Well every country you go and every school my children attend will have its own set of special days!
When my 6 year old wanting to go to school all dressed in green on March 17th for St Patrick’s day….I had no concerns…I was all too familiar with St Patrick’s day celebrations myself in my school days ( the school being run by Irish nuns)…also my 9 year old was there to confirm.
Riona ( 6 years old ) came back very happy from school because in the Infants assembly the teacher made a special mention and told her “I am really happy you are listening in the assembly time. You look lovely in green today”….
And that was it…but when on April 22nd evening she insisted she needs to be dressed in red the next day…I was surprised…I had no clue what was coming….and my older daughter was no longer in the same school….well to my luck as I stepped into the car to drop my husband to the station…the morning show folks were wishing every 10 seconds ”Happy St George’s Day”…so as soon as I came up I googled (Thank god for internet) and figured out red was the colour for the day…So when she woke up I tried telling her you can wear your uniform under your red dress. but she would have nothing of it…So off we went to school in a red dress…
While taking her to her classroom I mentioned to her I don’t see any one wearing red…she said” mamma they all forget”…so I came home little worried…that the assembly she should not be the only one in non uniform….It wouldn’t do her good in a relatively new environment…
To make the story short when I went to pick her up I did see couple of children in some red clothes….but she did not look cheerful at all…So on my inquiry ….she said….”All the girls are saying I wore this dress before" and I think she did on red nose day…"so they said then it wont count!”.
Her excitement had all vanished away….and I was quietly happy that the next time she wont be so stubborn …and I will not forget April 23 rd is St George’s Day!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Why do you read a blog(any one's blog?) 5 of 31
Well I thought it would be nice for a change to see what would people read a blog for?
Thanks for taking the time to vote!(P.S. Please vote if you read any blog!)
I also thought I would do something quick for a Sunday Posting .Needless to say I finally managed to do this after working on it for hours!( well the usual challenges of doing something new!)
Thanks for taking the time to vote!(P.S. Please vote if you read any blog!)
I also thought I would do something quick for a Sunday Posting .Needless to say I finally managed to do this after working on it for hours!( well the usual challenges of doing something new!)
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Just saved my skin!( 3 of 50)
My tally so far!
Total Trades-3
Wins -3
Loss-0
Today is a hard day to trade …I am not sure which way will it go…Last day to trade May options ..( Rule : never trade in the expiring week.)
Premarket …very strong upward trend….all the economic news really didn’t show anything positive…it just said things are not getting worse!yet the momentum was strong upward!
Dow is expected to open 100 points up….so I may be better off trading 86 PUT….but I cannot hold …..Beyond my 3PM deadline!...so…well broke some rules yet saved my skin with a meager profit of 21
Now what did I do
Time Event Message
9:34:24 Executed Bought 1 +DAVQH at 1.92
9:42:23 Executed Bought 1 +DAVQH at 1.85
9:53:43 Executed Bought 1 +DAVQH at 1.70
10:03:03 Executed Sold 2 +DAVQH at 1.87
10:12:27 Executed Sold 1 +DAVQH at 2.00
As you may notice I had to hold till 3:12 PM to sell …I had to sell before I go to school to pick up the kids especially on a Friday! The option went upto 2.29 and went back to a low 1.67…but I was happy with what I could manage!
Managed to get out with a $21 profit….
Glad its weekend no trading for two days!
Total Trades-3
Wins -3
Loss-0
Today is a hard day to trade …I am not sure which way will it go…Last day to trade May options ..( Rule : never trade in the expiring week.)
Premarket …very strong upward trend….all the economic news really didn’t show anything positive…it just said things are not getting worse!yet the momentum was strong upward!
Dow is expected to open 100 points up….so I may be better off trading 86 PUT….but I cannot hold …..Beyond my 3PM deadline!...so…well broke some rules yet saved my skin with a meager profit of 21
Now what did I do
Time Event Message
9:34:24 Executed Bought 1 +DAVQH at 1.92
9:42:23 Executed Bought 1 +DAVQH at 1.85
9:53:43 Executed Bought 1 +DAVQH at 1.70
10:03:03 Executed Sold 2 +DAVQH at 1.87
10:12:27 Executed Sold 1 +DAVQH at 2.00
As you may notice I had to hold till 3:12 PM to sell …I had to sell before I go to school to pick up the kids especially on a Friday! The option went upto 2.29 and went back to a low 1.67…but I was happy with what I could manage!
Managed to get out with a $21 profit….
Glad its weekend no trading for two days!
Friday, May 08, 2009
Where is Taiwan? ( 4 of 31)
Where is Taiwan?
My older daughter speaks in a perfectly American Accent …( It will soon be British Accent) She is often greeted with this question mostly by adults occasionally her peers…too..
“Are you from America?”
Initially she would say no…but now she would clarify “I just went to an American School?”. That would be followed by another question “where”…to which she would reply “Taiwan”…4 out of 5 persons would say ….Oh so you are from “America” and would continue with the chatters…..and she would secretly feel proud that she had a fine American Accent and anyways “Its cool to be American” in her perspective!…
If I am around I am often quick to clarify that she has never been to America and Taiwan is not in America…and some would promptly want to enhance their geography and ask where is Taiwan?…Then the best explanation that I have managed to say is its near Japan and all of a sudden I would be asked so she speaks Japanese also ? So here I am again explaining she learned Chinese and can reasonably write characters and blah blah
My older daughter speaks in a perfectly American Accent …( It will soon be British Accent) She is often greeted with this question mostly by adults occasionally her peers…too..
“Are you from America?”
Initially she would say no…but now she would clarify “I just went to an American School?”. That would be followed by another question “where”…to which she would reply “Taiwan”…4 out of 5 persons would say ….Oh so you are from “America” and would continue with the chatters…..and she would secretly feel proud that she had a fine American Accent and anyways “Its cool to be American” in her perspective!…
If I am around I am often quick to clarify that she has never been to America and Taiwan is not in America…and some would promptly want to enhance their geography and ask where is Taiwan?…Then the best explanation that I have managed to say is its near Japan and all of a sudden I would be asked so she speaks Japanese also ? So here I am again explaining she learned Chinese and can reasonably write characters and blah blah
How long it took me to cancel a credit card? (3 of 31)
How long it took me to cancel a card?
After the morning rituals that include dropping husband to the train station, packing lunch for the three souls that live in my home, getting a quick revision of the 9 year olds spelling list of 16 words…and the 7 year olds insisted on having a Cheese pizza for breakfast apart from her glass of milk…and dropping the girls to respective schools…I am home by quarter past 9 to get through my day….
Oh yes! I must spend a little time in the kitchen to make the prawn I defrosted and the two fish pieces needed a 15 minute grills…
With all this happening I am thinking what should I be blogging on today and here comes the weekend is the bigger challenge…..I almost feel choked not having any time to myself on most weekends….
There comes a call from my “better half” get that DD (Demand Draft)..My mum’s medical insurance is due next week…and the draft should reach the agent on time….
Well it sounded like a 2 minute job ..Today with technology advancement it’s a lot easier …yet it takes time and the only person who appreciates is the one who does it…
So I quickly finished my so called kitchen activity ..Called the cleaner and confirmed if she is coming over today (she often turns up on her schedule than mine)….and here I am trying to make the DD. Then I remembered there are couple of Insurance payments due soon so might as well make that payments online and so I noticed my banker has charged me Rs.350 (5 pounds/7 US Dollars) as annual fee and its overdue…well I need to tell them reverse it or cancel it…you don’t want to end up having a bad credit history for not paying your annual charges! So I call Bangalore where the card is issued from …and I am very clear that I am not paying anything even though I have a decade relationship with the bank and I maintain a respectable balance in my savings account there…
Well it took me 16 minutes of talking…we talked / said the same thing…and how the bank was doing me a favor of charging 50% fees than a normal customer..Well I had all the details from 6 digits Telephone PIN to all security related answers…..to get a confirmation that they will cancel my card….whew! …..I wish I could do that with the click of a button some day…and guess what its 11 AM already and so I began to blog…..and often people wonder how do I manage to spend my time???
After the morning rituals that include dropping husband to the train station, packing lunch for the three souls that live in my home, getting a quick revision of the 9 year olds spelling list of 16 words…and the 7 year olds insisted on having a Cheese pizza for breakfast apart from her glass of milk…and dropping the girls to respective schools…I am home by quarter past 9 to get through my day….
Oh yes! I must spend a little time in the kitchen to make the prawn I defrosted and the two fish pieces needed a 15 minute grills…
With all this happening I am thinking what should I be blogging on today and here comes the weekend is the bigger challenge…..I almost feel choked not having any time to myself on most weekends….
There comes a call from my “better half” get that DD (Demand Draft)..My mum’s medical insurance is due next week…and the draft should reach the agent on time….
Well it sounded like a 2 minute job ..Today with technology advancement it’s a lot easier …yet it takes time and the only person who appreciates is the one who does it…
So I quickly finished my so called kitchen activity ..Called the cleaner and confirmed if she is coming over today (she often turns up on her schedule than mine)….and here I am trying to make the DD. Then I remembered there are couple of Insurance payments due soon so might as well make that payments online and so I noticed my banker has charged me Rs.350 (5 pounds/7 US Dollars) as annual fee and its overdue…well I need to tell them reverse it or cancel it…you don’t want to end up having a bad credit history for not paying your annual charges! So I call Bangalore where the card is issued from …and I am very clear that I am not paying anything even though I have a decade relationship with the bank and I maintain a respectable balance in my savings account there…
Well it took me 16 minutes of talking…we talked / said the same thing…and how the bank was doing me a favor of charging 50% fees than a normal customer..Well I had all the details from 6 digits Telephone PIN to all security related answers…..to get a confirmation that they will cancel my card….whew! …..I wish I could do that with the click of a button some day…and guess what its 11 AM already and so I began to blog…..and often people wonder how do I manage to spend my time???
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