Daily Ironies – It’s Friday
It’s Friday and time to take stock, everything happening around the markets and everything else that is not.
I spent a few days, earlier this week, at home in self imposed regiment to experience what life would be like if I stopped work. I must say it was an exceedingly liberating time for me with none of the work encumbrances that I have come to loath with increasing intensity these days.
The routine is the same. With the Bloomberg terminal on, flashing headlines, charts and chats with friends and associates.
With less time for noise, there is more time to immerse yourself in the news that make investors tick. For I have come to realise that not everyone comes from a trading environment and the endless bombardment of your senses and nerves in a number crunching, info digesting frenzy. Life is not about reading and hearing then reacting all the time. Sometimes, it pays to do nothing !
My mind transcended into a newfound tranquility that challenged my perception of world events and exposed the great irony in which we live in. Thus I will be sharing these interesting finds here, hopefully daily, of the warped, weird and wonderful world in which we live in where orang utans read Jane Austen , celebrating World Toilet Day on 19 Nov and Singaporeans can’t cry.
Here goes….
China’s aircraft carrier landing seems like a doomed affair
“China’s government has paid tribute to a senior engineer on its aircraft carrier programme who died of a heart attack after witnessing the first landing of a plane on the ship.”
The Epic Struggle Between the Sensex and SHCOMP
29-Nov-12 |
Reuters |
China stocks hit its lowest level in four years |
Myanmar or Mongolia – The Next Afghanistan ?
29-Nov-12 |
WSJ |
Mongolia on Borrowing Binge |
11-Nov-12 |
WSJ |
Myanmar open for business, but only 26% of population has electricity, per capita GDP on par with Haiti |
2-Nov-12 |
Reuters |
World Bank earmarks $245 million for Myanmar, outlines work plan |
27-Nov-12 |
Telegraph |
Kabul Bank ‘diverted £540 million to group of 12 in massive fraud |
30-Nov-12 |
AlJazeera |
Kabul Bank reportedly funneled $900mio into pockets of Afghan elite. |
KFC – China Poisoning Japan ?
29-Nov-12 |
JAPAN NEWS DAILY |
Japan Airlines is rolling out KFC meals on flights from Tokyo to the U.S. & Europe. |
April Fool’s In November For Chinese Newspaper Boo Boo
Rushing to Buy China ? Think Again
To Bonds Or Not To Bonds
26-Nov-12 |
FT |
Amazon raising USD 3 bio in its first debt offering in more more than a decade |
Why Are The Kids Killing Themselves in Canada Too ?
Global Warming
Just Plain Trivia
There is so much more …. including the elephant who can speak Korean (presumably to sing Gangnam style ?)
I will leave you with this hiliarious pictures (illegally posted).

(look at the background !!)
