p.Holocaust II - Homosexuality & Overpopulation

The last part is here:    Holocaust II - Rebecca & Gabriel Loh 

A blogger said:

Read up on a study done a while ago where a bunch of mice was enclosed in a 10sq meter space, with enough food and water regardless of population size. Needless to say, they thrived, bred, multiplied, and in a very short while there was hundreds of them. Then thousands. Keep in mind, food was never a problem. So, overpopulation ensued. Now - the interesting thing is that the heavier the population pressure became, the more males started having sex with other males and ignored the females completely. Females started having sex with other females as well, which could be a dominance thing. They repeated the test with monkeys, with the same result, as well as a spectacular increase in violence. Now - could this be applied to human societies, where homosexuality and violence (think gang-warfare, etc.) occur mostly (not exclusively, though) in large cities? If that's the case, aren't psychologists digging up the wrong tree when they speculate on what happened in childhood that could turn a person gay, or blame it on the individual's genetic makeup, even? Interesting...  

This is essentially Calhoun's Experiment reinstated.

Another blogger said:

But I doubt very much if a homosexual gene is beneficial to a given population. If we assume two exclusive states, namely heterosexual (only copulates with the opposite sex), and homosexual (only copulates with the same sex), it should be obvious that any given homosexual individual will not pass his/her genes on. Therefore, if homosexuality is inherited, homosexuals must go back in the closet every now and then, if only for procreation. I think if there is an inherited recessive homosexual gene, it is probably suppressed for a generation or two, before eventually being expressed in one or more of the carrier's offspring. Or, then again, we might be presumptious; there might be a specific gene for straightness!

Another blogger said:
 
I was reading about a book by Dr. Lee Spetner on the modern evolution theory entitled "Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Evolution Theory". Spetner talks of evolution not just happening randomly from generation to generation, but also of it happening non-randomly to fit different situations. He describes our genes as follows:  "These genetic rearrangements may be part of a built-in mechanism that permits a line of organisms to adapt to a new environment. Part of the genetic program of the organism seems to be a set of genetic switches that can be triggered by the environment. These enable a heritable switch in the organism to one of a limited set of alternate forms. An interesting feature of this mechanism is that it can cause a population to adapt rapidly to a new environment."  I was just thinking that this answers the nature vs. nurture question regarding homosexuality. Consider if a male is in an overpopulated society and can't stand out, or whatever may trigger it, his genes will alternate to halt his procreation.

Another blogger said:

That's not how ALL genes work. Some genes can be affected by "coactivation" (A coactivator is a protein that increases gene expression by binding to an activator)  I've read (but now can't find, darn-it-all) that it's the MOTHER that determines the sexuality. That stressors during pregnancy affect levels of a type of testosterone that would then "turn on" the expression of homosexuality. If the mother has the gene for this AND she is under stress during the exact part of her pregnancy for this to have an effect, then the child will be gay. Thus, not ALL children from her will be gay, and even in the case of identical twins, it might not be enough of an effect for both to be affected.  Population control is the only logical explanation thus far put forth for the existence of homosexuality. It's obviously a survival trait that Mother Nature has so thoughtfully provided. It's really too sad that we'd rather use superstition and religious delusion to explain the real world than to open our minds (and our hearts) and realize that homosexuality is a NATURAL part of life on Earth. No one chooses to be gay. No one chooses to be straight. It just IS, and for the betterment of all mankind! (especially in this day and age when most of our problems like pollution, wars, famine, global warming, etc are caused by overpopulation).

If any member of your family is gay, it is a natural process as the mother was under stress and seek to limit the procreation of the next generation. That means, you are in a place that is too densely populated and it's therefore time to move on. Do move on quickly too, as some fucken old guy might hold you and your family back. Don't even stay for a second longer. No amount of wealth creation opportunity in that fucken little island can replace the lack of procreation choice of the next generation. It is alright to restart with zero penny in the pocket. As long as you work hard, you will be rewarded in time. You are playing the great generations game. It is never about wealth-creation. Settle your priorities, you will have a great master plan. Do remember they were people with zero education and experience later became the richest guys of the land.

Don't be limited by that ~!@#@%$#%^$^&%*& belief that by having gay off-springs, you are fucked. NO. It just means that he was stressed by his mother during pregnancy. Move him to a new place (if ever possible), he might turn straight. It is nothing wrong for being gay, please love him as much as the rest. Give him space. It will do everyone good. There is no such thing as lesbians. They are just figments of their imagination during secondary school. The gals will turn straight after their games. Just ask any gals, they all confess to some sort of lesbianism. It is a fashionable fad among the gals during those formative years.

Just one last reminder: Please move on if you ever have a gay kiddo, he deserves a chance to choose again. If it works, great, otherwise, just love him as much for the rest of your life.

p.Story - Sylvester Stallone

This is one of the SADDEST stories ever told in Hollywood. His name is Sylvester Stallone. One of the BIGGEST and Most famous American Movie superstars. Back in the day, Stallone was a struggling actor in every definition. At some point, he got so broke that he stole his wife's jewellery and sold it. Things got so bad that he even ended up homeless. Yes,he slept at the New York bus station for 3 days. Unable to pay rent or afford food. His lowest point came when he tried to sell his dog at the liquor store to any stranger. He didn't have money to feed the dog anymore. He sold it at $25 only. He says he walked away crying.

Two weeks later, he saw a boxing match between Mohammed Ali and Chuck Wepner and that match gave him the inspiration to write the script for the famous movie, ROCKY. He wrote the script for 20 hours! He tried to sell it and got an offer for $125,000 for the script. But he had just ONE REQUEST. He wanted to STAR in the movie. He wanted to be the MAIN ACTOR. Rocky himself. But the studio said NO. They wanted a REAL STAR.

They said he "Looked funny and talked funny". He left with his script. A few weeks later,the studio offered him $250,000 for the script. He refused. They even offered $350,000. He still refused. They wanted his movie. But NOT him. He said NO. He had to be IN THAT MOVIE.  After a while,the studio agreed,gave him $35,000 for the script and let him star in it! The rest is history! The movie won Best Picture,Best Directing and Best Film Editing at the prestigious Oscar Awards. He was even nominated for BEST ACTOR! The Movie ROCKY was even inducted into the American National Film Registry as one of the greatest movies ever!  And do You know the first thing he bought with the $35,000? THE DOG HE SOLD. Yes,Stallone LOVED HIS DOG SO MUCH that he stood at the liquor store for 3 days waiting for the man he sold his dog to. And on the 3rd day, he saw the man coming with the dog. Stallone explained why he sold the dog and begged for the dog back. The man refused. Stallone offered him $100. The man refused. He offered him $500. And the guy refused. Yes, he refused even $1000. And, Believe it or Not, Stallone had to pay $15,000 for the same, same dog he sold at $25 only! And he finally got his dog back!

And today, the same Stallone who slept in the streets and sold his dog JUST BECAUSE he couldn't even feed it anymore,is one of the GREATEST Movie Stars who ever walked the Earth!

Being broke is BAD. Really BAD. Have You ever had a dream? A wonderful dream? But You are too broke to implement it? Too tiny to do it? Too small to accomplish it? Damn! I've been there too many times!

Life is tough. Opportunities will pass you by, just because you are a NOBODY. People will want your products but NOT YOU. It's a tough world. If you ain't already famous, or rich or "connected", You will find it rough. Doors will be shut on You. People will steal your glory and crash your hopes. You will push and push. And yet NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

And then your hopes will be crashed. You will be broke. Damn broke. You will do odd jobs for survival. You will be unable to feed yourself. And Yes, you may end up sleeping in the streets. It happens. Yes, it does.

BUT NEVER LET THEM CRUSH THAT DREAM. Whatever happens to You,Keep Dreaming. Even when they crush your hopes,Keep Dreaming. Even when they turn you away, Keep Dreaming. Even when they shut you down, Keep Dreaming.

NO ONE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF EXCEPT YOURSELF! People will judge You by HOW you look. And by WHAT You have. But please, Fight on! Fight for Your place in history. Fight for your glory. NEVER EVER GIVE UP!

Even if it means selling all your clothes and sleeping with the dogs, IT'S OKAY! But AS LONG AS YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, Your STORY IS NOT OVER. TRUST ME.  Keep Up the Fight. Keep your dreams and hope alive. Go gerrit.

It is not appropriate for me to write my story as this is the internet. My story is no less exotic. Deep inside every successful guy, he always has a rags-to-riches story that he is too eager to tell. It brings forth the throaty smell of blood, the salty taste of sweat and the dull sight of his grindstone.  Although some real, many fabricated, they nevertheless speak of enduring hardship to reach the place they are now in. Nobody can reach the high places without a continuous stream of hard work.

May I therefore ask you to be as hardworking as I am at the very least to test how far your own dream can lead you. It doesn't matter if you're older or younger, the effort to reach there is the same, it has always been. Start as early as possible. Remember my Theory of Man where the length of man is the same. Do test your own limits, you owe it to yourself to know that. If you have done that, you now earned the right to teach your next generation on the virtue of hard-work. Only then, the next generation will listen to you and not have that generation gap.

I too have learnt much from my father. Although he is not a great communicator, but through him, I learned humility. I learned thrive. Most importantly, I learned respect - respect for all mankind - respect for things earth.

g.What is meant to be Financially Free?

The last part is here:   Pants Chasing 

This is so fun. A friend just gave me her most disapproving and scorching comment on my last essay. She said what I have written was so revolting and degrading to the general woman-folks out there that the essay mustn't see the light of the day. How apt. That essay was written based on my observation and it may not have any scientific basis, although I tried my best to be philosophical at the very least. By the way, seeking populous votes is never my idea of this blog. I am only trying to keep my sanity. But, I do stand by my own point of view. I have re-read my own entry and realised that the key reason is that woman-folks found the essay too truthful. It produces a truth mirror that is so brilliant that it only reflects their worst characteristics was way too much for these "ladies" to swallow. The "ladies" expect the opinion of guys of them to be one of kindness, generosity, modesty and beauty. Sorry, if we guy-folks don't take our woman-folks seriously and learn how to manage them properly, misery and cuckoo-ness would be our only comeuppance. If the gals I date ever give me a cuckoo hat to wear, good luck to me if she is never found out, I will just throw them out. Of course, the tub, baby and water all in one.

Chinese Dinner

Just finished dinner with a group of friends from another little island. The table topic was skirt-chasing. I was inquiring why throughout all my good years, I never manage to get any gals from the twin island. The gals at the table again loved to engage me spiritedly to counter any attacks on woman-folks. A gal replied that I didn't spend enough. I smiled. Well, where should I have spent then? She happily suggested dinning at half-hill-estate, the highest revolving restaurant or the shallow-water-bay. I said OK, not that I have not tried. Next time whenever I meet a gal I will just suggest immediately dinning at these places. She said no, no, no. I must never suggest dinning at such places on the first date. It would be too much pressure. I must be subtle. I sighed. I replied god is you, devil is you (神又是你，鬼又是你。) You see:  The problem is it is already so difficult dating the gal out for the first time. During this first date, if I bring her to road-side store, she will squeal and instruct that I shall never ever date or call her again. Since you have suggested that my class (级数) is not high enough, I must act quickly and suggest those places to prove that I have arrived (够级数), since I only always have only one chance to show-case. Not able to counter my logical argument, she laughed heartily.

During the convo, the gals also asked me about the update of the three mormon gals that I was trying to meet. I replied no luck. Then, one cheeky gal asked that what if the cute one suddenly appears at my door step? I replied then better quick-hand-quick-leg open my room liao (快手快脚，开房啦。) She was shocked. She said since I am from that fucken little island, I must not have known mandarin that well, do I therefore know what I have just said? I replied of course, I know what I am talking about. I said since fate has brought us together again, it must also be fate that we will be together from now on, you adult I adult, so let's get it going lor. Two of the gals laughed until they teared.

We had a good dinner. 

Financial Freedom

Lots of guys don't understand the meaning of financial freedom. The gals are only interested in financially-free guys. It doesn't matter if the guy brings her to dine in a road-side-store, she wouldn't complain as she knows full well that the choice of the guy is super flexible. The reason why the guy brings her to a road-side-store is that the food there is the best one can find. The guy simply knows what is its true value. He would bring her to dine at the half-hill-estate if he feels the quality there is great. Money was never in his consideration, only quality of services/products are.

(Wiki:)    For financially independent people, their assets generate income that is greater than their expenses. For example, a person's quarterly expenses may total $4000. They receive dividends from stocks they have previously purchased totalling $5,000 quarterly, while also having more money in other assets. Under these circumstances, a person is financially independent. A person's assets and liabilities are an important factor in determining if they have achieved financial independence. An asset is anything of value that can be liquidated if a person has debt, whereas a liability is related to debt, in that it is the responsibility of one possessing it to provide compensation. (Homes and automobiles with no liens or mortgages are common assets.)

Based on the wiki's definition, roughly it means personal assets are more than liabilities. But, I simply don't agree with this standard definition. I can almost guarantee that poor people are financially quite free as long as they don't gamble. They have poor credibility in the eyes of the banks, they simply can't borrow any money from banks, the poor can only spend what they possessed. In the strict definition, these poor people would have been way more financially free than most modern middle-class debtors.

Financial Freedom to me is the ability of having a continuous and consistent excess cash-flow, without much work to be done to get it, and having all the time in the world to spend these cash-flows at places where even most woman-folks would also be pleased to join or possess.

How can the guy get there?

(1)   Work hard on the first passion business and produce real excess cash-flow.

(2)   Use the excess cash-flow to buy land (as many as possible).

(3)   Develop the land for use,  collect cash-flows from them. I call these cash-flows rental.

(4)   Use these rentals to spend on luxuries. Never sell your land to spend on luxury.

(5)* Buy even more land. The cycle repeats.

If you have not gotten enough gals by then, trust me, there would be too many.

Guys' Greatest Mistake

A guy will start in his 20s and he will then buy the best car and house he can afford with full bank loans. He pays to the hilt of his loans. After about 5-10 years, he got promoted to a new position, he starts to think about buying his next property. Again, he borrows to the hilt from the bank. By 40s, he will get retrenched and become extremely miserable. He starts to blame his government-of-the-day for allowing too many foreign trash in, his friends of sponging drinks and food off him, his relatives for borrowing large sums of money and not repaying him, etc. Within 20 years, he will face a financial tsunami (this is guaranteed) and once again, he is back to the same place as he first started working, as penniless as ever. But, unfortunately for him, he still have another 50 years of living to go.

g.Pants Chasing

The last part is here:   Skirt Chasing

Caveat Emptor

Before I start, I believe every gal has a dream man of their life, and they all come in different shapes and specifications. So what I am going to write is only suitable to only a specific group of gals. It is by no means completely suitable for all gal groups. Hopefully, it speaks truth for most gal groups though.

Guy Mentality

By nature, guys are very simple folks. Their genes still stuck back in 200,000 years ago. Hence, innately guys are hunters at heart. After they have hunted the best animals, they will go back to their fruit-gathering woman groups and try to hump as many attracted females to the food table as possible. They really don't have much other greater ambition. Fast forward to today, guys similarly have 2 key worries: career and gals.

In career, they normally strive to hit the top as soon as possible as they wanted to show-off like a peacock to peahens and hope to attract the finest species. They do so by going to different channels. Some go into politics to acquire power (leader, individual). Some go into business and acquire money (employer, individual). Some go into facilitating a huge group in achieving goals (employee, group). Some goes into skill-selling (self-employed, individual or group). Some go into religion (mind-fucker, individual or group). Each of these pursuits has pros and cons. Each pursuit entails money and power, both money and power components ultimately are measured in monetary terms.

Sufficed to say, the winner is the guy who has absolute power over another guy's life-and-death, such as an emperor. Every guy dreamed about being an emperor. With the absolute power to life-and-death, the gals will clamour for his attention and it doesn't matter how many competitors and sharing. Given a chance, the gals will just go for it. Too juicy to let up the proximity chance. Lower down the power line are equally attractive too, such as court officers and so on ... So even traffic police sergeant got a chance to fuck if the gal kana ticketed.

Second comes the monied man. Not matter if you are a CEO of a huge corporation or a sampan, the gals will go for you if you are full of money. Ultimately, money is a good measure of the guy's ability to acquire luxury. The gal's key measure is only the amount of luxury the guy can supply and for how long. So even if the guy is an old fuck, the gals from 18 to 99 years of age will still be keen to know the guy. Such is the draw of money.

In gals, the guy's interest is actually very simple. He just want to ensure that his genes are carried to the next generation. In the past, the guy used to hope for 10 kids. But nowadays, he is lucky to have just one. His dilemma is huge. Coupled with the fact that the law-of-the-land prohibits polygamy, his bag of trick is now very restricted. It is therefore no surprise that the gals that he humps are as bad as whalers and porkies. He will always try his best to propagate his genes through very random liaisons. Prostitution is the modern solution of the government-of-the-day in reining in rape crimes.

Process

I have mentioned before, the total length of man is constant. If the guy spends his early years in grooming his fur, he will get tons of gals due to his youth and body. But, he will be poor and unsexed for the rest of his life. If the guy spends his early years in building his career, he will not get as many gals. Hopefully his investment in time on career pays off, he will be sexed for the rest of his life.

Gals don't really care whether his cock is young or old, she will sex him to sire the next generation if he proves to be the real thing. A guy can sire kids even at 99 years of age, if the young gal allows.

Beta and Alpha Males

Gals are extremely sensitive towards whether the guy is an alpha or beta. If he is an alpha, i.e., too many gals around him, the gal will sex him regardless to get his superior genes, as she has considered her peers must have done a good job in evaluating his quality. Her peers will even explain in great details his sexual performance. Sexual performance is equated to alphaness. Rough sex is clear indication of alphaness. That's why fantasy of most gals is to be raped. It will give them high when masturbating. An alpha is characterised by not being able to stay to take care of the young.

All other males are beta. Beta males are known to be great nest keepers. They stick to the nest and bring up the youngs. Given a choice, the gal will keep a beta male and quietly sex an alpha for his genes. The sired young will be brought up by the cuckooed beta male. Sad, but true. The risk involved in being caught is high, but the gal has no power over this tendency, it is coded in her genes.

Cuckoo game is very dangerous to the gal. If found out, the off-spring might be killed. Check the sexual habits of monkeys and lions. We humans are no different. I am puzzled that many gals behave with such tendency. As in order to reach today's generation, the beta guy's ancestors must have one time or another been made a general, else there is no way the guy's genes can propagate till this day. Playing the cuckoo game is not really that wise a choice. Gals are advised against this maternal instinct.

Methodology

Strong guys like to be pampered. A gal should never try to wear pants in front of the strong guy. She will fail big time. That being said, some guys like to be dominated. Some gals like to dominate. So to each their cup of tea. Exercise regularly and do doll up and make the guy proud to get her as his arm candy. If he don't even feel proud about showing her off.  Chances are that she as a gal has lost.

Quite a large number of gals are extremely lazy. She thinks that by having a golden pussy, she would have already won. Sorry, bad choice. A strong guy has full of choice. He is limited edition. Too many gals have sought his attention before her. So from young, he already had been schooled in this social game. His skill level is high and not much different from the gal's ability in social awareness. So go out to events, activities, festivals and parties that will fill with these princelings. Some princelings are quite shy and may not appear. They might even appear to be damn beta, but do be careful, these betas can become alpha overnight. Great examples are Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. 

It is that simple.

g.Yoga Class

The last part is here:   Skirt Chasing

A friend again complained that I am so boring. The essays were absolutely not interesting to her. She wanted me to write more girly stuff. Da Lo ... This blog is not for her. This blog is the public key for my next generation. In time, my heir(s) will use this blog to correct their business style(s).

OK. OK. OK. Try to write something personal then. Today just went for my yoga class: 80% gals and 20% guys. Two chinesemen only. They don't look too bad, but quite stuck-up. So no talkie. The gal instructor was quite cute, very talkative towards me. So not so bad. Can later develop from there. Find more chiobus through her lor. My school fee is really worth every cent, man. Shiok!

Gals who exercise are really good-looking. Healthy, can bear good kids. Gals that don't exercise are lazy and hopeless in child-bearing.

The whites are getting a little more hard-working now. The white agent dates me again. Sigh ... I don't like so much attention. My focus is now east-wards towards my cutie birdhouse. The grand-master in the east just told me about a reasonably sized land is available now. Hmmm ... another decision-making. Not healthy to think so hard so often. The land in the east is still very reasonable. This is going to be tricky. Oops ... old habits die hard. Business talk again.

A guy who is deeply involved in business is an attractive guy. He is busy and he has no time for gals, hence, can't afford to be sticky towards gals. Gals find this very interesting and desirable. Having money is important, your temper go down to zero. You are not easily angered as there is absolutely nothing in this world you can't do. So if a guy comes forward to show-off, you will just brush him off with politeness, claiming your absolute inaptness. You will appear humble and not show-off back to him. Gals knowing your true innate power will laugh quietly as a private joke between you and the gal. This private joke will go a long way towards cementing each relationship.

b.Land - The Waterfall

The last parts are here:   Land - The Future (Part 3 of 4)   and   Passion business I - The Way

A friend once asked me what so special about the waterfall? Why must I try so hard to get it?

I smiled. She is wise beyond her tender years.

High quality water resources are going to be extremely limited in years to come. Whosoever clings on to one is going to make him immensely powerful. Of course, I am not going to try to bottle that water as mineral water and sell. That would be the most silly idea on earth.

The quality of wine must come from 3 things:   yeast, fruit/grain and water. There are others but mostly can be resolved using shipments and technologies. Good yeast can be cultivated through careful selection and science, so it is not an issue. Good fruit/grain can be imported or planted in good soil, again this is also not an issue. But, water is not as portable. The moment water is bottled and shipped, its very essence is changed permanently. Therefore, water has to be fresh. Not only fresh, but correctly balanced with nature. It must not be heated, cooled or played with. It must naturally flow into the fermenters as wholesome as possible. Any playing around will not produce the right balance and the wine will never be good.

Finally, the barrels that contain the wine for aging would either be oak or redwood, which I can easily plant or harvest them in my land. So no issue.

I wish that it would not be too expensive to get my hand on a land that contains a waterfall. Not only just a waterfall, but one that produces harmonized water from the sky.

There is however an alternative: underground mineral water in between granite layers. Unless and otherwise I have no choice, I still believe in my first choice: the Waterfall. I can still vividly remember the sweet heavenly taste of mountain water from the lake district of England during my more tender and adventurous years.

I do really hope within my lifetime I will get a waterfall. That's a promise to my name-sake.

b.Land - Distressed properties

The last parts are here:   Land - Church - The graveyard   and   MegaTrend - Baby Boomer Bubble has Burst

One of the golden times to buy land is now here. It will be good for the next 16-18 years. Take you time to get them. Seek out as many distressed properties as possible. Even if you are not able to buy now, it is always good to read the newspapers and internet. I personally feel that the best information must come from the internet. Nowadays almost every one is so lazy that they can't be bothered even to flip the newspapers. They just do an internet search and the information just drops out. It is that simple. Information providers have since changed their dissemination to the new channel - the worldwideweb.

Many websites claim that they are privy to information such as foreclosures and bank auctions. Please don't trust any of them and part with your hard-earned money. They are just sponges. They will just take your money and not give you any value in return. In the end, you lose money and you are now poorer and even further away from buying a piece of land. Trust only official or near-official websites. The best thing is that they are usually free, not like information from that fucken little island, where everything is charged.

Be extremely patient about hunting for a piece of land. Sometimes you get about 50% off the usual price. For me, I once get 90% off the usual price. Can you ever imagine you can get a land at only 10% of its true value. All you have to do is to get the seller agent to do a turn-coat on her seller and voila, you have your cake and eat it (Nowadays most seller agents are female. I don't deal with buyer agents, they are a waste of my time).

Careful surveys are very important. Study your quarry. Go for the kill only when you are ready. If you ever lose any opportunity, it just means that you are not fated to own it. Move on. There will be other and better ones that will come along. Meantime, starts saving every single cent to the dollar. Delay as much luxury purchases as possible. Balance your act. Just be nice to the woman-folks so that they don't give you problem when you finally go for the kill.

If ever possible, parcel out your capital into 10 to 20 different purchases. Make the first purchase and you will find that you are making newbie mistakes. Be patient, your brain muscles are not yet tuned. By the tenth purchase, you can almost turn water into wine. By which time, your first few purchases are giving you regular incomes sufficient to buy your subsequent and bigger purchase. If needed, parcel out the new income and continue the good work. Don't be in a hurry to spend them all. It is good to keep some for rainy days. Some times, it is appropriate to spend these regular incomes on your family members and pamper your woman-folks, they have been made hungry long enough. Buy them the best holidays and toys. Have a balanced lifestyle.

p.What Drives Me?

The last part is here:   Leaving the good shore in search of a better life 

和子由澠池懷舊 
蘇軾（宋）

人生到處知何似，應似飛鴻踏雪泥。
泥上偶然留指爪，鴻飛那復計東西。
老僧已死成新塔，壞壁無由見舊題。
往日崎嶇還記否，路長人困蹇驢嘶。
What is this drifting life like? Do you know? It is like a wild goose treading on the snow.
Its tracks are left on the soil without knowing why. And the wild goose does not care where to fly?
A new memorial pagoda for the old monk rises above his burial place. The poems we once wrote on the ruined wall are gone without a trace.
Do you remember the time when we were travelling on the rugged road? The lame donkey brayed; we were tired and still have a long way to go.

There are so many people nowadays asked me the same question: "What drives me?"

I really don't know what to answer. The fact is that I am living and breathing every day as if I have no tomorrow. I don't seem to have time to achieve what I have set out to do. I simply have too many unfinished jobs.

I have lost so much time dealing with my failures and disappointments that I now realised that I have to let each of every one of these betrayals go. If I am still fill with hatred, then how can I fill my heart with love. By letting go, maybe I just given permission for me to live life again. Keeping bitterness don't create final happiness. Wallowing in sadness don't build a fortress of harmony. I must therefore learn to let go. But, sometimes letting go also means letting go of my memories. Some memories are good, but, memories that are bad are also stuck with the good ones. They are actually inseparables. Sigh ...

Maybe, just maybe, I might learn to fly once more.

b.Contract - Gap Down

(Click on the picture to see an enlarged version of the chart.)

The last part is here:   Contract - The fairness of the Whites

If you have traded in stocks and shares, you would have come across this phenomenon. But, not many people managed to learn from this tool. Simply because either the traders are too early or too late.  Only after the event, then the traders realised the gaps have happened. But, the traders were seldom part of the fun.

The tempo of  stocks and shares trading is way above that of the land trading, hence, not many opportunities to see these gaps in land deals in real life. Coupled with the fact that the land transaction volume is usually low, many gaps are masked by the general trend of the market. There is therefore a need to come out with a methodology to handle these gaps.

Gaps are extremely profitable.

Land is different from shares. In shares, there would be too many shareholders and each holds identical shares. They will deal with you only through the price mechanism. Land deals are different. Each land, property or building is different. Some have good conditions, some have poor conditions, some have restrictions, some are near the road, some are rural and some are irregularly shaped. Each land simply has too many variables and factors influencing the final selling price. Coupled with the fact that the seller is only an individual, it is thus very easy to play the game.

Land ownership is one of the most expensive assets a person can hold. Hence, he can at most hold a couple. With the fact that these lands are seldomly traded and unupdated present market condition, the owners were extremely inexperienced in transacting a good price. Further the so-called seller agents are turn-coats of the monied buyer. The game is badly one-sided. Of course, one feels bad about reaping the sellers off. But, do rest in the comfort that as a buyer, you are already a late comer in the land game. The land prices have already risen to stratospheric level and you have only just begun. So don't worry too much about fairness. You as a buyer is already unfairly disadvantaged.

There are many reasons behind why the seller wants to sell the land. It could be gambling, no income, illness, sudden need, encashing a good buy and etc. I am not going into any of these, the seller wouldn't tell any way.

Say, for example, a land costs $100. Through very careful survey, when you decide to buy you are already willing to buy the land at its offer price of $100. If this is your first deal, you would be slightly disadvantaged. Trust me, you would show too much interest and the price you finally deal would be bad. Fortunately, you are helped by your initial careful survey, the land is already considered reasonable even at its original selling price. Any discount is considered your year-end bonus.

You don't know if the seller is desperate or still strong. You have to assumed that he is weak. If you return an offer of $80 (20% down), you will normally end up buying at $90 (10% down, mid-point). If you return an offer of $70 (30% down), you will normally end up buying at $85 (15% down, mid-point). Some time ago, I tried returning an offer at 50%. It was a disaster, the seller smelt my insincerity to deal, he stopped bargaining and firmly stuck to his original selling price. I ended up buying the land only at $88 (12% down), hardly any big deal.

Depending on the situation, return a price between $60 to $70 (40% - 30% down), the seller would be very stuck. This return offer is so painful that usually the seller can't sleep. This is a price that the seller would sweat to no end. It is painfully low but yet not low enough for him to feel insulted. If the seller is desperate and he will be sleepless for 30 hours and then he will collapse and gave in. You might end up buying the land at 30-40% discount from its original price. You have achieved a gap down. At its worst case, you will still have a 15-20% discount (100%+70% /2 and 100%+60% /2) from the original selling price. Not too bad.

Sometimes, it is very hard to return at such low price, you will feel bad vibes, ignore these feelings, you need to stay humble and repeat that mantra to the seller agent that you are very poor and the banks are not-yet-your-good-friend. Your seller agent will become your turn-coat in no time. It is extremely difficult to reject a monied man no matter how poor. LOL.

The cunning Asians of course are too smart as they have enough practice.

Caveat Emptor

A friend once asked me why don't I go for the kill since I know the seller is weak? I gave her a good tongue lashing. Never work the seller to the ground. It is very cheap for him to buy poison to do you in, your land would be useless for years to come. It is also too easy for him to buy cement powder to pour down the sewerage on the day of your taking-over. Never play the dangerous game. SunTzu said it is always wise to block three sides of the encirclement leaving an escape route of one side (your desired escape route for the enemy). A standing-to-fight-till-death enemy is worth 10-1 odds. So don't hurt yourself even if you are winning easy.

Be that most poisonous cunning smiling despicable me.

p.Land - Another Church

The last part is here:   Business Jinx

“Hi, Luca, we finally meet!” “Hi, Father X …” “OK, let’s cut the chase and get down to the contract.” I swallowed my saliva hard. “Er … OK, then.” This white is very different lei and don’t really look like a Father, looks more like a gangster. I have to be careful. “I want to continue to stay in this church if you don’t mind. I can’t deliver vacant possession to you upon the sale.” “But, I would like to have vacant possession after the sale & purchase, because I want to continue the good work in religion.” “You can’t be a Father unless you have a degree in a Bible college! And I am already a Father.” I must have been the most unconvincing pastor-to-be in the world. “So, what’s the way-ahead?” “I’ll pay you rent and you allow me to stay here and take care of my flock of sheep.” “I don’t want to get rent. I want a church for myself.” “Then what do you want?” “I don’t want to rent to you, I want a cut of your takings per week.” “Ohhh … Now we are finally talking …” … details … conclusion … hand-shake …

The white agent who had been extremely quiet throughout the negotiation, later gave me a big friendly smile. She said I have done marvellously. I deserved to get a good hug from her. I said I am taken. She asked how about finding another love? I replied how to? She gave me a wry smile and of course, showed me another glorious church. I smiled too. She is getting too adorable and I should actually just take her … of course, to be my personal agent. What else?

A flash back from eons ago …

I was then wearing that silly student uniform on my first day of school and suddenly a very handsome boy approached me. “Hey, you are new here? What’s your name?” “I am Luca and yours?” “Gong Hee Fatt Choy.” (in a quiet but confident voice) “I am going to be your master.” “?????” “You bring me gals and I will bring you popularity.” “You are already so handsome. You don’t need my help. And furthermore, I am not exactly a gal catcher!” “That’s the deal if you want to learn from me about how to make wealth from nothing.” Ooooh … I like. My little brain started to click. I must never let go of this opportunity. I must learn from this senior. Not knowing that years later, he went on to become one of the best criminal minds of our times. “Yes, Master. I shall be your humble servant. Your words are my commands.”

Gong will always bring his guitar to school every other day. It was heavy but, he practised hard on the instrument for hours, hidden away in the clock tower. He sang too.

Soon after, I brought two of my cutest companions to him and he readily accepted my offering. From then on, he taught me that the most important weapon is the mind. One must use the mind to win battles. Master was pleased with me.

I asked him that will I ever be like him? He said no way and that his level is way above me. Just look at that tall speckie boy. He will one day be great too, but his level will still be below him. He then introduced the tall even more senior boy to me. I was happy. Master liked my servitude. This tall senior was quite cute. Whenever he talked, his lips would press hard against his teeth, making me felt that he is in pain all the time. True enough. That tall senior also later became a monk, with tons of two-legged boys and a four-legged horsie boy with him. Master was a real clairvoyant.

I remembered there was this one time when Master was strumming his guitar to my two cute gals, I asked him why did all great minds choose this exclusive school, wearing only pure white. His reply which I remembered till this day was a great mind would necessarily be intelligent and would automatically congregate at this school. I didn’t know till years later that criminal minds are the most clever to boot. I was indeed glad to be part of this entourage. So pompous, so aristocratic, so free ...

I am now glad to learn from Master that criminal state of mind. I must apply well what I have learnt. I am so blessed. With this church as the starting point, I am sure Master would be pleased with me. One day, I hope Master after he is out of imprisonment would visit me in my own prison too. Such belief of a young padawan ...

I was jolted back to reality by my white agent by a tight slap. She asked me when will I be ready to discuss my mink farm? I replied warily that she is only good at churches. She replied she is realtor, she handles all land matters. Wow …

Why do I, the hunter always felt like the hunted. Every pore now feels the chill in the air.

b.Happiness - 0.0020087236+1 (0.00%) 13 Jul 2013

The last part is here:   Happiness - 0.0001492194674+1 (0.00%) 18 Jun 2013

Bad, bad, bad ... I am spending way too much money over rubbish. This church is good for my portfolio, but bad for my overall plan. I don't grow very much by the percentage. I have too much vanity in me.

This church is 50% bigger than my first loss. But, it has no 1000-grave land to play with. The flock is stronger than the first, and I have a gangster Father to boot. Not too bad, I hope.

The white agent knowing my appetite for church assets is not reducing, but increasing by the day is not doing me good. A hunter must never let the hunted knows what's on his mind. But, my intention is currently as bright as daylight. I must learn to take breaks from my grindstone.

My sauron eye is now turned towards the east. The birdhouse (BH) is calling me again. I am now told of a tale that in the northern part of a peninsula, there in lies an island full of swiftlets, waiting to be housed in a birdhouse. 5,000 birds they said. The insects are plenty and the harvesters few. I am blessed again by the gods. Will the birds wait for me? I told the grand master in the east to give me 3 more years, before I start on the BH. But, he called and told me that time and tide wait for no man. Wow ... Such wisdom. I am indeed humbled by his grandeur.

g.Show - 杀戒

The last part is here:   Skirt Chasing

杀戒 (The show is here:   杀戒(电影))

生活在小城里的美丽姑娘江月娥（倪妮 饰）刚刚经历过感情失败，却与高大帅气的肖立昆（刘烨 饰）偶然邂逅，二人一见钟情.因为一个突发状况，肖立昆与江月娥闪婚成为夫妻，并生下儿子肖磊.婚后夫妻之间出现了无法弥补的感情裂痕，肖立昆对于娇妻婚后的种种行为疑心重重，而江月娥亦有重大婚前隐情瞒着肖立昆. 　　在确认江月娥出轨后，两人毅然决定离婚，但江月娥不放心儿子继续跟肖立昆在一起，誓死争夺抚养权，肖立昆也毫不让步，决心守住自己的孩子.夫妻为儿子对簿公堂各施手段，江月娥突然在法庭宣称肖磊不是肖立昆的骨肉，要求做DNA亲子鉴定.目睹事件全过程的王晓娟（张逗逗 饰）来找肖立昆，道出肖磊出生的真相.精神重创之下，肖立昆回老家取出祖传的杀猪刀......

In the end, the cuckooed guy decided not to kill his wife and lover (sorry ... spoiled your surprise).

For me, if this event ever happen to me. I wouldn't be so kind. There are simply too many ways to employ tact to kill off the offending joker. I am a lion and shall remain so. Live by the sword, die by the sword. It is therefore always a choice not to play other guy's women, no matter how pretty. Choose the next unattached brand new sweet young thing.

Cuckoo birds have evolved a nasty habit of laying their eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then unknowingly tend to their young. But the fairy-wren has developed a rather ingenious countermeasure: Expectant mothers teach their unhatched offspring a secret password that they'll later need to get fed. The cuckoo chicks, who don't know the password, are out of luck. There are many aspects about this discovery that are fascinating. First, it's remarkable that fairy-wrens have evolved a mechanism to thwart Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo parasitism in this fashion. For a trait to evolve like this shows just how versatile and exploratory nature can be when confronted with a problem. But given how detrimental brood parasitism is to the host bird's reproductive fitness, it shouldn't come as a surprise that evolution found a way. Fairy-wren chicks taught secret passwords to thwart dickish cuckoo birds. And as the researchers correctly point out, it's a tactic that borrows from meme theory — the notion that ideas, and not just genes, can get passed down from generation to generation and used in an adaptive way. In this case, the meme is a signature element found in a one-note chirp.  Moreover, these memes — what are essentially passwords — are taught to the chicks while they're still in their eggs (what's called prenatal learning) during late incubation. So, by the time they hatch, the fairy-wren chicks already know what to ‘say' in order to prove that they're the real deal (and not a cuckoo chick). If the mother doesn't hear the proper "solicitation song," she will simply refuse to feed the chick.  And fascinatingly, if the entire nest is overrun by cuckoos (or chicks who don't know the proper password), she will abandon the nest and move on to start again. Yikes.
The researchers also noticed that mother fairy-wrens will teach the password to other caregivers of her young, including mates and other helpers. When they do this, however, they're out of earshot of the chicks. Which is smart.  They also noticed that the signature element varies from nest to nest; all passwords are unique and tied to a particular mother. Cross-fostering experiments confirmed that a fairy-wren mother will not feed a genuine fairy-wren chick if it doesn't know the password.

This is a very sad case of a stable and reliable beta male made unwittingly to take care of another alpha male's offspring. So read the book:   Sperm Wars by Robin Baker and learn well.

b.Business Direction - A mess

The last part is here:   Philosophy of Business

Dilemma

A friend pulled me aside today and breathed down my neck. He asked, "What the hell is happening to me?", "You suggested to do all kinds of things, you went ahead to do all these things!", "Every single project of yours is all work-in-progress!", "Don't you realise that each of these projects is so big that each will engulf your lifetime doing it well?", "There is no need of you to dabble in so many things at any one time. You should just pick one good one and go with the flow.", "NOW! What the fuck are you doing with that church?"

I gave a very strained smile. I knew he meant well. I asked him, "Which part he felt bad?" So he tested me on my winery project, I gave him the full brief on the winery plan. He asked me on my ginseng plan, again I gave him a full brief. He was happy to hear them. Finally, there is indeed a proper executable master plan for each and he is hearing it for the first time from the horses' mouths.

He eagerly wanted to ask further such as the newest church plan. I told him that what I can tell him is only the public key. The private key belongs to my heir(s). Although each and every project is big, but each is fun to start. If I don't do them now. I wouldn't be able to complete their first phase reasonably for handing over to my heir(s). My time on earth is diminishing. I don't have that much time left. I have spent most of my good years in that fucken little island. I can't afford to waste any more time bumping around. He finally understood my urgency and plan width.

To sum:   Not every thing can be understood by merely looking at its surface, you need to explore deeper into each cleavage before you can finally see its beauty. Then, carefully savour its condiments and discover its real taste. It is important not to ever dismiss any person as a clown, he could be the most cunning fox and might be your worst enemy yet. 

b.Branding Strategy

The last parts are here:   Big Business starts Small (II)   &   Channels - Where Money Moves

Brand

(From wiki:) Branding is defined as "the process of creating a relationship or a connection between a company's product and emotional perception of the customer for the purpose of generating segregation among competition and building loyalty among customers." Or "a fulfillment in customer expectations and consistent customer satisfaction."

The origination of branding can be traced to ancient times, when specialists often put individual trademarks on hand-crafted goods. The branding of farm animals in Egypt in 2700 BC to avoid theft may be considered the earliest form of branding, as in its literal sense.

As somewhat more than half of companies older than 200 years old are in Japan, many Japanese businesses' "mon" or seal is an East Asian form of brand or trademark. In the West, Staffelter Hof dates to 862 or earlier and still produces wine under its name today. By 1266, English bakers were required by law to put a specific symbol on each product they sold. Branding became more widely used in the 19th century, through the industrial revolution and the development of new professional fields like marketing, manufacturing and business management. Branding is a way of differentiating product from mere commodities, and therefore usage of branding expanded with each advance in transportation, communication, and trade.

Any list of brands would be necessarily incomplete, but purely for example, Coca-cola, Apple, IBM, Google, Microsoft, GE, McDonald's, Intel, Samsung, and Toyota. The split between commodities/food services and technology is not a matter of chance: both industrial sectors rely heavily on sales to the individual consumer who must be able to rely on cleanliness/quality or reliability/value, respectively. For this reason, industries such as agriculture (which sells to other companies in the food sector), student loans (which have a relationship with universities/schools rather than the individual loan-taker), electricity (which is generally a controlled monopoly), and so on have less prominent and less valuable brands.

Among the most highly visible and recognizable brands is the red Coca-cola can. Despite numerous blind tests indicating that Coke's flavor is not preferred, Coca-Cola continues to enjoy a dominant share of the cola market. Coca-cola's history is so long that a folklore has sprung up around the brand, including the (refuted) myth that Coca-cola invented the red-dressed Santa-Claus which enjoys currency in less developed regions of the world such as the former Soviet Union and China, and such brand-management stories as "Coca-Cola's first entry into the Chinese market resulted in their brand being translated as 'bite the wax tadpole').

Brand is bull-shit

Over my entire life, I have no respect for brands. I have changed my brands several times. The reason for each change of brand is that I was bored with its symbol and I wanted something new. Each time, it costed me tons of money to change. After each change, the sale volume did not change a single significant bit. It was sale as usual as if nothing had happened. The new brand did not get affected at all by its newness and neither did any of my competition took advantage of my "newbie" brand and wacked me to hell's come. It was only then that I realised that there is no such thing as brands. Brands are mere figments of our imagination. See how fast Nokia was abandoned for Apple, and then from Apple to Samsung. But, every damn branding leeching guru swears by it as if the corporation depended on it for a chance to survive this "cruel" market-place. I must admit that when I see a huge range of my products being displayed on the shelves, there is a little feeling of pride. Of course, it was bloody hard work. But, pride itself can't sell me products. I can feel proud simply because I owned that business. But, consumers are not going to care about who's behind that name. They simply wanted the best bang for their money, be it, fashion, lifestyle, pride, show-off, utility, value-over-money, need, and etc.

Some brands are named after their dogs, cats, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, own name and what-have-you. In each and every instant, they always have a story to tell. Some of the brands are so ridiculous that I would never have named the brand that way. But, after 10 years, even the most ridiculous name becomes familiar and consumers start to identify with it.

If in the event overnight, Coca-cola were to change to blue colour and call itself "Cup-cake". The drinks will still sell. The value is not in the so-called brand. The key is in its distribution channels. For a newbie brand, its access to market is limited, hence, the poor results. But, I was no newbie supplier, although I have changed abruptly my brand name, but because of my existing access to market. I was not affected by any brand name change. The consumers just take the new brand name products due to need. There were no alternative. Since my old brand name disappeared overnight, the retailer just recommend the next best AVAILABLE thing on the shelves.

Therefore, after a considerable time on station, the product would have increased their market access points. The brand having more access points is now more famous and hence, now a branded entity. What a joke!

So don't be fooled by the word "Branding". Really, there is no such thing. Just put your nose on the grindstone and deliver that quality and price-value, you will be alright. Don't ever compromise on your product quality. Over time, the access points will increase and take care of its own distribution channels. You will then have become "branded". It is that simple.

Brand is local

Even with your best marketing plans with unlimited budget, you still can't beat their local brands. Local brands have been around for eons. They exist and then they die. Even after they die, another brand will take its place. One chick dies, one chick sings (一鸡死一鸡鳴). But, nonetheless, they will survive to eternity. They are like the trees growing in the local woods. Locally strong, locally hardy. No point trying to challenge them, they are here to stay.

So therefore work with these local brands, allow your products to be branded under their brands. Let them feel that they are holding your balls. But, since you own the Intellectual Property Rights of the product and manufacturing power. There is hardly anything they can do about it. So do a joint collaboration, there is simply no harm that can come your way. This way, it is a little symbiotic and it would be good for all participating parties.

Never try to brand the product international. It is useless. It will fail.

b.Blood Money (血汗钱)

The last part is here:   Passing on ...

A friend asked me an interesting question today:   How come her sister likes to buy branded stuff every now and then to soothe her nerves? What is then a shopping therapy? I replied with a question:   Do you find me a miser or a spender?  She replied:   Most of the time, kiam (a miser)! @#$%^&*()_+~! ... Never die before, she don't have to be so frank lor.

Shopping Therapy

Shopping (retail) therapy is shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood or disposition. Often seen in people during periods of depression or transition, it is normally a short-lived habit. Items purchased during periods of retail therapy are sometimes referred to as "comfort buys".

Retail therapy was first used as a term in the 1980s with the first reference being this sentence in the Chicago Tribune of Christmas Eve 1986: "We've become a nation measuring out our lives in shopping bags and nursing our psychic ills through retail therapy." 

The European Union conducted a study finding that 33% of shoppers surveyed had "high level of addiction to rash or unnecessary consumption". This was causing debt problems for many. The same study also found that young Scottish people had the highest susceptibility to binge purchasing.

Researchers have advocated its classification as a psychological disorder called oniomania or compulsive shopping disorder.

Blood Money (血汗钱)

If you are an employee, you make money by burning your life essence to a corporation. It is blood money. You feel stressed, you feel bottled up, you feel so small and you don't feel needed. To release stress, you go out and blow the very money that the corporation gave you. You shout at the waitress at the most minute detail. You show middle finger to those who are slow at crossing your path. You talk loudly when buying branded stuff. You are obnoxious to the core to say the very least. You feel powerful. You feel invincible. You feel RICH. But, immediately after the brief spending, you are back putting your nose back to the grindstone. This is the shopping therapy people talked about. The cycle repeats every so often.

If you are an employer (a.k.a. boss), you make money by spending time managing the corporation. It too is blood money. You feel stressed whenever the sale goes down. You feel the government-of-the-day is always against you, but you still need to suck their cocks, i.e., be their grassroots and be trampled on. You feel betrayed when your very own worker goes out to set up an exact business to compete with you. You always get paid last, but yet pretend to be still rich by frequently paying for all meals consumed by the corporation. Again, many employers perform the shopping therapy ritual too.

To sum:   As long as you spend time minding the job or business, it is blood money.

If it is blood money, it cannot be spent on luxury. Period. Invest your blood money wisely and nurse them to fruition.

If you go to a nice restaurant using blood money, you will not be rich. If you buy a nice handbag using blood money, you will not get out of your miserable work cycle. If you buy an expensive holiday using blood money, you will not be financially free.

What is then not blood money? Rentals you get from a fully paid property. Excess money you get from business after accounting for all business costs, your own salary, research & development funding, savings for future business expansion. Money you get from not having to work at it to get it. In addition to all of the above requirements, the non-blood-money must also be recurrent. Only recurrent funds can be classified as non-blood-money. Money that requires to answer the question of what-if is also not considered non-blood-money.

How to spend non-blood-money? This is the happy part. You just buy the best things in life you can afford, loan-free though. There is no need to compare prices.

Self-Defence

The reason why I am still termed "kiam" (a miser) is because I still have not made it. Hence, most of the time, I am restrictive in my spending. But, I do have occasions that I am a spendthrift. Hopefully, these times will get more frequent as I expected.

b.Business Jinx

The last part is here: Land - Church - The graveyard 

This is not good. The white agent just told me that the tall, tall church has been snapped up by another white. The deal is likely to be closed as white people love their kindred. There is not a chance in hell for a yellow like me. !@#$%^&*()_+ ...

I have long learned this lesson about not talking about projects that are work-in-progress. I have failed to do so. By talking about potential deals, I am actually not focussed on the work-in-progress, but instead, hope to gloat over its feather-adding. The end result:   The whites got the wind of it and started their maneuvers to save the church from a yellow-skinned. They managed to beat me to it. I was too slow. I was playing with each and every one of my trusted contacts seeking concurrence and hope to gloat loudly about the purchase to them. But, what I failed to consider was I need to think through the what-if-then-else tree. I did none of that. When the white agent threatened me about another potential player. I was too over-confident. By talking about it to contacts would not have won me the deal. I need to spend my time with the white agent and find out if I could secure the deal asap. I didn't. I behaved like a cat toying playfully with my caught mouse. The white seller bolted and allowed another late white buyer to overtake me. The amount dealt was the same. But, I was given a miss, even though I was the first one to bid that value. As long as the deal is not signed, I can only sigh.

The white agent felt my pain and offered me another even nicer and taller church at an even better value and location. I asked her how many more churches does she have on hand? She gave me a very wicked smile and replied that she always keep a private list of church leaders, just in case she needs to repent. She is indeed bad influence on my religious belief. Although she robbed me of my prize, like God, she gave another bigger prize for me to catch. Very naughty, very, very naughty indeed. I will now keep my mouth shut and nose back to the grindstone. The grindstone is where for every ten projects, I  can only win on one.

In business, there is such a thing called JINX. Believe in it, keep the projects away from plying eyes, then all things will be back in place. If these projects are exposed prematurely, the chance of winning them is going to be greatly reduced.

All businesses involve business risk, i.e., do note that every single government project is keep under wraps until it is completed and ready for public scrutiny. When the projects are finally exposed, it would be too late for any competition to get at them. It is not just jinx at work but safety to the business person.

Let this be a heavy lesson for me and hopefully, you.

b.MegaTrend - Baby Boomer Bubble has Burst

Baby Boomers

The phrase baby boom has been used since the late twentieth century to refer to a noticeable temporary increase in the birth rate during the post-world wars, i.e., 1946-1964.

In 2008-2009, the financial markets actually melt down and threatened another round of the class 1930’s depression. I don’t understand why? Now I know.  Baby boomers were the first generation to be raised with fast food, principally led by McDonalds, after the world wars. And together, these post-war kids and the quick-service industry have grown and evolved. Now, noticeably McDonalds is not doing as well. Why? Well, the first of the baby boomers are now retiring starting from 2011 (65 years of age). Over the next 20 years, bit by bit, these baby boomers would retire. From 1946 to now, all of its boom was due to the baby boomers. Their needs and their kids’ needs were the single largest concern and target of all commercial corporations. 

When the first baby boomers started to retire, suddenly the white land realized that they don’t have enough health insurance safe-guards to handle this sudden large number of retirees. They even change a white president for a black one, hoping that they can have a change of luck. This is how serious the problem has snow-balled. I also didn’t realize until quite recently that indeed we have a problem.

The mythical Baby Boomer Bubble has Burst

I personally engaged the following:

• Several of my online gamers mentioned about moving from a major city to a rural sub-urb for retirement. I asked why? Each mentioned that he no longer has regular income and hence, would not be wise to stay in a large city and spend his miserable pension. He will get a better bang for his money in the sub-urb. In the sub-urb, he no longer needs to fight with others for the trains and roads. He simply wanted to sell his expensive city house for a cheapo alternative and keep the difference.

• Many of my land deals were of very long historical records, i.e., 35-90 years. Ordinarily, I didn’t decipher any note-worthiness from this similarity. But now, I suspect the baby boomers were the main issue. It seems that many of these baby boomer retirees initially being gainfully employed would not see a need to sell any of their dormant or active assets. But, once they are retired, they wouldn’t have any more cash flow to maintain their lifestyles. The single most obvious thing to do is to liquidate as quickly as possible those assets which they find no obvious profitable deployment, such as land banking. They try to sell and I caught them. Why? Because I am a cheapo. I only go for obviously cheap distressed stuff.

• Many longer-termed immigrants told me that they are currently very home-sick. They wanted to sell their white houses and go back to their former home countries for retirement. But, they can’t do it as the prices back in their ex-home countries have risen to a level that is beyond reason. They showed me great regrets and sadness. The alternative is for them to move to a white sub-urb and keep the difference. But, this option means that they will move away from their current kakis and no more blow-waters (chit-chats).

These incidents led to a single conclusion:   No matter how rich these baby boomers are. Many are not savers. Their single largest asset must therefore be land ownership. They are indeed fast in releasing them.

Supply outpacing Demand

Based on the chart, there would only be 60 newly-wed takers for every 100 baby boomer retiree liquidating their assets each year. Supply would far outpace demand. This is going to continue till the last of the baby boomers retires, i.e., 2029. We would have a good 16 years to catch their land banks.

With the frequent and serious world-wide quantitative easing, we are going to have real fun.

We live in an exciting time where we are now given a second chance to collect land. Hence, for the next 16 years, do nothing but collect land. You can improve the infrastructures of the land later, i.e., after 2029.

Although you should never structure a business based on trends, but this baby boomer trend is too mega to be ignored. So use it to the best of your interest.

g.Skirt Chasing

The last part is here: Leader of Gals

I was told by my friend not to write so much rubbish on boring topics like business; try some other more interesting topics. Business is a guy’s problem. Just leave it as that. @$#%^&*()_+ …

When you approach a girl openingly by saying “hi”, she would reply, “I have a boy-friend.” or “Buy me a drink, then I will talk to you.” or “You are not my type, so buzz off.” or “You are so cute, talk to my hand.”

Am I deformed? Did I do any wrong to piss the ladies so much that I can’t even start normally as a friend? Am I a social retard? Many unanswered questions. Why can’t we be friends first before the need to judge whether I am of boy-friend potential? Why do girls always, within 30 seconds of their interaction with you, only thought of whether they will have sex or not afterwards?

Human Race

Modern human started evolving 350,000 - 600,000 years ago. Loosely, the “human” race used to have two branches, Neanderthal and modern Homo Sapiens. Both deriving from a chimp-like ancestor between 5 - 10 million years ago.

The Neanderthals 

Neanderthals disappeared in Asia by 50,000 years ago and in Europe by about 30,000 years ago.

Neanderthal cranial capacity is thought to have been as large as that of modern humans, perhaps larger, indicating that their brain size may have been comparable, or larger, as well. Study showed Neanderthal and modern human brains were the same size at birth, but by adulthood, the Neanderthal brain was larger than the modern human brain. Neanderthal males were heavily built with robust bone structure. They were much stronger than Homo sapiens, having particularly strong arms and hands. It simply implied that Neanderthals were more intelligent and stronger than modern Homo sapiens. They should have survived but didn’t.

Females were similarly featured.

Neanderthals were almost exclusively carnivorous and apex predators. Both male and female hunted together, alongside with their youngs. They did not practise specialization. Studies on Neanderthal body structures have shown that they needed more energy to survive than any other species.

About 55,000 years ago, the weather began to fluctuate wildly from extreme cold conditions to mild cold and back in a matter of a few decades. Neanderthal bodies were well suited for survival in a cold climate—their barrel chests and stocky limbs stored body heat better than the Cro-Magnons. However, the rapid fluctuations of weather caused ecological changes to which the Neanderthals could not adapt; familiar plants and animals would be replaced by completely different ones within a lifetime. Neanderthals' ambush techniques would have failed as grasslands replaced trees. A large number of Neanderthals would have died during these fluctuations, which peaked about 30,000 years ago.

Most discoveries showed that both male and female sustained deep bone injuries, suspected to have come about through life-threatening joint-hunting. The parents once killed would cause the youngs being on site to be unable to survive, without parents’ protection and nursing.

Modern Homo Sapiens

All people today are classified as modern Homo sapiens.  Our species of humans first began to evolve nearly 200,000 years ago in association with technologies not unlike those of the early Neandertals.  It is now clear that early Homo sapiens, or modern humans, did not come after the Neandertals, but were their contemporaries.  However, it is likely that both modern humans and Neandertals descended from Homo heidelbergensis.

Compared to the Neandertals and other late archaic humans, modern humans generally have more delicate skeletons.  Their skulls are more rounded and their brow ridges generally protrude much less.  They rarely have the occipital buns found on the back of Neandertal skulls.  They also have relatively high foreheads, smaller faces, and pointed chins.

Most modern homo sapiens used specialization, i.e., the guys go out to hunt in groups, while the girls huddled together as fruit gatherers under protection of some guys or among themselves. The youngs stay with their mothers. This specialization allowed modern homo sapiens to survive any changing climates, a key to survival of the species. During this time, a hierarchical society automatically evolved.

Females, being frequently detached from the males, would naturally and obviously choose to mate with the hunters that would bring back their sabre-tooths or mammoths to procreate their next generation. The females presume (rightly so) the best genes must come from the best hunters. But, hunting was a treacherous activity. Many hunters didn’t return after the hunt. There was therefore an overwhelming majority of females as the females were huddled centrally with little or no danger. Polygamies were common affairs, i.e., the stronger hunters would have plenty of females, siring many kids. The frequent social interactions amongst the females during the fruit-gatherings ensured that the female jealousy was reduced to the minimum.

From these gatherings, the social skill of the surviving females way exceeds the males by a good mile.

The present days

Fast forward to present days. We no longer need to learn how to hunt animals. Instead the males are taught specialization for each and every single trade-able skill in school. The most able tradesmen automatically get the best gals and multiple-partners.

It is in the guys’ nature and interest to exercise and win friendships, comradeships among his guy counter-parts during their studentship. They do so by playing team sports. In school, guys will play football while the gals watch by the side. Social training for gals already starts at that football pitch. They establish a hierarchical system whereby the best looking gals will have a higher social standing and will be able to choose the guy of her choice, subject of course to their tribal council’s endorsement. On the other hand, guys will still be kicking that silly white ball round the field clueless about his social expectation. This naturally explains why even hot guys are tongue-tied when approaching a pretty gal, who already showed obvious interest.

But, unfortunately the total length of man is constant (My Theory). I know:

• A guy who bedded 65 gals within a short 5-8 years. He dolled himself up and go to gym like 6 days a week. But he is right now real miserable as he couldn’t hold a roughneck job for more than 2 years each time.
• Another guy who is a young, very handsome and aspiring qualified doctor but found no gal friend even though he is the sports champion for that country.

And, I think which of these guys makes a better hunter is obvious. But, life is never fair.

I can understand where all these come from ...

It is nothing wrong with that, but our genes have not evolved as quickly, we are still stuck at about 200,000 years ago. There were no contraception then, every sex might involve a child-bearing risk. So gals are extremely careful about who they want to go to bed with.

Gals, before you go out there and ask guys to talk to your hand. Do think of my Theory of Man who’s length is fixed. If they are good hunters, they will be a little of a social retard, otherwise, they might be suave, but you will expect to live in much poorer conditions.

These days, like what Bill Gates have said, “The Nerds will rule the world.” I suspect he must have had it hard too when young.

To be a strong skirt-chaser, please read:
(1)   The Game By Neil Strauss
(2)   Sperm Wars by Robin Baker
After you have read these books and practised (takes about 3 years), you would have a nuclear weapon at your disposal. Do be kind to the gals. Don't cheat them. They are actually quite clueless about their state and behaviour.

ps:   LOL. I know. Even skirt-chasing also involved philosophy. My bad. 职业病 ...

b.Passion business I - Red Sorghum Wine

The last part is here:   Passion business I - My first Humble Step

Today a group of kind Taiwanese treated me to their version of red sorghum. It was marked 58% alcohol. It was sweet scented and very fiery to the stomach. They talked enthusiastically about my winery license and operation. Red Sorghum made its way to Taiwan after the fall of Kuomintang in 1949 where thousands of soldiers left their mainland china homes to flee to Taiwan. The Taiwanese then defiantly stuck to Kinmen Kaoliang, their version of the red sorghum wine, while the ancient Red Sorghum remained deeply rooted in China as their better version.

Among them, a confidante of Kinmen Kaoliang then mentioned plans about moving that recipe to white land. I just smiled.

Maybe I have real fun after all.

Project Update:
(2)   The authority wants a copy of my business plan, so cleaning its odds and ends up before submission. The infrastructure build-up cost is high. Not a good sign.