I believe that almost everyone has a namecard, but how many people really take the design of namecards seriously?

Today, Michael went to see a customer in Bukit Mertajam and was introduced to a fengshui master there.  She asked to look at his namecard and also have his birthdate.  After some calculations, she arrived at the conclusion that Michael is under the influence of fire, and that gold colour would be the best colour for the company name in the namecard.  She also advised the arrangements of logo and name, giving emphasis on the leeway for incoming business.

It seems that a reputable fengshui master in KL charges RM4000 just for 1000 copies of such fengshui namecards.  That is how serious some people are about the influence of fengshui in their namecards.  Would you pay such money for 1000 copies of your namecards?

I’ve closed all trades on Friday. May be silly of me to close the Natural Gas and Soybean trades since it’s on an uptrend, but I’ll just be contended for now over the weekend and plan for my trades on Monday.

Total gains for this week = $2937.00

• e-Mini Natural Gas = $1237.50
• Soybean = $ 350.00
• YMM = $ 135.00
• Soybean = $ 512.50
• Soybean = $ 412.50
• Natural Gas = $ 290.00 (my heart nearly jumped out when I keyed in the trade for Natural Gas instead of the e-mini Natural Gas which is 4 times smaller)

Ruins of the Sichuan Earthquake that struck on 12 May 2008

Parents mourning for their children who were killed when their schools collapsed. The surviving girl turning away from the grief of looking at the photos of her friends who were killed.

The Chinese Government has said that there are currently more than 80,000 people either dead or missing in China’s worst earthquake in three decades whilst searchers are still digging out hundreds of bodies and hauling them to mass graves. The Chinese Government has accepted international relief help, unlike the Myanmar Government who rejected outside help in the recent Cyclone that struck Myanmar and left 133,000 people either dead or missing on 2 May 2008.

Today, I’ve finally gave in and enrolled my son for tuition in his Chinese Mandarin Language and Mandarin Mathematics. It has been 5 months since the beginning of Standard One and it’s getting tougher without someone to guide him in Mandarin. Since enrolling him into a Chinese medium school, I had anticipated problems with his Mandarin related studies, but had hoped that he will catch up with it after a few months.

It’s not easy - it’s a difficult language to conquer - but being a chinese, of course I would like my son to know the language well. I’ve spent a long time thinking of whether to enroll him into a national school or a chinese medium school, and the latter won not because I am a chinese, but because Mandarin is still very widely used in the business world, not forgetting that China is also the major economy in Asia for years to come.

Children of other races are beginning to enroll into chinese medium school, so why can’t we being chinese ourselves, learn the language?

I have all along opposed to tuition for children at such young age. I see other parents ferrying their children from tuition to ballet to art lessons, etc. and I pity the children who are pressured this way. I remember being a child and having time to run about, climb trees, and having fun being a kid. Kids nowadays mature too fast and are too house-bound.

But I’ve come to accept the fact that we need help of a professional as a proper guidance is going to help him cope with his Mandarin studies and to set his foundation. This tuition fees cannot be saved.

It’s easy to get excited or anxious after you enter into a trade, especially for beginners like me because every up or down will mean financial gain or loss.

It’s easy to make stupid mistakes and let emotions affect a trade when we have so little and so much at stake. 

It takes a lot of discipline to be able to control your emotions.  That’s what I’m trying very hard to do every day.

• Don’t let greed stop you from selling a gaining position when the indicators says that’s it for now. 
• Don’t let fear stop you from exiting a losing trade if it is really a mistake you made.  It is easier to lose some rather than to swallow a big loss. Maintaining your money is very important to make sure that you are not swallowed up by losses and have no way back.
• Trust yourself and your indicators.
• Be patient and don’t rush into any trade.  Don’t chase.