My First Post

At last, I already have my own blog and own domain :-)

This will be a blog about personal finance and health topics - topics that is being dealt with daily by ordinary folks like us.

I have created this blog to share valuable information (which I would be getting from various reliable sources like online magazines and newspapers), and is aimed in helping out ordinary families and individuals (the average Joe of the community who is struggling to make ends meet) provide reliable information to aid them in their daily decisions with regards to not just their personal finances but also on how to maintain healthy lives.

Hopefully, this blog can also serve as a springboard for discussions between the readers- to share (and even debate) useful information that would be beneficial to the whole community.

For those of you who are wondering why I call myself Chinook Guy, here's the reason why :

I live in Calgary, where Chinook winds are fairly common. According to Wikipedia, chinook winds originally meant a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest. Having a chinook in Calgary during winter, for example, means snow can just melt in a matter of hours or days (after which, winter will come back again. I called myself Chinook because I personally like chinook winds coming down because it gives us, Calgarians, a break from the not-so-exciting winter (which could sometimes reach up to -40 deg C of freezing weather).