Hello Maurice, Yesterday I did everything I posted I would do, not a whole lot more than enjoying the miasma of impending doom and reveling in the fog of present uncertainty.
The movie theater was in fact full as I suspected. The Japanese restaurant was 90% utilized, representing perhaps a 100% recovery since the onset of SARS. The mall was quite busy. I think people wanted to remember what it was like to shop, just as the “Matrix Reloaded” wife of the Architect who kidnapped the Key-Maker wanted to remember what love was.
You have not seen the movie yet? Well let me not tell you how it ends:0)
The Architect said something about the French language, given that he appreciated it greatly, “… it is an especially good language to swear at people with … so refined … elegant … like wiping my ass with silk”. The audience howled with laughter at his imitation and with his characterization.
Where was I? Oh, yes, people wanted to spend money … I got inspired to make a contribution towards the general welfare of the world economy, wanted to be reminded of what spending was like, and so:
I got my geewhizbang Sony Ericsson P800 sonyericsson.com cellular phone. It is the absolute latest on the streets of Hong Kong. It is a tri-band GSM (everywhere except Japan and S.Korea) with dual-SIM management (one HK number, one mainland China number, thus cutting down roaming cost when I am traveling in China). It has a built-in camera, a large colour screen, embedded MS Outlook compatible organizer, Bluetooth and WLAN functionalities, and a reasonable data packet service for on-the-go Internet browsing and financial management.
Yes, of course, I did get the HBH-60 Bluetooth headset.
I also got a whoa!isn’tthatneat HP iPaq 5455 shopping.hp.com@@@@1325827727.1053823708@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadcigkjgmhmcfngcfkmdfondfgf.0&product_code=900611&cat_level=1&browse_link=true palm-top computer with whatacoincidence Bluetooth and WLAN functionality to replace my not-so-old model.
I am perfectly happy now, with new ability to be a more technological and therefore possibly better financial refugee, able to make quick exit and rapid entry of situations from the most backward of villages in Asia, and from the numerous WLAN equipped hangout places in IT infrastructure-saturated Hong Kong. Many Hong Kong hangout establishments, including some buildings and coffee shops, have WLAN installed, accessible by anyone passing the building or using the facilities.
I will buy waterproof bag for new gadgets.
Yes, I now can raid your cabbage patch from just about everywhere and anywhere, even if I am on the floating buoy in the middle of the shark-net protected Chung Hom Kok Bay.
If I happen to chance upon a piece of impending bad news while relaxing on the buoy, floating on the undulating surf and basking under the gentle sun, I can, in a “Matrix” like fashion and “The Saint” appearing style, reaching into cyber space, grab the pixilated this-and-that, pickup my financial goodies by the phragmented photon handles, and get out of the way of likely harm, dive into the ether bush, climb up the IT mountain, turn my scoped investment sniper rifle down into your soon to be cleansed hamlet, crouch, wait, and get ready.
I will set my news alert to warn me of news bad enough to disturb me while I am floating in the middle of the bay.
Something simple. I will set it to the HK traded, London exchanged, New York bartered price of gold and exchange rate of the dollar.
Here will be my action sequence:
- News alert, GUDD action
- Cyber access paper gold and multi-currency account to run in the right direction
- Internet access brokerage to make trades in any market that is open and to make the correct trades
- Access Silicon Investor and raid Maurice’s Q cabbage patch
- Buy QCOM puts
- Download picture of old crimson tsunami, and superimpose on fresh photo of Jay floating on becalmed buoy under gentle sun, e-mail to cyber-pal Maurice in New Zealand, and
- Telephone beach kiosk to place order for pork chop sandwich.
… all without leaving buoy, and then leaving the buoy to get to the food ;0)
Chugs, Jay
BTW, Maurice, rethink your QCOM play. I would not know where to get a non-GSM phone if I wanted to, and I don't see any CDMA gadgets anywhere I go. |
