Financially-obsessed

A bitter fact struck into my mind that studying Finance have been ruining my life! My day-to-day activities are haunted by inappropriate financial terms. They're filling my brain, giving no space for anything else, swelling it to be crumbled in a near future. My friends implied that they couldn't even comprehend the words I utter. If I knew that it would be like this, I'd rather chose to be a soldier, so that I could slaughter all the people involved in financial realm.

Hence, for anyone who have intention to study Finance... DON'T!!!

These are ten ways of how it has been disrupting my life.

1. Movie
Flat mate: Have you watched new James Bond? It's so cool!
Me: Junk bond? Why would I watch a low-rated bond? And what's so cool about it? Losing money?

2. Coffee shop
Waitress: Hi. What would you like to order?
Me: Yes. Can I have a plain vanilla rates swap please?

3. Reading magazine
Proverb in the mag: "The past is full of memories. The future is full of mysteries."
Me: Hmmm.... But my lecturer said that the rate of a futures contract locks the asset value. Then it shouldn't be a mystery anymore. I wonder which one is correct.

4. Justin BieberMe: Hi, how are you?
Girl I like (on her iPod): Good.
Me: What song is you listening?
Girl I like: Justin Bieber's Baby.
Me: Just-in-what? Is that anything to do with Just-in-Time inventory management?
Girl I like: Meh!

5. GardenMy mom: I want you to make a perfect hedge here.
Gardener: But it would be very costly, ma'am!
Me: It's impossible! There's no such thing as a perfect hedge! Every hedge would still bear some risks.

6. Basketball tournament
Student 1: They won the cup!
Student 2: Yeah! I give credit to the coach. He'd trained them so hard.
Me: For how much interest rates?Student 2: No, man. I mean compliment. Nothing to do with a loan!

7. Apology
Friend: I'm so sorry, I lied to you.
His girfriend: How could you do that to me?
Friend: I had no option!
Me: You need an option? I know where you can buy it with a cheap premium. It's better than trading forward contract, though.
Friend: F*** off!

8. Buying shoe
Me: Is this shoe made of real leather?
Shoe-seller: No, all of our products are synthetics, but they're more durable. So, financially it's better than buying the real one.
Me: Synthetic financial product, eh?
Shoe-seller: Erm... sorry?

9. Big-Bang Theory
Cousin: Do you know that the universe grows in size from time to time? But the inflation rate is still a mystery.
Me: Inflation rate is measurable! Moreover, it's not global. Each country's rate depends on the economy.
Cousin: ... whatever!

10. Taroonga ZooSister: Let's look for a Kiwi. Kiwis are endangered nowadays, and they're could only found in New Zealand.
Me: You bet it is! It's a New Zealand dollar-US dollar pair, for Kiwi's sake! But why did you say they're endangered? Their economy is quite stable.
Sister: D'oh! I'm talking about the real Kiwi! You know, the small brown flightless bird with long, thin beak!?


PS: It's just for fun! Anyway, I like studying Finance ;-)

Falling in Love

In a living room, there were two men having a conversation. One of the man was sharing about his feeling upon a girl he liked. The host's younger brother, still a kid, walked by and unintentionally heard the conversation in which he was hardly understand.

The time passed by, and his friend went home. His little brother, came out of nowhere, approached him and asked, "Brother, what does "falling in love" mean?" Momentarily shocked, he smiled upon his brother and answered it in a calmest way he could, "Hmmm.... a man once said that "falling in love" is when someone initially enter into the heaven, but gradually fell into the hell."

His brother frowned and confused even more. "What does that supposed to mean?" he asked further. "Well, someday you would understand, when you have a strange feeling toward a girl... and her image flickering in your mind... and you dream nobody but her... and you miss her when she's out of your sight... and you wish that she will always by your side... and you would do anything to make her smiles... and you're angry when she talks with other guys... and your heart crumbles when she betrays you," he explained, and continued, "Its nature is illogical, but rather psychological. But not to worry, my little brother, it's just the matter of time before you find it out by yourself."