Time

Earthquake shake Japan with a 8.9 magnitude scalar Richter. When I watched those videos, I realized that many unexpected things can happen to our life. Thus, I think maybe I should do something with my life. It has been dull all this moment. I need to think. After my lasik, I will complete the unfinished task that has been planned recently. I shall need to make a timetable to plan my time wisely when I am at home.

With the coming chess tournament in Singapore, I shall need to train 2 hours during the weekends. I shall strengthen my Queen's Gambit, Sicillian Dragpn and Semi Slav to the next level. If there is a chance where if I can hit my goal, I shall play chess forever. That's my dream.

Whenever I play chess, if I lose a game to the unfamiliar openings for me, I will checked it in the chessbase and learn how to refute it. Time is so precious that, I finally need to up my investment knowledge. I should set my goal in investments too.

龙卷风

This specific lyric has impacted on my life. When the world is tumbling upside down, it blew me to the other side of the world where I must treat myself even better. This song is translated from Jay chou's Tornado. In the end, I left quietly. Listening again from the Concert 2010.

Love is like a gust of wind
It leaves after it has blown
This sort of rhythm
Would frustrate anybody
After I lost you
I lost my soul
Dark clouds are descending
I am dragged along

Quietly, softly, sadly leaving
Sinking deep into danger ? baby
It's like my world has been ripped apart by violent wind and rain

Love came too quickly, just like a tornado
Can't leave the storm and it's too late to escape
I can't think about this again
I can't think about this again
I can't

Love left too quickly just like a tornado
I can't take it and I have no where to hide
I don't want to think about it again
I don't want to think about it again
I don't

I don't want to think about you again

Unknowingly, unfeelingly, you have already left me
Unknowingly, unfeelingly, I follow this rhythm
Looking back, another autumn has passed
Looking back, I should have lived my life better

Ni Bu Zhi Dao De Shi 你不知道的事

I am addicted to this song suddenly.

Lyricist：Leehom Wang & Rui Ye

Composer：Leehom Wang
Director: Leehom Wang

蝴蝶眨几次眼睛
Hu die zha ji chi yan jing
How many times does a butterfly blink
才学会飞行
Cai xue hui fei xing
Before it learns to fly?
夜空洒满了星星
Ye kong sai man le xing xing
The sky is sprinkled over with countless stars
但几颗会落地
Dan ji ke hui luo di
But how many there will remain?

我飞行 当你坠落之际
Wo fei xing Dang ni zui luo zhi ji
Even as I fly, you fall
很靠近 还听见呼吸
Hen kao jing Hai ting jian hu xi
So close I can hear you breathe
对不起 我却没捉紧你
Dui bu qi Wo que mei zhuo jin ni
So sorry I didn't keep hold of you

你不知道我为什么离开你
Ni bu zhi dao wo wei shen me li kai ni
You don't know why I had to leave you
我坚持不能说放任你哭泣
Wo jian chi bu neng shuo fang ren ni ku qi
How could I ignore your every cry
你的泪滴想倾盆大雨 碎落满地
Ni de lei di xiang qing pen da yu Sui luo man di
All the while the downpour of your tears shattering the ground
在心里清晰
Zai xin li qing xi
So clearly pierced my heart
你不知道我为什么狠下心
Ni bu zhi dao wo wei shen me hen xia xin
You don't know why I had to keep away
盘旋在你看不见的高空里
Pan xuan zai ni kan bu jian de gao kong li
Circling in the sky above, just out of sight
多的是 你不知道的事
Duo de shi Ni bu zi dao de shi
So many are the things you never knew

蝴蝶眨几次眼睛
Hu die zha ji chi yan jing
How many times does a butterfly blink
才学会飞行
Cai xue hui fei xing
Before it learns to fly?
夜空洒满了星星
Ye kong sai man le xing xing
The sky is sprinkled over with countless stars
但几颗会落地
Dan ji ke hui luo di
But how many there will remain?

我飞行 当你坠落之际
Wo fei xing Dang ni zui luo zhi ji
Even as I fly, you fall
很靠近 还听见呼吸
Hen kao jing Hai ting jian hu xi
So close I can hear you breathe
对不起 我却没捉紧你
Dui bu qi Wo que mei zhuo jin ni
So sorry I didn't keep hold of you

你不知道我为什么离开你
Ni bu zhi dao wo wei shen me li kai ni
You don't know why I had to leave you
我坚持不能说放任你哭泣
Wo jian chi bu neng shuo fang ren ni ku qi
How could I ignore your every cry
你的泪滴想倾盆大雨 碎落满地
Ni de lei di xiang qing pen da yu Sui luo man di
All the while the downpour of your tears shattering the ground
在心里清晰
Zai xin li qing xi
So clearly pierced my heart
你不知道我为什么狠下心
Ni bu zhi dao wo wei shen me hen xia xin
You don't know why I had to keep away
盘旋在你看不见的高空里
Pan xuan zai ni kan bu jian de gao kong li
Circling in the sky above, just out of sight
多的是 你不知道的事
Duo de shi Ni bu zi dao de shi
So many are the things you never knew

我飞行 当你坠落之际
Wo fei xing Dang ni zui luo zhi ji
Even as I fly, you fall
噢噢~
o o

你不知道我为什么离开你
Ni bu zhi dao wo wei shen me li kai ni
You don't know why I had to leave you
我坚持不能说放任你哭泣
Wo jian chi bu neng shuo fang ren ni ku qi
How could I ignore your every cry
你的泪滴想倾盆大雨 碎落满地
Ni de lei di xiang qing pen da yu Sui luo man di
All the while the downpour of your tears shattering the ground
在心里清晰
Zai xin li qing xi
So clearly pierced my heart
你不知道我为什么狠下心
Ni bu zhi dao wo wei shen me hen xia xin
You don't know why I had to keep away
盘旋在你看不见的高空里
Pan xuan zai ni kan bu jian de gao kong li
Circling in the sky above, just out of sight
多的是 你不知道的事
Duo de shi Ni bu zi dao de shi
So many are the things you never knew

2011

I had a very busy day last few days/ weeks ago. I didn't go anywhere for New Year celebration. I was too tired to go to crowded places. All I hope was a good night sleep on Jan 1 and 2, to recharge back my energy. Up till now, I have been coughing for 2 months, due to hectic, non stop task to clear.

The greatest hurdle for me in 2010 was actually to understand on the logics, ever since taking over the tasks. It's actually a nightmare for developers to understand what is not origin from his own writings. There were lots of testing way not written down to assist in the development life cycle. Due to time constraints, lots of the essential testing documentations were not written. Thus, it prohibits any knowledge transfer if there is any. Without that, it will consume many hours trying to figure out what's the logic behind. I need to clear all my backlog and start writing testing documentations in case, there is a handover in the future. I just need more time for that.

I just hope that I won't collapse under this enormous knowledge barrier. Everything needs to be done fast. There's not much time for me to think. So, I need to think of a way to minimize the risk in codes and testing. Nearly 70% of the time is consumed in investigating things that we don't know sometime. I still have many things to learn around.

I have 2 deadly task on hand, and both can be lethal if they come to me at the same time. Which one shall I settle first? I just need more time to teach the new person as well. As a student, I understand the feeling of how it takes time to adapt to the new environment and logics. As a tutor, I understand the student's feeling in learning new things/ logics. Hope that I can get the backup from the new people.

I shall plan my previous annual leaves too, tomorrow. I plan to take 9 days for my Lasik treatment in April. and 4 days separately in March and May. At the same time, I will have to seek the doctor's treatment tomorrow for my cough. Hope it's not something serious.

Rubber Stocks

With a few of the good rubber companies in Malaysia, if I have enough bullet, I will wait for the next round of investing in it. Rubber stocks have been facing some knocks lately due to latex soaring prices. With that, the nett profits drop and affected the companies revenue. Everyone is looking at properties bubble, but will there be commodities bubble? Every commodities has been soaring to new high. It'll take a toll on the companies that rely on the commodities. The effect will then be passed to the consumers.

I aim for at least 3 rubber stocks. I have one in mind at this moment, and if it does hit my entry price, I will grab that for sure as my investment. I have telecommunications, petrochemicals, alcohols and REIT as my portfolio. I do hope that I can make some from the rubber stocks. I am just waiting for it to drop, as now it is still dropping.

At the same time, I dropped the idea of iPhone 4. Too many procedures to apply or get one in Singapore. Maybe getting a camera would be more realistic. Would 2011 be a fine run where everyone is predicting a super bull run? Will that last when everything is hitting new high?

I will be changing my SG phone number in 2011 to lessen the cost of it, since prepaid would be more viable for me as I am using less to call out.

Non Stop Wedding Dinner

Finally, final wedding dinner finished. It was a great time meeting friends around. Got good and bad. My newly 6 month's Phone, W995 died all of a sudden. It has to pave way for my iPhone 4, though it's under warranty. I wished not to change SIM card all the time.

It seems that everyone starts to buy house for own stay. I wish to buy 1 too but not at this moment due to high commitment in stocks. Owning Petronas Chemical, Carlsberg, Maxis and SunREIT do give me some liquid appreciation. I wish to invest more before purchasing a property. I wish I can invest another Rm60k into the REIT plays for dividend to support my property purchase in the future. Let the money generate the money for me in REIT play.

It's true that if I borrow 300k loan from the bank for 30 years, I will end up giving the bank 1 free house. So in order to achieve financial stability, I intend to borrow only 60% if there is a way to do that. One of the way is to generate more liquids by stock investments. I just want to settle my house loan in 5 years if there is 100% share appreciation, but that will remains as a goal.

I am positive with Carlsberg share appreciation. It's share price is not just RM6+, but RM8+. With it's Carlsberg Singapore generating more income, I believe there is more room for growth it purchases other brands as well to fight against it's competitors. The only bad side would be the sin tax impose on it is very high. Hope that the Malaysian government do think of the consequences by raising the alcohol sin tax.

In 2011, I will have iPhone 4, Nikon D7000 (end of January), Jay Chou concert (March) and Lasik (April), as the short term gratitude. I wish that I can finish learning all the work related stuff. There are lots more to learn. Learning just never finish. I downloaded a few books that's worth few hundreds. I need to strengthen myself with knowledges. After that, I plan for a vacation in September, October or November. Taiwan, HK, Korea or Japan or maybe any other countries that I want to visit for the 1st time.

As for properties, just wait and see how is my liquidity goes. I intend to up my assets instead of liabilities. I need to generate passive incomes to finance the properties too, that is my REIT.

Investment 2010

So far, all the investments in 2010 yield positive results. It's an amazing year. I had been following Warren Buffet's idea at this moment. If I have all the bullets around, I will yield more than 50% ROI. I just bought in Petronas Chemical and with the possible news that will bring the company to greater heights. I expect that the price will reach RM10 within 2-3 years, to be in line with the other subsidiaries.

I am now on the lookout for more possible companies that can give me investments return. 2011 is coming and will there be a super bull run?