Friday, April 27, 2007 11:37:00 PM
I have been reading up alot on stock investment since the start of summer classes and so far I have been intrigued and is won over by the prospects of earning big bucks out of the stock market. Been reading up alot of articles till I feel kind of overwhelmed and lost. -_-
This class I am taking is called "Portfolio Management (PM)" and we are given a project to manage a portfolio of stocks on this simulation software called "StockTrak" in which we can trade stocks worldwide using a given sum of money. So far, only one trivial (cupcake's sentiments) stock has been bought ("LVMH") - a Louis Vuitton stock. More like impluse buying rather than backed by rationale and it has been losing money. Hopefully we can rebound back soon!
Cupcake has been really sweet - sharing his notes and PM knowledge with me though I sometimes can't tolerate his "been there done that" attitude but I
still tolerate with a pinch of sugar. Cos I know he knows best. =p
I really wish to optimize my learning in this summer class and hopefully I can enter the stock market "intelligently" in the near future. Perhaps I can make enough to finance my wedding plans in less than 4 years instead of the original strategy of doing a monthly savings from my salary which could potentially take more than 4 years to reach my target wedding budget. Mind you, I am talking about saving enough to make a 50% downpayment for the house as well. Hmm I am such a dreamer...
Taken by Shah during Valentines'07
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:45:00 PM
Not sure watz wrong with my blogger template.. The paragraphs are going haywire. But wat the heck.. Shall change the blog skin to a sunnier and livier one "hopefully" soon!
Spent some time today transferring all backup files from previous computers to my new samsung lappy (I just plain love it^^) and had a great time looking through all the old pictures. It is during times like this when you could feel that times has changed and so much has happened in your life though you could barely feel it in real time.
This was a few years back during Biyi's Birthday where we had a lunch gathering at Hans in the Great Eastern Building in Chinatown. Those were the days we just stepped out of Sec Sch.
This was my first time donning a bikini with the Babe! Ok I admit I wasn't in my best shape at that time. But I dun really care. Haha!
This is really ancient. One of the best days of sec sch was dancing with this wonderful bunch of people. Can recognise me? This was taken @ Hard Rock Hotel (Pattaya). Went there with Sam and Teo over one weekend many many years ago and coincidentally it was Loy Kratong. Forgot wat wish I made.. 
Sabrina and I. We were colleagues at Citibank @ Tampines Junction. Went through thick and thin with her. Actually I was more like assisting her through her thick period at the bank. We bonded very well and I absolutely adore her till this very day =)
Taken on my last day as an audit intern @ Fahillah Goh & Company. I sometimes wonder if I should I just continued with the Accounting line. But I am also not regretting the live I am living now.
That's all for now! Have Portfolio Management class tomorrow and I can't wait to get started on StockTrak (a portfolio investment game). The darling cupcake has given me lots of tips and I really hope I am able to bump off a better grade with his help.
Sunday, April 22, 2007 1:04:00 AM
I have been doing all the house work since mommy went left for Taiwan on Wed. Like people say, " You'll not appreciate what you have only until you've lost it." This is exactly what I am feeling now. I dun usually have to give a hoot about household chores and it's just horrifying that I am suddenly thrown all these household responsibilities albeit temporarily. Mopping, doing laundry, washing dishes, sweeping the floor just churns itself into an unending vicious cycle. I am starting to find rhythm in this though I can't say I'm enjoying every min of it. Can't wait for mommy to be back so that she can resume her role as housewife while I resume mine as a spoilt child. Haha!
It seems that I am living a double life now.. Doing housework in the morning and then spending the afternoon out shopping and eating. This was what happened 2 days ago with my cousin:
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Haven't done something quite like that in a long long while. Needless to say we had an amazing time posing and decorating the neoprint. The quality of neoprint now has improved so much compared to the ones from the olden days which goes like, "NEOprintTO" every 2 seconds.
And yesterday, I had dinner with Von at the new Ramen restaurant at TBP. The food is quite good but the main draw is the old skool ambience of that place. It's like being transported back to the 60's once you are seated in the restaurant. Service is excellent too - This waiter gave me a 10% discount on my dad's NTUC link card though I did not bring the physical card along. You people should try the Xiao Long Bao, Shanghai red bean pancake and the mango pudding there!
There after, both of us decided to walk around the mall instead of going to town and guess what?! We went for a foot reflexology session on impluse! I was telling her how I wanted to do pedicure which includes a foot massage and then we found ourselves outside this massage shop that offers 30 min foot reflexology at $22. Von wanted to try it out and I allowed myself to get tempted to it as well. Damn it lor.. We are like 2 giggly gals first time out on excursion can!
Anyway, the whole session was super relaxing despite some moments of pain when that guy pressed the "wrong buttons" All in all my liver, stomach, kidneys, bladder are weak areas. The only strong area is my BRAIN! (the areas at the top of your first toe) Guess I have studied too much in my life.. Von will gladly agree with this statement.
Later I will be going to Grandma's house with my dad which marks the end of my school hols for the year 2007. I will be returning to the sad life of a student till I graduate in Dec. What a way ti spend the last summer hols as a student.
Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:04:00 PM
The past few days so far by by far the best days since the start of 2007. I have really been enjoying and indulging myself these days.. Taking my own sweet time to wake up in the morning, spending tons to time with my cupcake, watching long overdue dramas and movies on my new samsung laptop and having sinful double scoop ice cream waffle and loads of fried chicken.. Life can be so heavenly =)
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cupcake has been really sweet and this is the first time we have spent so much time together this week that I have lost count. He even accompany me for my internship interview cos I do not know the way there and would probably lose my way and reach the place 10,000years later. I am really touched and glad that he was there to watch out for my safety while I was engrossed with rehearsing the interview in my mind. The company is located at an industrial area in Eunos where the junctions are not aligned and gigantic lorries and trucks are zipping through the one way streets every second. And I have a very bad habit of watching for traffic "
from the corner of my eye" i.e. subconciously. Well I got the internship and I am happy. I hope he gets one pretty soon too since it's compulsory for him to fulfil the 10 weeks internship.
We had dinner at Vivocity on Sunday and checked out the surroundings after that. I just love the open air balcony area at the top level (I think it's level 3). There is a huge 30cm deep man-made lake at the centre where people can just sit on the ground and immerse their tired feet into the cool shallow waters and chit chat. The
cupcake and I explored the place abit before heading down to the first level - where there are seats facing the sea. We spent quite some time there snuggling up with each other and chatting under the stars.. It was a pretty clear day and a sweetly romantic evening for us. I especially appreciate these moments with him for a sole reason that we seldom have the opportunity to do this due to our tight school schedules during the semester.
(the only pic we took - too engrossed with the romantic evening to take more pics)On Wed, both of us sent my mommy off to Taiwan for her 6 days Buddhism trip. Mommy promised to cook his favourite fried chicken when she's back =) We went to watch Sounds of the Sea at Sentosa in the evening. It is a huge improvement from the usual musical fountain we have last time. I felt that it's worth every penny of the $6 admission ticket. The graphics and water display are more 3D and you can sense the sincerity of the service provided by the friendly Sentosa staff.. For the whole night I was awed and impressed by the first class service I received by the people there. Can you imagine the staff waving and smiling at each alighting passenger from the monorail train?
Cupcake and I thought I was pretty amusing but we gamely waved back. I shall now let the pictures do the talking now.. Hee
(Standing outside the monorail station posing with my train ticket)
(the big big poster)
(the monrails that comes in assorted cheerful colours)
(we passed by St James Power Station - I wanna go there some day soon)
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Presenting the princess and the cupcake)
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a gist of the 20 min show)
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a clear shor of the "village")
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view of the beach station from the top of a hill)
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hmmm.. this cupcake deserves a kiss for being so sweet)
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I just being silly)
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Trying to be a mermaid Teeheehee)
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See! We are so happy at the end of the day)
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Overview of the performance area)
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A nice shot of the lovely cupcake)
Monday, April 02, 2007 9:13:00 AM
My goodness. This is Week 14. I am supposed to have this week to prepare for my 3 exams next week. But do I have the luxury of having ample time to study? Noo!! I have a Cross Cultural presentation in 6 hours time and the report is not finalized yet. 2 more reports due for the rest of this week and 2 more due one day after all exams end.. Wah piang!
Usually I will pick one mod to score for A but I think this sem I can give it all up and be extremely FATALISTIC. Leave it up to the heavens to decide for me how well I can do this semester..
How can I concentrate on mugging when all these reports are still hanging heavy on my mind?!
Ok I am totally freaked out now..
On a contradictory note. I am going out with the gals for a movie and dinner tonite.. Hopefully we can finally hang out at ICE COLD for a drink. It is like a momentarily calm before the avalanche of work related stress starts piling. After so many years in this "hell hole", we sure know how to enjoy ourselves while freaking out over project deadlines.
I can only get this kind of high from here.
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