11/29/2008

我不難過

又站在你家的門口 我們重復沉默 這樣子單方面的守候 還能多久終于你開口向我訴說她有多溫柔 雖然你還握著我的手 但我已不在你心中

我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊 是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候別再看著我 說著你愛過 別太傷痛 我不難過 這不算什麼只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂

就讓我走 讓我開始享受自由 回憶很多 你的影子也會充滿我生活我並不懦弱 你比誰都懂 雖然寂寞 這會是我 最後的寬容

抱緊我 再抱緊我 這一份感動 請你讓我留在胸口別在說是你的錯 愛到了盡頭 是非對錯 就讓它隨風忘了所有 過得比你快活

我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊 是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候別再看著我 說著你愛過 別太傷痛 我不難過 這不算什麼只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂

不要再說 或許這是最好結果 現在分手 總好過你不愛我一拖再拖松開你的手 離開你左右 我向前走 這會是我 真正的解脫

11/25/2008

期望

今年景氣不好,所以聖誕節來得比以往早,什麼大拍賣都早了三個星期.

前幾天,在收音機聽到一個有關加拿大人的問卷調查,問到他們最想要的聖誕禮物是什麼,第一名是LCD電視,(我也好想),第二名是行動電腦,第三名是GPS,看來這幾年加人的Wish List好像都是高科技產品.

有趣的是,當問到他們一共打算花多少錢在聖誕禮物上.答案是$381...基本上只有上列的第三名才買得到. 這就是期望跟付出的差異.

還是等待那個愛穿紅衣的過胖老人會不會把明年的景氣帶起來還比較實際.

11/20/2008

Low Consumer Confidence! Great!

According to the most recent study, Consumer Confidence Index is at amulti-year low around 50, in comparison, 2007 saw a CCI of 110. What doesthat mean? That means you will be seeing more sales before and after Xmas,it does seem like the longer you hold your major purchases, the betterdeals you will see. Remember what I said earlier this year regarding howTravel Plans will cost a lot more before the end of year? It is no longertrue, many travel companies are throwing out crazy deals.

However, Portfolio Managers at Connor Clark & Lunn found somethinginteresting about CCI. They found when CCI dipped below 60 in the past, 26out 27 times of the time, market will recover on average of 19% in the nextyear. The only miss? Down 1%.
Same principle holds true here, "Be Greedy when others are fearful".

11/18/2008

海角七號

海角七號最近在台灣暴紅,幾週前有幸看到DVD,不過是盜版的...

劇情事實上非常簡單,其實有點像high school musical的台版,一個地方想辦演唱會,但沒有暖身樂團,就隨便成軍.每個有對白的腳色都很有特色,很台,也很有故事,不過時間太短,總覺得好像整個電影只是某個電視劇的開始.

剛看完後不了解為什麼本片這麼紅.

看了幾次台灣新聞後,就完全悟了,台灣的新聞這麼烏煙瘴氣,股市這麼濫,如果不看小品電影(不過聽說好像花了天文數字),看什麼.回想林志玲暴紅的時候,好像也是時機壞壞的年代.

話說回來,不應該對海角七號太刻薄,畢竟它跳脫出很台的電影就是很悲情的圈套.

11/09/2008

Everybody hurts - REM

Last time I saw this MTV was in 1993, it was very powerful, started off heavy, but ended uplifting. 15 years later, I saw its MTV on tv again. This is the song perfect for time like this.

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When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone
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Just hold on, don't panic sell! Remember everybody hurts sometimes!

10/26/2008

Buy American. I Am. - by Warren Buffet

THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.

So ... I’ve been buying American stocks. This is my personal account I’m talking about, in which I previously owned nothing but United States government bonds. (This description leaves aside my Berkshire Hathaway holdings, which are all committed to philanthropy.) If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities.

Why?

A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors. To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in weak competitive positions. But fears regarding the long-term prosperity of the nation’s many sound companies make no sense. These businesses will indeed suffer earnings hiccups, as they always have. But most major companies will be setting new profit records 5, 10 and 20 years from now.

Let me be clear on one point: I can’t predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven’t the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month — or a year — from now. What is likely, however, is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up. So if you wait for the robins, spring will be over.

A little history here: During the Depression, the Dow hit its low, 41, on July 8, 1932. Economic conditions, though, kept deteriorating until Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933. By that time, the market had already advanced 30 percent. Or think back to the early days of World War II, when things were going badly for the United States in Europe and the Pacific. The market hit bottom in April 1942, well before Allied fortunes turned. Again, in the early 1980s, the time to buy stocks was when inflation raged and the economy was in the tank. In short, bad news is an investor’s best friend. It lets you buy a slice of America’s future at a marked-down price.

Over the long term, the stock market news will be good. In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

You might think it would have been impossible for an investor to lose money during a century marked by such an extraordinary gain. But some investors did. The hapless ones bought stocks only when they felt comfort in doing so and then proceeded to sell when the headlines made them queasy.

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.

Equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade, probably by a substantial degree. Those investors who cling now to cash are betting they can efficiently time their move away from it later. In waiting for the comfort of good news, they are ignoring Wayne Gretzky’s advice: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”

I don’t like to opine on the stock market, and again I emphasize that I have no idea what the market will do in the short term. Nevertheless, I’ll follow the lead of a restaurant that opened in an empty bank building and then advertised: “Put your mouth where your money was.” Today my money and my mouth both say equities.

Warren E. Buffett is the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, a diversified holding company.
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The above article was published on New York Times, October 16, 2008

10/15/2008

神聖的一票

來加拿大那麼多年,今年終於投下神聖的一票,不是因為今年的情況比從前重要,也不是今年政治比往年有趣,而是時機不好,還不如做其他更有用的事.

10/10/2008

This Financial Crisis...

Like everything else, shall pass...

10/02/2008

祝我生日快樂

不知不覺,又是一年過了,好像一年來的比一年快,回憶自己三十歲的時候到底做過什麼,好像真的沒有印象.總覺得自己好像老了很多,對未來還是不是很有把握,又看見七年級的小弟第小妹妹們一個個跟了上來.好像每一天都很累,工作,健康,愛情,還沒有找到一個平衡. 看來,三十而立,是過去的事,我也想快一點立!

9/29/2008

You are not Alone...

It was in high school when one of my best friend got dumped by a girl who left without saying why. When Michael Jackson had this song on the air. I thought it is appropriate for another best friend at this time...



"You Are Not Alone"

Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You're not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold

Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay

But you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
But you are not alone

'Lone, 'lone
Why, 'lone

Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms
I can hear your prayers
Your burdens I will bear
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin

Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay

For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone

Whisper three words and I'll come runnin'
And girl you know that I'll be there
I'll be there

You are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart

For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay

For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart

For you are not alone...

9/07/2008

Friends less one

"How I met your mother" is a clever comedy show situated in New York, very similar to "friends", instead of 6 friends, there were 5. The story starts with a guy told a girl he met for the first time, "I love you".

If you haven't seen the show, check it out, I thought the script and story is pretty smart.

8/01/2008

What would you do if you had won 3.6 million?

New Car?
A house?
Vacation?
Quit your job?

or
wait for a year?

That is exactly what a fellow from Ridge Meadows did. He had won the lotto 49 weeks ago, and had put the winning ticket in a bank safe during this time.

It wasn't the case that he forgot about the winning ticket. He knew all along that he had won the ticket but he decided to "think" about what to do with the money.

He is probably a Libra.

Some people at The Sun calculated how much he could have lost in interest money during this time... over 110k!! Who could of think that "thinking" can be this costly! Then again, he is a realtor, he probably didn't need that money until now, when the real estate market cooling.

But damn, nevermind $3.6 million, can you imagine having that 110k? Would you think that long before spending it?

7/28/2008

■女人不該對男人做的20件事 (來自某部拉格)

1.不要經常去試探男人,更不要以分手做為威脅,當你經常給他這種心理暗示,他的潛意識就會做好分手的打算。

2.不要因為男人愛你就無限制的擴張自己的權利,不要干涉他的理想、信仰和追求,不要自以為你比男人看的更遠,他一定有些特質是你所不了解的。

3.不要經常遲到,不要以為男人愛你他就應該有無限的耐心,一個人的耐心是有限度的,耐心消磨完了,就該消磨愛。

4.不要信奉這句話“你愛我,你就應該知道我想什麼”,這完全是一句鬼話,沒有人會完全知道對方想什麼。
由於男人沒有及時了解到你的想法,而得出男人不愛你的結論是非常愚蠢的。

5.不要經常叫男人陪你逛街,沒有幾個男人真正的喜歡逛街,強迫的最終結局就是反抗。

6.男人在熱戀時為女孩子做的事情,不要指望他在以後的生活中一直持續下去,聰明的女孩子通常都會打五折。

7.不要因為他是你最親近的人,就可以向他傾訴一切,你的不幸、痛苦、委屈和牢騷都給他,將他做一個出氣口,
男人不是廢品收購站,當他確認他無法改變你的時候,他就只有逃離。

8.不要去試圖改變男人,不要想著他會在你的調教下成為你理想中優秀的男人,去適應他比要改變他來的明智。

9.不要對自己的魅力過分自信,沒有幾個男人會永久的承受出爾反爾,沒有幾個男人可以招之即來揮之即去,除非,這個男人愛你別有動機。

10.不要抓住男人的一次錯誤不放,並在每次爭吵時喋喋不休的引用,沒有任何一個男人喜歡這樣的女人。

11.不要用這樣的思路來指導你們的愛情:在男人的言行中尋找他不愛你的證據。男人不能每時每刻將精力放在女人身上,他不可能注意到女人的每次暗示和不快。當你用放大鏡來尋找灰塵的時候,總會找的到,這樣做,只是在指導男人,告訴他如何不愛你。

12.男人在思考的時候,盡量不要打擾他,他有時也需要獨處的快樂,那並不證明他不愛你。

13.男人和你再親密,也不要隨便傷害他的自尊,不論是在別人面前還是獨處,傷害就是傷害,不論他是否愛你。

14.不要為男人過去的感情吃醋,也不要強迫男人告訴你,你比他以前任何一個女友都好,事實就是事實,如果他違心的說你好,他反而會記住另一個事實。

15.不要把自己的男人和別的男人比較,不要說他不如別人浪漫、不如別人體貼,每一個人都是特殊的,愛的方式也不同,經常這樣說會使愛成為一種心理負擔。

16.永遠在男人面前保持一點神秘感,不要將自己的一切都百分之百的袒露給男人,一個人吃的太飽是會厭恨食物的,而不會感激。

17.不要指望用性來獲得男人,這是捕獲男人最不牢靠的方式,因為愛情與肉體無關。

18.愛情是一個磁場,而不是一個繩子,捆著他,不如吸引他。一個繩子會讓男人有掙脫的欲望,而一個磁場卻能給男人自由的假相,和一個永恆的誘惑。

19.不要指望一個男人無條件、像個奴隸一樣的愛上你(那樣的男人也不值得去愛)。你要在愛情中充當一個至高無上的女皇,最終你會發現,你將跌的很慘。

20.請衡量一下,如果你們的愛情是你享受了更多的權利,而對方要盡更多的義務,那你就要試著改變,愛情也適合經濟學的規律,形成互贏的局面才會持久。
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Hmm...好像我也有犯幾個

■男人不該對女人做的20件事 (來自某部落格)

兩個人在一起真的是很需要緣份,既然你們選擇了在一起,就用點智慧好好的經營你們的愛情吧。   

第一:不要問女人以前的事,畢竟過去的事了,說的詳細你又受不了,說的簡單你就心裡老是打問號。

第二:也不要和她說太多以前的事,特別是你以前如何如何的深情,如何如何的不要自尊去愛另一個女人。

第三:不要有處女情結,雖然現在這社會,有處女情結的人不會很多,但終究是男人,多多少少會介意,
記得擺正自己的心態。

第四:不要太大男人主義,現在的新時代女性,再也不是以前的那些唯命是從的小女子了,過於大男人主義,會讓人受不了。   

第五:ML時不要過於形式化,形式化讓人覺得你沒情調,也不要樣樣都懂,這樣會嚇壞你的小MM,讓她懷疑你以前有N段風流史。

第六:不要當面去誇別人的女人漂亮,女人嘛,永遠都覺得自己是最美的,你可以誇別的女人另一些,比如她的內在美,這樣令她覺得自己的不足之餘,又懂得努力去改正自己。   

第七:不要拿你以前的女友與她相比,說以前那個如何如何的好,那是不公平的,不同的人如何去比較呢。

第八:不要在朋友面前,不拉她的手,或不抱抱她,那樣她會很傷心,覺得你並不在乎她,也令她沒面子,
適當的在別人面前表現恩愛是必要的,(特別不能在朋友面前對她呼呼喝喝)。   

第九:不要在大街上小眼不停盯著某一個女人,或者牽著她手的時候,不停地望身邊的經過的女人,那是對她最大的屈辱。 (你可以在她不在的時候瞧瞧無所謂)

第十:不要坦白自己的愛情動作經驗,無論是之前的還是現在的,都不要讓她知道,女人的死穴,永遠不接受男人的身體出軌。

第十一:不要不懂得說情話,甜言密語是愛情的潤滑劑,但過多,就顯得虛假。   

第十二:不要輕易去懷疑另一半,過度的不信任讓人覺得你沒自信之餘,又心胸狹窄。

第十三:不要試圖去綁住一個女人,要堅信你溫暖的懷抱是她一生的依靠,過多的舉動則會嚇跑對方。

第十四:不要不懂得體貼另一半,累了發個短信打個電話安慰一下,那比買任何禮物來得貼心。

第十五:不要對不懂的事裝懂,現在的女人可不是草包,很容易一眼就看穿你的膚淺,不懂就說出來,有什麼大不了。   

第十六:不要在氣跑女朋友之後也不追,甚至一個短信也不發,那樣很容易讓女人心灰意冷。   

第十七:不要在談戀愛的時候,就把以後的事說的太現實化,那樣會嚇得她不敢和你走進婚姻的禮堂(結婚需要衝動,經營婚姻需要智慧,離婚需要勇氣)。

第十八:不要在開始的談戀愛的時候,就急著說性,那樣會讓人覺得你只用下半身和她談戀愛。   

第十九:不要把工作情緒帶給她,你可以向她傾訴,但不要因為工作的問題向她發脾氣。   

第二十:不要睡在她身邊的時候喊的是別人的名字,切記切記...
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我不知道我犯了哪幾個...

7/24/2008

望春風

孤夜無伴守燈下,清風對面吹,
十七八歲未出嫁,見著少年家,
果然標緻面肉白,誰家人子弟,
想欲問伊驚歹勢,心內彈琵琶。

一首七十幾歲的老歌