b.A Chicken Farm is Born

The last part is here:   Japan Is In Recession Again

Tra la la la la la ... Finally can celebrate a little.

Converting from big head projects to small head projects. Immediately, I received success. Kekeke ... I bidded 3 times the reserved price. All the small fishes went into hiding. They all avoided me as they worried that I might even bid 4 times the reserved price or I just freeze and let them have the small head project at 4 times the reserved price. Their expressions were gold. Their confusion and their angst in their loss fueled their pain. They now learned that I was no kind soul but a medium-sized bully.

People queued up to buy iPhone 6. I queued up to buy chickens. Unlimited supply of chickens. Now that I can keep lots of chickens, I wonder if they also let me go for the next small head project - keeping dogs.

Although I was blessed in small head projects, I am still interested in having a big head project and show my Jones that I have arrived. Fuck! Fucken characteristics at work.

Afternote:
The most natural question is that why did I pay so much for such a small head project? At low price quantum, the barrier of entry is extreme low. Every adventurer would have to pay cash to have a quick go at these projects. Therefore, there is a certain level of irrationality. Adventurers compete with each other and have an unnatural sense of achievement when any one of them won the final bid. These achievements are hollow.

I quote a current worked example:   An adventurer once bidded for a chicken farm and won with a 2 times reserved price. He was so happy and proud and even jided me on his victory march out. Months later, rumour had it that he didn't have the capital to buy cages and equipments to start his chicken farm. To date, his chicken farm remained a piped dream. It is only a matter of time that the license plus land would be revoked and resold again in the open market. That's when I shall return and have some more fun with it. You see:   James Sassoon once said it is better to lose opportunity than capital. Only blur fucks are happy for such a hollow victory march. The issue at hand is if you don't have sufficient cash to play the game through, the chicken farm would never yield a single cent of income. Indeed, it is a 100% return or 0% income perpetual shit-hole. Therefore, no matter how small or big is the project, generating cash-flow income is key to success in investment.

Then why should I have paid 3 times just to get at it. You are quite right to assume that I was out of my mind. I was frustrated for the better of one full year. I was without success I needed a successful bid to 冲冲喜. So yes. The bid was irrational but good as it rebuild the team's morale which money cannot buy.

All chicken farms are different. Some have super under-priced and some have totally overpriced reserved prices. I happened to gun for the super under-priced ones. But at 3 times the reserved price, you need an iron nerve to either blink or not blink. Remembering always your worst enemy is another human. In fact, none of the bidders knew that I was thinking of setting up a toy chicken farm which does not bother to turn in any revenue. So they can't really test my fathoms.

The true battle is about to begin ...

Winter is round the corner. Leaves are now falling like nobody's business. In some nights, there were even frost on the window sills.

I have contacted some banks and they were happy to give me an advance on all my assets. But, I am not going to take that route. All my life, I have been played time and again by the fucking banks. I intend to play it totally safe. If I can't get a loan on the strength of my purchased property, I have no intention of buying it. Further, in winter, the sellers might even give me a repayment period in return for a good lump sum upfront. They are desperate to sell to finance their ongoing lifestyle. After all, they were once the immortals that walk this earth. Now they are old and fragile, they needed that assurance that they still can walk independently without help. Well, their gambling sons are definitely not helping. 

Interesting things do happen now and then. The chicken farm I just bidded successfully was in fact one of the 10 chicken farms in the area. This farm is currently the most juicy amongst them. All the chicken farms belong to a single owner. That's when the fun begins. The owner doesn't know that I happened to be a good chicken farmer. In fact, I hope to buy the other nine farms off him and make it into a big dog farm.

p.Hong Kong Protest 2014 - 苦中作乐

〈國情揭露〉

b.Education - Bluff A Lifetime of Wealth

The last part is here:   A Legend Re-Told All Over Again

~!@#!$#%$&^%*&^(*&)(*_) later ...

A friend just called my bluff. She said if education is not important in my latest essay. Then, why did I said education was important in my other essays? Isn't that fucking contradictory?

To me, education represents a form of thinking, 思维 (Capital - Inner Core). I would like to leave it at that. Education must transcend all earthly aspirations.

For a minimum degree holder, a bachelor degree will allow the guy to break free from the mother's apron tie. His 思维 will enable him to learn things independently. He does not need help from any quarters. He is his own man. Given enough thinking, he will be able to solve his own problem-sum.

In white land, unless one is groomed to be politician or statesman, education is nothing more than an entry to jobs. They are not at all in the 思维 class.  Together with racism, you can't really do very well in white jobs. Do remember in my recent memories, only Wang laboratories (1951-1992) did chinaman proud. Not even yahoo! Therefore, to succeed in white land as a chinaman is impossible. So don't try. Even then, why does one need to do so well as to be a named entity?

• If one were to migrate at 0-30 yo (following parents), then good class education will allow one to be rich fastest. Have a good early start. You may buy white properties at will but limiting to just 1-2 maximum. You can't take hardship. One's life is too easy and one simply can't stoop low and work hard. If one is willing to be a doctor of sorts, the money is even faster. Most whites are ultra lazy and depended on the state for food. They are very poor. Many don't even have a passport to travel.
• If one were to migrate at 30-50 yo (as a main bread-winner), then god blessed you. One's previous qualifications are fucked. So no education to talk about, hence one needs a legend to boot, i.e., pure fucking hard work for 50 years. One will have to work at menial tasks shunt by the whites. Can one take it? The money is so small that one has only enough to feed the body and shelter. The left-over is so small that one can't even contemplate buying any white property. It is simply not enough. That's why the whites are so willing to approve your immigration. Savvy?
• If one were to migrate at 50-60 yo (as a rich man), then truly there is nothing to worry about except for deportation. Spend enough residence time and pay one's taxes, the government-of-the-day will love one deep deep.

Most of us unfortunately belongs to the sandwich class 30-50yo. So pick one's fight and game the world.

b.A Legend Re-Told All Over Again

The last part is here:  The Generations Game - Worked Example

I would like to extend my theory:   The total length of Man is Constant.

Many of the parents always like to advise their children to study hard and get a desk job and make huge money and live happily ever after.

There is nothing wrong with the above statement. It just sounded wrong with my theory. I therefore would like to restate my theory:

The total length of Man is ABSOLUTELY CONSTANT.

A current example:
This 25yo mudlander guy went to USA and jumped aeroplane. He hid in all kind of corners and worked like a scavenger. Deep down inside him, he knew he was nobody. But, he worked hard. He worked in all kind of conditions. The best part is that he got a chance to even get married. he had kids and he then worked as a chinese cook (well, that's all one can try their luck in anyway, to stay in the kitchen and stay unseen). He cooked and he cooked. He then started his own restaurant business years later and now in his 70s. He had spent 50 fucking years doing that same thing. His restaurant is one of the best in the city. He exploited his chineseman workers. He is damn rich now. His last wish before he extinguishes is to return to mudland and die. With his restaurant and bungalows, he is by no means poor. He will do well in mudland after 50 fucking years. He only visited his mudland twice in his lifetime. That's how hard he has worked. He intended to liquidate all his current assets and return home to mudland as a hero. His kids were all married and have kiddos too. If they so choose, they may return to mudland with him. With their great overseas education to boot, they will do fine in mudland too. This is how foresightful this bloke was. He had sponsored all his kids to the best education one can hope to get in white land (The Ivy League).

The pinoys are no different. The pinoys are also very intelligent. They do shit jobs in foreign countries but they earn big time in local terms. They too will return to pinoyland richly retired. This again tells a great intelligence in man. They do jobs like nurses cleaning asses in white land that make 3 times what a McDonald store manager will make running the burger store.

By having a super degree from super varsities is no better than to work thyself in shit holes. Both are equally if not more rewarding than all these white collared jobs.

Therefore, tengri is fair. He gave every one an equal opportunity. The problem is whether one is willing to do that shit for 50 straight years.

For all those kiddos out there, if one can't do good shit. It is A-OK. One can still try to do bad shit for 50 years. One would come out A-OK too.

Therefore, if one has kiddos. Please don't chide them if they screw up in their academic studies. They will do OK in good soil.

Finally, my riddle for you:
How then do you play that fuckened Little Island Game? You may make some money in white land, but your hard work cannot be rewarded by re-investing that small sums of money in that fuckened little island. LOL ... Nice Nice Riddle ...

That fuckened little island had converted every thing tangible to rentals. That's how beautiful the riddle is. Solve this riddle, I can assure you that you would be ahead in your generations game. Meantime, do chill and find that fucking way out ... It is never too late ...

I wish every one a happy mid-autumn day. May all true love be rewarded with equally true love. May all fakies be rewarded with equally great fakies.

p.The Meaning of Hope

The last part is here:   Holocaust II - Dr Calhoun's experiment on humans

I have not been writing much as I see no new materials that matter.

But, now I see a slight distress from The Broken Dream.

Sigh! The human race is a bastard. Its own worst enemy is the fellow humans themselves. So how can one seek council from their own kind. It is important that one realises the grim truth than to hide their heads in the sand and hope like hell they will come across a kind soul. Sorry, babe, no chance.

This might be a long post as I have not been writing much, so a little constipation at work.

What I am writing is only my view and one should just take what I wrote with a huge dose of salty garbage.

Let's take it one step at a time:

• Migrate to a white land (or foreign land) - This is of zero choice. You continued to stay in that fucken little island, one day, you will be sucked bone-dry and your spare parts sold not in your name. Meantime, better don't fall sick. Therefore, take heart that it was a good initial decision. Let's take a recent story - A pinoy aged 40-50yo migrated to white land. He makes 3.5k per month. He don't buy any property in white land. He just saved like hell and made use of the milk bottle money to feed his daughters for super good angmo education. He understood that in 10-15 years, he would return to pinoy land to retire. He and his brothers in pinoy land was planning to build apartment blocks in his home town for rentals. Smart boy. He understood that what he made in white land would never be enough to buy any damn thing reasonably. All the good jobs were taken by the whites and he was an unqualified nobody doing fuck-all menial tasks which the whites shunt. That's jobs available for Asians in general. See: His education was only diploma in warehousing but he exhibited intelligence beyond his education level. He deserved to win in the end. He never complain once about the hard menial task he was undertaking. His savings were 4 months of his former salary pure cash for every month he worked and saved.
• Working for Others - There is not a single chance that one can make it, unless one is young and educated (qualified) in the white land from the word go. Even between provinces, they stopped auto-conversion and transfer of qualifications. But, starting to work for others must be the humble first step for fresh immigrants. Stay away from being employed by fellow Asians or yellowskins. They would be more fuckened that the little white fuckens. Therefore, move towards doing business as soon as possible.
• Saving for Property Investments - Buying a small place to stay near the place of work is important but not truly necessary. Rentals are still too cheap to start the business of property buying. Further, most white properties are made of paper. So maintenance would be too high and it's worth nothing if one must pay so much for a paper house. Do remember the three piglets story with the big bad wolf. Don't let the dream clouds one's vision.
• Investment in Properties - There are a million place around the world for cheap and good property investments. One just need to think very hard if one's keen to invest in properties. Buying a property near the work place is great but not absolutely a must. Who knows? Tomorrow one might find a new better paying job and one has to move.
• The Myth of Expensive Property - Buying something that is so expensive that the banks are involved is a true joke. Why burn one's life candle for the luxury of a paper house? Buy concrete or pure land lah!
• That Fuckened Little Island - For the pinoy story I highlighted. He can be made clever. He worked in a white land, he made 40-50 times his foreign exchange (do read up my essay on foreign exchange, a yellowskin engineer is paid the same in cash terms as the white engineer in white land) in salary. He saved like hell and he was able to transfer that forex advantage back home. But, fuckened little islanders can't do that. So this is a cute little puzzle that one has to solve. Savvy?

Caveat Emptor:
I didn't lay out the actual investment strategy one can undertake. One has to do their own home work. Recently I had a 25yo pinoy wanting to ask for advice. I asked her what's on her mind? She said I am one of the most frank strangers she has met, she wanted me to be her foster father. "Sugar daddy?" I asked. She said no. She already had a boyfriend back in pinoy land. She clarified that she just need me to pamper her, take care of her, buy things, give her advice on investment ideas, ferry her to and from huge shopping malls. I swallowed hard. I never knew pinoy land also got golden pussies. 

What I did was to just ignore her totally. She then cried to me every day, saying that she missed home and wanted to go home. I replied calmly that she can go home for all I care. I am no easy meat.

She then tried to rub her tiny titties on me ... Sigh ... Honey traps exist even in a god-forsaken place like my igloo?

If you still believe that you have a broken dream? Think again. Imagined you are still stuck in that fuckened little island? Small or no means to compete with the white richie richs? Then fight them not on local terms but open your horizon and do an OTHT - Over-The-Horizon-Targeting on them. Notice some of these whites never even go to the other cities for shopping. They are also truly poor.

b.Auction, Auction, Auction, Where Forth Art Thou?

The last part is here:   Bank Lelong (Auction)

Every problem sum has a solution. But, one has to work at it.

Fuck, the recent open-bid auction got 10-15 people bidding for the property of my choice. Fuck them. In the end, of course, I lost the bid. It was bidded at 25-30% higher than the reserved price.

@#$%^$^&%^&_(&) ...

Since I have been to enough open-bid auctions, I should be able to summarize my findings.

• 0-5 bidders:   10% above the reserved price.
• 5-10 bidders:   20% above the reserved price.
• 10-15 bidders:   30% above the reserved price.
• Above 15 bidders:   Please don't try, you would be fucked for life.

I love open-bid auctions. It implies the sellers are fucked and the reserved price is always a steal, i.e., at least 20% below the lowest price in the market place.

How about bidding more than the reserved price? This is for the stupids. Loads of people don't understand that increasing the bids is the most stupid thing to do.

Let me try to illustrate:

A typical property takes about 30 years to finish the instalments, let's call it 100% or simply 3.33% per year (simple approximated). If you pay 10% more, it implies your loan would need to increase by another 3 years to 33 years (10%/3.33%=3 years). If you pay 20% more, it implies your loan would need to increase by another 6 years to 36 years (20%/3.33%=6 years). If you pay 30% more, it implies your loan would need to increase by another 9 years to 39 years (30%/3.33%=9 years). This is obviously not for the faint hearted.

Why?

Well ... I would keep my money under my pillow and see within the next 9 years whether I can find another deal that matches your bid and during a deep deep recession. Surely I can. So what's the hurry? In the end, I still can get what I want and do what I like.

If you do take up a bank loan which I advised against and assuming you are also very credit-worthy, you are able to borrow at 90% loan and 10% cash. But, banks are clever bastards. They would only valued the property AT its reserved price. If you itchy backside, outbidded every body as in my most recent auction by paying 30% above, you will need to fork out a total of 40% (10%+30% over the valuation provided by the "conservative" bank). See how fucked, one can be? And you are given only 3 months to pay up. Otherwise, they are going to fire-sale again and you have to foot the difference and administrative and legal fees. An auction's reserved price is at this value is because people do get fucked bad.

Every property after spending time to evaluate, one would fall in love with it. It is very natural. But, do take heed and learn to walk away.

If you cannot buy at reserved price, just walk. There is another 16-years worth of depression to go.

Also, during this last auction, I overheard some bidders saying if he is successful he will open a car showroom and rent it out. He was dressed in shorts and fucking sandals. I don't look down on such dress code. I just find it amusing on how dreamy things can get. What make you think that you can confidently clear the government-of-the-day's control and change the land use in shorts and sandals? Depending on where is your property, in white land, it takes the better of 1 year to approve a restaurant. Bidders who dream big, die fastest. Just a case-in-time, I have just visited some of my lost auction bids. The properties were not even renovated nor improved. Where is therefore the money for such dream team for a car show room? Talk is cheap, renovation is pure cash. Some property owner can't even afford to paint their house regularly, let alone change of use. Fuckens are fuckens.

As at this writing, I just heard another neighbour has just died. Most probably if I am patient enough. I can grow my portfolio again. I just have to wait and smile at all my neighbours.  No harm getting into their good books. Hehehe ... Winter's coming. Action time.

b.To Strange Land

The last part is here:   Strategy - Strangeness In White Land

With the world cup well underway, the strangeness in white land is so unique that I am now brought to a new height. Now they are offering me to buy a white land that is a few times bigger than some of my current assets. They are so awfully nice. The reason is the land owner is a second-generation that refuses to return to that birth place that once nurtured him. He said it was too much of a burden. He has let go and moved on.

I smiled. They are so sweet. They even throw in a very large lake connected by a long river for my pleasure. They said the water is very sweet and full of minerals. I am only interested in the lake view. LOL.

A nice show:   同桌的你

The value in romance is not the look of the young gal but the passage that traversed by both the guy and the gal. The value is maximum when the connection is perfected.

Let's enjoy the show ...

p.The Butterfly Effect

The last part is here:   Why I Am Not A Politician?

The Butterfly Effect

The idea that one butterfly could eventually have a far-reaching ripple effect on subsequent historic events first appears in "A Sound of Thunder", a 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury about time travel.

In 1961, Edward Lorenz was using a numerical computer model to rerun a weather prediction, when, as a shortcut on a number in the sequence, he entered the decimal 0.506 instead of entering the full 0.506127. The result was a completely different weather scenario. In 1963 Lorenz published a theoretical study of this effect in a well-known paper called Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow. (As noted in the paper, the calculations were performed on a Royal McBee LPD-30 computing machine.) Elsewhere he said that "One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings could change the course of weather forever." Following suggestions from colleagues, in later speeches and papers Lorenz used the more poetic butterfly. According to Lorenz, when he failed to provide a title for a talk he was to present at the 139th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972, Philip Merilees concocted Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? as a title. Although a butterfly flapping its wings has remained constant in the expression of this concept, the location of the butterfly, the consequences, and the location of the consequences have varied widely.

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in another location. Note that the butterfly does not power or directly create the tornado. The flap of the wings is a part of the initial conditions; one set of conditions leads to a tornado while the other set of conditions doesn't. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events (compare: domino effect). Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different - it's also possible that the set of conditions without the butterfly flapping its wings is the set that leads to a tornado. 

Butterfly Upon A Wheel

"Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" is a quotation – sometimes misquoted with "on" in place of "upon" – from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. It alludes to "breaking on the wheel", a form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel.

The line "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" forms line 308 of the "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" in which Alexander Pope responded to his physician's word of caution about making satirical attacks on powerful people by sending him a selection of such attacks. It appears in a section on the courtier John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, who was close to Queen Caroline and was one of Pope's bitterest enemies.

The section opens as follows:

Let Sporus tremble –"What? that thing of silk,   
Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? 
Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel? 
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" 
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, 
This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings; 
Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 
Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys, 

Sporus, a homosexual favoured by Emperor Nero, was, according to Suetonius, castrated by the emperor, and subsequently married. Pope here refers to accusations made in Pulteney's Proper reply to a late scurrilous libel of 1731 which led to Hervey challenging Pulteney to a duel. Hervey's decade long clandestine affair with Stephen Fox would eventually contribute to his downfall. As first published the verse referred to Paris, but was changed to Sporus when republished a few months later.

The last time I wrote about the young man who was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. The simple but deadly act set off a change of political leaderships throughout the Arab World and was later known collectively as the Arab Spring. This is the butterfly effect.

Now they classified the Roy boy's effort as the butterfly on the wheel. How silly of them! Kill the chicken and frighten the monkeys. The self-pawned joke is that the monkey is never harmed in any case but scared off till another day of reckoning. In all cases, the butterfly is weak and fragile. If one crashes the butterfly on the wheel and most of the time, nothing would really happen. But, sometimes with the right conditions, this butterfly may turn in a butterfly effect. The old fucken knew about its dreadful effects, but not the younger fuckens. The old fucken had meticulously stamped out all possible trouble-makers, hence, the apparent peace before the huge storm. Given more time, one true butterfly would appear. Till then, SYB - Suffer You Bastards.

Grief and doom aside. There is a lesson to be learnt. In business too, never look down on any tiny business proposals, they might be the one that brings you absolute happiness. Because the nature of these tiny proposals are humble in the beginning, the start-up cost is going to be very low. They are therefore durable and hardy to environmental factors. Their survival rates are deemed the best.

Although I have taken a big hit on a stalling of a major project, I was given another tiny window to play a similar game. I am satisfied that my losses in time would be returned to me, though it might take a longer time.

Because my investments are very low and do not involved the banks. I am not too stressed by the current losses. I was too ambitious. I have to re-examined my priority.

Tengri is very fair. Play a playful game, my ass would be wiped. Play it fair and small. Slow rewards but safe passages. Maybe it's time for me to consider loving myself more.

b.Passion Business II - The Connection Needed

The last part is here:   Passion Business II - How to Grow Ginseng

The best part is that I am buying a cute little land to plant this marvel this winter. Nice price and I am going to ace it.

The next best part is that I have rented a little 10-acre nursery for $200 per year for the next 10 years. Imagine the fun I am going to get. On top of that, they throw in an alpaca barn farm for free. They simply wants me to rent their premises and occupy it and pay their taxes.

I am now securing the seedlings from the white land to start the game. Hopefully the returns of $20-30k per acre comes true.

On top of that, they wanted me to try to help them build a fresh water fish farm. Nice farmers, nice lands, nice projects.

The last best thing I heard for the day is that many lands are now selling for a song as their parents all died on them (i.e., 1920s-1930s). Over the next 15 years, many more baby boomers have to die and transfer their land holdings to their city-bound kids and most kids can't pay their huge estate taxes and they have no choice but to sell their lands on the cheap to pay for their taxes.

This is how good the news over the day.

Today every white is having a dying parent with huge land reserves and they all smiled at me hoping to find me renting their lands on the cheap. But, I am a cheapo. I don't rent lands even if it is near free. I don't want to help them on their property taxes. I want them to sell on the cheap.

I am know to pay only on average 25% of the market value and nothing more. That's how bastardy I am. I am also succeeding. A devil is not a fun guy to play with.

p.The Path Least Trodden is Not a Straight Path

The last part is here:   Philosophy of Business

This is always a (legendary) Harvard Business School's first lesson:
The Art Of Possibility
By Benjamin & Rosamund Stone Zander, (2000) Harvard Business School Press I. It's All Invented: "A shoe factory sends two marketing scouts to a region of Africa to study the prospects for expanding business. One sends back a telegram saying, “Situation hopeless, stop, no one wears shoes.” The other writes back triumphantly, “Glorious business opportunity, stop, they have no shoes!”
This is what we all have the ability to do. Life experiences come to us in sequence: First, our senses bring us selective information about what is out there; Second, the brain constructs its own simulation of the sensations; and only then, Third, do we have our first conscious experiences of our milieu… thinking outside of the lines, or boxes that we traditionally live in. Here's how to practice that step. Simply ask yourself this question; “What assumptions am I making that I'm not aware I'm making, that gives me what I see?” When you have the answer to that question then ask yourself; “What might I now invent, that I haven't invented, that would give me other choices?”

This is a very difficult decision:   I am into this new business and found that no one is doing it, therefore I have a chance. OR is it that every other person has tried this business before and failed, that is the reason why I am all alone still, stupidly trying out a joke, that is doomed to fail.

Same, same for the path least trodden. I might have walked the path least trodden, it doesn't mean that it is a straight-forward path. Right now, I have to start walking sideways before I can walk straight again later. If I have youth on my side, I would have no problem, but I don't.

The commencement of another project has begun. Let's see how far this project will take me.

b.A Home an Investment?

The last part is here:   A Property is a Property is a Property

Years ago, I made one of the most stupid mistakes on earth:   I listened to the garmen.

The garmen told me that a property, not only can be a home, it could also be an investment. So I went to buy a house and I lived in it. A few years later, my house has appreciated in value and I also got a promotion. The banker told me that I am worth it.

I bought a bigger house and I stayed in it. I not only got a bigger house, my net worth has gone up by a quantum. This net worth could never be saved by me throughout my lifetime. My instalments were paid for by my salary. I was brilliant.

Another few years later, I again got a promotion. My banker once again told me the same fairy tale that I am worth it. I again bought a bigger house and I stayed in it. I not only got a bigger house, my net worth has gone up by a quantum. This net worth could never be saved by me throughout my lifetime. My instalments were paid for by my salary. I was brilliant.

Suddenly, I was retrenched. The banker told me that I am not as worthy as before. He has no choice but to fire-sale my beautiful house. Over-night I was left with nothing. I was stupid.

A home unfortunately is not for gamble. It is never an investment. It is the base camp and solace of the heart.

In the home, one can purchase the most expensive fittings and fix the most beautiful bathroom. It is never too expensive. But, one can't do the same for investment properties.

How I wish I learn earlier this expensive lesson.

Lotus suddenly called me today and announced that my home is now ready for occupation. I swallowed my saliva hard. Could I manage more than one home?

a.The Generations Game - A Worked Example

The last part is here:   Capital - How did It All Begin

The news is here:   Penang Monthly - Migrate for What

A short excerpt:

... For migrants who came to Australia back in the 1960s, the 1970s or even the 1980s, their decision to migrate would have benefitted them much more than if they were to do it today. Back in those days, Malaysia was still not adequately developed, modernised and industrialised. Foreign direct investments, education and infrastructure were definitely a far cry from today’s standards. Particularly for the average Malaysian professional, his or her work would have been much more richly rewarded in Australia than back home.

If a Sudanese or Afghan were to migrate to Australia today, then I can say with almost absolute certainty that their lives will be better off. But today’s Malaysians had better think twice. Jobs are moving in big numbers from Australia to Asia; Australian educational institutions are failing many of their own students, with many schools (even public ones) turning to attracting more students from China, Korea and other Asian countries for financial reasons; drug-related crimes and schoolyard bullying are becoming more rampant; and the total cost of income support (i.e. welfare) payment has now (as of 2014) topped A$70bil a year. 

These trends and developments are here to stay, and the shift of fortune from the West to the East is an irreversible one. Investor Jim Rogers frequently remarked that if you were smart in 1807, you would go to London, if you were smart in 1907, you would go to New York, but if you were smart in 2007, you would go to Asia. (In 2007, Rogers moved his entire family to Singapore.) 

So I wonder, why on earth are we still leaving Malaysia? What are we actually running away from? While most of us think that we are running away from some potential or real political threat, the actual fact might well be that we are running away from some real lifetime opportunities! With market saturation and an ageing population in the EU, US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China, the Asean region, with its population size, relatively young median age and richness in natural resources, is poised to grow like never before. ...

Interesting read. These people are still trying to time the market.

There is no such thing as timing the market. One would get lucky once a while. Just like in the casino, one can ride a 25-times BIG roll of dice. But, the curtains would fall one day, the dice would go the other way. Every great city would meet its demise, so would one empire.

If one must time the market, then if one judges that there is no hope in a turn-around. Just pack the bags and move. Which is true in the case of that fuckened little island. No resource, no future, no intelligence and still dare to suck my cock. Disgusting.

10 years is too short an example to a generations game. Even 20 years, my acquaintance is planning to return to her ex-home country. I am not helping her to stay even if I am just new to the game. Why? Too frequently mere acquaintances take dim looks of new immigrants. They felt that the new migrants must feed the older migrants or the older migrants feeding the locals, otherwise, the locals would have voted the government-of-the-day out. I am into packed hunting. Not only in business, also in gals. Co-operation is a powerful tool to deploy.

Let's take a look at Australia's opportunities (I am a blur-fuck in Australia's opportunities, but I am willing to try understanding her from the outside):

• Cities - Her cities are not as crowded as the Asian's, hence, they stand a great chance to win if one is early. That fuckened little island did talk about famous katong laksa. Overnight 4 stores competed in the exact same location for the customers. Today only one left. Dense cities are not for the faint-hearted. Try your hands in Chinese cities, one would be eaten whole without much of a second glaze from the predator's neighbours.
• Glass Ceilings - Of cos there are glass ceilings. Tell me frankly, how many non-Chinese dine in Chinese restaurants here and overseas. Zero! How many Japanese or Koreans can one spot in a Chinese restaurants? Please. How many non-Chinese staff can one see in a Chinese restaurant's kitchen? The conclusion: Every business are owned and operated by their kinship, make no mistake. Even in my work, I employed no non-Chinese even though all my work involved the whites and white agents.
• Property Investments - White properties are way cheaper but appreciate much slower. First, one must start with a house home. After that, investment houses for passive returns. After that, lands for long term potential. Malaysian properties are super nice. I can't finish enjoying each of them. But, so are the white properties.
• Businesses - Not easy to start but once started, it is easy to sustain. 30 years is a good investment.
• Employments - Nothing wrong with that. But one needs to start young. If reach the white shores at 40-50yo, then be prepared to reinvest the money that one's gotten or ill-gotten from ex-home country to plant the first seeds.
• Back Doors - I always keep a back door for myself. I am still fully invested in the ex-home country and her neighbours. I am still doing passive incomes from each and every asset in my command. Over time, these assets might deteriorate due to lack of care. Minding them occasionally will bring them up once more.
• Generations Games - Bring forth the next generations to fulfill key business positions in the own business structure. Let them fail and guard them to better success than the parents.
• Intellectually Dumb - There is a need to be intellectually dumb. Never question why but just do the jobs. In the Malaysians' case, they allowed their anger for lack of opportunities in their ex-home country to cloud their visions. They like to do total in and total out. Yes. Total in and total out are grand moves. These are showy steps. Admired by all. But, yield very little results. The mantra is Things Take Time.
• Education - Educating kids are not the job of the school but that of the parents. There is no such thing as good school but good parenting.

It is easier said than done. But, that's what generations game is all about. Very slow. Very unfortunate. Very disgustingly degrading. But, one will find the footing soon enough. Evreywhere I see, as long as you are 30yo immigrants, you are alright. So be brave and stick to the original game plan. It is not that hard. Be early and smell the rose.

I do understand why muds left mudland due to the madhatter. Now that with ahJip kor in charge, things are super rosy. People are now tempted to return. Nothing wrong, just be invested in both countries lor. Better, globally. One can never tell when is the next mass exodus.

Yes. I finally got it. There is indeed a timing issue in the generations game, i.e., be early. Wow ... what a revelation. But, 30 years can recover this mistake, i.e., once you reach 30 years in migration, you are classified as early. Nice.

Always remember that fuckened mafia boss was a Baba-Nyonya. So don't play with him on that little island, now that he is strong. Wait for him to go, then replay the generations game again lor. One has all the time in the world lah. Do battle using extended families mah.

b.Many a Big Project

The last part is here:   Longevity Businesses

I have been questioned by a blood relation:   Have I spread myself too thin involving in so many huge projects?

The answer is NO. I have too much unspent energy. So much so that not every project occupies my entire time. During the gaps, I have to fill it with something. The best part is that the projects I needed them to move quickly frequently ended up the slowest and don't really eat up too much of my time. For those unexpected progresses, they usually yield very pleasant results. For the unexpected delays, because I don't borrow, they normally ended up okay by a mile. Some things are best handled in slower time cycles.

Take for example:   I took a long road trip up to the Siam border. The key performance indicator is I should take notes on the swiftlets' paths. Along the way, I reviewed both housed properties and vacant lands. Based on common assessment, running a birdhouse is more challenging than buying a human house. I need to source for proper birdhouse plans before I can build and hope like hell I can harvest. Since this birdhouse project needs further discussion on expertise requirement. I have no choice but to hold it back till I can get a better visibility.  Luckily I do review houses along the way. The purchase of human houses now taken a forefront. This showed how fun it is to have multiple concurrent projects. Just when I thought human houses are boring, they jumped started my fun. Now these houses can be purchased and minimally fixed and immediately rentable. Why? You asked. Well, my earlier house purchase was finally fixed after one solid year. Immediately I had neighbours plying my door everyday asking me to release the rental unit to them. They don't mind negotiating on the rental once I am okay to rent. My investment has started returning immediately. What a fun way of employing cash. In very short years, my capital would have returned completely, with free freehold properties in my name.

Cashflow Android Game:   I just replayed the Kiyo's little game. His premise is that one should invest in cashflow property game as soon as possible. In normal times, this is a perfect game plan. But, one has forgotten that every 10-20 years, there would be a tsunami playing one's ass. Since this game plan takes at least 20 years to realise, one's ass would have been torn to bits. So it is not easy to win in this cashflow in a simpleton manner. I played the game by trying to buy properties cash. Kiyo punished me for being conservative and slow to react. Next I buy only properties that have at least 50% returns. Again Kiyo punished me by giving very slow cycle returns. If by simply playing kiyo's cashflow game, one gets ahead, then truly there would be no more poor bastards.

b.Longevity as a Religion

The last part is here:   Longevity Businesses

I apologize for not being able to blog as frequently as I wanted to. There are simply too many physical world things that I need to take care of.

Nowadays I have accumulated quite a follower-ship of believers. They now just sit quietly by my side and listen intently to my preaches.

I guess this is how Jesus started it all. First, talked cock and then, suddenly he found that people do listen to his cock-and-bull stories. But, as time went by, his cock-and-bull stories cannot hold his audience anymore. He started to dish out his mythology cock god father. Everything he claimed he did, he did it for his father. If there were any mistakes, it was his own, but, his father in heaven would have corrected him in time and he would be rewarded beyond this world.

After a while, even this cock-and-mythology also cannot hold the audience further. He went for the final suggestion that he is god reincarnated. If he had lived, he would probably have to go on further to more bullshit, after his execution at age 33.

I am now in the stage where everyone wants to jump onto this longevity wagon. They literally want to listen more. My appointments for longevity talk are filling up fast. Just today, at one stage, even the waitresses stopped serving and started to listen attentively, oblivion to their master's calling.

At the end, the waitresses thanked me for enlightening their lives with hope. I smiled. I am on my way to become god.

b.Book - The 48 Laws of Power

The last part is here:    Book - Far from the Madding Crowd

The 48 Laws of Power (1998) is the first book by American author Robert Greene. The book is a bestseller. It has sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States and is popular with prison inmates and celebrities. 

Greene initially formulated some of the ideas in The 48 Laws of Power while working as a writer in Hollywood and observing that today's power elite shared similar traits with powerful figures throughout history. In 1995, Greene worked as a writer at Fabrica, an art and media school, and met a book packager named Joost Elffers. Greene pitched a book about power to Elffers and six months later, Elffers requested that Greene write a treatment. Although Greene was unhappy in his current job, he was comfortable and saw the time needed to write a proper book proposal as too risky. However, at the time Greene was rereading his favorite biography about Julius Caesar and took inspiration from Caesar's decision to cross the Rubicon River and fight Pompey, thus inciting the Great Roman Civil War. Greene would follow Caesar's example and write the treatment, which later became The 48 Laws of Power. He would note this as the turning point of his life.

The book is here:   The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power 

by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers

Law 1 

Never Outshine the Master 

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
韩信 (Han Xin) made that mistake.

Law 2 

 Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies 

Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
This was one of the most important aspect of 刘邦. He captured even the hearts of his enemies and made them loyal to him. 

Law 3

Conceal your Intentions 

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.
Concealment is good against competition but I don't agreed among friends. Your friends can smell your insincerity from miles away. Your best choice-of-weapon is still honesty. 

Law 4

 Always Say Less than Necessary 

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinx-like. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Agreed.

Law 5 

So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life 

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
Interesting. To me, good or bad reputation doesn't phase me. I just present a stable outlook.

Law 6 

Court Attention at all Cost 

Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious, than the bland and timid masses.
Totally disagreed. One must feel totally invisible. Totally non-threatening.

Law 7 

Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit 

Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a god-like aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you.
Totally disagreed. Be honest, claim only what's truly yours. You can't fight a dishonest facade.

Law 8 

Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary 

When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains – then attack. You hold the cards.
Interesting. If you can make the enemy acts in the wrong way. Not bad an idea.

 Law 9 

Win through your Actions, Never through Argument 

Any momentary triumph you think gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.
Agreed.

 Law 10 

Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky 

You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.
Possibly true.

Law 11 

Learn to Keep People Dependent on You 

To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.
Agreed.

Law 12 

Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim 

One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. A timely gift – a Trojan horse – will serve the same purpose.
Agreed first part but not second part.

Law 13 

When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude 

If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a way to ignore you. Instead, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance with him, that will benefit him, and emphasize it out of all proportion. He will respond enthusiastically when he sees something to be gained for himself.
Truth.

Law 14 

Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy 

Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.
Gathering information small or big is always important.

Law 15 

 Crush your Enemy Totally 

All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.
Agreed but very reluctantly. A superior tactics is to bring him into our folds.

 Law 16 

Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor 

Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.
Agreed wholeheartedly.

 Law 17 

 Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability 

Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.
The darker secrets have to be protected.

Law 18 

Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous 

The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.
Agreed.

Law 19 

Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person 

There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.
LOL. Merely a very poor choice of attack.

Law 20 

Do Not Commit to Anyone 

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you. 

Totally disagreed. You must take sides very early. Choose your side very carefully and commit very very early in the game. Those on the same side will treat and support you well. Although you would not win the support of the other side, the other side will always try to woo you as you are seen as one who is loyal and dependable. You win much more through respect and wooing from enemy.

Law 21 

Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark 

No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Agreed.

Law 22 

Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power 

When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other cheek you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Totally agreed.

 Law 23 

Concentrate Your Forces 

Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Totally, totally agreed. Absolute overwhelming power will assure swift victory and encourage easy surrender of the enemy.

Law 24 

Play the Perfect Courtier 

The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
This law is GOLD. Court jester has absolute persuasion.

Law 25 

Re-Create Yourself 

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.
Dependent on characteristics of persona. This law is sexy.

Law 26 

Keep Your Hands Clean 

You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s-paws to disguise your involvement.
Neutral.

Law 27 

 Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cult-like Following 

People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.
This law is absolutely GOLD. Every Elisabeth, Jane and Mary love to join a cult.

Law 28 

 Enter Action with Boldness 

If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
Agreed.

Law 29 

 Plan All the Way to the End 

The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.
Planning is not a power law but a pre-requisite.

Law 30 

Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless 

Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work – it only raises questions. Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.
This law is important and must be used on gals.

Law 31 

Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal 

The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.
Neutral.

Law 32 

Play to People’s Fantasies 

The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.
Great. This is a religion-making, same as the cult law.

 Law 33 

Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew 

Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usual y an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleasure. Either way, once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage.
Normal. Know thy enemy. Important.

Law 34 
Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one 

The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.
Don't agree. Never fall into the regal trap set up by the enemy.

Law 35 
Master the Art of Timing 

Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.
Agreed. Timing the attack is also key to success.

Law 36 
Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge 

By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.
LOL. Nothing to add. Just a funny law.

Law 37
 Create Compelling Spectacles 

Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power – everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then full of arresting visuals and radiant symbols that heighten your presence. Dazzled by appearances, no one will notice what you are really doing.
Creating spectacles is always part and parcel of a powerful guy.

Law 38 
Think as you like but Behave like others 

If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.
Invisibility is my favourite.

Law 39 
Stir up Waters to Catch Fish 

Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your enemies off-balance: Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.
Opportunistic. Nothing useful. Maybe just one word:   Be prepared always. Have cash stashed away to grab these opportunities which will come once awhile.

Law 40 
Despise the Free Lunch 

What is offered for free is dangerous – it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price – there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.
True.

Law 41 
Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes 

What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double their achievements to outshine them. Do not get lost in their shadow, or stuck in a past not of your own making: Establish your own name and identity by changing course. Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way.
Sad truth.

Law 42 
Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter 

Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoned of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter.
No experience.

Law 43 
Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others 

Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal pawn. And the way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear. Ignore the hearts and minds of others and they will grow to hate you.
Agreed.

Law 44 
Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect 

The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson. Few can resist the power of Mirror Effect.
Mirror is a very important skill. This is no law but a systemic approach to create influence. I guess that means power.

Law 45 
Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once 

Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day-to-day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, and will lead to revolt. If you are new to a position of power, or an outsider trying to build a power base, make a show of respecting the old way of doing things. If change is necessary, make it feel like a gentle improvement on the past.
Great stuff.

Law 46 
Never appear too Perfect

Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.
As I have mentioned in skirt-chasing:   Never be a perfect hero. Be a broken hero. Have something for the gals to think that they can help you to improve. Only then will they drop their pants.

Law 47 
Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop 

The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning. Set a goal, and when you reach it, stop.
Aiyo ... This law came from gambling. Know when to walk from the table to encash the winnings. Easy to say, bullshit to execute.

Law 48 
Assume Formlessness 

By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.
This is my favourite law. Formlessness is my absoluteness. Make sure no one knows your true bottom. If your allies love to womanize, womanize worse than them. If your allies love to be straight, talk religion better than them. If your allies love to show-off, be their best listening ear. If your allies love to show individualism, show them power by grouping together.

My Comments (in blue):

The book has full of examples. Not all the things are accurate. You should treat the book with a light touch. Assimilate what is suitable to you, discard those that don't take the correct form. 

For those who are familiar with me. You will realize power is just an aura, not something physical. Build that aura, no ants big or small will dare to bite. No lions big or small will dare to challenge you.

p.A Reflection of Year 2013

The last part is here:   Merry Christmas 2013

Throughout my life, there were many ups and downs. Downs mostly. Whenever I was up, there were always sadness that followed.

Interestingly Year 2013 has been really good to me. Many ups and very little downs.

I don't pray for absolute victories all the time. I just wish for peace.

My wish for 2014 is to strengthen even further and start to help families-in-need.

Finally I am strong enough to offer assistance.

Charity must start from home. Only when the home is strong, only then I can offer assistance to those around me.

Let that be my wish and covenant. I shall not abuse the power afforded to me.

May this coming year be a great blessing to all around me and all who are closed to me. I also wish all who are not so near me find peace in what they do. Hatred is poison to the mind. May there be peace. May there be love too. May all those who are powerful to reflect on the karmic path they are threading. If they are at peace with what they are doing, by all means, go ahead. If tengri decides otherwise, then may karma be the one true path. Hating a person is very negative, loving a person is better. If one can't find love, then leave if one must. I have left.