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  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>WORDPRESS</title>
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  <description>hi guys i&apos;m sick of the shitty service livejournal is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll be at wordpress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Same address.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://piedresistence.wordpress.com&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-large;&quot;&gt;HTTP://PIE&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;CE&lt;/span&gt;DRESISTENCE.wordpress.COM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>this ain&apos;t a fairy tale...</title>
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  <description>apologises for missing much posting...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;much things have happened in my life...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that i haven&apos;t sat down to think through about...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but i thought i&apos;d just pen here that...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;life isn&apos;t a fairy tale...it&apos;s not made of happy endings...not made of the stuff of dreams...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and reality can hit you like a wooden plank with splinters right across the smiling face of oneself...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;both flooring you, smashing your teeth, causing you to bleed, and losing all your footing, and also getting your head hit on the pavement...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it isn&apos;t...if you&apos;re soley depending on your bare 2 hands...and bare 1 brain...and bare 2 legs...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we all need divine intervention...and as the bawling man would like to declare otherwise...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the dew of heaven makes men rich...the blessings from on High open doors we don&apos;t deserve to walk through...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i&apos;ve learnt it&lt;textarea tabindex=&quot;15&quot; wrap=&quot;soft&quot; style=&quot;&quot; name=&quot;event&quot; rows=&quot;20&quot; cols=&quot;50&quot;&gt;apologises for missing much posting...

much things have happened in my life...

that i haven&apos;t sat down to think through about...

but i thought i&apos;d just pen here that...

life isn&apos;t a fairy tale...it&apos;s not made of happy endings...not made of the stuff of dreams...

and reality can hit you like a wooden plank with splinters right across the smiling face of oneself...

both flooring you, smashing your teeth, causing you to bleed, and losing all your footing, and also getting your head hit on the pavement...

it isn&apos;t...if you&apos;re soley depending on your bare 2 hands...and bare 1 brain...and bare 2 legs...

we all need divine intervention...and as the bawling man would like to declare otherwise...

the dew of heaven makes men rich...the blessings from on High open doors we don&apos;t deserve to walk through...

and i&apos;ve learnt it the hard way...

nothings improved for me now literally...however i know it will...not because it&apos;s me but it&apos;s because it&apos;s Him...

nothing can leather products, sharp shoes, a slick attitude and hard work to boot...can do for you...

but the favour, anointing oil, wine and wheat...because it points to Him and gives Him glory. the blessings rain down...



grandeur issues aside...

markets are stagnant...read not the newspaper that much but much consolidation is going on right now...
analysing the US...we are ready to bounce up by 1000 to 2000 points soon...and stay there for awhile...2 years...this could happen (the bounce) in the middle of the year..

my opinion about the STI is...it&apos;s a laggard...it just moves so much slower than the US.
analysing it&apos;s charts it&apos;s pattern shows no correlation.
i predict it will continue to not bounce and hover in it&apos;s 17-18-1900 range for at least half a year...and then bounce to 21-2200 and stay around there for the next year inching upwards to 23-24 areas....which is ridiculous...but yea...after that though China should be back...

China well...all I can say is that we all have missed the boat when it was at 1700...it&apos;s like 2000 now...maybe a last 5 chances? before it rises up to a more stable period of 2-3000 for awhile too...

US will still lead the recovery. and besides what you read...the recovery is already starting...this is the last few weeks or month of chance to buy into it and hold...
yes there will still be 100-200 point swings...but i&apos;m looking at a 1 year horizon...or even better will be the 3-4year horizon...

China is solid...

Singapore well...have to pick on scraps then...or work tht bit harder to ride the waves...but as I don&apos;t trade as a job(yet)...I do like to sleep nicely with my fantasy accounts still rising(although losses do occur)...i&apos;m still learning.&lt;/textarea&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>a new year, a new slate</title>
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  <description>is there something magical about a new year?&lt;br /&gt;you know i think God himself thinks so. and that&apos;s why we can put some weight behind that thought.&lt;br /&gt;after all He divides time by years and so much is in store for each of us stored by Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the less we fear, the less we doubt ourselves, and the less smug we are, i think the better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smugness has never brought me any good. instead being humble and thankful for the little things have seen me in good stead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;looking forward. i only want to see the good. enjoy the good. and take the good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i wish the very same for each of all of you.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:20:56 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>taylor swift - love story</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;We were both young when I first saw you&lt;br /&gt; I close my eyes&lt;br /&gt; And the flashback starts&lt;br /&gt; I&apos;m standing there&lt;br /&gt; On a balcony of summer air&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; See the lights, &lt;br /&gt; See the party, the ball gowns&lt;br /&gt; I see you make your way through the crowd&lt;br /&gt; You say hello&lt;br /&gt; Little did I know&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles&lt;br /&gt; And my daddy said stay away from Juliet&lt;br /&gt; And I was crying on the staircase&lt;br /&gt; Begging you please don&apos;t go, and I said:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone&lt;br /&gt; I&apos;ll be waiting all there&apos;s left to do is run&lt;br /&gt; You&apos;ll be the prince and I&apos;ll be the princess&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s a love story baby just say yes&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; So I sneak out to the garden to see you&lt;br /&gt; We keep quiet cause we&apos;re dead if they know&lt;br /&gt; So close your eyes&lt;br /&gt; Escape this town for a little while&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter&lt;br /&gt; And my daddy said stay away from Juliet&lt;br /&gt; But you were everything to me&lt;br /&gt; And I was begging you please don&apos;t go and I said:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone&lt;br /&gt; I&apos;ll be waiting all there&apos;s left to do is run&lt;br /&gt; You&apos;ll be the prince and I&apos;ll be the princess&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s a love story baby just say yes&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel&lt;br /&gt; This love is difficult, but it&apos;s real, &lt;br /&gt; Don&apos;t be afraid&lt;br /&gt; We&apos;ll make it out of this mess&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s a love story baby just say yes, oh, &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; I got tired of waiting&lt;br /&gt; Wondering if you were ever coming around&lt;br /&gt; My faith in you was fading&lt;br /&gt; When I met you on the outskirts of town I said:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Romeo save me I&apos;ve been feeling so alone&lt;br /&gt; I keep waiting for you but you never come&lt;br /&gt; Is this in my head, I don&apos;t know what to think&lt;br /&gt; He knealt to the ground and pulled out a ring&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; And said:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;Marry me Juliet you&apos;ll never have to be alone&lt;br /&gt; I love you and that&apos;s all I really know&lt;br /&gt; I talked to your dad you&apos;ll pick out a white dress&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s a love story baby just say yes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Oh, oh, oh&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Oh, oh, oh, oh&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Cause we were both young when I first saw you&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:25:50 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>17th December 2008</title>
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  <description>17th December!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful Day because it&apos;s my birthday. Beautiful Day because my DADDY&amp;nbsp;GOD made it special.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i used to think, when i was more materialistic, &lt;em&gt;less terrible now&lt;/em&gt;, that it was a day to get stuff on my wish list.&lt;br /&gt;nowadays, it&apos;s a day to remember why I&apos;m here. where I&apos;m going while &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt; and a day of giving Thanks for what&apos;s come around the year.(advantage of having a year end birthday ;D)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it took me quite awhile to love the date. 17 12.&lt;br /&gt;but somewhere this year someone expounded that 17 in the bible means &lt;em&gt;Victory!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and I am one who loves Victory. Winning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m happy. My dearie called me at 1200!&amp;nbsp;:D&lt;br /&gt;but because in my world, no clock has the &amp;quot;exact&amp;quot; time. erm i wasn&apos;t sure when 1200 had hit. &amp;gt;&amp;lt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;but that sure made my day and year :) i&apos;ll remember that dearie :) that you were there to make it special for me. :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;i refuse to count my age well since last year. and i don&apos;t intend to count my age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;d rather give Thanks for the things that have happened. i&apos;d rather Remember the good things :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hahaha and i believe God loves me so much that He will fulfill my wishes on this day. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well...i&apos;ll keep this short and let myself enjoy the day...that God has made...and made even more special this year than the last...&lt;em&gt;cuz His gift is around with me&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:56:10 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>markets 1st week of december</title>
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  <description>on the back of a 600+ or 700 point drop in the Dow...we can only say we&apos;ve been here before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the feeling is familiar...&lt;em&gt;although at -300 during midday...i didn&apos;t think it would go that far that fast...even thought it would rebound to a minimal loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;nonetheless looking forward...there&apos;s something new in all of this...that the crashes are losing steam...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i remember declaring a target level of dow at 6900...i would be highly optimistic for it to hit that...maybe scraping low 7000s is an optimistic hope from a &lt;em&gt;philo&lt;/em&gt;-short speculator like me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i really feel...similar to my previous prediction...that somehow...things will accelerate and steam off by december..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;however i also feel historically december has been a positive month...could this mean january has more carnage in store?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it would be really surprising...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway i mean to say that we&apos;re nearing the end...maybe witihin the next safely 3-4 big drops...and that&apos;s it we&apos;re done...we&apos;ve scraped bottom and will retreat upwards into a long narrow band...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;take advantage of emerging markets like china though...and those governments that have poured money into their economy through fiscal and monetary stimulus...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;those economies will be the leading lights ahead. someone once said that the amount a government spends during a recession trend not just lessens the pain but also causes the future growth to be much better...in their words...&lt;em&gt;the loss of gdp would not be that bad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so if the US doesn&apos;t get a big fiscal stimulus going...then it&apos;s high time to dump almost ALL broad based US investments and run elsewhere...but if obama does what&apos;s promised...the US will survive one more round...however with an even greater devaluation of the dollar...(&lt;em&gt;que gold and oil prices to rise)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;well that&apos;s enough for now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;happy trading/speculating...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;do not take this advice as a basis to trade. and i shall not be held responsible for your life&apos;s savings going down the drain.&lt;br /&gt;speculating and trading is highly risky and no one can predict what is going to happen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>breather between breaths</title>
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  <description>1 month&apos;s passed since I&apos;ve started at JLL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like my job&apos;s function. and i love the limitless potential it can have due to it&apos;s pretty flat structure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pretty much hate how my fitness has jsut tanked. plus being sick for 1 week too doesn&apos;t help.&lt;br /&gt;i miss that free feeling...kinda like back when it rained while i was running but i loved it the more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;things are moving...swirling around me and my dearie...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i feel...it&apos;s us against the world...i feel...well i&apos;m more of just starting out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but i&apos;ve committed myself to a few things for the rest of my life...and...using my 2 feet and arms are part of it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s the stability of activities that...i never had...and lacking of...have not built anything substantial in the last 24 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;ve been granted another chance at life by Daddy God...and now with a dearie babe with me... i don&apos;t wanna jinx it by saying i wanna be forever with her...but that&apos;s exactly how i feel...despite the number of critical fights we&apos;ve had...i love her...and more than that...wanna walk out life with her...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is such a different world...and a different word...Daddy God&apos;s teaching me too...and my dearie has been uber gracious to me too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;despite her tears...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sometimes i don&apos;t understand...i still don&apos;t...but i say my prayers of thanks...of gratitude... for the blessing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;moving onward and forwards with my dearie by my side...i&apos;m aiming for a few things...and will stick to it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enough of all the confusion...delving into sciences(in the confusion of pri,sec,and jc)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i swear i&apos;ll never let any of my kids enter that &lt;strong&gt;confusion&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then they&apos;ll be useless by the time their 18 or 19. still useless i mean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i envision them to move on with life...and have a fun life too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so the things i&apos;m &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(128, 128, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;aiming to stick to&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; are well...things held closely in my heart...only my Daddy knows...and my dearie too&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the world is a pretty treacherous place if you let it get to you...in 2007 i learnt the painful lesson of letting others control you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;ve learnt that i&apos;ve my own value, own balls, and own worth to &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;dictate my own path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. sometimes i think i&apos;m bollocking... but it doesn&apos;t mean i&apos;m brash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so right now...as the earth has been dug deep...the caves and passages are still dark with undevelopment...but the ground is prepped...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;ve all i have to move on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(128, 128, 128);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;and may my mind stay focused, happy, contented, and hungry for more in the paths i&apos;m choosing to go into&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;for the path of the righteous shines brighter and brighter until the perfect day&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daddy thank you for taking care of me and my dearie all of these days and the days ahead...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;for i have not seen the righteous gone hungry or beg for bread&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:24:55 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>UPDATE market flash -usd/sgd (23rd nov 08) 24th nov 08</title>
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  <description>okay so it&apos;s fallen.&lt;br /&gt;eurusd...usd strength fell from 1.26 to 1.28 and it expected to climb...&lt;br /&gt;usd/sgd and basically almost all other usd pairs are all falling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this will indicate the rally will continue.&lt;br /&gt;expect a bear market rally into december. but get out before december ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;december has historically been a positive month. and it does not look like it won&apos;t be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if you missed today&apos;s rally...or there&apos;s still a short sliver of time up until maybe later...you still can enter&lt;br /&gt;but if you missed today&apos;s(24th us time) wait for the next big drop which could come later in november...(i know november is really late already)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that will be the shoo in into december...right now the force of the rally does not mean we&apos;re out of anything yet.&lt;br /&gt;but that it&apos;s just a technical rebound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;don&apos;t believe advisers and anyone including your closest friends if they ask you to dump your money in now...classify them however as people you should not listen to at all..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and as always...&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;the advice seen here is not meant to be traded upon but as a place of exericise for Nashon to make predictions and learn from his own mistakes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;enjoy the holidays and keep spending frugal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:35:43 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>market flash -usd/sgd 23rd nov 08</title>
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  <description>was doing some charting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;m nailing myself to make this prediction. &lt;em&gt;please do not trade on this advice - i shall not be responsible for any misdemeanour.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USD/SGD is expected to make a big reversal soon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;within the months of late november to the whole of december. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;expect the dollar to fall off it&apos;s own cliff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yupyup. i shall watch it and see how it goes. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:48:27 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>market forecast 1st week of november</title>
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  <description>okie daddies and mommies and little kiddies...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we&apos;re entering a &lt;em&gt;narrow trading band&lt;/em&gt; right now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;which means we won&apos;t go too up nor oto down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unlike the wonderful 1000,800,600,500,400,200,100 point swings in the Dow we&apos;ve seen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FX wise, it is noticeable that in the EUR/USD pair, it is also in a narrow trading band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what this means as some books say, the longer we&apos;re in this trading band(say 1 week 2 week or 3)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the greater the velocity of direction...which means whether we&apos;re gonna break to the downside or upside will be larger IF we stay in this narrow trading bang LONGER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;however if say tomorrow or wednesday we do move some direction then it&apos;s like the never ending DIE&amp;nbsp;HARD&amp;nbsp;SEQUELS folks...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its not &lt;em&gt;really the bottom&lt;/em&gt; nor is it the turning point either...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;large speculations say 3 years. i kinda agree so, however 3 years to the beginning of the next &lt;em&gt;feel-good-times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but bottoms normally occur within the middle of 3 years...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here&apos;s my speculation...if the US doesn&apos;t increase fiscal spending, it really could become like Japan&apos;s lost decade...however do look strongly to CHINA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;government policy dictates that if the cat can catch mice, the cat is a good cat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so if the government can make the chinese wealthier(including the interior) AND raise their world standing...then you can expect that the government will put to use some of those really large fiscal surpluses derived from being the world&apos;s factory(melamine sold separately)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so chill. don&apos;t expect too much this week. but do begin to sniff for clues!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>1 year on</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;i may talk &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;former&amp;quot; glories&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but i am. [the glories i speak about]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;one step at a time though. one frame at a time. one turn at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;although it&apos;s gonna be 6 weeks, unemployment is a curse and a disease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;ll find what means to me, and with His help, i&apos;ll find my way back again, and lead us on...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:29:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Right Here Right Now</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;As work begins tomorrow. All the pent up things are gonna be unleashed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But amidst it all dear, you were always gonna be a permanent fixture.&lt;br /&gt;when i&apos;m slogging away expressing myself.&lt;br /&gt;i know it&apos;s the best way to build my career.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and with that...a better foundation for our lives together&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the scenary may have changed but...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Right Here Right Now&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Zac:]&lt;br /&gt;Can you imagine, what would happen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;if we could have any dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;d wish this moment, was ours to own it&lt;br /&gt;and that it would never leave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then I would thank that star,&lt;br /&gt;that made our wish come true&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (come true)&lt;br /&gt;Ohh Yeahh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cause he knows that where you are, is where I should be too&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Right Here, Right Now&lt;br /&gt;Im looking at you, and my heart loves the view&lt;br /&gt;Cause you mean everything&lt;br /&gt;Right Here, I promise you somehow&lt;br /&gt;that tomorrow can wait, some other day to be (to be)&lt;br /&gt;But right now there&apos;s you and me&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Vanessa:]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It feels like forever, what could be better&lt;br /&gt;We&apos;ve already proved it was&lt;br /&gt;That two thousand words, twenty three hours, have blended the universe.&lt;br /&gt;Its gonna be, everything (everything)&lt;br /&gt;in our whole world changed&lt;br /&gt;(it starts changing)&lt;br /&gt;and do know that when we are, (when we are)&lt;br /&gt;our memory&apos;s the same&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh no,oh no&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus&lt;br /&gt;Right Here, Right Now (right now)&lt;br /&gt;Im looking at you,and my heart loves the view&lt;br /&gt;Cause you mean everything (everything)&lt;br /&gt;Right Here, I promise you somehow (somehow were gonna)&lt;br /&gt;That tomorrow can wait, some other day to be (to be)&lt;br /&gt;But right now there&apos;s you and me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oh we know its coming (coming)&lt;br /&gt;Oh its coming fast&lt;br /&gt;Its always you and me,ohh yeah&lt;br /&gt;so lets make this second last&lt;br /&gt;make it last&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chorus&lt;br /&gt;Right here,&lt;br /&gt;Ooohh Right now.&lt;br /&gt;Yeah im looking at you,&lt;br /&gt;and my heart loves the view&lt;br /&gt;Cause you mean everything&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;Right Here, I promise you somehow&lt;br /&gt;That tomorrow can wait, some other day to be (to be)&lt;br /&gt;But right now there&apos;s you and me&lt;br /&gt;You and me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you and me&lt;br /&gt;Ohh You and me&lt;br /&gt;But right now there&apos;s you and me&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:58:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Can I Have Your Dance</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;~dedicated to the only one who has my heart. and whose heart is with me too~&lt;br /&gt;my dearest beary :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can I Have This Dance:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt; [Gabriella]&lt;br /&gt; Take my hand, take a breath&lt;br /&gt; Pull me close and take one step&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep your eyes locked on mine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt; And let the music be your guide.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; [Troy, Gabriella]&lt;br /&gt; Won&apos;t you promise me (now won&apos;t you promise me, that you&apos;ll never forget)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We&apos;ll keep dancing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (to keep dancing) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;wherever we go next&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; (chorus)&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s like catching lightning the chances of &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;finding someone like you&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And with every step together, we just keep on getting better&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; So can I have this dance (can I have this dance)&lt;br /&gt; Can I have this dance&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; [Troy]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take my hand, I&apos;ll take the lead&lt;br /&gt; And every turn will be safe with me&lt;br /&gt; Don&apos;t be afraid, afraid to fall&lt;br /&gt; You know I&apos;ll catch you through it all&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; [Troy, Gabriella]&lt;br /&gt; And you can&apos;t keep us apart (even a thousand miles, can&apos;t keep us apart)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&apos;Cause my heart is&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (cause my heart is) &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;wherever you are&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; (chorus)&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s like catching lightning the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;chances of finding someone like you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And with every step together, we just keep on getting better&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; So can I have this dance (can I have this dance)&lt;br /&gt; Can I have this dance&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; [Gabriella And Troy]&lt;br /&gt; Oh no mountains too high enough, oceans too wide&lt;br /&gt; &apos;Cause together or not, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;our dance won&apos;t stop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Let it rain, let it pour&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;What we have is worth fighting for&lt;br /&gt; You know I believe, that we were meant to be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; (chorus)&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s like catching lightning the chances of &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;finding someone like you&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (like you)&lt;br /&gt; It&apos;s one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do (way we do)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 255);&quot;&gt;And with every step together, we just keep on getting better&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; So can I have this dance (can I have this dance)&lt;br /&gt; Can I have this dance&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Can I have this dance&lt;br /&gt; Can I have this dance&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>the new world</title>
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  <description>i think it&apos;s time to wake up to the new world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as barclays receives fresh injections from the middle east to the tune of a mere 14billion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;realise this that the age of overleveraging and making money out of empty money is over...for now at least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the days when you could swindle money out of people who made money as easy as it has left them are also over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with no excess money to churn nor rising asset prices to sell and make money off, there is no easy money now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s true the economy will go on as it has. but shrink it will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and people who are more interested in the world we once lived in in 2001-2007 will find it doesn&apos;t exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;those who have sneaked into organisations with fake resumes, connections, altruism, and such cronyism, should be flushed out by the demands for efficiency and cost cutting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that said, economic expansion, in other words, the return of easy airy money will bring back those days again one day. maybe about 4-5years later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we wonder here what bubble it will be next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and there will always be these people flocking(stupid singaporeans) to it again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they raided the IT sector, and now the banking and finance sector(fuckers took up jobs only for the money), and what&apos;s next?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we saw how greed destroys the world. when hedge funds and investors parked moneys in commodities and plunged alot of people into poverty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it is this same rich people trying to prevent the deflationary process now that will return prices to 2001 levels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we see the effect in the plunge in commodity prices as these people who exploit any asset class lost their money and decided to pull it all out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the best place to be is a producer. produce for these consumers. and don&apos;t trust a word they say in where to invest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the bankers, the private bankers, the priviledge bankers, the priority bankers, the independent financial consultants, the insurance agents, the financial planners, the consumer bankers, the relationship managers, the investment relationship managers, the brokers, the dealers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they are the sales portion of the business. the majority, are nothing but the same touters you see in bugis village or newton market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ensure that if you want to park your 200k 300k 400k. you don&apos;t give it to someone who can talk in the same exciting slang as someone hawking wares in a department store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;make sure he has at least invested time and money in his investment appraisal skills! fucking idiots!&lt;br /&gt;look for certifications like CFA, or ask him/her real fucking questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;ve seen how insurance people sell shit. i HOPE they ALL get wiped out. those who sell it without considering the consumer. all they care about are their fucking comissions. and not the client&apos;s real purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these people, some, invest their damn life savings....fuck man...how does that feel...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it feels like SHIT i tell you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;swanky mother fuckers.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>market forecast #2 - nov2008</title>
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  <description>hahaha. yes yes! we&apos;re capitulating! dow 8300ish now at 3 hours into friday&apos;s trading...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s not enough yet though. if it doesn&apos;t capitulate FURTHER down...it will recover today&apos;s session by end...which is..QUE&amp;nbsp;NEXT&amp;nbsp;WEEKS&amp;nbsp;MAYHEM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if we DO capitulate today...but it doesn&apos;t look like it has enough reasons too...so maybe 30% possibility...then next week will be a flat line around the if-today-we-capitulate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what do i mean by capitulate? dow at 7800 ish... we did see it during intraday last week...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hahaha...it&apos;s so funny cause i was posting yesterday and didn&apos;t expect today&apos;s trading to be such... o well...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SHORT&amp;nbsp;SHORT&amp;nbsp;SHORT&amp;nbsp;YEA!</description>
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  <lj:mood>SHORT SHORT!</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>market forecast - Nov 2008</title>
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  <description>just a guess...and from what i&apos;ve seen so far...&lt;br /&gt;deep inside i know we&apos;re not anywhere near bottoms...because pain&apos;s still not felt on the streets yet...&lt;br /&gt;true WSJ just reported goldman&apos;s gonna cut 10% of jobs. that means they probably know 2009 will be a tough year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this also means the market levels seen here dow at 8500~86,87 levels...are well not where you&apos;d stand on...kinda like another trap door that you stand on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;was looking at some stocks charts...and coupled with some of the stuff heard over CNBC...coupled with my feeling...(the same feeling that predicted STI at 22 when it was still 24,25...however it fell through 22,21,20,19,18...should go lower to 17,16 and maybe end off at 15 before sharply bouncing back to 16,17 trading range in 2009 and upwards potentially to 18,19 again...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so basically...in the near term...while many would have like a protracted narrow band on the dow...it doesn&apos;t seem likely as the market begins to slowly understand how bad things are going to be...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;markets always move in advance of what&apos;s felt on the street...and the price of the dow indicates sentiments...hence news releases kinda affect it if it wasn&apos;t predicted or &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;priced in&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;...like if you know a sale is coming up...you won&apos;t up front pay 80 bucks for a dress when you know you can get it at 50...so the price drops to 50 and then you buy...(kind of logic...but not quite but that&apos;s kind of the idea)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so everyone&apos;s crystal-balling the economy and reflecting it into stock prices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;basically stock indices track a couple of stocks...like for the STI it&apos;s 30 main stocks from different industries(financials, manufacturing, IT, biotech, etc)...so it reflects the prices of these industries with weightages...reflecting the economy...because the economic outlook is priced into the price of each of these stocks...vis a vis the performance of the management...hence noting how dbs&apos; management&apos;s actions over the past year have not done it any favours...it&apos;s fallen by much more than say uob, ocbc...(of course taking into account the different style of management too in each bank)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so the DOW works the same way...one look at it should give you the indiciation about how &lt;em&gt;people&lt;/em&gt; are &lt;em&gt;feeling&lt;/em&gt; about the economy to come...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s never an instant snapshot of now...everyone&apos;s all busy forecasting...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so here&apos;s my forecast...there should be a sharp drop off pretty soon...so if you&apos;re thinking or your mom/dad is thinking of buying into equities now...i&apos;d say wait awhile more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i believe november-december could be much worse...maybe not in terms of volatility...but the pain will be felt on the street more...and that should freak out the stock markets abit more...and bring it to it&apos;s bottom level...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&apos;m predicting dow at 6-7000ish at it&apos;s bottom...and expect it to go down to 75,76 soon within the next 2 months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as for sti...it will always follow the dow...the sti and hangseng tend to do that...&lt;br /&gt;sti at 14,1500ish at bottom...and low 1700s pretty soon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i may not look it. but so far i think i&apos;m fairly right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <lj:mood>crash dammit</lj:mood>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:31:12 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Becks to Milan!</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;its been some time since i bought a Milan Jersey, i missed out last season for Pato, but i guess now&apos;s a good time even if he is coming over for just 1-2months.&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;503&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; src=&quot;http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/nicoacademia/becksmilan.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:09:41 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>world food programme - fill the cup</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wfp.org/how_to_help/introduction/index.asp?section=4&amp;amp;sub_section=1&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;306&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/nicoacademia/wfp.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wfp.org/ENGLISH/?ModuleID=137&amp;amp;Key=2757&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;450&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/nicoacademia/wfp2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hi guys i think earlier this year in april as commodity prices were rising like mad and the rice fiasco crisis in thailand broke out and affected alot of countries...&lt;br /&gt;i stumbled upon the Fill the Cup Campaign in the World Food Programme adverts.&lt;br /&gt;and it was about filling others with rice for food...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s when a little sum of money you donate can help fill the cup for someone somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while many of you like to think you&apos;re helping others when you finish your food. here&apos;s a real way to get it done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s said 25cents fills the Red Cup of porridge for a kid who won&apos;t go hungry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to me i think it&apos;s a great way to really feed others with what I have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i trust the WFP because it&apos;s big enough and has enough checks to know the money will feed at least someone out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i think it&apos;s a mark of greatness when you are able to offer others what&apos;s of yours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i know in terms of emotional strength i&apos;m not that great, but at least i can give what i have, a little bit of extra money on the side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i kinda feel you tap into a different realm when you give back to society and the world at large.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it&apos;s like you reverse the order of the world and you become in charge of this new one where you can choose what when and where do you want to give to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;of course if you prefer other charitable organisations that&apos;s fine too. you have a choice with your money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but go on. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;Fill the Cup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:46:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>trading wading</title>
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  <description>market volatility has been well...trader&apos;s paradise...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after the biggest one day dow gain in history everyone thought it was over&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;newspapers and to a large extent of &amp;quot;financial&amp;quot; reporters love to sound positive like carrying news a lovely couple&apos;s getting married whenever the market rises...&lt;br /&gt;i see how their faces lighten up...as if things will get better...and you tell me you&apos;re having a rollercoaster experience? seriously. oh please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway i wasn&apos;t expecting the dow to go down back under 9000 &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; quick...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway part of my &lt;em&gt;fucking&lt;/em&gt; analysis that got eaten up. i just wanted to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;children if your parents or anyone that has money wants to invest?&lt;strong&gt; invest in commodities.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;(before this small retracement of prices ends)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;because if the economy doesn&apos;t slump(no blood felt in the street)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we are going to have mega-inflation by the time 2010 comes. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;(full analysis some other day)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;commodities present a good exposure to inflation linked goods. as inflation(price levels) rise&lt;/span&gt; so do these goods. foodstuffs will be a good place to start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;it may not look it right now. but definitely it will rise(unless the economy really slows. which given the amount of bailing out now, &amp;quot;like injecting heroin to a patient to make them feel better&amp;quot;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway that&apos;s not my point. my point is this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i decided to take abit of interest in my FSX this week and i think i&apos;m fortunate to be found on the top10 for the 1 week table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lol. so i took a screenshot it(so vain) and yea. lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;500&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; src=&quot;http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/nicoacademia/fantasy1weekranking.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im from UK! :D i purposely put that cuz it just looks more swanky. yea baby! haha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:43:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Simple Plan - Save You</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: larger;&quot;&gt;Take a breath &lt;br /&gt;I pull myself together &lt;br /&gt;Just another step until I reach the door &lt;br /&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll never know the way it &lt;br /&gt;tears me up inside to see you &lt;br /&gt;I wish that I could tell you something &lt;br /&gt;and take it all away &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes I wish I could save you &lt;br /&gt;And there&amp;rsquo;s so many things &lt;br /&gt;that I want you to know &lt;br /&gt;I won&amp;rsquo;t give up till it&amp;rsquo;s over &lt;br /&gt;If it takes you forever I want you to know &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I hear your voice  &lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s drowning into whispers &lt;br /&gt;You&apos;re just skin and bones &lt;br /&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s nothing left to take &lt;br /&gt;No matter what I do I &lt;br /&gt;can&amp;rsquo;t make you feel better &lt;br /&gt;If only I could find the answer &lt;br /&gt;To help me understand &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes I wish I could save you &lt;br /&gt;And there&amp;rsquo;s so many things &lt;br /&gt;that I want you to know &lt;br /&gt;I wont give up till it&amp;rsquo;s over &lt;br /&gt;If it takes you forever I want you to know &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That if you fall, stumble down &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ll pick you up off the ground &lt;br /&gt;If you lose faith in you &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ll give you strength to pull through &lt;br /&gt;Tell me you won&apos;t give up cause &lt;br /&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ll be waiting if you fall &lt;br /&gt;Oh you know I&amp;rsquo;ll be there for you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:56:06 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>time scattered on it&apos;s shore</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;we walk on shores and leave footprints&lt;br /&gt;on the water laiden ground our trails are left&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the author scribbles the intermediate chapters&lt;br /&gt;a story still brewing in the kitchen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;steel plates chucked in&lt;br /&gt;a new column and then a pillar and then a beam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in all labour&lt;br /&gt;whatever we have set our hands to&lt;br /&gt;putting our hearts on the anvil&apos;s plain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there is profit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;even though papyrus is all we have to hold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:31:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>make your photobooks here!</title>
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  <description>okay repost! but that&apos;s because a kind folk used my referral code...whoever you are...identify yourself!...so i can say thank you..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway must make mention...i know there&apos;s alot of other sites where you can compile pictures together into a book.&lt;br /&gt;but i must recommend this site because i&apos;ve used it. and the software is pretty good. even helps you edit your pictures(colour tonage layouts spacings backgrounds)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;if you&apos;re looking to make a coffee table book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or a photo book or scrap book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or looking for a gift idea where you can really customise a book (someone&apos;s wedding, your couple photos, your little baby cousin)&lt;br /&gt;and if you want to do it yourself(or rely on templates) and ensure that it gets printed on really high quality paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;check out &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.photobookworldwide.com/&quot; class=&quot;snap_shots&quot;&gt;http://www.photobookworldwide.&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;com&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.50.1/t.gif&quot; style=&quot;border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt ! important; padding: 1px 0pt 0pt; max-height: 2000px; max-width: 2000px; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot;,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; float: none; position: static; left: auto; top: auto; line-height: normal; background-image: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.50.1/theme/silver/palette.gif); background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 14px; height: 12px; background-position: -1128px 0pt; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;snap_preview_icon&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if you do make a purchase from them, use this &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;referral code too: &lt;b&gt;SJ4UJLSX&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fuck am i spamming my own blog?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.photobookworldwide.com/&quot; class=&quot;snap_shots&quot;&gt;&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.50.1/t.gif&quot; style=&quot;border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt ! important; padding: 1px 0pt 0pt; max-height: 2000px; max-width: 2000px; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family: &amp;quot;trebuchet ms&amp;quot;,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; float: none; position: static; left: auto; top: auto; line-height: normal; background-image: url(http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.50.1/theme/silver/palette.gif); background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 14px; height: 12px; background-position: -1128px 0pt; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; display: inline;&quot; class=&quot;snap_preview_icon&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for 10% comission maybe! (pls tell me if you use it... i&apos;m not out to make money here)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;304&quot; width=&quot;577&quot; src=&quot;http://172.31.254.242/i281.photobucket.comm/albums/kk223/nicoacademia/photobook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ya can like take the pictures you have, or have of someone, and using their nifty software customise &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a book that will be printed out and sent to ya within like 4 working days.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;or if you&apos;re like me, you can do stuff on a blank canvas to exact your precise requirements(i&apos;m an arse of a designer)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:52:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>some fucking analysis</title>
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  <description>FUCKKKKKKK&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;nbsp;CLICKED&amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;FUCKING&amp;nbsp;BOOKMARK&amp;nbsp;LINK&amp;nbsp;AND&amp;nbsp;MY&amp;nbsp;SUPER&amp;nbsp;LONG&amp;nbsp;ARTICLE&amp;nbsp;IS&amp;nbsp;GONE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FUCCkckckckcKcKCKCKCKCK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>boogaloo bliss</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>secret surprise</title>
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  <description>i think i&apos;m too serious about life seriously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all this started because i thought hey it&apos;s time to get serious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the crows fell off it&apos;s nest and fucking pooed on my head. -where&apos;s the shotgun damn birdies!-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so i guess things are reset and i&apos;ve managed to send out a record 15 resumes in...20minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well it&apos;s a holiday tomorrow so woohoo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;left hamstrings kind of recovered...so that&apos;s great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and yea...get a damn life...we&apos;re too serious about life sometimes and it makes the people around us worry...</description>
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