Calm Before The Storm!?

I feel a nice, reassuring sense of calm and peace as I sit in front of my computer, doing anything but work. The same kind of feeling as when I am about to go on holiday. When the last minute work at the office is done and there is not a single care in this world except the anticipation of a fun and relaxing break.

I am at this state of equilibrium again as I sit out the lull period at the office, in the transition to join a new establishment and exit the old. The much treasured and rare period in time when the current anxieties at work can be laid to rest and the future worries have yet to knock at the door.

Aaahhh...what blissssss...if only life can be so stress-free all the time!

Wheel Of Fortune

As you take stock of the past year of events, you also wonder, in great anticipation, what the new year will bring. Well, I went and picked a card...and, what do you know, I'm the Wheel of Fotune!

You are The Wheel of Fortune

Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
intoxication with success

The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Year End

Is it too early to take stock of the year? Well, it's the tail end of Nov and, for all you know, before you can shout out 'Merry Christmas!', the New Year would be here!

Alright, here it is....2006 is a good year for me. Certainly a year of many 'first time'!

First time...

1. Car owner

2. On 2 short trips (Malacca & Kota Tinggi) in a row to Malaysia

3. New hobby - beading

4. New experiences in atypical sports - archery and wakeboarding

5. Making some $$$ at the stock market

6. 3G mobile phone owner

7. To Europe (this Dec!)

8. Headhunted (unsolicited!)

So here's a toast *waving an imaginery red wine filled glass* to an even better and more exciting 2007!!!

Bad Service

It's not Fate and I'm not jinxed like I thought I was in Fate II. It's the service that screwed up. And it's not a very small sum that I have to part with and still have to suffer the bad service!

Fate II

I thought maybe the particular restaurant is jinxed. Now, perhaps, I am the jinxed one.

It happened again. We were just not meant to meet. Or, I am not meant to meet.

On the appointed Sunday, I was in the locality half an hour early. It took me a short while before I located the restaurant. I entered it and checked my reservation. The manager, a sour faced looking ang moh, informed me that there was no reservation made and, in any case, the place is not opened for drinks in the afternoon.

I am flabbergasted. There must be some mistake...big mistake! But there was nothing I can do here. I left the place and, instead, drove to the 'jinxed' restaurant. Maybe there was really a mistake and the appointment was actually meant to be there. I was wrong. It was also not suppose to be there.

Well, Monday...that will be the day of enlightenment.

Well, Monday came. Apparently, the restaurant did not record the reservation.

As I said, maybe it's just me.

Murphy's Law

"Ok, your stock is sold. For the second lot, I would advise you, you can decide against it later if you choose to, to withdraw from the queue. The latest is that the company's quarterly results will be out soon and the stock will rise to $8.00 on the announcement," my remisier informed me over the phone.

Obviously I took the advice and withdrew. But my heart ached on this piece of news. Why is it that, when I buy, the price would nosedive and, when I sell, the price would skyrocket? I dislike Murphy. His law is at work again.

However, I can console myself that I have made at least 20% on the first kill. I am now waiting to make at least 50% on the second. Although, this will not be enough to be my first pot of gold, it will certainly be my best bet yet!