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Yew Lake Trail (Cypress Mountain) 12 Aug 2013 | 11:50 am
My downhill mountain bike trip left me with one ‘serious’ injury, a bruised rib on the top left side of my chest. The problem with a bruised rib is not that it hurts all the time (it doesn’t when you ...
Moutain biking down Cypress Mountain 8 Aug 2013 | 11:28 am
My neighbour J. is a former Canadian freestyle ski champion and a fanatical downhill mountain biker. I see him riding regularly and he invited me to join him on one of his rides. So today after work w...
A very difficult Grouse Grind 7 Aug 2013 | 11:11 am
I wonder if I will ever learn it: always drink water on runs over 30 minutes on hot summer days. This afternoon I left the office a bit earlier to hike up Grouse Mountain. Before my trip to China in ...
Kayaking with Scott 4 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
One of the great things about British Columbia is that every month has at least one long weekend. I only found out on Friday that this weekend is another 3-day weekend (Monday is British Columbia day,...
Joining the SinoLending (点融网) board 27 Jul 2013 | 08:33 am
One of the areas where I see major disruption happening over the next years is the banking industry. Most major banks are still living in the 20th century and don’t seem to realize that start-ups will...
Hiking the Hong Kong Trail 16 Jul 2013 | 04:46 pm
On Saturday Marcel Ekkel and I went for a long hike on Hong Kong Island, doing the main part of the Hong Kong Trail. We started in Big Wave Bay / Shek O, on the far eastern end of HK Island, which is ...
First trip back to China 11 Jul 2013 | 09:37 pm
Flying back to Beijing on Air China After 4 months of living in Vancouver we planned to spend part of our summer holiday in China. To be honest, I was not looking forward to go back. The weather in J...
Looking for an executive assistant at CrossPacific Capital 28 Jun 2013 | 11:40 am
I am having a great time at CrossPacific Capital (XPCP), learning a lot and seeing many interesting deals. So many that it may be more efficient to get some assistance. Therefore I am now looking to h...
To Bitcoin or not to Bitcoin 15 Jun 2013 | 12:33 pm
For a couple of weeks I have been looking at Bitcoins. First more out of curiosity, but over the last couple of days more from an investment point of view. It’s fascinating that someone managed to com...
Addicted to the Grouse Grind 6 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
The Grouse Grind, a steep 2.9 km trail up Grouse Mountain with a 850 meter altitude increase, has become my favorite trail in Vancouver. Not because it is such a beautiful trail – there are some nice ...
