Saturday, April 30, 2005

Good morning Saturday!

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.

Friday, April 29, 2005

Good morning Friday!

Economist.com: "China's old foes seek an end to conflict" 29apr05.

Economist.com: "German Economy, If Not Now, When?"29apr05.

Economist.com The Global Locomotive.

Citadel returns 26 percent. Lock-up 3 years.

Business, markets and finance news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "Merrill's hedge fund with a difference to hit high street."

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." - Buddha

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 35C.

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Good morning Thursday!

Economist.com: "America's central bankers are relaxed about the current-account deficit. Does that mean it is time to panic?"

Toyota investing Thb 37 billion in Thailand. Bkk Post, B1, 28apr2005.

Economist.com: "Uprooting graft"

Economist.com: "Thirty years after Saigon fell, the south has prospered while the north has lagged"

Economist.com: "Rebranding America's diet"

"To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 34C.

Approx. exchange US$ = Thb 39.540; Eu = Thb 51.0857

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Good morning Wednesday!

MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network Investcorp Launches New Hedge Funds

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Monday, April 25, 2005

Good morning Monday!

Train derails in Japan.

Inheritance Tax: The Final Cut. Bangkok Post, 25apr2005.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Good morning Sunday!

"Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back." - Thomas Sowel

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 35C.

Saturday, April 23, 2005

Good morning Saturday!

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.

Friday, April 22, 2005

Good morning Friday!

A picture of my good friends from Waddinx, Holland, taken on 03apr2005, at Atrium restaurant, Landmark Hotel: Click
here.

"The only thing certain in life is its uncertainty." - Anonymous

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Good morning Thursday!

Pulitzer Prize winners for 2005. This site also includes a history of the Pulitzer and a timeline of all winners since 1917.

Prices are surging - and it is not just gasoline. House prices: Will the walls come falling down?

CSAM moves into hedge fund market.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 35C.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Good morning Wednesday!

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been elected the Pope and taken on the name Pope Benedict XVI.

"No loss of flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed." - Helen Keller

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Good morning Tuesday!

"The only thing certain in life is its uncertainty." - Anonymous

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Good morning Monday!

"A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong." - Thomas Szasz

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 37C.

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Good morning Sunday!

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock the stream always succeeds...not through strength but through persistence." - Anonymous.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 36C.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Good morning Saturday!

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 36C.

Friday, April 15, 2005

Good morning Friday!

"I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying yes than by saying no." - Richard Branson in the New York Times Magazine.

The world economy: "Running out of puff?" 14apr2005

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 35C.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Good morning Wednesday!

Songkran holiday, 13-14-15apr2005.

Dinner at La Scala, Sukhothai hotel. An invitation I never decline. Ohhh, what a nice way to pass the evening. What good food! The steaks succulent and pizzas prepared to perfection. The grand finale, fantastic desserts. The bill was perfect too.

Some friends reminded me how expensive health care can be in USA or Europe. Thank God for little and big mercies, like being able to stay and be part of Thailand.

"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C. Today is going to be a very hot and humid day.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Good morning Tuesday!

Dinner at Royal Kitchen, Thonglor, Chinese food. In private room, 14 persons, food was tasty and service was superb.

Today is going to be a very hot and humid day. Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 37C.

Monday, April 11, 2005

Good morning Monday!

"How Buffet's Disclosure Of Documents Started Downfall Of Greenberg", AWSJ, 11apr2005, page 1.

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 36C.

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Good morning Saturday!

Prince Charles 56 and Camille Parker Bowles 57, also known as "The Rotweiler" getting married today.

"To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals." - Benjamin Franklin

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 36C.

Friday, April 08, 2005

Good morning Friday!

Pope John Paul II funeral ceremony starting 09:00 Vatican time or 14:00 Bangkok time.

Bangkok temperature min 27C and max 36C.

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Good morning Thursday!

News in Bangkok Post, Business section B1, how Bangkok based International Asset Management (IAM) operated their scam investment business, duping amongst other Douglas Gillies from Brisbane, Australia, who was contacted by IAM in the summer of 2001.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 34C.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Good morning Wednesday!

Prince Rainier III of Monaco passed away at the age of 81 from heart, kidney and breathing problems. His son Prince Albert will take over.

Dinner at Emporia Chinese Restaurant, Emporium Suites, Executive Level. The restaurant was quiet but the food was good. Succulent beef, chicken and fish. As starter shark fin soup.

Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 33C.

Monday, April 04, 2005

Good morning Monday!

Call rates for 007 and 008 (discounted) of TOT are as follows: http://www.tot.co.th/en/news/totnews_detail.php?news_id=323 . Special discounted rates from CAT are available at 001-809 or 009 as follows: http://web1.cattelecom.co.th/. The number 009 can also be used with handphones.
Heavy rain since this morning with dark clouds, since yesterday evening, causing traffic jams on highway leading in and out of Bangkok. Bangkok temperature min 25C and max 35C.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

Good morning Sunday!

Pope John Paul II, passed away Saturday evening 21:37, Vatican time or early morning 02:37 Bangkok time at the age of 84. He is greatly respected for his compassion and understanding, even to people of different faiths and/or beliefs.

Sunday Brunch at Atrium Coffeeshop, Landmark Hotel. The restaurant has been redecorated and the food tremendously improved. For Sunday brunch there is also free fruit juice. Price Thb 1,300 net/person. On Mon to Fri Thb 800 net/person, Sat Thb 880 net/person. As usual the discount of 50% applies when eating with a minimum of 4 persons.

Triple bomb blast in the South of Thailand, the first one exploded approx 20:30.

Bangkok temperature min 26C and max 36C.