Going Away

Home is where warmth is!

After so many years of travelling, its still the same; leaving home to go overseas is like fish out of water.
Not that I can't acclimatise but the thought of being away for some days is at times spooky.
I enjoy the uncertainty and the new, and I expect the unexpected.
But, then again every trip is new.
Alas, it must be age!

Guess, its also that the children are growing up too fast.

Travelling is demanding yet rewarding.
Travelling alone allows me to train my thoughts on 'being prepared at all times'.
No one knows the perils of travelling but you will never be safe anywhere in the world if you are any less vigilant.
But, with every trips overseas, you learn the blessings of a warm home.

It is home that I belong and relax.

Coming home is never the same; it gets warmer and calmer.
Guess, its age catching up.

Going away again? Yes.

In God I trust and my home is the globe.

Silence

Quietness

I want absolute silence
I want peace
I want a serene corner
I want to switch off my mind

I am tire!

I want my world to be empty but not void
I want the world around me to be at peace

I want to be alone!

The fact is being alone does not mean loneliness
It does not mean being unwanted or discarded

It simply means detachment

The Mighty Mind

What the mind can think, I can deliver.

Positive begets positive
Success begets successes

If you think you are sick, you are!
The decay in your mind transmit negative ions and flood the physique; you become physically impaired and is immobilized

If you think you cannot, you can't!
You have brutalized and cannibalized your abilities to perform the moment you think you can't.

If you think the people around you do not like you, you are damned!
You have ringfenced yourself and created a barrier where no one can get near you, let alone being your friend.

If you think your superior looks down on you or are belittling you and is not giving you any chances to demonstrate your abilities, you set yourself a glass ceiling from which you are housed-in.

... the lists go on............

The problem is "YOU"
The solution is also in "You"

When it must go wrong, it will go wrong - anytime, anywhere, whatever your dreams

Give yourself a chance as no one will...
Get up with a smile, wash up and smile at the beautiful creature you see (first thing) when you look into the mirror... "Yourself"

You will notice how the radiance in you is going to outshine the desert sun!

And, from this moments on, the world smiles with you

The Magic Millions

What does a million mean to you?

A million ...

Buys you a private apartment but comes with long term commitment and burden

Drives you to work harder to double the million and bogs you down to material challenges

Gives you a 'feel good' day to daydream all that you wanted to do but have yet to start doing

Gives you immediate comfort and a sense of well-being but also sets you thinking

But ...

A million blessings will help you stay out of trouble and keep you healthy

A million well-wishers will warm your heart and give you a steely mind

A million achievable hopes will motivate you towards your goals

A million helping hands will save more people in distress and alleviate sufferings

You can have a million dollar$ which gives you material and short-term reprieve;

I prefer A Million Blessings, Well-wishers, Achievable hopes, Helping hands because these will, by extension, bring me multiples of millions with peace and harmony.

I gain something and every others gain with me

Stockmarket : Buy, Sell, Hold or I Don't Know

Like Sunrise & Sunset, the market shall flow

In February 2009, I wrote that "The markets (Asian markets - East - seem to perform better) had rebounded from their lows and the rebound is based on hope NOT confidence. Its likely that we will see the market testing the lows in the coming months as hope turns hollow."

In March 2009, when market was near the trough, I penned "For cash rich investors and those who needs to deploy their funds, its ideal to 'buy on weakness'; you will be right if you can ride out the crisis and time is on your side."

By June 2009, I chose to " test, the empirical probabilities that :

1) Sentiments dull and stockmarket moves down in, or around, a Lunar Eclipse

2) Sentiments improve and stockmarket moves up in, or around, a Solar Eclipse

Both correlation were proven to be highly correlated.

What's next?

I am only an armchair player and I derive satisfaction in seeing my postulations proven correct.

My take is :

i) The best is behind us; beware of inflation, at best, and, at worst, deflation, going forward.

ii) Between now to Nov 09, trend changes with a 'flip of a coin', that is, volatile. Nobody makes money in a stable market, except stockbrokers, albeit lesser.

iii) The winners must identify trend leaders in pharmaceuticals, natural resources, banks and publishing and gaming.

iv) For those who are game, the 'cheapies' are ideals for RTO and asset-based plays.

Its fun making money but also be ready to empty your wallets if the bets fall on hard grounds. Before I forget, to those who had made good money, spare alittle for charity and the less fortunate.

Social harmony is the stabilizer whichever way the market goes!

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. Giving properly means doing so confidently and without too much encumberments. [Buddha]

“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)

Blissfully Ignorant

Babies enjoy life without worries

Villagers live on their crops and enjoy pollution-free surrounding

Fishermen trawl their catch and bathe in the breeze

The aged worries about their next meal and health

City dwellers worry about their income flows and consistent expenses

The rich worries about their declining wealth

Quality of life starts and blooms with the basics

If we are happy with the basic, quality prevails

Frustration, greed, envy, regrets are subset of the undesirable mind

The mind is menable if we consciously pilot (it) away from the evil half

When the mind runs loose, stability and reasonableness evaporates into thin air

The conscious mind thrive if it remain blissfully ignorant

Your Suffering; My Suffering & Our Sufferings

Suffering Is Never Permanent

How time have, and can, change things and attitudes?

Gold prices has seen a low of under $300 in 1999, to above $300 in 2003, rangebound between $600-700 in 2006/7 and trades between $700 and slightly above $1000 in 2007 to current. Will gold break above $1000 and heads towards $1,300?

Suicide rates drop to a 9-year low of 8.76 per 100,000. Will it continues to drop?

Property launches are seeing queues building up and prices (psf) rising. Can this trend continues to sustain and break new highs?

H1N1 is spreading and hopefully a antidote is found soon. Perhaps, we can develop antibodies to overcome this strain of virus over time.

Stockmarkets have recovered from their dismal low and seems powered by liquidity not seen for awhile. Who's stopping the bull?

The Truth is Life is Impermanent and Living is a choice.

You can choose to wallow in self-pity or you can manage and flow with the situation and enjoys every seconds of life.

Your lifestyle is determine by yourself; don't live beyond your means.

The Order of Nature is flow and Change is the only constant.

Boredom

Repetition is Boredom but Boredom is Consciousness

When you becomes bored, move on
Whenever you feel bored you will feel restless
If you listen to the body and move away, the restlessness will disappear
Boredom is an indication that a great understanding is arising in you about futility, meaninglessness and emptiness
Man gets bored because man is conscious; Consciousness is the cause
A mediocre mind does not feel so bored
You will find people who think too much, are more bored, because they think
When you are bored, there is 'no aura of delight'
Boredom is the consciousness of repetition
Let there be NO boredom
Life is infinite delight

And there shall be Light

PEACE be with you

THE THREE UNIVERSAL TRUTHS ... Buddha

1. Nothing is lost in the universe - Matter turns into energy, energy turns into matter

2. Everything Changes - Everything is continuously changing

3. Law of Cause and Effect - The law of cause and effect is known as karma

From dust to dust; the earth recycles everything over time.

The only constant is change.

Do good and show mercy; not that you will go to heaven but it will definitely make Earth a better home.

Let us live with the flow and enjoy the power of nature as everything happens for a reason. Of course & ideally and selfishly, may the reason be/is mine.

Give generously and seek the truth and thank God for small mercy; For each time we find healings and comfort, we find PEACE

Stockmarket - Update

Bull, Bear or Sheep?

Afew weeks back, I mentioned that:

1) Sentiments dull and stockmarket moves down in, or around, a Lunar Eclipse
(already taken place) - 2009 Jul 07: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

2) Sentiments improve and stockmarket moves up in, or around, a Solar Eclipse

(action in progress or yet to unfold? I bet the former) 2009 Jul 22 : Total Solar Eclipse

The differences is in the degree of rises or declines.

Facts or Fallacies?

Sentiments are getting better and brighter, the economy seems to be turning the corner, housing pick-ups seem the undercurrent; the 'bleak' past had passed us by! Or have it? Omigosh, only time will tell. No matter how bad or foul your day is, walk away, leave whatever you need to do behind, go take a long walk, sleep it off ... when you return, the burden eases and you breathe lighter. Not because you have done something but time and event have elapsed and what seemed insurmountable had eased.

Wisdom

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. Find your own light. (Buddha)


“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. (Matthew 6:34)

Predictions - The Power Of The Mind

The Power Of The Mind

Man likes to make prediction and 'look into the future'
And the results of prediction is like a pendulum
When you are right, you move up a step in confidence and you presume the basis used was correct
If you are wrong, you discover reasons why you are off-tangent
More often than not, predictions are self-fulfilling
We move towards our goals and into the orbit of optimal position
Why?
The TRUTH is :
Human emits a cosmic force through their thoughts.. a force that can 'move' mountains
The cosmic power allows us to attract "Like with Likes"
What you wish for will eventually materialize because like the little genie ;

"Your Wish Is My Command"

Punch hard enough and you will punch a hole in the wall