Interests:eating, sleeping, MSN, finding ways to make money, music, cars, art, architecture, computers, photography, trying to tidy up the never-ending junkyard called home, friends, doing nothing, financial instruments, real estate, trading stocks, snowboarding, running Expertise:Professional procrastinator, playing with myself, writing BS and talking shit, doing absolutely nothing, making gals run away from me, getting guys to wanna beat me up, getting friends to be pissed off with me, having the skill of not being able to find a job, being a reforming alcoholic that's trying to keep it that way, getting addicted to silly stuff like gaming (hopefully not with xanga though), being a pervert, amongst other nonsensical random crap that i cant really think of at this moment in time Occupation:Unemployed/Between Jobs Industry:Business
Hi everyone,have been too busy with work to really update. markets have been on a crazy roll and was reading this book when Thom Yorke's song with the same title came to mind. Hopefully something like that comes along and puts things back into reality/perspective.. although that could really make a mess outta everything in the world with central banks on a printing frenzy and various leveraged positions taken by so many funds going about amongst deteriorating economic fundamentals in the US... would be interesting to see how this "spillover" might affect Singapore; or the place that the Taiwanese fondly refer to as the size of a booger/"pee sai"...
cool trippy video...
Just been busy with work basically, other than some trips to Bangkok, KL, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City amongst others for a quite getaway from reality. Would be heading to Krabi at the end of the month. Would be interesting to take a break for a change instead of a holiday that i keep rushing about with and catch up on various readings and relaxationanyway all the best to everyone that comes by occasionally to see whether any changes have taken place and take care til the next posting (whenever that'll be)
hey everyone, have been really busy with settling stuff so havent really updated recently. hope things are good with everyone.
anyway, am flying off to Ho Chi Minh City this Saturday for leisure and search for potential business opportunities for a few days and in between am taking a train to a beachside resort called Phan Thiet. Was abit worried that the typhoon might've hit the area but seems like it went through Da Nang and Hoi An (which is north of this place) before proceeding to Laos. Looks like I wouldnt have to reroute plans, especially since I was planning to go to Bangkok for furniture shopping and had to cancel it due to the political uncertainty and coup going on. Would upload pics after I'm back.
was thinking of trying for the Green Card Lottery, only to do more research and realize that it's alot easier to get it than to actually keep it. From what i understand you need to reside in the US for about 90% of the year to make sure it doesnt get revoked. that really sucks.. i thought i could have PR status just as backup in case i get sick of this place (which tends to be more often than not).. maybe not eh... sigh...
Had gone to cut my hair today at Holland V's Blitz and now it's somewhat like a mini mohawk from the back. ahhh the luxuries of being self employed.. dont think any boss would take too kindly to my new hairstyle...
Still been busy with my fund management thing... but am slowly venturing into FX trading... what a rush... just to brush up on my various chart reading skills.. I've signed up for one of them trading courses... have had very positive feedback from my father's friend who's always skeptical about such things but has been singing his praises after taking the course... besides the fees are very reasonable (and possibly even very cheap!!) by benchmark standards (he's charging S$1800 for the course as compared to others that charge S$15-20k).. so this starts in early November but will be doing a crash course in it so instead of 5 months it'll take be 1.5 months to reinforce? im not complaining...
For foodies out there that dont know whats good to eat in SG or where to go.. May and I went to this place at the Red Dot Traffic Building called Le Papillon. Highly recommended although I wouldnt suggest it for people on a budget (avg. of S$160 for a couple for dinner).. here's the address and contact in case you wanna make a reservation:
Le Papillon 28 Maxwell Road, #01-02, Red Dot Traffic Building. Tel: 6327-4177. www.le-papillon.com.sg
ok i'm done with my boring updates. take care til the next updates... which should be after i'm back from vietnam... late...
was wondering why the details of a reknowned economist who had made some comments werent published in detail by the local Straits Times... here's why
Morgan Stanley's Xie Quit After Singapore E-Mail (Update1) 2006-10-05 01:25 (New York)
(Adds Xie's age, birthplace in second paragraph.)
By Netty Ismail Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Andy Xie's resignation as Morgan Stanley's chief economist in Asia last week followed an e-mail in which he characterized Singapore as an economic failure that
is dependent on illicit money from Indonesia and China. Xie, who worked at Morgan Stanley for nine years, sent the e-mail to his colleagues after attending the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings last month in the
Southeast Asian island state. The 46-year-old Shanghai-born economist questioned why Singapore was chosen to host the conference and said delegates ``were competing with each other to praise Singapore as the success story of globalization.''
``Actually, Singapore's success came mostly from being the money laundering center for corrupt Indonesian businessmen and government officials,'' said Xie, who was based in Hong Kong before leaving Morgan Stanley on Sept. 29. ``Indonesia has no
money. So Singapore isn't doing well.'' Singapore's $118 billion economy is recovering from three recessions since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and is expecting growth of as much as 7.5 percent this year. The city-
state is grappling with growing competition from China and India, two of the world's most populous nations, where labor costs are less than a quarter of those in Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in September that
Singapore's economy may sustain annual growth of 3 percent to 5 percent for the next 10 to 15 years as the country expands industries from information technology to tourism. ``To sustain its economy, Singapore is building casinos to
attract corruption money from China,'' Xie said.
`Internal E-mail'
Singapore is ending a four-decade ban on casinos. The government plans to triple tourism revenue to $19 billion and
double visitors to 17 million by 2015. Officials from the public relations departments of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the government's information service declined to comment on the contents of the e-mail. They
also declined to be identified. Morgan Stanley confirmed the contents of the e-mail and said the New York-based firm doesn't elaborate on the reasons behind employee departures. ``This is an internal e-mail based on personal suppositions
and aimed at stimulating internal debate amongst a small group of intended recipients,'' Cheung Po-ling, a Hong Kong-based spokeswoman for the world's largest securities firm by market value, said in a written statement. ``The e-mail expresses the
views of one individual and does not in any way represent the views of the firm.''
`Strong Supporter'
``Morgan Stanley has been a very strong supporter of Singapore and has a great deal of respect for Singapore's
achievements,'' Cheung said. Morgan Stanley ranks sixth among merger advisers in Singapore this year, handling $1.5 billion of deals, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It advised Temasek Holdings Pte.,
the Singapore government's investment company, in its purchase of a 9.9 percent stake in Mumbai-based Tata Teleservices Ltd. in March. Morgan Stanley, which ranks third among stock sale arrangers in Asia outside Japan this year, hasn't underwritten
any deal in Singapore this year, according to Bloomberg data. ``I tried to find out why Singapore was chosen to host the conference,'' Xie wrote in the e-mail. ``Nobody knew. Some said that probably no one else wanted it. Some guessed that Singapore
did a good selling job. I thought it was a strange choice because Singapore was so far from any action or the hot topic of China and India. Mumbai or Shanghai would be a lot more appropriate.''
`Fawning' Guests
At a dinner party hosted by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, ``people fawned him like a prince,'' Xie wrote. ``These Western people didn't know what they were talking about,'' he wrote, describing the praise for Singapore as
``nauseating pleasantries.'' Xie declined to comment on his departure when contacted on his mobile phone on Oct. 2. Xie, who said in September that the U.S. economy may fall into a recession in 2008, worked at the corporate finance
division at Macquarie Bank in Singapore before joining Morgan Stanley in 1997. He spent five years as an economist with the World Bank, overseeing the bank's programs in Indonesia and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the New
York-based firm's Web site. Xie holds a doctorate in economics and a Master's degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
the life path number seems rather accurate for myself. what about you?
14 June 1977
Your date of conception was on or about 21 September 1976 which was a Tuesday.
You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Gemini.
Your Life path number is 8.
8 (8, 17/8, 26/8, 35/8)
The Life Path 8 suggests that
you entered this plane armed to lead, direct, organize and govern.
You are very ambitious and goal-oriented. You will want to use
your ambitions, your organizational ability, and your efficient
approach to carve a satisfying niche for yourself. If you are
a positive 8 you are endowed with tremendous potential for conceiving
far-reaching schemes and ideas, and also possessing the tenacity
and independence to follow them through to completion. In short,
you were born to be an executive.
You know how to manage yourself
and your environment. Your ability to judge the character and
potential of the people around you is an asset used to your advantage.
A large part of your success in life comes from how hard you
work. This Life Path is the most prone to producing workaholics.
But your ability to spot good people and engage them in your
endeavors is a special trait not to be overlooked. There is an
inspirational quality in your makeup which allows you to become
a great leader. You are practical and steady in your pursuit
of major objectives, and you have the courage of your convictions
when it comes to taking the necessary chances to get ahead.
With the Life Path of the number
8 you are focused on learning the satisfactions to be found in
the material world. The Life Path 8 produces many powerful, confident
and materially successful people. Most of your concerns involve
money and learning of the power that comes with its proper manipulation.
This Life Path is perhaps the
one that is the most concerned with and desirous of status as
an ultimate measure of success. You want to be recognized for
your hard work and achievements. The attainment of honors and
acceptance into the club of executive leadership is all important.
For this, you may find yourself very well suited to compete in
the business world or in the political arena.
In relationships, you are frank,
honest, and steadfast. You may be very much in love, but watch
that you are not too busy and preoccupied to show it. Being the
lavish provider is not always an adequate substitute for showing
your devotion and affection in more personal ways. You have a
great need for close personal relationships to mitigate and somehow
soften your nature. You must find the time for love and keep
it as an important project in your life.
The negative 8 can be dictatorial
and often suppresses the enthusiasm and efforts of fellow member
of the environment. Often, the strength of their own personality
excludes close feelings for other people with whom they come
in contact. Material gains and rewards often become issues of
utmost importance, even to the neglect of family, home and peace
of mind. Dedication to success can become an obsession. Emotional
feelings are often suppressed by the negative 8, resulting in
isolation and loneliness. All Life Path 8 people must avoid discounting
the opinions of others.
Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22. You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6. You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443308.5.
The golden number for 1977 is 2.
The epact number for 1977 is 10.
The year 1977 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/18/1977 and ending 2/6/1978.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Snake.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Elk; your plant is Mullein.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Mesore, the fourth month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 28 Sivan 5737.
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 10 April 1977.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 10 April 1977.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 23 February 1977.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 29 May 1977.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 5 June 1977.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 13 September 1977.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 3 April 1977.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 22 February 1977.
As of 9/12/2006 4:59:18 AM EDT
You are 29 years old.
You are 351 months old.
You are 1,526 weeks old.
You are 10,682 days old.
You are 256,372 hours old.
You are 15,382,379 minutes old.
You are 922,942,758 seconds old.
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.18082191780822 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
There are 275 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 30 candles.
Those 30 candles produce 30 BTUs,
or 7,560 calories of heat (that's only 7.5600 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.43 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1977 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1977 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1977 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1977 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1977 the population of Australia was approximately 14,281,533. In 1977 there were approximately 226,291 births in Australia. In 1977 in Australia there were approximately 104,918 marriages and 45,150 divorces. In 1977 in Australia there were approximately 108,790 deaths.
Your birthstone is Alexandrite
The Mystical properties of Alexandrite
Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Pearl, Moonstone, Opal
Your birth tree is
Fig Tree, the Sensibility
Very
strong, a bit self-willed, independent, does not allow contradiction or
arguments, loves life, its family, children and animals, a bit of a
butterfly, good sense of humour, likes idleness and laziness, of
practical talent and intelligence.
There are 104 days till Christmas 2006!
There are 117 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning crescent.
