How to be better investors?

I had a conversation with a fellow blogger whom I have grown to respect earlier today and he said that I might want to remind readers of the fact that I am not infallible. Although I think that I have continually mentioned this in my blog, it doesn't hurt to say it again.

As I don't have much time to blog this weekend, sharing my conversation with him is a good way to generate a blog post which I believe is useful rather quickly.

Yes, I know, sneaky AK!

How to be better investors? Know that we are not infallible.

Read the blogs mentioned in the conversation:
1. Managing exposure in AK's investment portfolio.
2. How to size our more speculative positions?
3. How to make recovering from losses easier?
4. Excuse me, are you an investor?

With some difficulty, AK says "good-bye".

When I was in secondary school, my family was staying in a HDB 3 room flat and my parents cordoned off a section of the living room for me to use as my bedroom and study area. 

In a way, I had the largest bedroom in the flat!





On hindsight, they did what they could to make our lives comfortable despite the difficult circumstances.

This is another reminder of my mother's love:

My mom bought this for me after I told her that my English Language teacher asked us to listen to the BBC as a means of improving our command of the language. 






She paid $40.00 for this and it worked tirelessly for 29 years.

The price tag stuck in my mind because I thought it was a lot of money back then.

Although I do not tune in to the BBC anymore, I would still tune in to a couple of local radio stations. 

Sound quality might not be amazing but it is clear and crisp.





Still serviceable, I will be giving it away to a co-worker who has greater utility for it. 

I think of it as a chance to unclutter my life as well which I have been doing a lot of recently.

Suddenly, however, it feels hard to say "good-bye".





Thank you for 29 years of faithful service.

Thank you, mom, for giving this to me.

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