18th March 2005

An auspicious date, who knows?

Today is a big day for the Malaysian stockmarket: it is listing itself! And what a stellar performance! I logged in to my trading account to see it transacting actively at RM3.54/3.56, already up 54 sen on the IPO price. Something in me told me it would go higher because the volume queueing up to sell was heavier than that queueing up to buy, with an especially heavy dollop of 1.3 million shares queueing at RM3.60. A couple of minutes later, that level was breached decisively. I took my eyes off the market for 45 minutes, and when I checked back, it was up to RM3.78, a new high on volume of 60million!

Well, I can console myself because on the S'pore bourse, Datacraft is up, and so is STATSChippac. Looks like I'll have sold my warrants early by the end of this month! But not to worry, I still have 15,000 shares left!! And I'm not selling.....

My hopes are pinned on AKN Technology(M'sia) for now. By the way, I sold off 75% of my Time Engineering for a 20% profit, netting about RM220.

Time to go and watch my enduring love, the equity markets.


Afternoon update: I went over to the other side and have the most delicious wireless Internet speed at Starbucks, hitting speeds of almost 100kB/s and downloading the most data EVER- 530MB within and hour and a half....WOW!

Which means one thing...lots of fantalicious videos to watch tonight!!

There's an conversation going on at the table behind me(bitchy-sounding male voices-101% gay & 100% S'porean) bitching about something or other. Hmm....wonder if they Fridae/MAW/some other gay-themed people. I can't be bothered of course.....


Here's an ode to solitude:

Learn how to be alone happily
For though no man is an island
All men are islands of their own emotions, sadly
Let go of peoples' expectations of you
For that's what my life coach tells me!

Learn how to be alone happily
For no one gives a damn in the end
Selfishness reigns over all
On no one can you really depend
Alone you can stand tall
And learn how to achieve success by bucking the trend

Learn how to be alone happily
For divorce rates are going through the roof
People look out for each other ever so rarely
For apart from family, the whole world is aloof
And many others hang on barely

Learn how to be alone happily
For this is how you conquer misery
Human suffering comes from a need for human company
But human relationships are seldom heavenly
Man would rather die than give in to another willingly

Learn how to be alone happily
For the joy gained from human companionship is an illusion
That is often dispelled quickly and cruelly
And then your own self-worth becomes the inevitable cushion

Learn how to be alone happily
For one day you will be old and weak
In bed, a wheelchair or an old-folk home trolley
And no friends will be left for you to keep
And requests for help will always be answered with :"Sorry!"
Leaving you bitterly to weep

Learn how to be alone happily
For the world only worships beauty and youth
Both will you lose eventually
For that is mortality's sad truth
Though humans thrive socially
Only you can accept who you are, for sooth!

P.S Two hours after settling down in Starbucks, I've downloaded 848MB! Looks like I can hit 1GB if I leave my computer battery to die. This would bring my total download for today to 1.45GB!!