(Image from gizmag.com) Being an automotive enthusiast I really love when the automotive industry finds new and interesting ways to help the environment and promote sustainability. For those who didn’t know the Toyota Prius (besides being environmentally devastating) is not by any means the first mass produced electric car. In fact, in 1912 38% […]
(Image from cbc.ca) There is an epidemic occurring in Vancouver and that is the lane way home. While normally I am a fan of small homes, this one I cannot support at all and there are a number of reasons why but first let us look at why they exist. Vancouver real estate is obviously […]
(Image from mobilehomeadvisor.com) For those who have been following my blog it should come as no surprise that I am a fan of tiny things. Mostly tiny houses and cars but the love of tiny things is pretty wide open. I wrote previously on the community of tiny houses that is being proposed as a […]
Well it seems to be a rehashing of my old blog topics this time it is about the so called green revolution that is occurring… When I was thinking about what to write in the blog tonight during dinner a commercial came on TV and I thought “no way this is perfect!” I was very […]
For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to get a truck with a slide in camper mounted in the bed and go explore North America. It must be this urge to explore unknown places that made me really think about going into GRS and discovering the world. Recently I have […]
A while ago I did a posting about tiny houses which to this day I still love more than I can actually explain. I still can’t decide if I would go insane living in one or not but until that answer comes back I can still dream about living in one. So you can imagine […]
The residence of Roebuck Castle I lived in at UCD was absolutely stunning! My room had marble counter tops, LED lighting, a beautiful real wood desk and that is just the start. Roebuck Castle was named after the historic castle on the plot it was built on was only one year old when I moved […]
(If you are an electrician in Ireland, this is the work “van” that you will use) While living in Ireland I noticed something interesting, there was always at least one vehicle on the road or in one of the UCD parking lots which had all the windows behind the driver window painted body colour. I […]
While doing all my shopping at Centra and the exceptional time at a Tesco or Super Quinn supermarkets besides noticing the drastically lower food prices compared to Vancouver, I never once paid more than 3 Euros for a single item and many of my purchases cost only cents such as canned beans which were 14 […]
If you have been reading my blog then you are either Alisha or a spammer but you will have also known that last year I went on exchange to Dublin, Ireland where I studied at University College Dublin. Apart from being hands down the most amazing experience of my life, I noticed some very interesting […]