All About Kwarta

  I finally got my Nook Color a week ago from a friend who had just arrived from a business trip from the US. I tell you, I loved this eye candy the first time I saw it, I loved it more when I get to use it for the first time. This is my first and only ebook reader so I can't compare it with its counterparts in the market today. It has been around since November of last year at the earliest, so this may came out late. But still I wanted to talk about my own experiences. So I'd like to start with the package. My friend who bought it never opened the package even after insisting a few times to give it a test drive while she's still in the US. So in a consumer's point of view, it's as immaculate as it could get. The crack to the opening at about one-third to the bottom was a successful attempt at getting my attention. Opening the box by literally breaking in two was a refreshing experience. The rims are equipped with magnets that do all the snap open/snap close

I'm lazy. That and the market's quite unfriendly these days. So basically there's nothing interesting to write about. I promised I had to document a weekly report on how's my money doing. But the market's been extracting the serotonin out of me (think of Harry Potter's dementors). But though I have no obligation whatsoever, I'm doing this for myself. I had to write down my money's performance. The very wise were right after all. Making money is a very boring hobby. Is it worth the effort? I still think it is. The Phisix was down by -5.49% year to date.The continuing massive sell-off according to some experts were a way of foreign brokers to lighten their positions in the emerging markets. So where are we going? Don't ask me. I'm just as clueless as you are. Months trading Total Gain YTD Loss W-o-W Gain 5 mos. 13 days 3.96% -2.30% 1.75%

That's right. it's been 2 days since I started not going to work anymore. And it would take at least a month before I'd get my last pay from my soon-to-be-previous company. It left me broke. My cash on hand right now cannot pay off all my scheduled debt payments for the next month. I had to cut back on my expenses and hopefully, I could survive the next month unscathed (until I take hold of my first paycheck with my next company). I sold various old PC parts just to have some additional  cash (I managed to raise a little more than 5K). I also desperately considered selling my Nook Color (scheduled to arrive on Monday). That would surely solve all my budget woes. But I think I don't have the heart to let go of that thing too easily. How about cashing on my investments? Not a good idea either. You see, it's not performing as particularly exceptional these days. The index is moving sideways and so do most of my holdings. Why do I'm experiencing these ordeal?

Happy New Year!!! I know this is a bit late. There has been death in the family that almost deter us from celebrating the holidays altogether. My father's youngest sister died of heart attack. She's 43. It was painful to see her leaving her family with three young children. She's not only my father's sister but a second mother when I was in college.  I get to live with them for 6 years. And the news that she's gone was particularly shocking. I guess it's one of those black swans in the family the author Taleb is talking about . We know death is just waiting for the right (or wrong) moment to strike, but it always never fails to surprise us. And, sometimes, crush us to our very core. We always see death as something in the future, but when we see it in the face of our love ones, we are always reminded how vulnerable our mortality is. But this new year I'd like to think of a new beginning. I got a new job. I reconnected with my family. And of course, mo