Teacher-Student Sexual Harassment - True Story
The topic of the day is sexual harassment. Aisyahrozi talked about her experience. Mohd Ismail talked about his. Now, I’ll talk about my experience.
Well, it’s actually not about me being sexually harassed. It’s about a friend of mine.
This happened when I was in primary school. I think it was in standard 3.
The perpetrator = A married female teacher (I’m assuming she was already married).
The victim = a boy.
Filed under Daily Thoughts/Observations | Comments (14)Why Most Fail in Stocks & Commodities - Traders’ Perspective
This is a video that I found on YouTube as to why most traders fail to succeed in trading stocks and commodities.
The person in the video is a floor trader based in Chicago.
Filed under CFD Trading/Share Trading | Comment (0)Sex Education: Daddy, Mummy, what’s a condom?
Talking about sex education, I’ve got a scenario for you.
Do you notice the condoms displayed in 7-Eleven outlets, shopping malls, Kedai Runcit, and etc. They can clearly be seen by adults and children right? Sometimes, they are displayed at the checkout counters!
I was wondering, what if one day, your child happens to notice those condoms and ask you the million-dollar question:
“Daddy/Mummy? What are those?” (asking you in a pretty loud voice while pointing towards the condoms)
How are you going to answer?
Filed under Daily Thoughts/Observations | Comments (4)Tax Tax Tax… Income Tax Again…. Cukai Lagi…
In addition to reptiles, there’s another thing that I’m not really fond of. They are… taxes…
I’m supposed to file my quarterly tax statement by tomorrow and I’m just starting to fill in the documentations now. It has got nothing to do with the “deferring payment strategy“, but rather, it is due to pure laziness… and my lack of liking towards taxes.. Hehe..
Filed under Tax | Comments (2)My First Sex Book - How to educate your child about sex
Personally, I love books. And I love spending my time at bookstores. Recently, I went to an Angus & Robertson’s outlet and found a rather interesting-and-non-orthodox title. The title was:
How Was I Made?
A first book about sex
I thought, now, that’s interesting! It’s a book about sex… for kids!
After browsing the book, I had to proceed to the checkout counter and purchase myself one. The pictures in the book and the language used…. were just effin hilarious!
Before you continue reading, please be warned that there are a few “naughty” pictures you’re about to see. “Naughty” pictures catered for children that is.
Filed under Daily Thoughts/Observations | Comments (13)The Art of Trading by Christopher Tate
Title: The Art of Trading
Author: Christopher Tate
ISBN: 1-876627-63-8
Number of pages: approximately 230 pages
This book by Christopher Tate entitled “The Art of Trading” is, in my opinion, one of the best books out there. Very very beneficial to somebody starting out or long-timers who are in need of some tweaking.
Filed under Book Reviews | Comments (2)My take on Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM)
A reader of Nadlique’s Blog, Armandd, has asked for my perspective on Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM). I was supposed to do this write-up a couple of day ago. Sorry for the delay.
This entry might cop me some flaks from the Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) hardcores. So, allow me to say that these are just my own personal opinions. Thus, it could be wrong. Anyhow, do share any ideas or comments through the comments section. Let’s have a constructive discussion.
Ok, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty details.
MY ARGUMENTS
So, what does Nadlique think about Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM)? Read on…
Filed under MLM | Comments (19)How Currencies are Pegged (Fixed Foreign Exchange Rates)
This is a continuation of my initial entry to address questions posed by Fariehaz in an earlier article on FOREX trading.
As usual, I’ll keep it simple. I won’t get into too much details.
First of all, currency peg means fixing the exchange rate of one currency against the other (contrast with floating exchange rates). For example, the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) was pegged with the US Dollars (USD) at 3.800, after the Asian financial crisis.
So, how is a currency pegged?
Filed under FOREX | Comments (2)What Determines Foreign Exchange (Currency) Rates
Fariehaz, in my original entry on FOREX trading, asked me a couple of questions. They were:
1. What determines Foreign Exchange rates.
2. How currencies are pegged.
In this entry, I will address the 1st question. I will keep it as simple as possible. Only basic explanations will be provided. No in depth explanations will be done in this entry.
There are number of factors that contribute to changes in Forex rates. Below are some of them.
1. Interest rate movements
A rational investor will often look for the best place, in terms of returns, to park their money. If interest rates were high and outlook for the stock market is grim for example, then currency might be the better option (more attractive). Then, currency becomes more expensive due to the high demand..
Also, if you look at two countries. For example, the United States of America and Australia. Australia, at the present moment, has a higher interest rate than the US of A. Thus it makes more sense to park money here in Australia than in the US, thus earning a higher interest. Again, this will drive US Dollars down and push the Aussie Dollars up. This is what you call as… CARRY TRADE.
Filed under FOREX | Comments (13)Paper Trading FTSE 100 Day 2 - 11th April 2008
Here are the results for day 2. For day 1, refer to this entry.
Trade 1
Bought at 6006 (18:00), exited at 6002 (18:55).
Loss: 4 points.
Trade 2
Shorted at 6002 (18:55), exited at 6010 (20:05).
Loss: 8 points.
Paper Trading FTSE 100 Day 1 - 10th April 2008
Here are the paper trading results for FTSE 100 on day 1. Refer to the original entry to read about my plan to trade the FTSE 100 Index.
The entry and exit levels were based on actual data from my online trading platform. The numbers in brackets are times of entry and exit.
Trade 1
Short sold at 5984 (18:06), exited at 5935 (19:35).
Profit: 49 points.
Trade 2
Bought at 5935 (19:35), exited at 5934 (20:45).
Loss: 1 point.
Trading the UK FTSE 100 Index Contract-for-Difference (CFD)
I’ve been researching ways on how to trade London’s FTSE 100 Index.
What I like the most about the FTSE 100 is that the profits derived are in Great Britain Pound (that goes to losses as well!). Also, trading hours for the London market is also pretty convenient for me.
I managed to draw up a plan last week to make this venture a successful one.
This time, I shall be day trading the FTSE 100 through Contract-for-Difference (CFD). My trading hours will be from 6.00 PM till 2.30 AM. No positions will be held overnight.
Filed under CFD Trading/Share Trading | Comments (2)CFD Trading/Share Trading: Costly Mistake
A number of days ago, a trading signal was generated and I placed a limit order with my online trading platform.
Usually, with my limit order, I include a “time of expiry” in which, if the order was not filled by the specified date and time, the order will automatically be purged. For that particular order, it was supposed to be filled by the close of the trading day, or I’m not getting on board at all. However, I was too lazy to type in the date and time of expiry. I though, nah, I’ll just check back later.
Guess what? I totally forgot about the order. It was in the system for the next few days and was eventually filled. The next time I checked my trading platform, I noticed the screen registering a loss of a few hundred dollars. I was like, where the heck did that come from?
Filed under CFD Trading/Share Trading | Comment (0)8 Random Facts about Myself
I’ve been tagged by both Irdzra and Cikgu Azleen. Thanks guys! Both tags are pretty similar, which is to list out 8 facts about myself, so I’m going to group them together here.
Here are 8 facts about me:
1. Finds Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix extraordinarily charming :D
2. Am not enjoying university one bit. By university, I mean my academic life. Apart from uni, I’m actually enjoying my life.
3. Pretty obsessed with books. I’ve got a few thousand books here with me at the moment. And… no… Haven’t read all of them yet :P
Filed under Daily Thoughts/Observations | Comments (9)Updates on the Public Asia Ittikal Fund (PAIF) Syariah Compliancy Issue
About a couple of weeks back, I wrote an entry about Public Asia Ittikal Fund’s (PAIF) syariah compliancy status. Read about it here.
I did get a response from a unit trust agent a few days after that.
Here’s the excerpt:
“Our investments are looked at by the Securities Commission. Any investment that is not compliant to syariah based, can [be] penalised by the Securities Commission. The Trustee for PAIF, if I am not mistaken, is CIMB.
Public Mutual cannot make an error like that as it would jeopardise the good name of the company and the trust that many Muslim investors have in Public Mutual.”
My response:
Unfortunately, that doesn’t really answer my question.
Filed under Unit Trusts (ASB, Public Mutual and others) | Comments (4)
