While driving in Surrey, BC one day, I noticed a board with the letters ‘BC Vintage Truck Museum’ on the side of the road. I made a mental to visit it sometime. That sometime finally came up last month when I drove over there on a weekend. The Museum is located in the historic neighborhood of Cloverdale.
In this book, David Miller, who was a former Toronto Mayor, talks about the role of city governments in taking action on climate change. He makes the case for cities being one of the most important players in our fight against climate change. In the book he shows how some cities around the world are already doing impactful work, and urges other cities to follow.
A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to attend an open house at the Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver, thanks to my friend Sunil. He had arranged a ticket for me along with some of his other friends. Seaspan is a ship building company based in North Vancouver which, along with lots of other work, also builds ships for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed in the existence of fairies which seems off for a genius like him. The Intelligence Trap tries to explain this behavior of high IQ people making seemingly stupid mistakes. Packed with examples and real-life case studies, this book also explains how to avoid the intelligence trap by following some simple techniques.
‘Tomie’ is a Japanese horror manga by Junji Ito. Tomie is a mysterious girl whose unmatched beauty drives men insane and eventually leads them to kill her. But Tomie does not die easily. She always comes back.
‘Uzumaki’ is a Japanese horror manga (graphic novel) from the legendary Junji Ito. “Uzumaki’ means spiral. The story revolves around the appearance of spirals in a small seaside town in Japan and the madness and chaos which ensue soon after.
Today was one of the best days of my blogging journey of 15 years. I was told that one of my blog posts was directly …
A visit to the amazing Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley, BC, Canada.
Unstoppable is about the solutions offered by science to deal with Climate Change. In it, the author, Bill Nye, first gives an explanation of Climate Change, then moves onto explain the different sources of clean energy we have including solar, wind, hydro, nuclear etc. He also looks at other aspects which are connected like water, space and what the general public can do.
‘You interested in Chilliwack river rafting?’ texted my friend, Ram, a couple of months ago. I am not the one to say no to adventure plans, so I replied in the affirmative esp. since gathering a group for an activity like this is such a task.
