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!