Looks easy but its not

Why is it so hard to win a million ringgit? I'm talking about the game show 'Where the Money Drops'. All you have to do is answer eight questions, that's all. Get them all right and the million ringgit will be yours. Eight questions only! Not that many. So many have tried but none have succeeded. Will we ever see someone succeed?

My jog this morning

Today was terrible. My legs felt heavy, my body aches all over while my heart was pounding like never before. I was panting badly as I jog. Many times I felt like stopping but somehow I kept going. Then I saw the finish line. I knew immediately I must go. There's no way I was going to stop, no matter what. I almost collapsed from exhaustion but I don't care. I must finish the course........ and finished I did.

Tips from Quran and Sunnah

My investments went from deep in negative territory to positive in a space of about a month. When it was negative, like everybody else, I was hoping it would go positive but frankly, I really didn't expect it to happen. Then it slowly but surely started to gain ground until it went positive. Wow! I could not have asked for more. Let me tell you a secret. Every time after prayer, I always recite the verse known as 'seribu dinar'. However, during those dark negative days, I added the following:
I read the surah 'Al Waqiah' everyday
I pray the sunnah 'Dhuha' everyday
I try to increase my 'alms and givings'
I'II explain more about them later. Suffice to say for now, they are all from the Quran and Sunnah. Try it yourself.

Up, up and away

Gold went up again yesterday. At the rate its going, it will reached US 1900 dollars soon, perhaps before the end of the year. Would be interesting to see. China has been buying a lot of gold lately. So has a few other countries like USA, Turkey and a few others. This is not to mention India whose affinity for gold is well known. So, when are you buying your gold?

Trouble days for Sony

Sony is hardly in the news nowadays. Its a far cry from the days of Walkman, Discman or whatever man there were. The company has since fallen on hard times in the face of stiff competition. In its heyday, it was the known for its quality and innovative products. Now, its only in the news for reporting yearly losses. A new man will helm the company soon. Can he turn the company to profitability? Or will Apple and Samsung continue to dominate?

Hold on to your Gold

Gold is steadily on the rise. Who is willing to say it won't reach us 1900 dollars by the end of the year. Just watch it go. The fed decision to maintain its interest rate has helped to make gold attractive once again. Compound that with the continuing Euro woes, gold will surely make a comeback. Just mark my words. We'll see at the end of the year how it goes.

Close for the day

The stock market was surprisingly quiet in the morning. At half past nine, the prices had hardly moved from yesterday's closed. The closer I looked the the funnier it became cause they were in fact exactly the same as yesterday's closed. Strange! How can it be? It was only when I put in a sell order that I became aware that the market is close for the day. Why? Because it told me so!