If you are living in an area with hard water, you will likely find that it is hard on your kitchen equipment: such as kettles, pans, boilers, washing machines, dish washers, even your central water heating system will be impacted. Coming from Scotland, and living where I do, I was shocked to see how hard…
Since my last diet update, I’ve not been very assiduous in my diet at all! Sorry, readers! I know you’ve all been expecting me to lose vast amounts of weight without any taking diet pills. I’m not about to admit defeat. But gradually, getting on with the basic program. Remember dieting is a program of…
Taiwan is a weird country. It’s freezing in the winter where we live, with temperatures in the low tens or under; boiling in the summer when temps rise to 38C or more. But within those extremes are a huge variety of conditions depending on where you are, what time of year it is, and the…
Image via Wikipedia It’s been a while since I updated the diet blog side of things. But I did weigh myself today, and I noted that I had some success already in following my own five step foundation to good dieting. 1. Drink more water: drink 1 liter of water a day. I think I…
A few years ago, we had a leak in our kitchen. The water was about one inch deep in the morning, but we steadfastly ignored the problem, because I guess we really didn’t know how to fix it. I thought we could just change the washer inside the tap unit, which would have been environmentally…
Well, we’re into Week #3 of my diet program. I’ve succeeded in getting more exercise in the past week, and I’ve been trying to go to bed earlier, too. If you remember, my five initial targets are: 1. Drink more water: drink 1 liter of water a day. 2. Cut out the soft drinks and…
Sorry for the delay… the good news: there isn’t any. It’s all bad. In general, though, I’m not drinking more water, not cutting out junk food, eating too late, and getting insufficient exercise. So it’s a real disaster. That’s the bad news. The good news is that I can still achieve most of the points…
If you remember yesterday’s prognostications on dieting and my five rules from yesterday, you’ll know that this is day #1. Again. 1. Drink more water: drink 1 liter of water a day. I managed to drink quite a lot of fluids, but I failed miserably on this task. I only hit the 1/2 liter mark,…
After the recent typhoon weather in Taiwan caused so many problems, I’ve been thinking a lot about environmentally friendlier living. For example, in Freiberg City in Germany, the concept of the passive house is gaining ground: a house that is entirely energy efficient even in the coldest winters. One resident was interviewed about it, and…