Only a vision

I remember as a teen, I was always looking out for the latest radios that looked and sounded good. I then progressed to getting good earphones and headphones when music became more portable.
For me it has always been about the sound.
In any case I was never interested in TVs.

Not until I met the Beovision 14. I can’t take my eyes off it every time I step into B&O. It’s the most beautiful TV I have ever seen. It is good enough to just be a piece of art in the living room.

It has a motorized stand but I love it when it’s on its easel. It looks like a gigantic photo frame. With 6 layers of anti-glare coating, you don’t see much reflection and glare despite it standing at an angle.

With a $15,000 price tag, sadly it is but a dreeeeammm.

Too beautiful. See it to believe it. 

Straws.

So small yet so damaging.

There are many reusable straw options online. Be sure to pick one that is of good quality and I’m sure they will last a very long time. Most of those sold online also come with a cleaning brush to ensure the insides of the straw can be properly cleaned.

As someone who normally drinks cold drinks when eating out, I end up using a lot of straws. I do intend to carry a reusable one with me and refuse the disposable straw.

Every bit counts. 

8 days in Taiwan

Oh yeah. 

Markus and I definitely had a good time shopping. 

Sadly though all of the pineapple cakes we bought expire before CNY so we can’t use it as CNY gifts. 

We had a good trip eating and shopping but I must say the highlight of the whole trip was when we took a electric bike to explore Hualien. Having forgotten to bring along his international driver’s license we could only rent the electric bike. It was fun, nonetheless!! Riding at 40 kph with beautiful mountains surrounding us and Jay Chou playing on Spotify. It is as Taiwanese as it gets. 

Writing our hopes and dreams and sending it above

Markus and I were in Shifen yesterday. Every minute or so a Kong Ming lantern would go up to the sky.
We did ours too, and sent it up in twilight.

At 32

I almost lost my life today. 

Happy 2018!

Happy new year!

I had to work on the first day of the year but all is good! I’m used to this.

It’s been a long time since I made a new year’s resolution. I decided this is the year I’m going to make a braver move in being green.
I do my part when it comes to recycling and saving water and electricity. But this year I’ll challenge myself to do more - cut down on plastics.
This will mean being a responsible consumer and buying things in bulk (eg 20 toilet rolls in a bag instead of 10) and using reusable containers for food instead of plastic bags.
Eventually it’s just about getting used to this way of life which I’m sure will be easy.

Care to join me in being a green ranger for Mother Earth?