The end of the Dragon year

As we come to the end of the Dragon year, I'd like to point out my frustrations at the shit I got this year being the one born of the Dragon.

This year, my grades dropped exponentially. Admittedly, I didn't expect my luck to be so bad at the start of the year so I didn't think anything of getting too cocky nearing the exams. And truth be told, my cockiness got the better of me and I flopped 3 out of my 4 papers. I got 3 HDs and 1 DI for semester 2, but 3 DIs and1 HD for the last semester. See the difference? Granted I expected Investment to be my weakest link considering the shit result we got for the project, but hell I didn't expect a shitty grade for micro and international finance.

Next up, refer to the previous post for the full story of the end of my relationship with nilo. And only after so many months of breakup did I find out that all women tend to be insecure when in relationships. By then, it was already too late to get back with her. Right just my luck. Moving on...

I've left Jetstar with a heavy heart knowing I studied finance but hate accounting since it's the same thing day in day out without much need for analyzing anything. And here I am almost a month after leaving, still without a job.

I managed to get an interview with Toyota once. It was for a demand and supply specialist. And no prizes for guessing, I fucked up the final interview. Pushed through 2 rounds of interviews - one with the recruiter and one with the HR of Toyota - then fell short at the final interview. And the recruiter told me the last one is usually just for show. Fuck! I didn't even know what exactly the position entailed until the hiring manager explained it! To top it all, the next interviewee after me knew exactly what the job scope was! I should not have read up so much about supply chain management and just focused on what was in the job description! Now the recruiter is trying to push me for one last economics position. This is my last hope to work in Toyota, and I hope he's really calling them, not just pushing me off each time I call him.

Well as one can see from everything up till now, I'm pretty pessimistic about how the Dragon year turned out for me. But there is always a silver lining that comes with every cloud. After breaking up with nilo, I got to spend more time with Shirley and the gang at the Sonata Music school. Not to mention her sexy neighbour! Cecilia owns the handbag store just diagonally opposite the school. She's one bubbly character! Never fails to make us laugh.

Anyway, the talk on numerology I went for at NYP on Friday predicted that my luck would be better after 45 years of age. So basically I got shit luck till then. If luck till 45 is going to be as shitty as this year, chances are I won't hit 45. I'd be in my grave by then, dead from misery or some similar mishap. Or as Shirley says, my fullstop is there. So here's to the end of the Dragon year for one born of the Dragon. Hopeless year it definitely was. Better have better luck next year. Just 2 more weeks...

My lesson learnt

Ok, so here are the lessons I learnt from my first relationship with Niloufer:

All people have their insecurities, women included. Deal with it. If she wasn't willing to share her insecurities with me, she wouldn't be willing to go into a relationship with me. Women only share their insecurities with the people that they feel close to or attracted to.

Secondly, as much as women want to deny it, they are mostly just as horny as guys. Why else are women magazines advertising sex just as much as men's magazines? There were times when she got more horny than me.

Lastly, do not break your personal rules even in a relationship. It's like going against one's morals: not to be done. I made that mistake many times during the relationship and set myself up for failure. I'm really sorry about that Niloufer.

In conclusion, I broke up with a girl with a good heart for all the wrong reasons, thinking she was super needy and insecure when it was just that all women look to their man to get security.

However, while I regret breaking up with her, I have to thank my Guinness brother for always being there for me, and telling me to man up and face my decisions. If not for him, I never would have stayed separated from Niloufer and would not have found out her true character till deeper into the relationship. That would take more time to heal.

Niloufer, my last words to you, if you even by some weird chance manage to find this page will be: respect your body as I have respected you as a person. What you did was simply low. If you cannot respect your own body, none of your relationships down the road will last (and don't blame it on your preference for Chinese guys).

Just me ranting: To think that you told me about wanting to stay single for the year 2013, that you will be back in town in a few years time and we could pick up where we left off if I wanted. Guess its more lies that you never could stop telling huh? And to think that you would make out with me while chasing another guy, I quite frankly felt disgusted by that also. Then again, it's probably my jealousy speaking.

Well so that's that. Goodbye. What I need now is to get to know more people. Till then, cheers people! To Arthur!

JPY / USD part 2

Ok, now for the week's summary.

The yen has been rather weak all week round, hitting a high of 80.75 to the dollar. This compared to an indirect quote of 80.84 to the dollar considering at that exact same time, S(USD/EUR) = 1.3450 and S(JPY/EUR) = 108.7345. Assuming no transaction costs, that is 0.12% riskless profit per yen invested.

Other than that, well there's nothing much to talk about the yen. it has been a pretty uneventful week in the Japanese markets except for the fact that exporters are gaining ground in the stock market due to the weakness of the yen. I believe the yen is already past the turbulent stage where it floats randomly between the 76 and 78 mark. The price of 80 JPY/USD seems to be the new support level. and I can only predict volatility will only decrease when the green back hits the 100yen region. That is where the yen was till the nuclear disaster occurred.

That wraps it for the week's analysis for the yen against the greenback.

JPY / USD part 1

Ok long time no see. My blog will update on what I have reflected on for the currency pair of JPY/USD for the next few weeks. By no means is this a true reflection or analysis of the currency pair. It is just part of a project, and to save paper, I shall note it in my blog instead. Ok so I shall start.

20th Feb 2012

Japan's trade account, its broadest measure of trade with the world, fell to a deficit of 1,475 billion yen, the highest deficit recorded in its 31-year history of records. This topped the previous month's deficit of 479.4 billion yen.

However, it seems that the Japanese market has already priced it in as it closed up a whopping 1.08% to 9,485.09. Add to that the Yen is still rising after trade figures came out, opening at 79.6480 to the dollar then rising to 79.4675. That should be around 0.227% appreciation in just over an hour after the opening bell in the US market.

However, S&P has been quoted to say "the sovereign ratings on Japan are supported by the country's ample net external asset position, relatively strong financial system, and diversified economy." Thus, Japan retains their AA- rating.

All in all, I think Japanese economists are being realistic here, already expecting a few more trade deficits before going back into any surplus. The global economy is just too volatile now, what with the Greek sovereign debt and the entire Eurozone in danger. Even China is affected. Let us not also forget the US and EU sanctions on Iran saying their civilian nuclear research is a veiled attempt at nuclear weapons. That just piles up on oil prices, with the Brent already hitting the US$120 mark and still not showing signs of stopping.

Ok that's it for today. Just a short write up was necessary for a week actually. This is already overkill haha!

i'm just bored for now haha

yes, as the title suggests, i'm just bored for now. i'm having my hols now, have been for about 3 weeks already. but somehow time passed extremely fast during my hols, faster than my sem feels. oh well, but studying again was, believe it or not, a breath of fresh air!! felt quite good to be able to study again and totally not have someone bug u on whether or not u have finished something. well of course other than the project haha.

but lemme tell of a story of 2 people in my class, well actually only this one person. no names will be mentioned, but for those who know me in lecture, this will be a no-brainer(i shall call her WH here). i wouldn't call her the smartest brain on legs, but there came a point when i realised she wasn't that stupid either. i think she was just scheming.

this girl, approached me one day before our project team line-up was due to ask if i would join their group. since i was only just recently absorbed into my clique's group, i told her i couldn't but i know of a friend who has yet to find a group. this friend was my army buddy. he wasn't the most hardworking either, but i'm pretty sure he would at least do his share of the work. so i told her that, and she agreed to meet my friend to team up. then when i introduced my friend on that same day during lecture, WH and her friend conveniently assimilated themselves into KW's group. oh well. so much for an agreement.

nvm i let that pass. KW later came back to me and told me, "their work has totally no base to jump off". put bluntly, that means their work has totally no substance at all and is total thrash. ok so now i hope we can agree on the fact that WH isn't exactly very smart. but the best part is about to come.

then came the study break. by then WH and her friend have already become my study kakis. there was this day that i wanted to go to the gym so we studied at the lounge, where the gym was located. that morning, WH came first. she asked to borrow my notes after she showed me her law printouts. she told me her friend had her micro notes. thinking it was the other kaki that had the notes, i lent mine to her. after lunch, all of us were present, and yet she asked me again for my notes. this time i asked again, "where are ur notes then?" she still replied the same thing. i gave up at that time. i felt she just wanted to read my notes. after all, i had a hunch that her notes were empty, other than some nonsensical scribblings here and there. after all, all she does in lecture is to sit and stare at the lecturer. she doesn't do the examples, nor does she even bother to read the notes, yet, nothing goes into her head.

oh well. from then on, i decided to leave the study group and go solo. anyway by then pck was already starting to be part of the group. so maybe he can tolerate WH better than me. i cant stand scheming people in my study group. if u wanna study together, and if u know u are the one always depending on others to understand the notes, at least put in the effort. if u have law notes and ur micro notes are with a friend, then study law! don't insist on studying micro. if not ensure ur friend is gonna meet u that day to return u ur notes!

ok now that i've ranted, i'm happy. haha. results are still not out as of this post, well, a 15-question mcq took more than a month to churn out results, so i expect this to be longer. let's see how long this will take and if i can get all HD =)

i'm in a bad mood...

as the title suggests, i'll just be rambling abt what caused my foul mood today.

1stly lemme say that i am not that racist. i just cant stand ppl who try and cause trouble.

ok so i was in the bus coming back from work...so naturally i would be tired and well a bit restless. so there was this stop where these 2 fucking bangalas came up and stood like just beside my seat (it was a one seater). so now i have no problems with that... i mean the bus isnt exactly what u would call spacious but there was enough room for those fuckers to stand further away lar.

so as the ride went on, one of them kept banging his crotch against my shoulder when the bus swayed abit. at first it was just a little tap so i ignored it. then it gradually became more and more elaborate with sometimes half his body leaning on to me!! i mean wtf!! no psychomotor skills ar??

then when i told him off once, he went behind me and started yaking away loudly on his phone...why i say loudly was cos i could her him through the crazy drum beats of dragonforce and sonata arctica on my mp3 blasting away at my ears.

here comes another good part! then he sneezes my way w/o covering his mouth. how i know? i saw it in the reflection from the window.

fuckers like these just make ppl shun their race more. never in my life have i hated a bangala so much that i wanted to fucking uppercut his balls!! i wanted to do that so badly i had to take deep breaths to prevent myself from doing stupid stuff!! my 2 year jail term taught me well here lol...

to all my female friends...

this post is not against all my female friends or female readers (if any). this is just to let u know what i feel.

the scientific term for anorexia is anorexia nervosa. i feel there are quite alot of girls who have some form of this today. there are those with a more severe case of anorexia but not extreme yet. but my advise is that if ur friends or even ur bf tells u that u ain't fat, then YOU ARE NOT FAT!!! period.

if u still do not believe me, have a look at how this mental condition makes ur body look "more and more like a supermodel". here are pictures taken from a website chilloutpoint.com

if u think these girls are beautiful then by all means carry on eating a few grains of rice or none at all. sheesh i'm even surprised these girls still got 2 lumps on their chest!! well anyway, its ur choice. =)