Life from an outsider’s perspective… Life from an outsider’s perspective… The life of an expat Australian starting a new life in Spain. A former research scientist now runs a pro road bike hire business. Cycling in a place with no flat roads! The importance of Mental and Physical health in todays society... Articles
Why in the world are we here? The mission statement:
2007-11-24 00:58:00 To provide the most reliable, professional-quality bicycle hire service which accommodates for all manner of cycling enthusiasts and their associated needs on the island of Tenerife. To provide an accurate, well-organised source of information about all aspects of cycling in the Canary Islands. To take advantage of the unique combination of Tenerife’s fantastic climate & mountainous terrain for ... More About: Business , World , Inspiration , The World , That
Eggbeater Candy Pedals.
2007-11-23 23:51:00 There have been many funky pedal designs in the last decade, and the original “eggbeaters” by Crank Bros often draw some strange looks. What could be better than 4 sided entry and terrific mud clearance? Nothing, except whenever I ride with standard eggbeater pedals, I feel like I am riding on the tiny little spindles, nothing ... More About: Candy , Pedal
Review of Time Alium MTB Pedals
2007-11-23 23:32:00 Swapping pedals on our rental bikes is the most common chore here at www.Tenerife-Training.net. In my business, I have tried and tested many types of pedals on the market. I’ve tried a number of road & MTB pedals over the years, and I was pretty impressed with these, considering the price was only ?40 per pair. ... More About: Time , Review , Pedal
6?8? Giant has to lower seatpost on XL 62cm size bike!
2007-11-21 17:44:00 That’s right. This giant german man who stand 2.03m (6′8″) tall, rented one of our XL Mrazek BOH Road bikes just yesterday. The day before, he test-rode an XL 22″ sized Decathlon MTB, but found the seatpost was still ~5cm too short. So when this road bike became available the following day (effectively 60cm center-center; 62cm center-top), ... More About: Inspiration , Bike , Giant , Lower , Size
Discrimination is second nature.
2007-11-16 18:58:00 Every time you select a piece of fruit, based on the condition of its skin, you’re judging the contents. No one likes to eat a soggy banana or a rotten apple. We’ve come to learn that if a banana is bruised & blackened on the outside, inside is most likely a soggy fruit mush. More About: Nature , Mental Health , Discrimination , Mina
Acupuncture without needles? An alternate way of treating stress, depressio
2007-11-02 16:11:00 The principals of acupuncture are based on the stimulation of certain points throughout the body. These points are interconnected and are known as meridians. The organs and limbs along these meridians beneficially respond to stimulation, with a subsequent relief of pain and an improvement in the general sense of well-being. More About: Inspiration , Mental Health , Stress , Acupuncture , Alterna
If you were browsing an old page, please update your bookmarks.
2007-11-01 21:24:00 The structure of the www.Tenerife-Training.net website has recently been updated to include new files & sub-directories. But for some time now, the older files have continued to remain hosted on the server. We have now redirected the old html files to their new permanent locations. You probably won’t notice anything, but that’s what’s going on anyway. ... More About: Page , Update , Browsing , Bookmarks , Were
The puzzle of language learning.
2007-11-01 12:03:00 I often use the analogy that learning a language (including your first one) is like fittting the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together to form a picture. Each puzzle piece could represent a word, clusters of pieces representing a phrase or an expression. The effectiveness of communication of a concept or idea is the ability of the puzzle to ... More About: Puzzle , Mental Health , Language , Learning , Island Life
A dozen easy ways YOU can help www.Tenerife-Training.net:
2007-10-30 14:29:00 Rent a pro road bike with us whenever you like, but please remeber to Reserve it as soon as possible. Preferably stay somewhere in the North on your next visit to Tenerife! Watch my cycling in Tenerife videos, share them among your cycling buddies. Rate, comment & subscribe to my videos. Become my friend on myspace & youtube. Make a comment anywhere ... More About: Business , Training , Mental Health , Promotions , That Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 0 in /home/blogtop/public_html/blogdetails.php on line 143
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2007-10-30 13:54:00 More About: Inspiration , The World , ??????
The thought patterns of chronic depression spread like a cancerous growth.
2007-10-29 13:00:00 Everyone knows that the usual cause of voluntary suicide is severe & chronic depression. What causes it? Change in brain chemicals, scientists say. But what actually initiates those changes in thinking patterns? In other words, how can we prevent depression? I’d like to know the proportion of research studies concerning “statistical susceptibility of people suffering ... More About: Depression , Mental Health , Growth , Thought , Patterns
Benedict Allen, a modern day explorer.
2007-10-26 19:17:00 Benedict Allen , author, explorer, public speaker and presenter, is one of Britain’s best known explorers. He has published nine books, two of them bestsellers, and his pioneering films of his expeditions ? occasionally with a film crew but more typically without ? have paved the way for the current generation of TV adventurers. Uniquely in ... More About: Explorer , Modern , Benedict , Xplorer
Canarian Expressions I?ve picked up:
2007-10-26 01:02:00 “Panza de burro” translates as “the donkey’s belley” but what it really refers to is the band of stratus cloud that permanently hangs over the la Orotava valley in the North of Tenerife. “El quinto pino”… similar to the place Timbukto, in Mali, Africa, a very distant land. Signifies that the place is far from anywhere. “llorar ... More About: Expressions , Island Life , Canaria
To not know your place in the world. What happens when you can?t encounter
2007-10-25 13:34:00 Are we all making “nano-niches” for ourselves, in an attempt to fit into this new highly-customised, choice-oriented advanced consumer society? We now join online local communities such as forums, blog directories, myspace, dating sites, chat rooms. We subscribe to newsletters, RSS feeds. We can search for whatever we like with google, almost without limits. As ... More About: Science , World , Mental Health , The World , Place
Happiness through Self Awareness!
2007-10-25 10:49:00 “Happiness through Self Awareness ; Change core beliefs, control emotional reactions, and create love and happiness in your relationships” I found this particular website last month. Internet masters with more than 10 years experience know to be picky when adding newfound sites to your ever-expanding list of favourites, otherwise they can get out of control. But this is one ... More About: Mental Health , Waren , Rene
Ostracised, but that?s alright?
2007-10-24 19:51:00 Well in recent news, I’ve been banned from the www.TenerifeForum.com, again. And basically, I could see it coming. Hence the recent posts concerning social outcasts. I talk about the breakdown of modern society; have we lost that all important ability to interact and communicate with others? Either face to face or even on the telephone. The internet seems ... More About: News , Mental Health , Island Life , Alright
Life from an Outsider?s Perspective:
2007-10-23 19:14:00 My advice to anyone thinking of moving to a foreign land is to start thinking of yourself as an immigrant not just an expatriate, accept the local culture for what it is, try your HARDEST to learn the language and use it wherever possible. Don’t make the minimum effort - go for maximum effort! Think ... More About: Life , Mental Health , Island Life , Perspective
?Multiculturalism? or ?Immiscible Cultures??
2007-10-23 19:08:00 WARNING: possible controversy ahead!! Who actually invented the word “multiculturalism” anyway? I think it was our politicians who did that (at least in Australia). Sure, most cultures in a multicultural society tolerate each other, but I think the real trouble arises when immigrant cultures make little or no attempt to integrate into the host culture, leading to the ... More About: Mental Health , Cultures , Multiculturalism , Island Life , Ural
The 1991 Le Mans Mazda Team and the legendary rotary ?Renown? 787B.
2007-10-19 01:14:00 In 1991, Mazda became the first and only Japanese car manufacturer to win the prestigous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Using the Wankel rotary engine, it was also the only non-piston engine car to ever win. All three Mazda 787B cars to enter the race finished the gruelling event in respectable 1st, 6th ... More About: Team , The Legend
Social Networking Theory
2007-10-17 15:08:00 Almost everyone has heard of Qantas, Pepsi and IBM. They’ve saturated the world with publicity. These are household names because everyone is familiar with the business & their products. That is to say, we all know they exist, we all knows what they sell, and most importantly we all know hot to reach them. At the extreme ... More About: Science , Business , Social , Social Networking , Networking
Driving on a busy Spanish freeway on my very first lesson didn?t exactly re
2007-10-17 14:50:00 I had my first driving lesson yesterday, in Spanish . Firstly, there is no option for learning with an automatic vehicle. That’s fair enough because this place has no flat roads and autos just don’t cut it here. Secondly, you’re not licensed to drive without an instructor until you’ve passed the practical exam. Naturally I was a ... More About: Driving , Mental Health , Freeway , Lesson
The Age of Information & ?Overchoice?
2007-10-17 14:13:00 We live in a unique time; our almost instant global communications network is enough to impress anyone; but can all the knowledge it contains be a bad thing? In our time of the internet, both the growth of information and the ability to access that information is also increasing at an exponential rate. The vast amount of ... More About: Science , Information , Mental Health
Graeme Obree, ?The Flying Scotsman?
2007-10-16 17:11:00 On 17th July 1993, the scottish cyclist Graeme Obree stunned the international cycling world when he emerged form obscurity to smash Francesco Moser’s World Hour Record, which had stood for nearly a decade. His new record, 51.596km in one hour, achieved at the Hamar velodrome in Norway, was celebrated as a triumph for the ordinary ... More About: Flying , The Fly
Book Review: ?How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexit
2007-10-09 23:18:00 The main theme is about how DNA doesn’t need to provide information in every detail to produce an organism. Chemical, physical and mathematical forces also play a significant part in the production of an organism. The book is also about how natural selection is not the only process at work for evolutionary advancement. I totally ... More About: Science , Evolution , Book Review , Review , Book
10 foods that help reduce stress:
2007-10-08 19:19:00 Reducing stress might be as easy as eating the right foods: 1. Blueberries?Besides having been identified as one of the healthiest foods around, blueberries are very high in vitamin C, which has been shown to give the body added reserves to help it deal with high levels of stress. Also, blueberries contain a high amount of ... More About: Mental Health , Stress , Reduce , Foods
Book Review: ?In Search of Nature? by Edward O. Wilson.
2007-10-08 18:53:00 The author has a very easy to read style. It is very succinct and eloquent. If you love nature, you will LOVE this book! The chapter “In the company of ants” is probably one of the best chapters [of any book] that I have ever read. I found the hierarchal structure of the leaf-cutter ants ... More About: Science , Nature , Book Review , Review , Search
Book Review: ?Cats? Paws and Catapults; Mechanical Worlds of Nature and Peo
2007-10-06 13:38:00 This book contains numerous examples of design, from an engineering perspective. The theme is on comparing the design of evolution with that of technological invention. Although the book has almost precisely a 50% natural and 50% artificial split, you get the impression that the author is slightly biased in favour of technology. Steven Vogel acknowledges they ... More About: Science , Nature , Cats , Book Review , Review
The Circus of Jumping Through Hoops - A Spanish Beauracracy.
2007-10-05 18:06:00 In Spain, learning how to drive is like attending University lectures. In fact the theory lessons are so incredibly pedantic, it could be complete curriculum for a university subject entitled “Advanced Driving Theory”. However, Spanish traffic control is not really concerned at all about safety, just semantics. They attempt to trick you with each and every question. ... More About: Business , Hoops , Mental Health , That
Two year old attempts the notoriously difficult Spanish driving theory test
2007-10-05 15:00:00 THEORY LESSONS: Almost everybody takes for granted the ability to drive a car. OK, maybe not in the first few weeks… you’re an adolescent, you study the Learner manual for a few hours, sit in front of a computer at your local Roads & Traffic Authourity Office, and bingo, you’ve got yourself a new license. You’re now permitted ... More About: Driving , Spanish , Theory , Test , Island Life
Photos of all the Cycling Teams & Clubs in the Canary Islands:
More articles from this author:2007-10-03 16:08:00 I stole this from www.ciclismotenerife.net, but it gives you some exposure to the local cycling scene C.D. ACHINECH C.C. TALAVERA C.C. ONCEDIENTES C.C. NIKO-MOTOBIKE C.C. BALLESTER C.C. A-NARANJO C.C. SPORTING NAVA CC.A-ALVAREZ C.C. CICLO 2000 C.C. CHAVEÑA Escuelas de Ciclismo de las provincias de Tenerife, Gran Canaria y La Palma C.C. Escuela BENTOR C.C. Escuela TAORO C.C. Escuela IRUENE More About: Photos , Clubs , Cycling , Teams , Islands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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