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    Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:43 PM
    Magical!




    I think it's extremely rare these days to see love and joy in such unconditional, boundless terms! (I really don't agree with the last stunt but did you see his reaction at the end of it? Melts my heart!)

    And to witness this all from a primate! Just imagine how much more love and joy are we capable of giving and showing one another, if only we wanted to.

    That aside,
    I REALLY WANT A MONKEY!!!




    Saturday, August 22, 2009, 9:48 AM
    Options

    I have concluded that traders are indeed some of the most creative (albeit greedy?) people around.

    No, they are not content with just transactions as in a 1-to-1 exchange. Like how when you go to the stall, you pay $3 in exchange for a plate of nasi lemak. Bah! There's no kick in that.

    Why not decide today how much you want to buy that nasi lemak in 6 months time? I chope first to pay only $3. So even if your rent goes up, you cannot charge me more. This is known as forwards.

    Better still, let me say I want to buy that plate of nasi lemak in 6 months time, but have no real intention of actually getting it. I can find a way to unwind this position before that 6 month expiry. So I can make a profit if you start charging higher, but I don't need to be actually eating the nasi lemak. This is known as futures.

    Confused? This is only the start! Then come the huge world of options. If I believe the nasi lemak might go up to $5 due to rice shortage or something. I can long a call option so that I have the right to buy nasi lemak at $4 even though it went up to $5.

    Then there's the interesting mix of options to make straddles, strangles, risk reversals, butterflies, condors, seagulls etc... (hrm, there seems to be an affinity with things that fly huh!)

    Then to measure how profitable your option is, there are greeks like delta, gamma, volga, theta (similarly, the list goes on...) And let's not even start on the calculations behind these things!

    Gah. I'm confused.
    But then again, studying options have reaffirmed an important point.
    In this world, there truly are endless possibilities.




    Sunday, August 16, 2009, 10:47 PM
    Rainy days

    It rained a whole lot today.
    Thankfully it wasn't a scary thunderstorm.
    It was in fact a rather calm shower. (For that moment it actually reminded me of Christmas!)

    Anyway, while I was in the study trying to catch up on some reading, I toyed with the idea to just step outside for a while.

    To be covered in rain.
    To want to be drenched.
    Or if I'm adventurous enough, dip into the pool for a lil swim.
    How cathartic that would be!

    I remember when I was much younger, my friends and I used to run outside just as it started to rain. So that we could 'seek shelter' under this giant palm tree leaf.
    We would huddle under the leaf for as long as we could.
    Just for the fun and sillyness of it.
    And only finally go back inside when my friend's mother starts yelling at us to, or when our fingers start to prune and we're shivering wet in our school uniforms.


    How I long to be carefree like that again.




    Monday, August 10, 2009, 9:55 PM
    Losing the Plot

    Somedays I awake completely confused.
    And as the blurry haze settles,
    I realise that I'm really just... lost.


    I find myself in a state of confusion
    Life's like a pantomime trick or a laser illusion
    Where's the place where I can stay
    Save me don't let me get lost in the ocean

    Is there anybody there?