A House of Pain

Is this year really a year of Golden Rat?

No matter how educated I think I am, often times I find myself thinking about luck, astrology and zodiac. Being a little superstitious, after all, may have a larger effect on myself more than I think, psychologically speaking.

Since the begining of this year, the US stock market has tumbled lower and lower, day after day after day. At the end of each day, I've found myself asking the same question, "when is this pain going to end?" We're only on the 6th trade day and my portfolio has already dwindled almost 9%. Jesus Christ!!!

When I'm down and out and feeling like there is nothing I can do to stop this pain, I can't help but wonder, "is luck going to be on my side?" I keep trying to tell myself that this is a marathon and not a sprint. But how can I not panick when I'm losing the money I've saved up for years by every minute the market is open!

Can I have enough faith to stay in this game and be wise enough to be able to navigate through this tough time?

In the end, I sure hope so.

In Memory...

HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana (1923 - 2008)


This morning, at 2:54 A.M., Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, the sister of two kings of Thailand passed away.

There are times in your life, I guess, when you are hit with unexpected news. And for some reason, it's the sad ones that will stick with you. You remember exactly where you were, what you were doing at that moment.

I myself have a few. I remember quite vividly that I was on a historic St. Charles Streetcar in New Orleans when I saw a full-page picture of Princess Diana on newsapaper a man sitting across from me was reading. That's when I learned the Princess had died in a car accident.

A couple of days ago, I just read a post in Pantip.com from a girl whose sister-in-law had died a few hours right after New Year's Eve. I was moved by the way she wrote. Somehow it made me sad eventhough they were anonymous to me. Losing someone you love is never easy. And to have that happens to you this time of year will only make it harder because you will be reminded of that loss every time a new year approaches.

As a Thai who lives abroad, I can only imagine how sad this news would cause my fellow Thais. Her Royal Highness had work so hard and done so much for Thailand.

And That's how she will be remembered.

A Beginning

Newbie here. Used to make few web sites from scratch almost 10 years ago (yup, those HTML codes on Notepad). Don't know how to anymore. Thought blogging here would be a much better idea than trying to do it myself. This way I can still be sane and divert my energy to the greater good (writing this blog that is).

Guess I'll blog on the things I'm interested in. Mainly film, tv, music and my life here in the States.

Stay tuned.