a condo in Asia before migrating back home to Canada.  It wasn’t a cheap one either – I think we paid closed to $400K for it and did a $80K renovation.  Why did we buy the condo – even though we were migrating?  at that time [...]

The in-laws and the relatives love their baccarat cigars or just about any kind of cigars and the only time they can smoke it is outside my house.   But they have a really bad habit – after smoking they like to throw their cigar butts at the front of my house near the steps – [...]

The spouse and I looked into investing in some properties that were newly built in the city and we went for a viewing last week.  The open house was during the weekend and it was a nice little place – a little ways from the middle of the city and the price seems reasonable enough [...]

This summer we were expecting full bloom at our home but instead this full bloom were at my neighbor’s house – darn!  How do they do that I don’t know !  afterall, we do have the same piece of land no?  Even their grass seems to do better than ours – we are so envious.   [...]

We haven’t taken our summer vacation as planned – due to various reasons but it never stopped us from checking out various options before the summer ends.  The kids said to us last night that we have to have a vacation in a hoteellll!  hahah!  So like any dutiful parents we are currently looking for [...]

If you know me or my blog by now – you know i love plants and flowers and I love the blooming ones or the unique looking plants – like the ones below this post.  So we hop around town and look at greenhouses during the weekend and I would just admire them and have [...]

Landscaping contractors are hard to hire around here – the ones that I’ve found so far are those who are doing it freelance and that’s not really what i want.  Why?  because there is no guarantee on the work and if anything should happen when they are working around my house – i don’t have [...]

We used an oil furnace at home and every year around this time – we get it cleaned up and have the furnace filters changed.  The reason why we choose this time to have it checked and cleaned is because – this is the time whereby most of the furnace guys are not that busy.  [...]

We just came back from PEI and the kids had collected tons of shells from the beach – and what better way to use the shells than to decorate our bathroom with these shells.  First – they will remind the kids of their vacation in PEI and everyday can be a beach day.  What gave [...]

While I cannot afford even a  house with some land back home – because land is scarce where i was born – and there is no wholesaler for land like they have for fruits – hahah!  But here in Canada – one can afford an island – if you choose to.  Really? my girlfriends asked [...]