Friday, July 10, 2009

Investment in Gold vs Coal

These two are occupying my mind for the past few days. Hmm ... both will give me substantial profits but I m spoilt with choices due to my vast readings and knowledge. At times, being ignorant is a bliss? Like those majority around me, they don't have to use much of their brains. They dont have to think of investing and grow their wealth.

Anyway, I can't decide. Now, majority investors(a small friction of our population, actually) will go for gold as a hedge against inflation(which is inevitable, going at the rate FED and BOE printing of monies). Going at the current rate, gold will be possible to breach USD1000 level sooner or later, and hence gold-related investments could reap huge profits. That is quite a cretain.

But, as I read a lot about "Energy and Power", I find coal-mining stocks as very attractive. Yes, the arang-batu ... the main source of energy in US and China. So, assuming I m going for coal instead of Gold, then I have 5 choices in my coal-mining stocks. Which particualr one should I buy? I m still unsure ... tho ALL will surely(95% confidence interval placed) benefit.

When we are spoilt with choices, we will be in dilemma(is the spelling right?). I have Jane, June, Jine, Jene or Jone to choose from ... all are as pretty. Which one will be my choice?

That explains why I m a 'simple' person ... wanting my life as simple as possible. I simply do not know how to choose from choices. If u give me 5 cards with 5 colours and ask me to choose ONE, I will be in stress. I will choose it RANDOMLY. If you give me 2 colleges to choose from(to teach), I really don't know. Some will look at salary, conditions etc etc ... but these are TOO STRESSFUL for me to handle. So, I might end up flipping a coin!!

In short, I really dont see the difference between a chicken-rice and wan-tan-mee. At Inti, I can take ONE dish(the chicken rice at a coffee-shop) for past 5 years there and all my colleagues wonder what is so special about that chicken rice??! I just said I like it(which is half truth) ... as I dont see using my brain to choose what else to eat? At current school now, I m 'more' flexible tho I will surely go to the uncle stall and have the honey-chicken rice. I could stick to it for another 5 years?

Well ... back to coal ... YanZhao Coal, China Coal and Dynamic Energy to choose from. All with PE lower than 10 and still at very attractive values. Should I choose Dynamic Energy as it didnt have 'coal' attached to its name? So, it should move higher, right? Hmm ... hey, finally I broke the code and YES, buying Dynamic on Monday!! Phew .. finally, by blogging here, my mind cleared!! Hehe ... will buy RM10k for the beginning. OK.

陳奕迅 十年 <--- one of my fav song by Eason. This song is very meaningful to me ...


Eason Chan - Shi Nian

如果那兩面個字沒有顫抖
Ru guo na liang ge zi mei you zhan dou
我不會發現 我難受
Wo bu hui fa xian wo nan guo
怎麼說出口
Zhen me shuo chu kou
也不過是分手
Ye bu guo shi fen shou
如果對於明天沒有要求
Ru guo dui yi ming tian mei you yao qiu
牽牽手就像旅遊
Qian qian shou jiu xiang li you
成千上萬個門口
Cheng qian shang wan ge men kou
總有一個人要先走
Zhong you yi ge ren yao xian zhou

BRIDGE:
懷抱既然不能逗留
Huai bao ji ran bu neng dou liu
何不在離開的時候
He bu zai li kai de shi hou  
一邊享受 一邊淚流
Yi bian xiang shou, yi bian lei liu

CHORUS:
十年之前
Shi nian zi qian
我不認識你 你不屬於我
Wo bu ren shi ni, ni bu shu yi wo
我們還是一樣
Wo men hai shi yi yang
陪在一個陌生人左右
Pei zai yi ge mo sheng ren zhuo you
走過漸漸熟悉的街頭
Zhou guo jian jian shou xi de jie tou
十年之後
Shi nian zi hou
我們是朋友 還可以問候
Wo men shi peng you, hai ke yi wen hou
只是那種溫柔
Zhi shi na zhong wen rou
再也找不到擁抱的理由
Zai ye zhao bu dao yong bao de li you
情人最後難免淪為朋友
Qing ren zhui hou nan mian lun wei peng you

BRIDGE CHORUS

直到和你做了多年朋友
Zhi dao he ni zhuo le duo nian peng you
才明白我的眼淚
Cai ming bai wo de yan lei
不是為你而流
Bu shi wei ni er liu
也為別人而流
Ye wei bie ren er liu

Yes, you need another 10 years to see another economic downturn, and benefit from your investments. Shhh ... I m not going to wake up the humanoids tho I m sincere in helping them to gain substantially($$-sense). Never mind ... I will be back 10 years later, perhaps they will be more convince after I change my Kancil to ... hmm .. MyVi? Haha

TEH

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Graduation

Today ... many of the students 'graduating'. Well, I hv written about this before ... but it never fails to amaze me how many times a person these days 'graduated'. From Kinder, Primary, Secondary, College to Uni ... and if they are taking their PhD, you may want to count the number of times a person graduated!!!

So, what is "graduating" means, anyway? Yeah, we have LOST many of the the REAL/ACTUAL meaning of some occasions/festivals. Heck, we just part of the herd, anyway. We seldom ask or even bother to know its significance, whether it is to ourselves or people surrounding us.

There are many reasons we might think of regarding why graduation ceremony is needed. I see it as a stepping-stone for a person to grow(mentally, I mean). The ceremony is not needed. We have more than enough ceremonies/festivals to celebrate year-round, anyway. Adding another in our lives making us 'burdened'. But, it will be good to be reminded that we have graduated from certain level of education, and we are SUPPOSED to be more 'educated' by then. Obviously, it is NOT true generally ...

Zig Ziglar - Attitude Makes All The Difference



11.50 am : Just came out from the hall ... the graduation ceremony is over. I dislike 'goodbye', especially knowing few are close to u. This is my 19th year of teaching, students have always been part of my lives. I have learnt to distant myself 'emotionally' from my students. Hence, I m denying myself of having to say 'goodbye'.

Funny, most people could say ... hi and bye ... like there is no feeling involved. Emotions controlled. But, I find it hard ... I dislike the emotion attachment as saying goodbye could be a difficult things to do.

Anyway, happy for many of them as they will part-ways and going into the uni-world. It is still a transition period of illusion and reality. Once these kids graduated, you may want to welcome them to ... the REAL world. Hmm ... hope for the best.

TEH

p/s : Happy Father's Day ... if u know the meaning anyway. HAPPY is highlighted as that is the most part of us ... trying to seek happiness, right?

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Mandarin Oldies

梁文福 - 太多太多



孩子們的功課實在太多太多 化學物理多
不如數學那麼多 文學考題春花秋月
電視劇裡也唱過 該記的公式該忘的遊戲 太多太多

老師教的道理實在太多太多 孔子的囉嗦 哎唷 
禮義廉恥囉 答得都沒錯 沒問過為什麼
就是沒人告訴他們真話不該對 假的世界說

太多太多太多 從來都沒人討論過
太多太多太多 他們說習慣了就不算多
大家都有事要做 這些話明天再說
明天有明天的事要做 明天何其太多

Cukup Banyak Banyak(馬)

情人說的誓言實在太多太多
你的眼淚多 他的鈔票更多
寫詩的心情承諾的勇氣 誰沒有付出過
道歉的方式改變的理由 太多太多

他們唱不完的愛情太多太多 今天不回家 
明日又天涯 其實你也不懂自己的心在想什麼
你我的故事熱心的他們好像 懂得更多

噢.. 延的波羅 延的波羅(印)

現代人的都市神話太多太多 金童玉女多 才子佳人多 
健美的女郎比整容的男士
肌肉結實得多 渡假的經理比工地的工人 曬黑得多

幸福人生追求的數字 太多太多
老婆一個好囉  孩子兩個不多
三代同堂四輪的汽車並不算太多
五位數的儲蓄也算是一種寄託

祖先留下的麻煩實在太多太多 四書五經多 
看漫畫聽老子莊子說 SHAKESPHERE和印度之間
英國人沒遲疑過 漢堡包和炸雞之間
我們的孩子選什麼 

各人有各人的問題實在 太多太多
南嘸阿彌陀 哎唷  誰來打救我
每天有每天的工要做 要生活就得不停地做
平凡的我們 失望和希望繼續一樣的多

Liang Wen Fu ... one of the talented Singaporean song-writer and also ex-NUS students.

張清芳 - 偶然 <--- such a beautiful song.



我是天空裏的一片雲
偶爾投影在你的波心
你不必訝異 無須歡喜
在轉瞬間消滅了蹤影

你我相逢在黑夜的海上
你有你的 我有我的方向
你記得也好最好你忘掉
在這交會時互放的光亮

我是天空裏的一片雲
偶爾投影在你的波心
你不必訝異無須歡喜
在轉瞬間消滅了蹤影

你我相逢在黑夜的海上
你有你的 我有我的方向
你記得也好最好你忘掉
在這交會時互放的光亮

I am a cloud in the sky
Occasionally my reflection reaches your heart
You don't need to be surprised
Nor need to be joyfulIt will disappear in a minute
You and I came across the sea in the darkness
You have your own direction, and I have mine
It is fine if you recall this
But it is better to forget all...... this precious moment

TEH

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Travelling Light

Traveling Light By Joel Hansen and Sara Groves



songs from the 23rd psalm.

Well i was doublin' over the load on my shoulders
Was a weight I carried with me everyday
Crossin' miles of frustrations and rivers a ragin'
Pickin' up stones I found along the way
I staggered and I stumbled down pathways of trouble
I was haulin' those souvenirs of misery
And with each step takin' my back was breakin'
Til I found the one who took it all from me.

Down by the riverside(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down, now I'm travelin' light
my spirit lifted high (I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now, and I'm travelin' light

Through the darkest alleys and loneliest valleys
I was draggin' those heavy chains of doubt and fear
Then with one word spoken the locks were broken
Now he's leading me to places where there are no tears

TEH

Saturday, June 13, 2009

SEVEN - An Amazing Movie

Se7en - Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt



John Doe



Se7en (ending)



The deadly SEVEN sins.

TEH

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Andrew Matthews

Cute cartoon "Disasters" by Andrew Matthews




I still like his books ... DO READ ... "Be Happy" and "Follow Your Heart".

TEH

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Staying Together

It is 2.15 am ... I m reluctant to sleep as I rarely have TIME to enjoy listening to songs and write a few lines of my thoughts. Yeah, my mind is fully occupied by INVESTMENTS idea.

I read 'Malaysian Today" -given free in our school- about youth staying together before married. It is very common but majority of parents will still dis-approve of such an activity. It is so-called immoral.

To the hypocrites out there, be open minded. We are in 2009 now, it is about time we accept things as it is --- good or bad --- we need to change and adapt.

What is so wrong of 'staying together'? Most of these youth experiencing sex much earlier these days and the relationship WONT last if it is sex-based, anyway. So, why argue with the youth and restrain them of such activities? Tell you something ... they will do whatever at the back of you, anyway. Serious ... the so-called control that parents what to hold on their grown-up kids will only backfire. They will re-taliate ... they will lie and wont be open to you.

I m not saying 'staying together' is right, either. What I m pointing is that we should teach our kids VALUES when they are young, and they HAVE BRAINS ... they will do what they FEEL right, and screaming on top of your voices will not change anything.

Should youth 'stay together' before married? Is it wrong?

TEH

Friday, June 5, 2009

T.A.T.U

T.A.T.U. Stars







How did we ever go this far?
You touch my hand andstart the car
And for the first time in my life
I'm crying.

Are we in space?
Do we belong
Someplace where no one calls it wrong
And like the stars we burn away
The miles.

[Russian Rap:] Ya zvezda, ty zvezda.Nas prikazano szhech.Kto-to sdal I dostalAdresa nashikh vstrech.Potolki po glazamI nikto ne naidet.Soskol'znut golosa,I slomaetsya led.I nich'ya bez klyucha,I mogila postel'.I pora vyklychat',I oni na khvoste.Ulybnis', razvyazhi,Zanaves' zerkalaRazorvi, I skazhi.Umerla, umerla.Zamykai I lizhiStanovis' nikakoi.I ruka ne drozhitVse v poryadke s rukoi.Mozhno mstit'.Dvajdi dvaNa taksi I sosiA prostit' nikogda,Nikogda ne prosi.Khorosho, khorosho.Ya pridumala mest'.Poroshok vse chto est'.Umnozhayu na shest'.[ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/Mmhq ]Ne zvoni, ne zvoni.Ya ustala, ya ustala.Ya tebya ne khochuTy menya za***la

How did we ever get this far?
It shouldn't have to be this hard.
Now for the first time in my life
I'm flying.

Are we in love?
Do we deserve
To bear the shame ofthis whole world?
And like the night we camouflage
Denial.

[Russian Rap:] Nikogda nichego,Nichego ne nachat'.Nikogda nikogo,Umirat' i molchat'.Ne iskat', ne lyubit',Ne zhalet', i ne spat'.Nikogda, nikudaNikogo ne puskat'.Ne vdvoem. I ub'em.Im prisnit'sya voda.Ne tvoe. Ne moe.Provoda. Provoda.Geroin, pulsa net,Tol'ko ty ne pri chem.Abonent otklyuchen...

How did we ever go this far?
You touch my hand and start the car
And for the first time in my life
I'm crying

Are we in love?
Do we deserve
To bear the shame of this whole world
And like the nightwe camouflage
Denial.

t.A.T.u. - 30 Minutes <--- one of their older songs that I loved.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Investment : Do start now

To begin with, I will HIGHLY recommend "RICH DAD, POOR DAD" to anyone who ever dream of getting rich, or rather ... out of the crazy rat-race.

Robert Kiyosaki (Most Wanted Interview) Part 5/5



WHY are we 'morons' when it comes to finances, particularly Personal Finances?

I do not use the word 'moron', my guru, Robert Kiyosaki did in his interview. Yes, I admit I was a moron, a total idiot when it comes to financial ... say, 5yrs ago? Today, I m trying to share with like-minded people who ever DREAM of being rich? nah ... as always, they DREAM. No concrete plans, no commitments or what-so-ever needed to ... SUCCEED.

At the moment I m typing these lines, my CWP is at HKD1.10, which I bought at HKD0.245. What does that mean? A RM24,500 which I bought 4 months ago turning into unrealised amount of staggering RM110,000?? Yes, I m turning a second-hand Kancil into a Toyota Altis in 4 months?! Incredible ... I m only 20% thru my financial education journey. You may follow my posts at my trading blog ---> here.

Perhaps you will not believe it that I m guiding a doctor-friend of mine, with only 3 months into markets, he is gaining 40% of his initial capitals now? Common-sense is NOT common to most of us, as Kiyosaki said ... we are being trained to be FINANCIAL MORONS. Admit it and get hold of yourself. Stop dreaming ... invest and act now.


TEH

p/s : I like the song ... anyone know what is the title or the singer? She sounds like TATU?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

My Kids' blog

http://peppermint2u.blogspot.com/ <--- created by Mag and ME, dedicated to our beauties.

Yeah, to me ... at the moment, my two lovely kids are God's gift. Their smiles are the only thing I cherishing at the moment ... in my heavy shoulders.

They are the only lights in my 'dim' surroundings. I m burdened by tonnes of data ... and they gave the inspirations I needed.

Thanks, my Er and Herr.

Daddy

My brother, Gary

http://www.yogarysanctuary.blogspot.com/ <--- by the Yoga 'guru', my brother.

Today I m going to speak a little about my brothers. I m the eldest son of 6 kids, and I hv two younger brother. One born in 1973 another in 1977. So, we will be speaking about Gary, the handsome man born in 1973. Hehe.

My brother is one successful man in my eye. He worked hard in computing line(with EDS), and saved enough to get-out of the rat-race ... to do what he loved, YOGA. He was dedicated to build his body(he used to be as thin as me ... errr ... slightly better only la). So, he went to gym religiously and follow strictly to the regime kinda rountine. Yes, you could see his bulks!! haha.

Ok ... currenty he is just opened his own yoga center ... so, I m going to help him to promote his center!! It is located at Taman Desa(old klang road) but I hv not personally been there(as I did not go back to KL for a year now?). Will visit it in coming Aug when I m in KL.

Bro Peng

p/s : Pssst ... he is still single and driving a Camry!! haha

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Why I could not blog here

It is almost 2am now ... I m tired after 3-4 hours of doing homeworks on my investments news. Anyway, I have NOT forgotten this personal blog of mine, tho I m in my trading blog most of the time.

Now, there are few MAIN reasons why I do not blog here, in daily basis as I have wanted to.

1. NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH : I have promised the school's administration that I will not write anything about school, or in general ANYTHING about what I think about school, education ... etc etc. WHY? Because I m corrupting young minds of my students who might be reading my blog!! Therefore, the simple common sense ... DO NOT WRITE if you dont have the freedom. Imagine this ... it is YOUR own personal blog, but ... someone's is watching what you are writing and will get offended? Seriously, man ... this is 2009 now and these people dont even know what a WEBLOG is. Gosh. I hv to accomodate to these people! What is my age again? Haha. Just added one yesterday, anyway!

2. No INSPIRATION : since the lost of FREEDOM of THOUGHTS, you surely lose your inspirations!! Whatever come to your mind, you could not jot it down in YOUR OWN(yes, for those particularly STILL checking if I m writing about them, GET A LIFE and GET ALIVE.) BLOG ... whatever inspiration being surpressed. WE ARE REALLY LIVING IN SUCH A PATHETIC SOCIETY, anyway.

3. Topics TOO BOLD to be published : See .. this is another main reason I dont wish to write. Look ... I want to write whatever fucking ideas coming in my mind. Ooppsss ... did I just used the 4-letter word? Haha. WTF, anyway. See ... these are just typing, and people reading these get offended and even thought I m angry? Frustrated is the word, YES I AM. I want to write about Politics, Religion, Sex, Education, Knowledge, News ... anything under the sun/star. But ... again ... I m a Malaysian? I am an Asian? I m a teacher? I m supposed to do this do that and not supposed to use the word WTF? Err .. to me, WTF = World Trade Federation la. LOL

4. NO TIME : I admit that I m extremely busy with my daily researches on Economic news, as if I m going to be a Economic lecturer someday. Haha ... I read data and news on daily basis while looking(and buying) for STOCKS that have huge potential ... INVESTMENT is occupying my mind.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Keaamatan Day

3othMay is a public holiday in Sabah ... and I m adding one year into my age. Getting old is to get wiser, at least financial-sense. Hehe.

Happy Keaamatan ... to my Kadazan friends.

TEH

Saturday, May 23, 2009

A blog for my kids?

Hacken Lee-虹日



I like this song, tho generally I do not really like such up-beat tempo. Anyway .. enjoy ...

Days ago, I created a blog for my two kids - Er & Herr. Will write about their daily 'acts'. Haha. Well, that is my life at the moment ... trading/investment readings and my babies smiles!! Nothing could beat that!! Hehe

Joey Yung 容祖兒 - 我的驕傲



This another nice 'oldies'. Hmm ... I wish I could listen to songs more rather than my Bloomberg/CNBC biz-econs news daily!! So crazy man ...

TEH
TEH

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Happy Birthday, Hong

My lovely sis is 40 this year!! Big number ... hehe ... I wanted to write here but really too busy with my reading of my new investment books such as :

1. A Bull in China by Jim Rogers
2. Profit from the panic by Ryan Huang
3. Fisher Investments on Materials by Ken Fisher
4. The winning investment habits of Buffett and Soros

I m going into HK's market now and moving in US in AUG or so. A lot of homework to be done ..

TEH

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Masiswa 2009

Tmr the game starts but I m not involved. So, I will be busy with my classes and might join them(bringing Er) to see the teams play bola. Yeah, I m still very much interested in bola-games, and will surely llove to support our school players. Well, I m "busy" and my thoughts are far-away ...

Seow Boon(GSB) is a Hokkien, staying nearby my childhood home at Kepong Baru. Yeah, I think I m basically like her for her 'nice' long hair, at first. I dont really remember exactly when or why I hv chosen to be in crush on her, and I THOUGHT I was in-love? Being such a chicken(with low confidence with girls), I did not dare to approach her. So, basically almost everyday at school, I will steal a peek on her. Hehe ...

Then, my younger sis, Feleene who is one yr her junior became the school prefect. Oh, GSB was a prefect too. Her best friend Jeannie was a prefect and a good friend with my sis!! That is how my sis got to know her ... but I never dare to tell my sis that I 'admired' her!! Haha .. Funny, as I could easily laugh it off now but not in 1982 then. Anything about her is perfect and the more I observed her, the more i THOUGHT i fall-in-love with her!! Hehe ...

2 years past, I was just looking at her from the distance. Well, I passed my SRP(form 3) and moving to another school(Raja Ali) for my form 4. She was still at Kepong Baru school in Form 3, then. I know I will miss her face ... so, I tailed her home(nearby ... house no 121, jalan 68!! See, I can still remember!! haha) one day so that I could cycle pass by her house once in a while if I 'miss' her ...

to be continued

TEH

Monday, April 20, 2009

Meng Ting Wei

Meng Ting Wei



This Taiwan's songbird resemble my first crush - Seow Boon. She is one year younger than me, very pretty in her long hair(simply love girls with longer hair last time!! Haha). Yeah ... I want to write about her as she did came into my life briefly before rejecting me ... too bad.

TEH

Superman

Superman (It's not Easy) by Five for Fighting



Superman (It's Not Easy) by Five for Fighting.

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive,
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie,
'Bout a home I'll never see

It might sound absurd,
But don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
But won't you conceive
Even heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me

Up, up, and away, away from me
But it's alright,
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive,
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special thing inside of me
Inside of me
Inside of me
Yeah, inside of me
Inside of me

I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
I'm only a man looking for her dream
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
And it's not easy
Oooo oooo oooo

It's not easy
To be
Me

7.50 am : Morning ... Sometime I wish to say that I m not a "Superman" but I think I wish to be a "Superman". When I was younger, perhaps I wish I could fly after watching the first Superman, The Movie. Yeah, any other young boys would be, I dreamt of becoming the man-of-steel. I won't feel the pain, I don't have to eat and could fly to any places at anytime I wish ... and the best part of it, I will be saving the world and becoming a HERO.

Today, I no longer day-dreaming but at times, I wish I m REALLY strong to withstand so much of pressure(mostly the expectation from myself) against the community/society. I simply hear too much of NOISES from my surrounding. Sometimes I feel so drown by the noises that I could not enjoy the nice melodies playing in my mind. I get really sad.

Yeah, sometimes I wish to share with Mag that it is not easy to be me. I don't have common thinking. I have to struggle internally, trying to conform to the majority and I m deceiving myself. II hv to let go of so many of my principles in the name of being NORMAL. I m forced to hypocritely smile to people aroound, and listen to craps they are speaking about. And no matter what I think about, I hv no outlet to share. I feel trap inside my own thoughts. It is certainy not easy to be ...me. I m not being myself now, anyway.

Can MONEY really release me freely AWAY from this materialisitic world? I know I m planning to earn my first million in 3-5 years time, and it is becoming clearer that it is possible. Using KNOWLEDGE to generate huge amount of MONEY ... I hope I dont go insane anytime soon. The pace I m going is really insane. I hv to mute my emotion, to work extremely hard, living far below my means ... in the sake of accumulating wealth. That is NOT the direction of live I wish for ... I wish to be a Superman ... to fly with birds, swim with dolphins and mermaids and to run in safari with zebras? How I wish ...

In reality, I hv tonnes of papers to mark and loads of economic/biz data to digest. In reality, I hv to keep mum about my thoughts(not even allowed to speak my mind in my OWN blog as it has been seen inappropriate for a lecturer to write something deemed "BAD"). You could imagine amount of insanity inside me, facing the stupidity of my surrounding.

I wish to fly ...

Jeff Chang & Carina Lau - 有一点动心 <--- a memorable song dedicated to me. Today, I can understand the meaning of the song.




TEH

Friday, April 17, 2009

Emil Chow(Wa Kin)

周華健 - 風雨無阻



周華健 - 愛相隨



I m marking papers ... while listening to Emil Chao's oldies ... very nice. SO, I search for its old mtv in youtube. There!! The magic of internet and sharing.

I remember his first album which I bought(a cassette as we do not hv CDs then) as I was still in varsity. An original cassette cost me about RM8 then. It is VERY expensive as I have to give tuition and supporting myself during varsity time. Time was hard and harsh then. Anyway, I was introduced to Emil by a course-mate from Johore, Debbie(can't remember much about her, tho. Hehe). She was a big fan of Emil. I was listening to CHINESE songs to learn the language and also, to enjoy music, of coz. In the 80s, English hits were VERY good then. Duran-duran was one of my favourite.

Back to Emil ... one of his first hits was "Chui Zhen De Meng" means "the real dream". Then, followed by "Zhai Ai Wo Ba" mean "Love me again". It was top-10 hits in radio, then. Debbie took the trouble to write the lyrics of the songs in Han-Yu Pin-Yin(my version tho). That is how I started to like Emil's songs.

Today, Debbie should be 43 yrs old mom, somewhere out there. As she is majoring in Chemistry, we parted in 3rd-year, 1988. Shhh ... nothing happen between us. We are not really close, except for EMIL --- her idol, then. So Debbie(Soh? I think)... thanks for the lyrics you translated for me. I kept it well till I shifted to KK here. I left it in KL ... it is lost forever. She is one of the few I talked with during Varsity (1987-1989). I hardly knew more than 10 of them!!

周華健 - 讓我歡喜讓我憂 <--- I sang this song to my wife(gf then) before. Haha



周華健 - 我是真的付出我的愛 (1988) <--- 21 years old!!



Finally, I could find the older hits!! His first album is beautiful. The cassette I bought 21 years ago could no longer play(I think I still have it in one of the boxes!!) but I hv the songs(most his songs!!) in mp3. Hehe

周華健 - 再愛我吧 <--- Please love me again ...



In term of physical beauty, Debbie is very normal(perhaps that is why I m not attracted to her then?) but today I realised that such a nice and kind-hearted lady could make anyone's lives better. Yes, she is also charitable and will actively helped in organising activities in MU. I never bother much about her invitations for the activities or functions. I m too busy with my tuition(never busy studying, tho ... as I never study at all during younger days!!)

周華健 - 最真的夢 <--- The truest dream



周華健 - 不願一個人 <--- Don't wish to be alone



Being 'handicapped' as not handsome and poor, I used to have an insecure feeling that NO lady will ever like to be with me, not even close to me. That was at least what my 2nd aunty always laugh at me. HAHA ... you are so ugly, I wonder who the BLIND girl will even be with you. Furthermore, you stinked. My ego was bruised and queitly, I started to BELIEVE that was a FACT. Hmmm ...

I looked around myself ... well, I have a girl I like very much, my first in my young heart. I wrote her a short love-letter but never have the guts to hand it to her. The secret was exposed when my aunty found it in my school-bag!! I never thought anyone will look into my school bag, ok? I was so so naive ... I cried a lot over it. I was Standard Six, then. Haha ... yeah, a puppy love that lasted till my next crush when I was form 3? BTW, she is Liaw Han Nee(I used to call her honey!!), married when she was 33(10 years ago). She was my play-mate when I was in standard 1 & 2. We do almost everything together till we were 'big' enough to feel shy? Never mind ... hehe

Well, will write an inetresting recall of ALL the girls who came in my life and out ... some lost forever? It will definitely be very loong ...

Again, some idiots(those so-called educated jerks who stalk others blogs) might question my MOTIVES of writing about it. HEY, we don't need motives to write in OUR own personal lives, ok? If I m going to write about sex or put some nudity here(being seen as art?), that is MY CHOICE. And if I want to voice out about my opinions regarding our stupid surroundings, I HAVE MY WAY. Buck off!

TEH

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Liverpool is OUT

Trial exams is on ... I hv heaps of papers to mark. Next week the juniors will be having exams ... I cant wait for the HOLIDAY. But before that, I need to mark the papers ... sigh.

Classes still on as usual, and I m very busy trading KLSE. It is having a mini-bull run, we called it. So, anything you buy seems to move HIGHER up and you couold easily gain 20-50% of your capital!! Wait ... placing your money in FD giving you 3% at the best. UT or Bonds might give you slightly higher ... and it is in ONE YEAR. I m talking about gaining 50% in ..emm ... one month? I m doing that now. Hehe.

Regina : INVESTING is a life-time education. Once you REALLY know how, you could benefit from it in a long run. Yes, be smart. Be astute. Invest your money and let the money work for you. IF you want to START, I could guide u. Hehe

Anyway, I hv slowly know more and more doctors thru JL. I was introduced to a bone-specialist last Sunday while having breakfast together. Well, at least I know it will benefit me knowing many specialists/doctors? Better watch my diets ... hmm ...

I m trying to console myself as Liverpool exiting CL. They lost to the blue. It was the home-game last week that they lost 1-3. The consolation I could have at the moment is I don't hv to wake up early in the morning to watch the games. zzzz

The plans of shifting of the caampus has been postponed to NOV. So, I hope I could go back to KL in AUG for a week. I need the break badly. The flight might cause me a lot ... but my family have not seen my baby girl. She starts to crawl now. Hehe ... so cute.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Trail Exams and tests

Morning ... i m here early as usual. I no longer wake up 5am(advice from doctor. Hehe) to watch US market but i do late night-out(studying markets with my doctor friend, JL). I could be seen in SMC hanging there almost daily till midnight. Well, i m giving tuition to a doctor friend to see how we could take advantage of the current financial crisis.

I m suppose to print the TRIAL EXAM paper today but I forgot my pen-drive. Hmm ... seriously, I m too busy and sometimes I wish I could take a week off. I wish to go back to KL during the semester break end of this month ... but, I very tied here. I hv tuition classes on(and my students will be sitting for exams soon). I hv many more paperwork to be done --- my work-pass expired and I m not allowed to fly --- I also hv my continuos research paper to be done by AUG2009.

So, these exams weeks for the coming two weeks could give me some break from teach BUT with tonnes of papers to mark!! I rather teach in classroom than sitting here marking paper!! Arrghhh ... I need Vicodin. Haha

Regina : I have been doing my research on "Power and Energy" --- The resources and the alternative since JAN2009 and due around AUG2009. Well, it is for investment purposes. As we all know, markets are bad, economies contracting and financial crisis are around. It is the BEST time to invest(and get rich) ... so, I m going to INVEST in US/HK markets buying Power and Energy stocks at cheap rate now and will keep it for 3-5 yrs. Yes, it will be 10-20 fold of the capital I m investing in. Interesting? Hehe ... For example, I bought a windpower company's stock(named China Windpower) at HKD0.245 x 100,000 units = HKD24.5 k ... and today it is priced at HKD 0.315 x 100,000 units = HKD31.5 k. That is the unrealised profits in ONE MONTH so far, ok? It will be doubled by end of this year ... you should read my Trading Blog regarding how difficult to 'double' our money.

So, my research is basically for HUGE investment, but yes ... I enjoy the knowledge as always. I love Wind-Power as an alternative green energy.

TEH

back to my exams paper ....arrrghh .... Regi, e-mail me coffee, please. Haha

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Wind and Cloud - Fung Wan(風雲)

風雲

The storm raiders 1/12 (In Thai?) <--- The beginning ...

郭富城、鄭伊健:《風雲之雄霸天下》 "決戰雄霸" <--- The final battle: Wind + Cloud

One of my favourite show!! I even have the DVD. Hehe Waiting for the sequel.

Aaron Kwok - Storm Riders



鄭伊健 - 風雲 (bad audio)



一對對 by Ekin


TEH

p/s : My son's middle name is "WAN", as I like 'cloud' in this movie!

Weekend : Liverpool vs Fulham

12.15 am : I m waiting for the Liverpool's game while reading(and trying to digest) tonnes of China-biz news. So ... I need some relaxation. Oh yes, I remembered that I do still have a personal blog!! Hehe ... dropping too write a few lines here.

Today, I brought my son to Melinsung's swimming pool. Yeah, he prefer the pool rather than the natural large pool meters away!! Someday, I will try to lure him back to the beach!! Hmm ...

Yeah, I spent my weekend with my family as that give me some joy, after a whole week working!!

Be right back. Watch football, need to focus. haha

1.30 am : First half 0 - 0, hits cross-bar and poles. Should have scored 2 or 3 goals. Very unfortunate ... might be just one of the many draws where they dominate, created chances but failed to score!

Jamie Foxx feat. T.I. - Just Like Me



TEH

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Eric Moo

Since I m in mood to share Eric Moo's songs with others, let me post(if I could find in youtube la) 50 of my fav songs here!! Hehe. I m a big fans of his.

It is NOT arranged in the sequence of my liking, tho. It is random. Enjoy!!

巫啟賢 - 九月風起時 <--- a popular song played in Chinese radio when I was younger.

巫啟賢、方麗儀 - 只愛一點點 <--- Very glad I could find this one. Very GOOD.

巫啟賢 - 別以為男人就不會哭 <--- Yes, being an emotional kinda person, I do cry. :(

巫啟賢 - 愛那麼重


TEH

UMNO Assembly? Who cares!!

I don't read local news for some time now. All I do read in daily basis for hours is BUSINESS and ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL news ... global and regional. I wish to take a break ...

UMNO assembly is on ... Rafidah defeated, finally. They called her IRON-LADY. Or was it iron-board? Hmm ... can't be as she is not flat, too many bumps in fact.

I simply dislike Malaysian politicians(most of them) as they SUCK Rakyat's money. They speak as if they care for RAKYAT but they are very cunning, the greatest hypocrites and the best grammy-award actors/actresses. So, I do not wish to taint my posting here with all my swearing towards those stupid UMNO cow-dung heads there.

Eric Moo ... I simply enjoy his 'old' soul-searching songs. Fantastic singer and his songs suit my emotions the most! I do know and still remember how to sing most of his songs. I hv about 18 of his albums.

巫啟賢 遺忘過去 <--- an oldies in the late 80s during my varsity years. Enjoy.



巫啟賢 - 是否妳曾偷偷的哭



Therefore, I want to talk about the short one-hour marketing talk in our school recently about studying Bio-tech in Malaysia. I think it is a good eye-opener to our students and see prospect in Bio-tech as their career. I m not incline to "bio" but like the "tech" part. It is cool ... I mean, altering DNA to create new species?! DOG + CAT = CatDog? <--- it is a cartoon, if u dont know. How about the cloning of human? Or detemining the sex of babies?? I dislike the idea of human playing God, but these technologies are really .... COOL.

He shown slides of STD --- suddenly the students' interest increased!! Wow!! I m going to study bio-tech, man. Hehe ...

As I hv written before, I do still have a dream of continuing my studies. I wish to study marine-biology!! Yeah ... nothing to do with my Maths or the Financial stuff I m studying at the moment. I just need to get myself financially free ... fly to OZ(with my family, of coz) and enjoy my studies there!! Yeah ... what a dream!!

I met a marine-biologist last night and he was from England(London). He is currently attached to a few companies? I m not sure ... can't really catch his strong accent. Yucks! I hv to think twice of going to Liverpool to stay for a year(another of my dream!!). Haha.

Nothing much about my life at the moment to blog. Hmm ... my Sherlyn got 4 little teeth now. :-)
Hmm .... blank!! Haha

TEH

Monday, March 23, 2009

Liverpool 5 - Aston Villa 0

Fantastic results over the weekend, with MU lost and Chelsea lost too. But, it is still 4 points behind MU and we wouldnt be seeing MU losing the next game? Hmm ... we shall see ..

YNWA

TEH

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Fishing for RICH hubby?

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste.

I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York .

My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married?

I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you?

Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.

I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:

1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)

2) Which age group should I target?

3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys

4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty

Beauty IQ?

Brad Pitt : A perfect score in my wife's eyes!!

I went for a haircut just now ... it is kinda nice as I decided to PAUSE in my trading-blog!! It has been something I do for past ... 8 months without a stop?? I m taking a break!! Yippee!! Finally I am allowed to read SPORTS news, watching 'live' bowling on TV(Malaysian Open at Pyramid) ... also, went City-Mall for shopping!!

Ok, back to my main TOPIC today ... BEAUTY IQ. Seriously, while having my haircut, instead of my usual "investment" books I will read(any available minute!!), I read the magz there .. CLEO? An article about BEAUTY IQ ... and if I have to take the QUIZ, I think I will surely FAIL BADLY ... perhaps could be called stupid-moron? Haha.

In a scale of 10, here MIGHT be my scores:-

Hair : I dont bother to comb or VERY seldom(like once in 6 months?) apply any greese/oil on it? I feel it is NOT necessary to bother. Just cut it short, I said. I dont go to those hair-saloon. A simple ah-pek shop do good. Haha. BQ point = 0.

Scalp : Untidy hair and lack of actual care creates dandruff. I hv these problem on and off since young. Today I m still using anti-dandruff shampoo and a MUST to wash in daily basis. BQ = 0.

Face : With holes and scars all over due to pimples or balls during younger time, I don't see I will score any point here. Hmm ... besides, I dont use washing cream for men etc etc. Ok ok ... BQ = 0.

Eyes : Double eyelid ... the ONLY part that my wife will 'compliment' about and my daughter has that too. But, I always have a sleepy eyes!! Haha. No 'panda ring' seen, tho. BQ = 6. Yeah!! Also, I hv VERY good eye sight ... and never wear a spec before, ok?

Lips : Thick lips is sexy? I wont agree ... I prefer someone with a 'cute and small' lips like my son and daughter! Hehe ...and my wife's too. Julia Roberts? Yucky to me. But, since thick lips considered as sexy, can I claim 2 points here? hehe. BQ = 2

Teeth/Oral : Bad breath is not acceptable. Due to accident, I hv a bridge. Never fix it with STEEL to perfect its so-called much wanted. Havent see the dentist for almost 8 months now. A definite NO NO. BQ = 0.

Ear : Nothing special and no defect detected, anyway. So, it is an average shape with common texture! haha. Well, not so clean, tho. I suppose they go to beauty saloon to clean the wax, and not like an old-man trick --- korek with the cotton-stick? Hmm ... anyway, I should be able to score some common points here. BQ = 4.

Nose : Too large? Too flat? Well, we see the pointed-nose like some Hindustani actors/actresses as PERFECT? As always, I will NOT agree. BQ = 4

So, I have 16/80 ... hmm ... what is the rating again? Hmm ...

Well, doing this BQ quiz is definitely not my cuppa tea. But, hey ... it is FUN!! I hv not have FUN for looong time!! Hehe.
At least I didnt not talk about the usual boring IQ, EQ or FQ, right? Is BQ official now?

Thursday, March 19, 2009

U make me wanna ...

u make me wanna - blue



Morning ... as US markets jump up for past one week, I get excited and BUSY. Hehe ... well, on personal side nothing much except time to set trial exams paper again ... exams time is near for my 116 students who will be sitting for their A-level exams coming May/June. Exams is part of students' lives. I wish to live a day seeing EXAMS will not be the utter most importance in our education system but ... guess we will not be seeing such. In fact, our society are following our kiasu-neighbour Spore!! This is especially true for Chinese-community who do not want to lose-face to their friends/relatives ... and surrounding. "How many A your daughter got arr??" Hai ya, stupid girl got ONLY 8A1 and 3A2 la ... her cousin brother got 10A1 and 2A2, you know. I m so embarassed la". These will be conversation of those STUPID parents speaking about in wet-markets, churches/temples, or during a direct-selling convention!! Haha ... plain stupidity of our un-educated society. Anyway, I m not suppose to called my surrounding STUPID? Ok ok ... be milder ... err ... ignorant? No no .. better still, I M THE STUPID MORON. Sound better now. Phew!! Hehe ... Let the aunties continue to brag and boast ... and their poor kids feel the tremendous pressure without realising that they are actually "forced" to do what their parents want them to do --- to save their FACE-si la.

Ok, back to my exams paper ...

TEH

p/s : I was teaching a batch of students who just got their SPM results. 11+11+11+8+6 "A"s among 5 of them!! Excellent results, indeed.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Liverpool 4 Man United 1


9.40 pm : Man U 1 - Liverpool 2. A penalty a piece, with Torres scored from Vidic's error. Half time now ... Another 45 minutes to battle on Old Trdaford.

10.25 pm : Vidic sent-off. Liverpool scored from freekick. It is 3 - 1. They should hold on to the victory. Liverpool this season beat Chelsea too, but the dropped too many points drawing and recently lost to Boro.

10.40 pm : Dossena scored again in the last minute, Liverpool's 4th goal. Fantastic!!

You'll Will Never Walk Alone ...

It has been a fantastic European outing for both English giants : Liverpool trashed Real Madrid 4 - 0(aggregate 5 - 0) at Anfield and Man U beat Inter Milan 2 - 0 at Old Tradford.

TEH