Trick or treat?

It’s 31st Oct, it’s Halloween, it is also the month-end rebalancing. SO? Sell bonds to rebalance portfolio–> buying stocks. Stock rise is a must. THEN? Stock goes down again!

Second last day of a month is the index future settlement date in HK, a sudden rise at the end would clear most future traders, warrant players’ pocket.

Once financial crisis starts, the direct impact is on the financial market; Lehman Brother gave the first hit, lenders are affected immediately, then general market is short in liquidity, banks, one after one sent out SOS, followed by investors and enterprises. Short in cash –> collect loan back–> cut expense –> consumption drops –> weak economy –>retail sales drop –> less orders in production –> cut labour, cut salary –> general people has less money –> lost trust in market –> buy less, invest less, withdraw money –> banks + enterprises go further down –> more companies announce profit warning or even go bankrupt

It’s whether trick or treat? It’s be all clear after weekend. I am afraid this is a domino effect in cycle, and America has set it perfectly.

Drug or medicine? world market today

Today’s majority of world market rise, from less than 1% up to about 10%. What pill have they taken?

Fed’s cut rate pill? Come on, Fed cuts rate like cut hair, doesn’t it do that every once in a while? Last time many countries announced the saving garentee policy, the market was excited resulting a sharp rise; in USA was recorded the highest rise in one day; and so??? how long did that last?

If you say now the market has hit the buttom, it’s time to buy again.  I wonder if you have heard of the story  “wolf’s coming”?  Personally I did, and I have been using the story to guide myself.

These days no one else can explain why is the rise or drop in market. Maybe too many people have bought put warrant? Right I forgot, the media could never make a comment like this. anyway this is just a random guess only, it’s totally not based on any source of info.

Who know the truth behind wouldn’t tell; who need to explain the reason would say bullshit to fool you around; who don’t know what is going on would guess around.

memory and time

17:34 20th Oct, 08 You are back to a place where you used to live. It’s autumn, leaves fall, sun goes down around 6pm. You passed by a cafe where you spent a lot of good time with your friends, your 23rd birthday, you sat at the table right beside the door. Around the corner, there is the book store, oh my god! it’s still here, remember  you met your ex- girl friend there for the first time. Then you two talked and talked non stop. You shared your photo gallery with her, and she asked so many questions…

How do you feel now? a bit sour?

Last week I was invited to the Lucca Film Festival, yes, it’s one of those… around sept/oct it’s full of film festivals around the world. The first night I saw “Birth of a Nation” of Jonas Mekas. There were many old images of every small details of daily life. They are not necessary sorrow, they are just some drops of old memory. I felt disturbbing, it was not even my old meomery. But why do I feel this way?

“One hundred and sixty portraits or rather appearances, sketches and glimpses of avant-garde, independent filmmakers and film activists between 1955 and 1996. WhyBirth Of A Nation? Because the film independents IS a nation in itself. We are surrounded by commercial cinema Nations, the same way as the indigenous people of the United States or of any other country are surrounded by the Ruling Powers. We are the invisible, but essential nation of cinema. We are the cinema.” -Jonas Mekas

The film remind me of a trip of visual + sound experience at BFI for its 75th birthday. It was a bit tripping, exploring the themes of memory and time.

Featured artists : VJ: D-Fuse, Exceeda Sound: Future Loop Foundation

Filmmaker- Jonas Mekas : http://www.jonasmekas.com/

Sound- FutureLoop: http://www.futureloopfoundation.com/

VJ-

D-fuse: http://www.dfuse.com/

Exceeda: http://www.exceeda.co.uk/

EYEBALL

Basically all our eyeballs have the same struture, however, that doesn’t mean we see thing in the same way. Above a pyrimid, there are different ways to see the same bottom. Bottom, there is always one only; sides, could be as many as possible, but at least three – positive, negative, neutral; surfaces, could be straight, curve, twist, relfective, transparent, solid…etc  Of course, the best view would be the top of the pyramid! It is far enough to see all, you may zoom in any part as you want, ignore random result as necessary.

This is How I See.

NotAManikin

Fold your shoes

You fold your scarf around your neck in winter.

They fold the stripes around your ankles then become shoes!

United Nude’s fold

Indigestion of fashion

Fast Fashion = high quality of fashion with a long time preparation served in a very quick way, without time allowance for digestion

After these information is filtered by Magazine, you do not even get a 5% of all! Unfortunately, Filtration is a mechanical or physical operation which is used for the separation of the powerful fashion house from all. It does not necessary to be a separation of the best.

Even so, for those who are working in the fashion industry is also a very hard work to digest 100+ shows and events per city, five fashion capitals plus others, in less than a month’s time. This is only about women RTW.

Every fashion week is a factory of design and idea.Thousands of design expose in a week, as soon as one fashion week finishes, another one starts. Not even digestion, you wont even have time to breathe.

” ” said by Viktor & Rolf, the fashion artists. They dare to say no to fast fashion, their fashion says what they think.

Whenever you are ready to see their new collection, here is your invitation card.