An Unconventional Teacher

Morning … big hu-ha about PARKING of cars! Haha. I laughed at the stupidity of human around me. Haha. I laughed again. Sigh. I m sick, I guess.

We were told to park at Pagoda before 7am … I was here around 6.15am(yup, woke up 4.20am … watched Liverpool vs West Ham — errr — TV was watching me, actually as I m busy reading a book(by Othman Yong). Drew 0-0). Anyway, I parked inside till I saw Joanna walked in around 6.40am.

Me: Morning, Michelle. How come you are walking in? Where do you all park your car?

Michelle: morning … Joanna parked at pagoda there. Arent we supposed to park there?

Me: oh ya … forgotten. I better move my car away.

When I reached pagoda, my colleague (CPK) was fuming sitting inside the car as the guard does not allowed her to park there! Me? Cool la … just take away the blocks and inviting her in to park! I happily parked beside hers.

But, to her … it is NOT over … she carries her anger/frustration and the whole staff room full with her negative vibes. Hmmm … I tried to calm her by saying that it is NOT the guard faults, someone has given him orders and he is just follwing them. To be fair to him la, please … but, she wanted to get it up to everyone who has placed her in that predicament. Hmm… pay back time? Hmmm … tan-tan came in. she wants justice!! WOW. I m impressed with the stupidity of my surroundings. Hmm … I asked her to pray (she supposed to be a strong Christian? Afterall, she lead Christian-groups many times before — Lord, forgive her damages to your beloved creations, I prayed. Amen) … but it seems she forgotten the existence of God (in control, not human)!

Anyway … I m not a Christian. One of my close Christian friend Karen Chin(KB) ever said to me … I could easily put many Christians to shame with my good deeds(in church activities) and my knowledge about bible/Christianity. The words so clear to me … I just nicely told her off … it is God’s willing that I m here in this church serving God(not human or Christians, please) but I m definitely not here to shame ANYONE. I may not be baptized or LEGALLY being a Christian, but I have GOD inside me. Do I need to SHOW like other —which I called them Christian-no-in-practice —. Amen. I m still and might never be a Christian in name of Jesus, but GOD will forgive me. Human don’t have forgiving heart …

I m carried away again …

going for my class …

Taken from BCCM, Kundasang … wondering how many read that? And could comprehend its importance. If we human to live up to minimal expecation of human-kind, then it surely a better place to be — but bitter? Please pray with heart, my dear bro/sis … as feeling is what we have inside. Learn to forgive as Lord has forgiven us.

10.15am

When I’m Gone <— Simple Plan

http://www.metrolyrics.com

I look around me
But all I seem to see
Is people going nowhere
Expecting sympathy
It’s like we’re going through the motions
Of the scripted destiny
Tell me where’s our inspiration
If life wont wait
I guess it’s up to me

Whoahh
No we’re not gonna waste another moment in this town
Whoahh
We wont come back, the world its calling out
Whoahh
Leave the past in the past gonna find the future
And misery loves company
Well so long
You’ll miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

Procrastination running circles in my head
While you sit there contemplating you’ll wind up left for dead (left for dead)
Life is what happens
While you’re busy making your excuses
Another day, another casualty
But that won’t happen to me

Whoahh
No we’re not gonna waste another moment in this town
Whoahh
We wont come back, the world its calling out

Whoahh
Leave the past in the past gonna find the future
And misery loves company
Well so long
You’ll miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
When I’m gone

Let’s go…!
Won’t look back
When I say goodbye
We’re gonna leave this world behind me
Gonna take what’s mine tonight
‘cause every wasted day
Becomes a wasted chance
You’re gonna wake up feeling sorry
‘cause life won’t wait
I guess it’s up to you

Whoahh
No we’re not gonna waste another moment in this town
Whoahh
We wont come back, the world its calling out
Whoahh
Leave the past in the past gonna find the future
And misery loves company
Well so long
You’ll miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

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STTSS bazzar is going on, annually. I m going to find something to eat(uncle bob’s chicken?) later …

12.15pm

The food in bazaar is not so good and overly priced. I bought rm10 tickets … spent on satay n watermelon. that is rm5. another 5 bucks, i bought ’shining star’ for Er. Not food la … stickers. LOL

Going for lunch now ….

See daddy? Am i cute? haha

Imagine the following:

You have just made it through your wedding ceremony
and step out onto the church steps.
The photographer raises his camera.

Following your family tradition,
both of you hold white doves which you will release together.
You and your new husband stand shoulder to shoulder
with a dove in your hands as your friends and relatives eagerly wait.

The photographer gives the ready signal
and you open your hands toward the sky.

Not a dry eye in the house,
the camera flashes; the moment is saved for eternity….  

Wedding Gown $2,500.
Photographer $2,000

Having ‘the twins’ pop out
and say CHEESE in front of your family and friends…

PRICELESS!!!!!

2.35pm

I still hv tuition classes from 3.30 till 6.30pm. Then, supposed to hv another from 7.30 till 9.30pm. Tonight, IS hv CNY dinner for staff but i couldnt make it. Also, at Sutera is the MASTER FINAL … i will only go there around 11.30pm for prize-giving.

Too tired to face this idiot-box. zzzzzzzzzzz

TEH

Lessons from the 1987 market crash

Personal Investing By OOI KOK HWA

Investors need to be cautions and hold more cash because cash is king when the market is down. 

ARE we heading for a bigger market crash like the one in 1987 or have we seen the worst of the market corrections? 

The recent global stock market crashes, especially the big sell-off on the Hong Kong market, prompted investors to recall the big market crash in 1987. In this article, we will look into the causes of the US crash. 

In 1987, the rapid technological progress and reduction of entry costs to the market caused a real expansion and entry of many new investors into the US stock market.  

As a result, the crash in 1987 was partly attributed to over-inflated prices generated by a speculative bubble during the first nine months. The US market experienced more than 30% gains during the period. At the peak, the average price-earnings ratio was about 30 times.  

G. William Schwert, in his research titled Stock Market Crash of October 1987, postulated that the various strategies involving stocks with options or futures contracts on stock indices (called “programme trading”) led to an unusual level of selling volume on Oct 19, 1987.  

As a result, the specialists were unable to find enough buyers to meet the demand of sellers. The lack of liquidity caused further big drop in prices. Traders were caught by surprise by the speed of the price drop. 

On Oct 14, 1987, the US reported the largest trade deficit. To a lot of investors, it was hard to understand how the announcement of its largest trade deficit could cause such a big sell-off in stocks. One of the possible reasons was the potential reversal of the trade deficit. Lowering trade deficit might imply lower capital inflows, which would cause lower stock prices. 

The largest fall in the US stock market happened on the Black Monday of Oct 19, 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 22.6%, or 508 points, within a day. It was the largest single fall since 1929, in both absolute and percentage terms.  

In Malaysia, the KL Composite Index (KLCI) tumbled 12.4%. The main reason behind the fall was on the night of Oct 18, a soldier ran amok with an M16 in Kuala Lumpur. This triggered a panic. Then, as a result of the overnight crash in the US, the KLCI plunged another 15.7% the following day.  

Could we have predicted the recent market crash? 

A lot of investors were unable to escape the recent crashes. Retailers did not know how to deal with their money after selling stocks. Furthermore, most of them would not sell anything as they could not spot the exact top of the bull market and sell out in time. 

Harry D. Schultz, in his book titled Bear Market Investing Strategies, highlighted that there were signs of the ending of a bull market or the beginning of a bear market.  

According to him, one of the most important indicators was investor sentiment remained bullish while the economic fundamentals started to get worse. Investors ignored all the negative aspects of the companies’ fundamentals.  

Besides, business leaders, brokers and advisory services were bullish as well. They would view any downturn in the stock market as a temporary setback and healthy correction.  

In addition, the aggressive rate reductions by the US Federal Reserve might confirm that the US economy was heading towards a recession.  

Besides, the stock market might be trading at high volume but not much change in prices. Normally, this implied that long-term investors were selling stocks while short-term traders were supporting the market. 

The US bear markets have been as short as two months and as long as five years, the average being about 18 months. Hence, we need to be cautious and hold more cash because cash is king during the down market. 

Ooi Kok Hwa is an investment adviser licensed by Securities Commission and managing partner of MRR Consulting.  

Launch of corridor heralds new era for Sabah

By MUGUNTAN VANAR and RUBEN SARIO

THE STAR : 30th Jan 2008

KOTA KINABALU: A total of RM105bil in investments, 900,000 jobs, a waterfront city, tourism projects and a RM600mil new Sabah Railway terminal – these are among the things Sabahans will get when the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) is completed in 18 years.

In addition, Gross Domestic Product will be up to RM63bil and an annual per capita income will hit RM14,800.

Ambitious plans: Abdullah and his wife Jeanne taking a closer look at models of buildings planned for the waterfront city project during the SDC launch in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

As an immediate measure, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced an extra RM5bil allocation under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to improve infrastructure and to reduce the cost of doing business in the state.

And minutes after Abdullah launched the SDC, 13 MoUs were signed involving international companies from China, the United States and Japan for various projects worth RM16bil.

These developments include housing, condominiums, hotels, the waterfront city, ports, tourism projects and the railway terminal at Tanjung Aru.

The Prime Minister said the SDC was to transform Sabah into an environmentally conscious and modern state and gave an assurance that every aspect of the corridor development would benefit all Sabahans.

“Today we see the Land Below the Wind take a quantum leap to be developed and be prosperous,” he said to applause from the crowd at Sapangar Container Port here yesterday.

He outlined five key thrusts of the SDC, which will be to:

> make Sabah the gateway for trade, investment and tourism in the region.

> transform the state into a harmonious and prosperous state regardless of race or religion.

> make the state more technology-savvy to ensure a better quality of life.

> provide job opportunities in the state.

> make Sabah a comfortable state to live in with good quality of life accentuated with diverse cultures, heritage and environment.

Abdullah said that with the realisation of the five key aspects, the face of Sabah would be totally changed under the plans which would not leave out any group or region in the state.

“This is not a daydream. We are not making an empty promise. There is no doubt there is a lot of challenges but we will ensure that the Sabah corridor will be a success,” he said.

Under the SDC, the state’s west coast would see an industrial sub-corridor and agro-food industry for small and medium enterprises. For the central and northern zones, there will be an agripolitan zone, tourism, highland agriculture and agro-forestry.

The east coast will have industries, marine tourism, integrated agro food industry, agro-biotechnology, and palm oil-based industry zones.

Abdullah said that the overall focus of the SDC was to promote Sabah’s inherent strengths that included its location, rich natural resources as well as cultural and biological diversity that can become high potential economic activity.

The sectors being promoted would be agriculture, tourism and logistics, services and manufacturing, he said.

He said they also hoped to bring in more tourists to the state by developing eco-tourism destinations like Sipadan, Danum Valley and Darvel Bay.

Abdullah said the federal government would liberalise the open skies policy for air travel to Sabah.

My Thoughts

Time for me to move to Ranau once these projects are up. *sigh* My monkey-KK-lites need modernisation … hopefully Ranau will still be of cool air. Otherwise, NZ is an alternative …

Fishing — will love to learn few skills.

morning … i m here around 6.30am. I know … i m the earliest but no rewards for that??! Haha.

In fact, i went to pump some petrol at ESSO before that. I was out of the house by 6am. Oh yah, i woke up 4am again la … yeah, yeah … Gwen’s sang that song over hitz.tv around 4.20am(i looked at the clock). Arsenal was leading 1-0(vs NewCastle). Hmm … Sissoko sold off for 8.5m pounds to Juventus? What? Silly Juventus wants him for what? Good for Liverpool. Hehe.

I was reading myfigures and biz-papers, actually. Was too busy … but how many silly person who have little(or no) knowledge about business reading those figures in wee hours??? Haha. Like those business are MINE. Hmm … ab-normality in me discovered!

Bubbly <— the SC was singing this song for the sing-along session at LCamp. Haha. I enjoyed that, of coz.

V1: I’ve been awake for a while now
you’ve got me feelin like a child now
cause every time i see your bubbly face
i get the tinglies in a silly place

C: It starts in my toes
makes me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes i always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

V2: The rain is fallin on my window pane
but we are hidin in a safer place
under the covers stayin dry and warm
you give me feelins that i adore

C: It starts in my toes
makes me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes
i always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

B: What am i gonna say
when you make me feel this way
I just……..mmmmmmmmmmm

C: It starts in my toes
makes me crinkle my nose
where ever it goes
i always know
that you make me smile
please stay for a while now
just take your time
where ever you go

V3: I’ve been asleep for a while now
You tucked me in just like a child now
Cause every time you hold me in your arms
Im comfortable enough to feel your warmth

C: It starts in my soul
And I lose all control
When you kiss my nose
The feelin shows
Cause you make me smile
Baby just take your time
Holdin me tight

Where ever, where ever, where ever you go
Where ever, where ever, where ever you go.

Well, i will be rushing again today till 9.30pm.

Enjoy … http://xchannelmusicmachine.blogspot.com/

10.06pm

Vehicles - Car vs Bike

WOW! Record time … haha. I taught FM2 Chi-square fitness of good test — given two questions and off i go to imigresen. It was 8.30 and it took me 10 minutes to reach there at the speed of 80km/hr. I seldom rush in this manner … and testing my driving skill? LOL. If i let Mag to know, she will laughed unbelivably … WHY? I always drive like an apek when she is in the car! Haha. And she will make many remarks how bad my driving is, too slow la … dont know how to change gear or park! LOL. She gets irritated so easily … and at times, i hope she is proud that she can drive better than me! Hmmm … untrue cover-up … ? Anyway, i m not speedster — not with a car. My friend Kia Kee drives like an F1 with his kancil!

Another witness that i m a slow driver was Mdm Lee, my colleague. She was with me when i drove down from Kundasang the other day. LOL.

Hmm … when i was younger(15 yrs ago), i can ride BIKE (i was mat-rempit … but we dont call it mat-rempit at that time, but kap-cai boys! Hey, some not kap-cai la, bodoh! Remind me of my bike kaki, Azrul … he was riding Kawasaki ZZR500 and someone called him kap-cai boy? Haha). Yes, i can challenge anyone on BIKE … we ride from KK to Tamparuli and back! Any takers? Hehehe … i m a father now, my family needs me la tho i can claim i hv very good control of my bike! VRoooommmM …

Well, i got my passport chopped. Hehe … oh yes, when i reached there, the officer asked me to show the flight-ticket and to photostat my passport! Grrrr … flying back to home to get the ticket and off back to STTSS t photostat! Met Tsen’s daughter YS there … happy chinese new year, sir. Hey, going back anywhere? She is going back to Tenom! I smell coffee … ummm …. Then, rushed back to the green-domed buildings … hmm … OK. Done .. phew! Zoom home … eveything done in one hour! I impressed myself. LOL.

Trading

Jaks 1.42 —> 1.23 , Ranhill 2.33 —> 2.13 and Liondiv 1.81 —> 1.60.

If u calculate how much i m losing in KLSE so far, it is about rm1200! Haha. Told u i m new and bound to be MAKANed by crocs … yum-yum. SO, never BUY what i m buying if u love your money(i dont). LOL

2pm

Just came out from my intensive class — got a bit carried away when i speak about my RESULTS … my SRP, SPM and STPM … and of coz my STUPID Maths degree where i got 3rd class(hons). Haha. Yes, stupid as most of the students majoring in Maths were bio-students who dont appreciate MATHS. It is NOT right … the STUPID system in Malaysia where they do not allow intelligently-inclined students to explore OUT of syllabus. So, those bio-students just need to memorise the pages and scored! Haha. STUPID SOCIETY … those fuck-off monkeys without mind of their own. STUPID .. who the hell said those PHD or Master in Maths good in Maths? Challenge me, assholes. Fuck!

stop

Morning … running off soon for assembly.

11.50am

What a busy morning! 8-9 Assembly, 9-11.20 was classes(with students checking their Maths components). Quick lunch … here i m before another classes from 12.50pm till 2.50pm. Then, rushing like shit to Graceville for my MS gals class from 3.30-6.30. Another quick bite for my dinner before i rush home for yet another class from 7.30-9.30pm. I need to take bath … otherwise, my deodorant smell like … yucks! I wanted to be very disgusting … LOL. Watched House last night? Haha.

I got another call for tuition(from a doctor) … giving her son tuition for Add Maths and Physics. She is willing to pay for the price(rm40 per hour) … fine. I can only find a 2-hour slot for her tho she requested for 2-hour x 2. Hmm … i think i need to pause and STOP taking in classes liao … tho i love teaching, too many will tires me. It has nothing much to do with money (hmm …) but too many hours taking away my pleasure(due to physical tiredness la .. old liao ma! LOL).

Spoken to a 4A student from intensive science — he is a smart boy, and appreciated my sharings with the class! Hmm … thought he never listen. Haha. Yes, his 4A cert will only be the passport for him to study in spore BUT how he fares in LIFE overall will be personally judged internally by NO ONE but HIMSELF. All the best, i said … with sincerity. Dr House do sometimes do things sincerely, u know. LOL

Ok … got to see the KLSE now.

Tmr might be too busy to blog too as i need to RUSH to imigresen to chop my passport —> flying away to KL. Hehe

TEH

p/s : orange, the food is GOOD … they should pray before they eat. Appreciate the food being serve. But, as i always say … they are NOT alive! They dont know what is FOOD and cant adapt to the situation. It serves as a good lesson to some of them, i hope. I can survive the toughest of time … and simple enjoyments of things i hv now — read my CONTENTMENT blog. Hehe. Need time to type from the book again. But, concepts ALWAYS inside me.

 

Location : Army Camp, Kinarut

Taken when i was on the way home from Melinsung

Morning … I listened to the song by LP What I’ve Done over the radio just now while driving to school. Still love them, man.

What I’ve Done

Shadow of the day <— youtube video

I close both locks below the window
I close both blinds and turn away

Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple
Sometimes good bye’s the only away

[Chorus]
And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you
[End Chorus]

In cards and flowers on your window
Your friends all plead for you to stay

Sometimes beginnings aren’t so simple
Sometimes good bye’s the only way

[Chorus]
And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you
[End Chorus]

The song I love most from that album Minutes To Midnight is Leave Out All The Rest <— nice collection of LP pix and the lyric is there too.

This is a tribute to Linkin Park I dreamed I was missing You were so scared But no one would listen Cause no one else cared After my dreaming I woke with this fear What am I leaving When I’m done here So if you’re asking me I want you to know [Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I’ve done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed And don’t resent me And when you’re feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest [End Chorus] Don’t be afraid I’ve taken my beating I’ve shared what I made I’m strong on the surface Not all the way through I’ve never been perfect But neither have you So if you’re asking me I want you to know [Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I’ve done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don’t resent me And when you’re feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest [End Chorus] Forgetting All the hurt inside You’ve learned to hide so well Pretending Someone else can come and save me from myself I can’t be who you are [Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I’ve done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don’t resent me And when you’re feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest Forgetting All the hurt inside You’ve learned to hide so well Pretending Someone else can come and save me from myself I can’t be who you are I can’t be who you are

Haha … simply love comics …

BCCM camp — with nice flowers.

Leadership camp

We left for the camp around 4.30pm — i was driving alone, with cliff singing me songs …The Young One, Travelling Light ,Summer Holiday.. hmm … such an oldies. Hehe. I remember my Aunty SK liked him very much. Silly … he was so popular in the 60/70s .. and with limited number of singers/bands … Cliff Richard surely sells.

Half way thru, kwong’s car broke-down. They on the air-cond with such a nice breeze out there? Haha. I didnt on the air-cond thru-out, of coz.

Anyway, we reached around 6.30pm, unpacked … shower and dinner time. Food is UNBEARABLE for some kids and i over-heard that(spoken in chinese). I kept quiet … enjoy my dinner. Then, i took the hailer … WELCOME to the camp(all my actions were NOT planned, i m a spontaneous person … speaking my mind) … SPEAK ENGLISH ONLY! In a serious tone. Hehe ..

The first activity — ice-breaking … building a statue or something like that begins after CEO speech on WHY we are here? Of coz MANY still DO NOT know WHY they are up there for. Most dont know WHY they are living for? That is another matter. Hehe

 

p/s : DD, pls watch House every Monday or READ from wiki — i m of 80% anology of house’s characters(and proud of it!). LOL

Morning … I woke up at 2.30 am … again, i could not sleep. Too anxious about the camp or … ? I went back to bed at 4.30am … reluctantly pulling myself out of bed when my hp alarm calling me. I need to sleep …

One of my fav — Faye’s in cantonese.

Bowling

My night tuition-class cancelled last night. So, i took the opportunity to hv nice dinner at La Manila … hehe. I called Fred Yap and we had dinner together there. He is in management of Warisan, so we got 10% discount! Nice … long time didnt chat with him, talk about Liverpool and Bowling. Mag and Er at in-law.

After dinner, we go for bowling. The lanes were packed! Wow … since when so many people likes bowling? Hmm … I was eager to play, so we waited. Yeah … the last time i touch my ball was at Sutera final game. Still remember the excitement that we won by a mere decimals. Anyway, next week is the MASTER FINAL but CPTeh will not be playing. Too bad, i retired from bowling. Haha.

We played 3 games … i won the first game 178 - 168. Lost the second game 138-238(he was striking like hell, so i pull off, ready for the 3rd game!). The decider was close all the way … i won by 3 pins 194-191. Fantastic. He is such a good opponent. I always say that … if a good bowler in SABAH do not know CPTeh or Fred Yap, they are NOT good enough to compete with us. Sound arrogant la … but if you are into bowling in Sabah, we have been always there for competition — until recently i retired — and always got a good position in top 10. If we pair-up, we can beat ANY pairs in Sabah! Hehe.

I still love bowling … i miss my ball and gave it a smack. Hehe.

Trading

it is 4pm now …we are getting ready to move up to BCCM, Kundasang. I will be driving my kancil up, alone. I could enjoy my Cliff Richard’s albums. Hehe

Ranhill 2.33 —> 2..21, Jaks 1.42 —> 1.25 and LionDiv 1.81 —> 1.62

Too busy to look into the market but i will be back on Monday. Just bought the latest EDGE last night and that will be my bed-time reading tonight.

Ok .. i m sort of ready from my trip … will write a good blog on Monday to report about the trip …

Have a nice weekend

TEH

Morning … just came out from the Year 1, the noises are not loud but i got irritated. The music in my head again since this morning is following me … i was searching for that particular music this morning as i believe i hv heard of that before(sometimes, i came out with my own music, naturally … i do know the difference). I woke up about 6am(a little late than usual — good!) and the music stuck inside. I want to believe it is from a chinese song, who knows? I listened to too many different genre. Anyway, I shall listen to other songs now and hopefully(usually it will) it will fade away … hmmm … I shared this with them today BUT i don’t think so many understand my predicament. Never mind … just need to make them QUIET so that i could listen to my music … WHILE teaching! Haha

Faye’s Chess <—- one of my fav singer and song too. Yeah … i can still remeber to sing the whole song eventho it is like 10yrs old! hehe

xiang zou chu ni kong zhi de ling yu
que zou jin ni an pai de zhan ju
wo mei you jian qiang de fang bei
ye mei you hou lu ke yi tui
xiang tao li ni bu xia de xian jing
que xian ru le ling yi ge kun jing
wo mei you jue ding shu ying de yong qi
ye mei you tao tuo de xing yun
wo xiang shi yi ke qi
jin tui ren you ni jue ding
wo bu shi ni yan zhong wei yi jiang ling
que shi bu qi yan de xiao bing
wo xiang shi yi ke qi zi
lai qu quan bu you zi ji
ju shou wu hui ni cong bu ceng you yu
wo que shou kong zai ni shou li

Trading

Ranhill 2.33 —> 2.21(recovering … phew!) , Jaks 1.42 —> 1.28 and LionDiv 1.81 —> 1.69

Market was closed yesterday(due to Thaipusam <— to blog about this topic) and rebouncing NOW.Still could not find the time to check it out .. perhaps after the camp tmr. Mean time, checking my babes … dont worry, babes … i shall keep you all well.

12.30pm

KLSE going for lunch soon … so am I. But i m still stuck here(listening to Faye’s since morning) … Nice Song

I was told to see the CEO. Congrats TEH, you are promoted to be Senior Lecturer as we feel you deserved a better scale. WE?? Hmm … the 3 vice-principals? Do I pull anyone’s string here? Or polished someone’s shoe? What the heck … just enjoy the extra 500 bucks. Maybe i will buy my wife a nice maternity dress. Hehe. But the coming months of 500bucks will go into my MARKET trading.

  

I m reading EDGE and BIZ-news …

Next week i m flying off to KL but i m NOT prepared emotionally at all. Still hanging on with the Leadership Camp preparations. In fact, I dont really need to prepare much as i believe being NATURAL. I m naturally a motivated person … but still need to present it to those many who dont hv directions in lives(INCLUDING MANY MANY ADULTS — 80% teachers teaching without LOVE of education! Prove me wrong, if u dont believe my stats).

Funny … my workshops meant for my students who hv the drive to be in SC team. I will rather give a similar workshop to IS STAFF as i feel MANY of them merely existing there in IS for years! Some rotting … hmm … but who am i? Wait till i m the VP(dont worry, i wont want that post!), i will screw many of non-lively staff. GET ALIVE AND A LIFE — my motto. LOL

3pm

I need to go for my tuition classes till 9.30pm again. Hope to finish my slides tonight … only to print or do final touch-up tmr. I hv to take over Chia’s classes from tmr onwards for a month. Shall pray for his son.

Mag and Er … arent they beautiful? Hehe

 

TEH

morning …i was here early — 6.45am as i woke up around 5am.

Trading

Ranhill 2.33 —> 2.08, Jaks 1.42 —> 1.21, LionDiv 1.81 —> 1.59

Well, i do not hv time to read my biz-paper, so it is not a choice. Exams is nearing … market is crashing, so i need to be prepare to BUY a few more babes — thinking of PROPERTY. Penny stocks … and many still sliding down. The whole Asia market is tumbking down due to FEAR of recession in America. Are you dare enough to move in when people pulling out? Guts!

Slowing down?

I hv just reported losing my CC. Actually, i think i misplaced it. Tried to find it at the common places i put it but … sigh … Mag said i m really forgetful. Actually I m too occupied with the coming Leadership Camp and KLSE that is diving. Also very much occupied with thoughts regarding politics … cant help it, election is nearing, yet SABAH DAP did not send me any signal that they need my help. Thinking of Keadilan, but TIME constrains … yeeee … am i moving back into the pace i was in back in KL? That will push me further away from city … perhaps i was thinking of settling in Ranau(seriously, i m planning to get a place there … rear my own chicks and vege). I m getting tired of the pace … perhaps, NZ? Hmm … nice cold place … chilling …

Oh yes, I got a new comment from a newbie … I DO NOT WELCOME ANYONE INTO MY SPACE. PLEASE READ ALL MY PREVIOUS POSTS RIGHT FROM OCT 2007(if possible, search for my blogs since 1999) .. I M TOO ABSURD FOR YOUR NORMAL BRAIN.

So, you read me well now … then, GET LOST.

I hope i hv pushed many off(i hv done that many times in my life .. especially when i was in KL). I dislike the hypocrisy of OUR SOCIETY. I dislike the press … i dislike attention given. SO SHUT UP. GET LOST.

BUt, i like sharing my points in MY OWN BLOG … for my own viewing! LOL. SELF-CENTERED la tu … *yawn*.

I m not tactful with people … very BAD PR. I m too straight or frank. Perhaps, i shouldnt. Perhaps … hmm  … who cares!

Need to "Listen to your heart" <— wow! this song rocks.

9am

When i m kinda blank, i will like to surf others blog. Well, i dont read much locals but many good blogs from people around the www given me insight of other-sides perpective. Here is one …

surfing blogs … http://postgradyear.blogspot.com/

(the following is an actual email sent to my discussion leader)

Ms. Tillman,

Please don’t misconstrue my tone as rude, abrasive, or challenging in any way. I come humbled, merely asking if I am actually getting a zero on last week’s writing assignment because I posted an hour and a half late. I just looked at the gradebook, and after the missed assignment the week before, it’d be a bit devastating to have back to back zeros, despite me earning them. I could offer excuses, but that would just be pathetic (it’s my job’s fault, scout’s honor). What if I fingerpainted you a "World’s Greatest Graduate Assistant" banner to hang above your desk? Or I could crank out some more construction paper flowers with green pipe cleaner stems, like the ones I made my valentine?

After reading the syllabus, it just seems that I could’ve lied and said my internet wasn’t working, printed it out and handed it in on Wednesday and gotten full credit. I fully understand that you have an obligation to teach me the error of my ways, but wouldn’t "honesty is virtuous" be a much greater lesson for me to learn? Don’t answer right away, but really spend some time to reflect on the impact you would be making on my life, and then visualize the envious eyes of your graduate peers as they stand facing your desk and sigh, defeated, while reading in bold, fingerpainted letters that it is indeed the one and only Kacy Tillman who reigns supreme over all others.

Brian Hall

My Thoughts

It is interesting to note that this blogger was being calmly sarcastic to his lecturer. LOL. Yup, I hv written a letter to one of my professor regarding his terrible teaching of Maths. He failed me … my Prolog Programming in year 3, UM. The lecturer(name withheld due to security reasons! LOL) did not really teach anything except asking us to PHOTOSTAT a text book and do assignments/projects base on that book! Wow … how i wish i could teach THAT way. Haha. Senang man, makan gaji buta(easy — free lunch, for my Canadian/European e-buddies. Sorry that i used some Malay words without reflecting on my audience! Thx Turfviking for pointing that out. Cool, man)

Anyway, the letter was never mentioned but i believe he knew WHO I AM — he looked at me with disapproval. Hmm … we cant point out FACTS or TRUTH?

In my years of teaching, I do receive many letters from my students before. The most recent one was last SEPT 07. Some letters to compliment my teachings(we dont hv hp to sms 15 yrs ago, u know) … many cards which i kept(till 2001 when i came to KK). A few "love" letters(LOL … i was blushing!) and also … one special lengthy letter from a girl student(it is special as i took it as an inspiration to be a better person). Will I get more letters? Hmm … hopefully NOT. Just SMS la … or messages in my cyber-space.

I do reply some of the letters if i feel i need to put my point of views. These days i get e-mails from students. Some shared with me their lives in ourseas … etc … i like pictures

Teamwork

Though i will talk about team-work … most of the cases in my life, I prefer to work alone. Hmm … no no … rephrase - people dont like me in their team as i m the out-cast(like this gang, man). LOL. But, chances is that I will DOMINATE the group! hehe

Morning … wacthed Liverpool at 4am … they were leading 1 - 0 but till two quick goal by Aston Villa, they were cxontrolling the game. i dont know the result … nope, i did not wake up 2.30am morning to watch the game(i quit, remember?) but i cant sleep! The mind was working OT on the coming camp!

Got to go for group meeting.

10.35am

Trading

JAKS 1.42 —> 1.25 : Ranhill 2.33 —> 2.12 : LionDiv 1.81 —> 1.58

Market is crushing down — too bad as fears getting in, America might have to face recession. FEARS making the market to move tumbling down. SO … i have to be patient with my 3 babes … while waiting for my NEXT MOVE to woo another babe. Yes, if i BUY the market NOW, it is cheaper, right? Wrong … no such thing as IF la in trading! Get real … IF everyone know, they dont hv work already la. LOL

Hmm … too busy with my presentation for the coming camp, i hv not even type ANYTHING yet on the power-point. Terry was to help me but he is going to the camp too. I hv to do that myself … I dont hv the time as i hv tuition classes after school till night! Arrghh … I need more coffee to stay awake! Talking about attachments to caffeine …

*I got an SMS from Teresa Tay(06/07) – she is flying off to NZ this morning! Keep in touch, gal. Take care.*

I cant write properly … i did not sleep enough. Body failing me … i m a walking zombie, trying to move … hmm … i can smell coffee at a distance now! One now, One Nescafe.

KLSE crashing?!

3.30pm : JAKS 1.42 —> 1.23 : Ranhill 2.33 —> 2.08 : LionDiv 1.81 —> 1.58

TEH

morning world … i hv noticed that i hv few newbies visiting my sites … IF you are new students who barely know me, get LOST. I mean it. Your brain will be corrupted to great extent if u r to following my ’stories’ and thoughts here … i dont want your mom coming here suing me for their crying kids. IF you are barely 18, and still sucking your thumb … you are advised to LEAVE NOW. Otherwise, i will make u suck mine. Start crying … ? LOL .

Read me at your own risk, k? But to few of my ex-colleagues … hehe … sorry la, biasa la tu si-TEH ni. Having my PMS now la. Thanks Charlene for the nice messages … i do not reply friendsters for very long now. You may go to my chat-box or leave a comment.

Yawn … monday morning … classes from 8-10am. About time to go.

One of the cool song i love very much … loooong time ago ….

Bohemian Rhapsody by QUEEN

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I’m easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn’t mean to make you cry
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body’s aching all the time
Goodbye everybody - I’ve got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo - (anyway the wind blows)
I don’t want to die
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go - will you let me go
Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go
Will not let you go - let me go (never)
Never let you go - let me go
Never let me go - ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
for me
for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby - can’t do this to me baby
Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me

Anyway the wind blows…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

10am Results is out

I just came down from classes — congrats TEH from Emily n Raymond. Your students 25 of them got A(of 28). Hmm … sorry to say i m NOT excited at all … many rushing to office at the moment. Some students already in school since 8am?! Wow … like the results will run away. Silly. Haha. I laughed, cynically at the stupidity of my surrounding, yet again.

Can blame me … i got my PMS now. Hehe. Blame it on biology la. BTW, some females got offended when i JOKED i got PMS. Haha. Funny thing is that ADULTS lost their sense-of-humour … LOOK at children. How easily they laugh, lightly they play … no barriers and such. LOOK into the QUALITIES in children. They are more natural, honest (till we teach them, indirectly, how to LIE) … they watch cartoons or play with bicycle EVEN when their RESULTS were out! LOOK into their eyes … you will know how curious they are UNTIL STUPID adults KILL their curiousity. I CONDEMN the STUPIDITY of MY MONKEY-ADULTS.

Raymond was like getting so excited, telling EVERYONE(i avoided him with a BAD remark —> WHO CARES?) that only two of his students failed their AS. Hmm … may be i will learn to get excited about the results, some day. I was not even interested to know about my SPM or STPM results. I took my STPM results 2 weeks after it was released. Reason1 : The result is there, it wont run away 2. I dont wish to rush like others 3. I was working PT with a proof-reading company 4. It doesnt matter what results i will get!!

Life is a journey, NOT a destination … i was implying that WITHOUT knowing. I have NATURAL way of opposing the flow of society since YOUNG. Afterall, how many of them got spanking from teachers, public caning by the stupid discipline teacher or get into gang fights like street-fighters. HOW many of my students experienced my school-day time being a rebel? LOL. I have always been and always will … i hv tried to conform to the low level of stupidity of my surroundings(at times, it gets into my nerves that i feel like shaking them up to …yell into them — GET REAL, ASSHOLES).

Trading

RH 2.33 —> 2.31 ; Jaks 1.42 —> 1.40 and Liondiv 1.81 —> 1.77

Need to find some time to drop another rm5k into OSk to buy … Cresbld, Scomi, Kencana or Kinsteel.

Leadership Camp

I was working on my ideas … how to carry out the workshop and motivate the participants? Hmm … i m a self-motivated person, so to get mysefl picking up the pace is very simple. I simply move on(despite the results is out, i m here …blogging! I m more interested with my OWN life! Self-centered? Haha)

I went back to Melinsung(alone … as i need to do some work) … this is my work-station yesterday.

  

i was searching for some materials in my books-collection and cant help it but start to read about my idol … DR M. I hv a very good collection of books written about him or written by him. Yes, i shoke-hand with him before, but i hv direct contact with Marina due to my involvement with Pink Triangle(AIDS). Dr M … I thank you for your huge contributions of being the CEO of Malaysia-incoperated.

This is my FIRST self-help book. Written inside … SEPT 1990. Into first few months of my working life, I started to take charge of my life, CHANGING gradually into WHAT i want myself to be. I went on to awarded the best lecturer(academic) in Stamford Group in 1992. I was the youngest person then. Hmm … thinking of it, i dont even really bother if i m awarded! I was more interested with my teaching in Maths and getting close to my students. I remembered a gang of them … Thevakaran(i know u r reading this, man), Peter Das, Suresh Kumar, Gurmeet Kaur … they were so closed to me, more like friends. Yup, they are non-chinese.

Thanks to this simple book … i decided to CHANGE my mentality.

  

Another book by the same author. In 1994, i was awarded by NAPAEI(private institution association — they have MAPCO now) to be best young promising lecturer in Klang Valley(KL/PJ). I did not know that my director of studies summited my names as a nominee and how they selected me, I dont know. BUT … i did not attend to the ceremony in Shang KL. WHY? I dislike the way our director ASKING me to READ the short speech(thanking and promoting the college) written. I want to speak in my OWN words. Too bad …

2.30pm

I could have eaten a few people with my mean mood today! Stress? LOL … since when? I hv to put my presentation on power point and still hv two articles to type(for printiing). So, it is not easy to prepare to give 2 hours of workshop?

 

went to Palm Square … let my Er enjoy the beat of Lion Dance. I have passions for DRUMS … chinese, malay, indians, western, asians. ANY!

Well … i could relax by seeing my son’s smile …

Jay’s Dad, I m home <—- nice cool song. One of the early song of Jay.

 

TEH

Morning … Yes … I could sleep from 11pm till 6am! Hehe … sleeping is becoming an improtant commodity to me. LOL.

Orientation Night

Students can be VERY creative and talented when they are given a free hand to do what they want to do(and enjoy). I admired new generation where they could find the chance to illustrate their talents.

Nice choir … I will follow You? Hmm … digi-sponsored group?

The winning band … CP = ColdPlay (In My Place … ghee, one of my fav 3/4 yrs ago?)

I was one of the judge — Mr Lee(male, the older one), Barbara(f, older one) and Lee Fen(f, young one) Me?? Male n Young one. LOL. I do enjoy myself(as always) tho i need to think of the evaluation of each performance.

Regina and gang won the singing category — they done well, with the sax given much impact on the "entertaining" points. Delhousie & Jaclyn done well too. ABBA’s Dancing Queen … nice.

Nelly’s Dilemma <— one of many songs i liked very much. Catchy.

After the show, i went to staff room, getting ready to go home. Hmm .. the two colleagues of mine were sulking away, complaining!!

1. They shouldnt allow the male to ACT like a gay, teaching students. It is an insult to teachers! Are we gays?

My Thoughts : Oh, c’mon. Why so defensive? They are acting .. enjoying themselves and try to be FUNNY. If u fail to appreciate the funny part of it, then too bad. Dont be soooo square and get upset/offended due to ACTS? Really a monkey-kind of teachers! Enjoy la sikit …

2. How can they allow them to sing chinese songs when we emphasize on SPEAKING english in school?

My Thoughts : Get a life la! Songs are universal … language is just a tool! If u dont appreciate music, songs … shut-up of learn to love music la. Nothing to do with ENGLISH la. Why? Trying to show we are good in that command? Haha. Speaking English … NOT singing, right? How about if i want to show my talent singing Malay songs? TALENT-TIME is to show TALENT … a non-academic issue here!

3. The guys dancing with under-wear lines seen. So obscene.

My Thoughts : Haha. I laughed at the stupidity, or shall i say hypocrisy. So what if he drops the jeans and his Calvin Klien red underwear shown? Is it HE … even females, I seen so commonly. WTF with that? Yup, we teach values to students in school BUT dont ACT … it is talent time, let them enjoy la. You old people dont know how to enjoy, shut the f***-up! Call me a pervert or whatever your brain has preceived … i dont mind seeing dirty dancing or such … as to me, it is seen as ART. If u see nudity as DIRTY/OBSCENE, then many French’s artist need to be XXX as they use that widely as ART! Silly … we all share similar anatomy, u know. Our society put the constraints into our perimeter(in our views). Get real … it is no big deal once you know HOW to differentiate. Otherwise, shut-up(and drive?)

Well, i m here for the Election Board meeting. About time.

Weekend … to prepare my leadership camp presentation. Hmm …

Activity 1 : Taking Initiative

Activity 2 : Motivational

Activity 3 : Conclusion … the journey begins.

EB meeting

Sue Anne chaired the meeting very well. Impressed. Good. With me as Student Advisor, the EB or SC(new) will get more of a piece of my mind. I will just blast it off what bothering me. Hehe. It is official meeting and some are NOT wearing school t-shirt. Never mind that we were late for 15 minutes. Some wearing slippers/sandals … like going to beach! Hmm … i blasted them off. Hmm …

lunch time .. bye

TEH

—>found this link to GET DIRTY … nothing dirty there. LOL … —>a basketball game

A view taken from Graceville cond. Nice …

The Jets’ You’ve Got All Over Him

Morning … I just done with my SAM students(7 of them) and given the first small project. OK, students … think of the application of QUADRATIC in our daily living. After 5 minutes … 1. Bridge 2. VW beetle shape 3. ?? (dont know wor..)

I hv given them plenty of good examples such as Rainbow, Javelin, Cannon, Pendulum, Rollercoaster, Doors/Windows  … etc etc. So many examples that we applied QUADRATIC function in our lives. See the beauty in MATHS? Hehe

Finally, I managed to sleep from 11pm till 6.30 morning! Yeah … and ER and Mag woke up early to hv b/fast with me.

Trading

Well, Chia is queue-ing up LIONDIV for me. Hehe. That is another heavy weight. Ranhill drops to 2.30(below my 2.33) and Jaks is 1.34(i bought 1.42) … TIMING is everything in trading. Because i bought Ranhill for a longer term(3 to 6 months), i m not worry. BUT, my crazy rush to get JAKS is simply not good. Ouch. Another lesson to learn. hehe

I hv no time to analyse more of penny stocks(I DO NOT gamble). So, i m still wary of HWGB, MPCorp, GBridge, Idaman and such … about 20plus in my list! Will buy that once i got more info … beeeep … beeep …. just sent a signal to my cousins in Pluto. They have higher intelligence than earthlings when it comes to calculating probability. Stochastic …

Yes, I m the owner of LIONDIV. Chia bought at 1.81(2 lots).

So, my babes are Ranhill @ 1 lot 2.33 —> 2.29

                        Jaks @ 3 lots 1.42 —-> 1.34

                and Liondiv @ 2 lots 1.81 —> 1.81

Year 1

Since i finished the topic Geometry Coordinate with this batch, I hv the luxury of time to share with them the article "You Don’t Need to Get A anymore". Yup, what is the point of stupidly rushing to get an A IF you learn nothing else in school, plus you are NOT happy being in the school! Hmm …

I clicked the Cai Hung’s lyric … wow. what a response! Sing! Sing! haha … sorry to say i dont give in to pressure. If fact i m the reverse! Haha. I laughed, internally. Yes, at least they know that this silly teacher DO listen to Jay’s too. Oh, BTW … a girl told me that today is Jay’s b/day. Is it? err … so? I dont even bother about my own b/day. Hmm …

Happy Birthday, JAY. Just hope u are happy and make more good music for my listening, ya! Hehe.

Market is moving dooowwnnn … good! I shall get into market for shopping again next week. hehe.

Orientation Night

Tonight will be orientation cum talent-time … i was given the honour to be one of the judge! Haha. Judge? Hmm … who am i to judge la? Let them enjoy themselves … will post some pictures tmr.

Tuition Students

I was teaching Add Maths tothis batch of Malay girls(4 gals, 1 boy actually) from Maktab Sabah .. one of them is extremely weak. Others are slightly below average. Anyway, I hv a challenge to PASS all four of them(the other one, i can do anything much). I like the view from the balcony … those Graceville will not be my choice of place to stay(with planes flying over every 10-20 minutes!). I m getting friendlier with the Malays … they make me at ease. hehe … cikgu, sila minum TEH. Haha

Oh yes, there is Grace Point nearby where i like to have dinner before i go to Sutera for my game. Nice.

www.osk188.com <— to check out latest prices of my stocks.

3pm

Ranhill @ 1 lot 2.33 —> 2.34

Jaks @ 3 lots 1.42 —-> 1.37

Liondiv @ 2 lots 1.81 —> 1.83

I have done my LAN document BUT Mr Chia called me to show me the adjustments needed. I m quite surprised that as the HEAD, he could easily change the fonts, bolding certain lines easily … faster than he took 15 minutes of my life! To my surprise, he is NOT really competence with MS Word … hm … it takes me less than 1 minute to do things he needed. So, the question is 1. WHY he wasted our time explaining to me WHAT needed to be changed? We were never given what fonts etc being used, wonder HOW we know huh? He could have change it HIMSELF, afterall he is PAID to be the HOD. Silly me … he is my superior. I should hv been just a normal MONKEY and say … YES, SIR?? 2. WHY is he not familiar with MS WORD … functions like highlighting, formatting, tables and such are basic. Hmm … perhaps he is testing me? Hmm … but WHY?

My brain is over-working … i need to be back home to play with my son now! LOL.

Get Dirty - R Kelly <— still like it.

5.30pm

Back to school early to look into market today. KLSE closed at 5pm(mon to fri). Getting ready for dinner … and being judge?

 

TEH

Morning … i slept early at 10.30pm tho i wished to key-in some data. I was too tired after a loooong day(3 hours in school, SA meeting, and two tuition classes till 9.30pm).

But, i still could not sleep soundly till morning … i woke up at 4am! Arrghh … no more Gwen’s song for me, it is implanted into my bio-clock! Haha. Anyway, Mag woke up and we chit-chat (about my leadership camp meeting) till 6am. Then, prepare breakfast, meditate in cool breeze air … off, i m ready to go to school. Mag went back to continue her zzz.

Year 1

I hv 8am class with the yr1 and these kids are nice. Perhaps I hv placed my rulings well, and expect them to THINK. Yup, 18 is grown-up enough to learn to THINK. Just hope some small percentage of them will learn more than MATHS from me. Hmm …

"We can’t shake hands with clinched fist."

That is my quotation i shared with them today. well, only a handful of them actually bothered to copy down. Funny … learning process in Malaysia system is quite bad. Look at our students, the products of our education system. They started to pack their bags eventho i said we still have 10 minutes and i wrote down the quotation to share! They started to talk as i no longer teaching MATHS! Wow. if only education is so simple … pay money, get an A and go to Uni. Work to earn the money to pay for their kids education and this cycle continues … sigh. i m going back into my monkey-story again.

*yawn* … market opens. Ranhill drops back to level. I bought at 2.33 … yesterday, the whole KLSE took a hard beating. It dropped to 2.34, and Jaks is at 1.37(bought 1.42). Anyway … i need to do my daily marketing now.

12.30pm … market is making corrections and Ranhill stands at 2.27 and Jaks is 1.36 now. Good buy for Ranhill … but i m still sticking to the 5 counters i hv given to Chia OSK ~ BJCorp, MKLand, LionDiv, Scomimr and Cresbld.

I have placed my trust in him and asking him to buy ANY one he likes most! It is market fluctuations, for goodness sake. Dont blame others, k? Any counter he buys for me, i will accept FULL responsibilities. BUT, if i earn much before CNY, I shall give him big angpow! Hehe

lunch time. dismissed.

2pm

Going to pay Daisy(ex-inti colleague) a visit tonight as i do not have bowling game. BUt, i do hv tuition from 3.30 - 6.30 for the batch of Malay girls, teaching them add maths. So, anothe rlong tiring day ahead. Need to analyse further the data as market is keep dropping.

Listening to The Jet’s Make It Real … i was in varsity at that time. Nice song …

Make It Real - The Jets

Tonight it’s been a year
we met each other here
Here I am all alone
as thoughts of you go on

Hear me cryin’ out to you
you said, "Never, never would I leave"
Here’s a tear from me to you
and maybe it will make you hear me

CHORUS:
I loved you
You didn’t feel the same
Though we’re apart
You’re in my heart
Give me one more chance to
Make it real

In a dream you are here
You smile and hold me near
And in my heart I’ll pretend
that you are here again

Hear me cryin’ out to you
You said, "Never, never would I leave"
Here’s a tear from me to you
and maybe it will make you hear me

CHORUS

Give me one more chance to
Make it real

i need to a nap now(with eyes open) LOL

TEH

A Multicultural School

Posted by: JustinYong  (The Star Blog)

We’re in Malaysia, a multiracial & of course a multicultural country or also what we love to call, Muhibbah. Therefore, National Schools in Malaysia are Multicultural Schools. In this post, I would like to bring up a very important point that Malaysians have to understand. That is, we, Malaysians in Malaysia practice the spirit of Muhibbah. I am former student of secondary school in Bandar Utama and now I truly understand what is racism. All the while when people are talking about racism, I don’t see it. This time around, I can see how some people practice racism. Speaking of which, a highly educated person who is doing this. The principal of the school. With full respect, I accept whatever she has done, because, she is however the Principal. Unfortunately, the anger in me is building up. Our very own Prime Minister together with his Cabinet, are making sure that Malaysians are practicing the spirit of Muhibbah. Sad to say, an educator who has been in this line for many many years just cannot understand what is Muhibbah. Every year, we in this school will organise a Lion Dance Performance to welcome the Chinese New year. Year 2008 is nothing different. Too bad, the Principal herself who just joined the school this year does not encourage it. Oh you got me wrong, she approved but, with a condition that the Lion Dance Performance cannot make any noise (drums & …).  Why you may ask? Her theory is that the noisy sound of the drum(s) invites spirits over. Is that so Mrs. Principal? Has anyone heard of that theory? Well, in my opinion she is actually insulting the the chinese culture or indirectly the chinese Malaysians. Sad sad sad…. Come on, even the Prime Minister touches the head of the "lion" and shook hands with the "lion". Are you trying to tell us he is actually inviting spirits to the Government or rather to the country? Gosh, her excuse is totally unacceptable. Mind you, she was attached to the Ministry of Education before and even was a lecturer. Can’t she just open up a liltle and accept other customs and cultures? We or myself personally respect truthfully the culture and custom of the Muslim, Hindus, Christians and all. When they have an event, using the kompang to welcome guest, we don’t call that noisy. We don’t complain a single bit, as we believe this is a multiracial and multicultural country. In the world of 21st century, we are so advanced that plenty of new and interesting activities are lined up for students in school. Am I no right? One example is the Cheerleading Competition organised by The Star Newspaper annually. Every year, name it Cheer 2005, 2006 … my former school will definitely take part. No no, not only send in cheerleaders but almost 300-400 students to Bukit Jalil Stadium as supporters. I dare say, we are one of the schools who make the loudest appearance at that stadium every year. We do not only support our team or other teams, but the message is clear. We the students support the event organisers for bringing such a wonderful competition every year. Plus, this competition is supported by the Ministry of Education and also the Ministry of Youth and Sports. It is very clear, the competition is a healthy one. Why oh why must the Principal yet again give us a shock by forbidding the team in taking part in Cheer 2008 and abolishing the Cheer Club. Is that fair? The first reason the got was that the cheerleaders were not fit enough for the competition. Later when the PTA brought up the matter, the Principal said it was becasue there wasn’t any teachers who wanted to be the adviser for the team. Is that an excuse a Principal can give? If I’m not mistaken teachers have to "Menurut Perintah"(follow orders)? If a Principal would to assign teachers to this Cheer Club and the team, I believe they will take it up and do their best. An example, If your boss asked you to switch places with another collegue, can you say no? Simple, she has her intentions behind this decision. She said to let the cheerleaders TAKE A BREAK this year. Is that true? Taking a break in this case means stopping forever. I am truly dissapointed with the way this new Principal runs the school. There are more issues but going on with it will just build my anger. The school has already achieved high standards in many many activities which other schools do not have. With just a new leader with intentions, the school’s reputation goes down alllll the way. Well she has been given a chance by the PTA to reconsider her decisions, we will see how it goes. I seriously hope the Government will check up on all this heads of schools to make sure they are implementing everything that is leading us to achieve WAWASAN 2020. A multicultural school is the place where we students learn what the nation is aiming for. My Thoughts:

Seems like certain quarters are complaining about the last minute push up or the force pushed of KLCI.

I read at their statements and I want to laugh. Since when the stock market is not manipulated? So what to complain? Jim Cramer has admitted of manipulation. Even the US government manipulate the stock market through their Plunge Protection Team. So what’s wrong if our government manipulate the market? The invincible hand has been pushing the index since Christmas.

Trading in stocks always comes with a certain risk. We need to always beware of the big crocodiles. They manipulate the price, the volume and the news. They play with your emotion. That’s why it is never easy to make money.

So either you dance along with them or you just sit at the sideline watching. It’s ok to highlight the manipulative dangers to the young and innocent, but don’t make it a political issue or complaint Aiyoh, politicians themselves are equally manipulative. But they act as if they are holier than thou. My point is manipulative push up or push down are all natural actions in a stock market.

My current reading of the KLCI:
Correction has set in (obvious statement). If uptrend to continue, the correction should not fall below around 1480. That’s all I can interpret from the chart. It’s it all over? It’s only 2 days action, I can’t conclude from just two days of data. One thing for sure, I don’t see any euphoric volume yet (because many retailers are aware of the manipulation?).

Well, if the Ringgit continue to strengthen against the US dollar, I guess the foreigners will buy more of our stock. I’m still concentrating on the blue chips counters. If they want to manipulate, then it is easier to buy the largest weighting KLCI component to push up. Furthermore, foreigners will only buy large liquid stocks.

Some of by holdings have good buffer, some have gone back to square one. Some are near my stop loss. I will stay aside for now until the selling pressure subsides. When? I hope soon.

Taken from http://tradingbursamalaysia.blogspot.com/

TEH

Jaks 1.42 —-> 1.36

Ranhill 2.33 —> 2.43

Morning … *yawn* … pardon me , i hv NOT been sleeping well for past 3 days. Sleepless in KoTa Kinabalu! Hehe

I was tired and slept off around 10.30pm while reading MPHB’s report(it drops and i see if worth stalking her). Then, i woke up about 2.30am … clearing my bladder. When i got back to bed, my brain refused to stop working. It was wandering from my stocks figures, classes to trip to CNY. Hmmm … since i cant sleep(for third night in a row), i went down to work on my pc. Terrible … at 3am, i was looking into Consumer Products and was thinking of HOW EPF withdrawal scheme would effect consumers buying power and hence the impact, if any, to the CONSUMER counters!! Yes … 3 am in the morning … till 4 in the morning(nice song, Gwen).

Wait … i pause to listen to Gwen’s. <—- 4 in the Morning. Haha. In clicks of the keyboard, i could get to the songs i wish to listen to! Such a luxury used to be my DREAM when i was young(17). We have to be contented with a small radio, with limited channels and the sound is ‘listenable’. We play cassettes(i still hv my boxes of them! Haha). Anyway, that shall be another post …

"4 In The Morning"

Waking up to find another day
The moon got lost again last night
But now the sun has finally had its say
I guess I feel alright

But it hurts when I think
When I let it sink in
It’s all over me
I’m lying here in the dark
I’m watching you sleep, it hurts a lot
& all I know is
You’ve got to give me everything
Nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]
I give you everything that I am
I’m handin’ over everything that I’ve got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don’t ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we’re gonna do it, come on do it right

All I wanted was to know I’m safe
Don’t want to lose the love I’ve found
Remember when you said that you would change
Don’t let me down
It’s not fair how you are
I can’t be complete, can you give me more?
& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]
I give you everything that I am
I’m handin’ over everything that I’ve got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don’t ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we’re gonna do it, come on do it right

Oh please, you know what I need
Save all your love up for me
We can’t escape the love
Give me everything that you have

& all I know is
You got to give me everything
& nothing less cause
You know I give you all of me

[CHORUS]
I give you everything that I am
I’m handin’ over everything that I’ve got
Cause I wanna have a really true love
Don’t ever wanna have to go & give you up
Stay up till Four In The Morning & the tears are pouring
& I want to make it worth the fight
What have we been doing for all this time?
Baby if we’re gonna do it, come on do it right

(Give you everything)
(Give you all of me)

~~~~~~~~~~~~

I could not sleep tho my brain was too tired to analyse those figures anymore. Arrghh … Mag woke up made me milk-milk and said milk might help me to sleep … counting sheeps! It doesnt work either.

So, i started to write figures on my white board. Hmmm … few babes i m stalking.

Follow by watching Liverpool’s game … replay 3rd round against a team as small as Papar. They beat Luton Town easily … 5 - 0 at Anfield where Carragger was made captain(instead of Gerrard who scoreda hattrick) as he was playing his 500th game for THE REDS.

Chart Nexus i m learning to read … learning Candle-stick at the moment.

It is a graph of SIA … Singappore Airline. Well, i will get a notebook soon, get online wireless and download tonnes of data of stocks from KLSE, for a start.

My current guru … two of my 12 books(and counting…)

My work-station which out of space, soon!

The clock shown 6am … i slept off, finally …only to be awaken by my hp alarm. Sigh … i m sleepy!!

But, i m excited to go to school … off!

Trading

I just called my remisier OSK Chia … i m getting into market to get few babes …Scomimr, Cresbld or BJCorp.

I hv been stalking them for some time and yesterday markets dropped further. There are many good buys at the moment but i m not speculating any here. Just sent an sms to a friend in PJ as he wants my opinion? Hmm … i wasnot honest with him as i do not tell him what to buy. I will not and should not do that anymore. It is MONEY … money is a taboo in our society, worst than sex, according to Martin Wong(my latest book i bought).

My old chick Bornoil making a move too but i hv my eyes full with larger chicks. Hehe

at 11 am : JAKS 1.42 —-> 1.38

            RANHILL 2.33 —-> 2.40

at 2.30 am : JAKS 1.42 —> 1.34(losing rm300) and RH 2.33 —> 2.38(losing rm10). Paying OSK about rm70 for buy&sell.

Chia called … i m not buying just yet, need to time it more accurately this time(mistake from Jaks — bought too expensive, and RH — one week too early).

Stocks i m asking him to chase with the buying price LionDiv(1.80), BJCorp(1.30), Cresbld(1.20), ScomiMr(0.90) and MKLand(0.60). I could only buy ONE with my Rm4000 balance. I hv top-up my capital and it stands at RM10, 900. I need to earn a positive RM64 per mth nett to beat the ASB 7% interest.

SA meeting at 3 pm talking about the LEadership camp. I done some writing this morning. Hehe

*yawn*

TEH

Ok. I copy and paste from Business Times Online.

I will review it from time to time to find out the effectiveness of this technique for stock picking.

A year to think big By Chong Pooi Koon pooikoon@nstp.com.my

FOR those who believe in "Feng Shui", the Year of Earth Rat may bring a bumper harvest for industries that include the stock market, entertainment, mining, jewellery, real estate and construction. However, it will be difficult for the shipping, banking and transport sectors, while stiff competition in agriculture, plantation and publishing industries will allow only the best to survive, according to well-known Feng Shui guru, Lillian Too. "This is a year of unbalanced elements with ‘metal’ and ‘fire’ sorely lacking. But it is also a year blessed with wealth and victory luck, and the key to getting the most out of the year is simply to get the timing right," Too told a packed audience at a full-day Feng Shui talk in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The year has plenty of wealth potential, and is a year to think big. All animal signs, except for horse, could benefit from taking risks and being brave, she said. "It is a year when being big-hearted reaps dividends. Your attention should be focused on spotting opportunities that bring long-term benefits." Too said the missing fire element is making the financial market look very unstable this year, suggesting that the uncertainties resulting from the US subprime problem may not be ending yet. Nevertheless, she said the second half of the year will be better and that investors may accumulate shares when prices fall and take the pickings later in the year. Too also told investors to bet on real estate this year. "Earth is wealth, so buy property. But make sure they are landed property. You must be able to feel the earth and feel the wealth." She added that 2008 will be a great year for those born under the Chinese sign of rabbit. Generally, people should wear more red and yellow gold to attract positive energy that will bring wealth and prosperity. Overall, the missing ‘fire’ and ‘metal’ means the lack of creativity, intelligence and power. "There will be not-so-smart people being thrown into the spotlight, making stupid mistakes," Too said. She said the clash of "water" and "earth" indicates political and international conflicts in the global arena. However, the Rat Year will bring new beginnings, new international relations and new government.

July 21st 2007 - The Star

Relief for Idaman Unggul after PN17 status turns out to be false alarm

By KATHY FONG

PETALING JAYA: It came as a relief to Idaman Unggul Bhd shareholders when the group announced on Tuesday that it is not categorised as Practice Note 17 (PN17) company.  

However, investors who had sold their shares or loan stocks as a result of the false alarm raised by Idaman on Monday, are probably grumbling right now.  

On Monday, the debt-laden insurance group told Bursa Malaysia it was under PN 17 status. It said it had incorporated “some adjustments to the financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, which led to its shareholders’ funds shrinking to RM90.47mil. This amount was RM8.41mil lower than the 25% criteria” set by the authorities. 

A company will fall into PN17 status if its shareholders’ funds equal or are less than 25% of its issued and paid-up capital, and when its shareholders’ funds are less than the minimum issued and paid up capital required under listing requirements. 

The group’s paid up capital was at RM395.6mil.  

Idaman Unggul, which is in the midst of selling its timber concession to revive its financial health, also warned investors that the group could face a suspension or a de-listing from the exchange. 

The announcement on Monday set off panic buttons. 

Idaman Unggul’s share price plunged 16.4%, or 5.5 sen, to 28 sen on Tuesday. Trading volume shot up to a multi-month high of 26.4 million shares in the morning session. Its loan stock slid 25%, or 2.5 sen, to 7.5 sen. 

Idaman Unggul suspended trading in its securities in the afternoon following the sharp price falls. 

Later that evening, the group announced that it had “not contravened the amended PN 17” criteria because its shareholders’ funds of RM90.478mil were more than the RM60mil minimum issued and paid up capital required under listing rules. 

The prices of Idaman Unggul shares and loan stocks rebounded after the Tuesday announcement, closing at 30 sen and 8.5 sen respectively yesterday.  

But why didn’t the group seek proper clarification with the regulators before making the announcement on Monday?  

Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group chief executive officer Abdul Wahab Jaafar Sidek said: “We are perplexed as to how such a material announcement could have been released without ensuring that the facts are right in the first place. 

“Credible reporting is critical to the integrity of the market,” he added. 

According to Bursa chief regulatory officer Devanesan Evanson, Idaman Unggul had misinterpreted one of the criteria in PN17. 

He stressed that all listed companies were required to ensure that the public announcements issued had to be factual, unambiguous, accurate and contain sufficient information to enable investors to make informed decisions.  

Devanesan told StarBiz the exchange was investigating the matter. 

He said action would be taken against Idaman Unggul and its management “if they are found to be in breach of listing requirements.

My Thoughts:

FIR’s Fly Away

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Morning. This is the quotation i shared with the sc1 just now. Maths is a journey, HOW u do the working till u obtain the answer(s) required. I hv always related Maths with LIFE as I see Maths as … so …. beautiful. It is alive!

A nice assembly but true enough to point it out that :-

1. The poor attendance of the yr 2 ~ terrible example to the newbies. Sigh

2. The dragging of singing Negaraku … i will address this problem in the Leadership camp.

3. The noise from restless students.

Some of the video-clips are interestingly created by students. Kudos to those done that well. The positive points from there would be the chance to be creative and being shown to public(at least at IS level). I admired those with such an ability as it definitely needs a lot of work, learning and producing.

Well … ok, i shall be back later but i wish to look into market now. I was too busy to monitor some of the cheap-babes i have wanted to flirt with. LOL.

Talent Time

This Friday is the orientation-talenttime … i shall be entertained. Hehe. Will bring Mag and Er.

MEGA’s Takdir Dan Waktu. This is the song a sang when i was at Stamford College PJ … after being pushed by students/colleagues. Up on the stage … Equatorial Hotel but cant remember the year … i m no performer(prefer to be entertained) but i think i rendered well. LOL.

Takdir Dan Waktu - Mega

Tidak kutahu mengapakah
Sepinya melanda hatiku
Dan bukannya kemahuanku
Datangnya sendiri

Tidak kutahu mengapakah
Pilunya dipinggir hatiku
Dan kucuba untuk mengusir
Tapi tak berdaya

Lalu terbuka gerbang hatiku
Menyambut rindu datang bertemu
Aku gelisah

Kini rinduku menjemput cinta
Yang ditakdirkan denganmu sayang
Bukan pintaku atau mahumu
Semuanya suratanNya

Tapi mengapakah kau sekadar waktu
Cinta yang datang cepat berlalu
Pergimu sayang bersama cinta
Tercalar pedih di dalam dada
Aku tersiksa

Aku terdiam kaku menahan
Bisanya menikam kalbuku
Separuh nyawa ku pandang wajah
Di depan kaca

Tutup kembali gerbang hatiku
Tidak bermaya langkah kakiku
Di saat ini

Tidak kusangka jadi begini
Terpisah jua kita akhirnya
Aku sendiri tidak mengerti
Sungguh pilu di hatiku

Untuk melepaskanmu demi kerana
Ku masih sayang, sayang padamu
Terbangkit resah di dalam kalbu
Terhimpun rindu (sayang)
(Luka cintaku)

hehe … managed to catch a candid picture of ER brushing his teeth.

Er with his new clothes(from bday gift).