I was a complete idiot today.
Author: [cloud]
A good day for Taiwan. Ma wins the Presidential election.
Hsieh didn’t even come close, and lost badly, as expected.
Ma 7,658,724 votes (58.45%)
Hsieh 5,445,239 votes (41.55%)
Taiwan’s opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou, center, celebrates his presidential victory with running mate Vincet Siew, right and Kuomintan former party chairman Lien Chan, left during post election ceremonies Saturday, March 22, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. Ma cruised to victory in the presidential election Saturday, promising to expand economic ties with China while protecting the island from being swallowed up politically by its giant communist neighbor.
I am so happy. Now what I want next is some improvement in my mutual funds…
Today is election day. I voted early.
What a relieve.
But I hoped to get more relieved tonight.
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讓我們好好的投
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A rather nice quote from a KMT Presidential election advertisement…
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Only a few more days to go. Go blue. Fuck green.
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NTD 5,000,000 Garbage Truck?
A recent news involving a BMW 750i experiencing engine shutting down 3 to 4 times over the period of one year, and the owner got so upset he printed the following texts “äº”ç™¾è¬ åžƒåœ¾è»Š 大笨蛋”, which translates to “A 5 million dollar garbage truck” on the bonnet of the car.
NTD 5,000,000 is around USD 163,543.00.
Apparently the owner returned this car to the BMW dealer playing typical garbage collecting music, demanding for an explanation.
BMW explained it wasn’t the cars fault too. Mmmm… if my next car is to choose between a BMW or a Merc, I think the choice is pretty obvious.
Weather in Taipei is so unbelievably unpredictable. It’s March now and its still like 12 to 14 degree. Just last week it was back in the 20’s. I hate this weather.
Lottery jackpot is up to 1 billion NTD. I brought two today, and I hope I can get at least something back in return. I won’t ask for the jackpot, but just 1 million NTD will do.
Talk about money, my fortune hasn’t been good to me this year either.
My mutual fund is still down 70k.
USD I have on hand is losing value due to strong NTD.
Ma Ying-jeou (英ä¹é¦¬), please win the election this month. Only you can put me out of my mystery now.
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Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Buy a car?
Recently I have been contemplating on buying a car. I understand it is expensive and parking fee is expensive and maintaining it is also expensive, but sometimes it can make life a lot easier if I had one.
The ideal car I have in my mind at the moment is the new Honda CRV. Slightly expensive, but at least it gets me around places and it has a lot of room.
Next up is probably the Volkswagen GTi.
The pros and cons between these two are quite obvious. Both are fantastic cars, and people will probably tell me to go for the Golf GTi, and I would too, but the price of a GTi is a bit too deep. At NTD 1.2 mil. it’s not cheap. However, CRV is around NTD 0.97 mil. which is not that cheap either. On the other hand, the CRV is big, comfortable and the interior is much more luxury too. Except its big and slow but who needs a fast car in Taipei anyway?
See, this is the problem I have. If there is something I want really, I just cannot just make my mind on it. I can think, decide and compare, and by the time I actually do make the move, that would like after one year later.
Tough choice. At this time I wish I was rich so I could have just brought anything without thinking.