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Things we take for granted....

There is a snowstorm passing through Boston. I am sitting at my computer, drinking my morning coffee and watching the first snowfall of the season through my windows. The weather is cold and the ground is covered white with ice on the road. It is a good day to be at home.

I was in downtown Boston last night to pick up some items for my trip home. I remember seeing a poor woman sleeping next ed to heated grates on the sidewalk. There was another bearded middle aged man taking a nap under blankets and newspapers near front doors of an office building. People passed through and looked other way so that they don't have to acknowledge them. Many will say they are there for a reason. We can say that they are in these demised states because of drugs, drinking, smoking, gambling, laziness, women.. but time like these makes one think hard about one's life and realizes how blessed one is to have a shelter. For one, I just order a pizza delivery. It should be here in about 30 minutes. Or another, when I spend hours in front of a mirror, just staring and wondering “how can you not believe in a supreme being, if “this” was created?”

"Yes Man" was a good movie. It was recommended to me by someone who is used to give me command. For that reason, when I turned on the TV the other day and found Jim Carrey talking to a corpse - usually known as Larry King, I sat down and watched. When Larry asked Carrey if he believed in fate, Carrey summarized his belief in a thoughtful answer "everything happens to you is just the greatest thing that could ever happened to you...Mugged in an alley, hit with a brick in the face". And I was...."is he high" !

Carrey is a smart guy. He made "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" - a movie I actually like very much. I think he meant differently, but his relativistic belief annoys me a great amount. He should apply this 'everything ever happened to you is great' philosophy to the people he loves. Perhaps, hitting Jenny McCarthy, his girlfriend, with a brick in the face could be the greatest thing that ever happens to hern

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My point is to demonstrate how stupid moral relativism - where good things and bad things are exactly the same - is. In Carry's universe, I assume 9/11 is the greatest thing that ever happen to the people in the twin building.

In the news, liberal fanatics is cheering with joy over the shoes-throwing incident at a press conference in Iraq. A journalist successfully threw both of his shoes at president Bush in rapid-fire style. One thing that is not mentioned in every report around the globe is the way things were before the US came to Iraq. The only reason that idiot could hurl the shoes at the president of the US is because of the freedom granted to him by the US and thousands of soldiers who fought to guarantee such freedom and liberty. The fact that he is still breathing says it all. Imagine what would happened if he had done that to Saddam Hussein. Not only him, but probably his family will be rounded up, tortured, hang, raped,.... There would likely be a "public display of affection execution" from the leader, just to display a point.

Vietnam won over Singapore today, btw. :)

Enjoy the holiday, friends !

-k

A purposeful life

Alcohol and Porn…

Somehow I felt miserable last night and recoursed myself to a good amount of proven remedy – alcohol. It worked well. I passed out quickly and woke up this morning with a painful hangover that is still putting weight onto my brain.

So far, my hangover involves a combination of headache, burning stomach, thirst, nausea, fatigue and a feeling of wretchedness. It has got to the point that I spent a good part of afternoon searching the Internet for a cure for hangover. Apparently, there are pills to help you. Take one of these and you can rock all night: NoHang, PartySmart, HangoverStoper, RU-21 (Are you 21). They are legal drugs, by the way.

The benefit of alcohol is of course undeniable. I don't subscribe to the idea that alcohol make you do thing that you shouldn't do. I think, the power of alcohol is to disinhibit. It is sort of a liquid courage that allows us to do things we've always wanted to (give someone a finger, or make a go for another man's woman, or going home with a questionable company, etc…). When we drink, and are drunk, there is a good feeling that we have found truth about life. The world seems nicer and people - more honest. There is also a speculation that alcohol intoxication may have been one of the phenomena likes death, fire, storm that brought people together and drove civilization toward organized religion. Cool, huh?

On another related subject, I checked out VnExpress – Tam Su today because it is healthy to seek out people who are more miserable when you are down. This has been studied academically, too. Face it, who would check VnExpress – Tam Su while being happy anyway. This caught my eyes

Chồng tôi mê phim sex

Một lần tôi lén lên cơ quan vào phòng anh trong giờ nghỉ trưa xem anh làm gì và tôi đã bắt gặp anh đang chăm chú… xem web sex. Thật khủng khiếp, tim tôi như muốn vỡ ra, mọi thứ xung quanh như sụp đổ, tôi thật sự bị sốc nặng. Bao nhiêu hình ảnh thần tượng anh trong lòng tôi đều tan vỡ. (Cầm)

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The idea that pornography has something to do with infidelity has been around for ages, whether it's an inevitable feature of male and whether it is demeaning to women or it is a threat to a happy marriage.

To these housewives, my advice is to get over it. All men consume porn. If a man says he doesn't look at porn, either he is lying or he is castrated. There is nothing you can do to stop a man from porn, even your tear. If you can't get over it, my another advice is to become a lesbian, get a cat, or best….get a blind guy. This is one of the few things that can not be resolved through communication or marriage therapy.

With a flash of genius, I just realized I probably have pissed off a lot of female readers, so here is my redemption. Instead of a typical giant breast distraction, I give you the most powerful midget of Hollywood, Tom Cruise in Toronto looking rather bad. He reportedly lost his blackberry today. Some Canadian out there now has access to his private information. We are eager to know some truth about Scientology. Any minutes now….

Treasure Bond yield reaching zero (or even negative) has made a lot of people uneasy, including me. Put simply, people are willing to lock in loss on their investment in order to guarantee that they would get most of their money back. The indication is no banks are safe anymore. A scarier indication is as people are too scared to put their money into anything but Treasure bills, there will be no money available else where for the sorts of financial activity that would get the economy going again. The US government can see this as a good thing, because it now have free money to inject where it wants, but it is an absolute horror to the rest of the world. Money is pouring into the US from all directions, leaving other markets dry. Thus, while the US T-bond yields is reaching zero, for the rest of the world, bonds is going nowhere but up. Let it sink a bit. All trains are heading for Washington now.

-k

Because cynicism is what helps you through the day…

I took a longer-than-expected "sabbatical" from blogging to spend time to take care of a few errands I have been ignoring. So far, my "sabbatical" has been well spent, works are in order and prioritized. In the mean time, I am hoping to get back on the blog sphere with semi-regular postings.

This week trading has been good. I have been extracting a few dollars here and there since last Friday. On Sunday, I was selling GBP in Asia and was only planning to extract a small profit and go to bed early. Yet, things went unexpectedly well and I ended up staying up all night, selling selling and selling until I wound up with a position that was too large to sleep on. Needless to say, it was one of the best night and I finished passing out around 7' in the morning.

Today, I gave back some money playing with Silver. Silly me, this is the zillion-th times I got killed by silver spikes. This has got to a point for me to think as if I were some kind of werewolf ! On the other hand, I am still paying attention to the gold market. I am looking for a jump in gold demand. If it happens, that would be a 'bet the house' trade for me.

As of this writing, Vn-Index has broken the 300 support level despite the recently announced $1bn stimulus plan from the government. If things doesn't change and bounce back in few hours, I expect a selling bloodbath tomorrow after which is a good time to be buying. That's my plan A. We'll see how it goes. It's now a time to be greedy, not panic.

With the world being immune to any shocking economic news and global recession is now a matter a fact, there aren't anything interesting to talk about recently but pirates. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/world/africa/27pirates.html ) In my humble opinion, the increasing popularity of pirates can be traced to a single man.

Jonny Deep, a.k.a captain Jack Sparrow.

Mr. Deep has single-handedly made pirating a glamorous career – one that is full of adventures, romance and fabulous cosmetic. The implication is that the world we live in finds evil far more attractive than those who fight it. Who wouldn't want to be the Joker after "The Dark Knight" or Gabriel after "Swordfish"? So, so long as the pirates at loose, remember to thank Mr. Deep, the man who made eyeliner for men cool again.

Today's celebrity in the spot light is Jessica Alba. Follow is an image of her in 2009 Campari calendar (a liquor brand)

how remarkable it is to have this body after giving birth to a baby. It really gives women out there hope that they too can look this good after child bearing. Don't stop dreaming, ladies. All you need is a full-time trainer and a Photoshop expert !)

And I am very sorry about the comic.

-k