Cold beer, old friends & another wedding

I was surprised to learn that one of my good friends, who over the past couple of months has been in "hibernation" mode, unveiled that he will become a dad in 6 months time. You have grown to be a serious and responsible man, being a dad is wonderful yet challenging. Proud of you man. Another wedding to attend, another new life to begin.

However, before that news hit my ears, I attended the wedding of my two former classmates. Beautiful couple. Adorable daughter. We are growing up, getting older day by day.

Most of the pictures I took at the wedding ended up being simply horrific as I am stilled not fully used to the new Nikon D5100 I bought a few weeks ago. Most pictures are over exposed. I'll figure out.

Best wishes for the Newly Weds.

Best wishes on your way to becoming a Dad.

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The place where the memories rest

I came home just after midnight, thinking maybe I should figure out something to bite. As always, laziness being my absolute "virtue" I quickly decided to lay down on the sofa in the living room and turned on the TV. Over the past two months I think the total time I spent watching TV is probably no more than 3 hours. Here are the highlights: A movie which looked like a MILF version of Gossip Girls. I failed to remember the name of the lead actress /w a gentle smile, which I was forced to do some creative google search. It was Meg Ryan and the movie was The Women. Quite sure it decapitated a few brain cells of mine. Then I was excited to see Mr. James Bond fighting polar bears.

/Can you guess the name of the Movie? James Bond, Polar Bears, Magical world.../

That was some fun. By now, the mere thought of having some bite turned into something grander, and yes I was ready to eat a fucking horse. So I started making some eggs, bacon and toast in my underwear at 2 am. Felt like one of those the good old college days.

All this was quite different from where I was shooting some hoops on the beach of Lake Khuvsgul a little more than a week ago. The fresh morning breeze from the lake and the campfire at the evening was suddenly replaced by cigarette smoke and metropolis music. I guess that's life. What an adventure filled 3 weeks.

Recently, well more like the past two or three days, I started craving for some blogging. Everyone knew I had pretty much stopped writing. Heh, I actually had nothing to write. Life was becoming a routine. Luckily enough, I think I am slowly getting back my appetite for this shit. From the days when I claimed that blogging helps to "discover yourself" to the days that the only thing which helped me to escape from reality was blogging and today where I have no more time and passion for writing, it is nice to see how I changed and survived as an individual along with the posts of my blog. Maybe it is true, that [meeting with someone "new", having that sprinkle of hope that maybe you met with someone that you might actually really like and just simply trying to jump-start your heart and soul that has been frozen for quite a time] actually do rejuvenate your creativity and bring back your inspirational spirit. Maybe not.

All in all, I am glad that I am here... trying to connect a few words. It's kinda nice to reminisce the good and of course the bad memories that I have. Cheers, Sunday spirit.

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*CEO's (of J.P Morgan) Fantastic reply to a Pretty Girl*

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:


*Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?*

I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.

I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:

1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)

2) Which age group should I target?

3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a few girls who doesn't have looks & are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys

4) How do you decide who can be your wife, & who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)



Thank You
Ms. Pretty *

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.
Hope this reply helps.

If you are interested in "leasing" services, do contact me...

Signed,

CEO J.P. Morgan

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