Phuket

I dont know how many here might have worked in a trading floor. Its exciting at the sametime darn frustrating. Abt 90 percent of the time you will be speaking to other traders across the globe, over 3 time zones and rest 10 percent you will be managing your trading book by way of hedging and cross hedging. Its good if you make money. Sometimes you just cant get that edge and you lose money while hedging and while shorting the hedges.. Then its darn frustrating.

Same happened to me last week and suddenly i wanted a break. Solution? Phukettttttttttttttttttt Islands in Thailand.

Started off on thursday night with 2 of my friends on a free n easy trip and landed back in singapore yesterday. What a trip.... I never enjoyed this much. Met a finnish lady there and she was fun to be with. We four, including the girl, went around island hopping by renting a car.... Pubs, discos, massage ....It was great....

Specially the MAYA beach where decaprio shot the "beach" . Should say this sea around phuket and phi phi island is best for snorkeling. Enjoyed every bit.But at one point, i jumped into the sea from the boat for snorkeling and JESUS CHRIST couldn't get back into the boat due to waves!!!! Thought i will end up in some remote island around and become a Robinson Crusoe II.. FInally friends pulled me up....

One thing should be said, and that is phuket clubs makes good drinks..Hehehe...

Pakistan Trip

I never thought i will ever get this chance in my life!!! To visit pakistan and to see the wagah border from the other side, of the wall. It was just fantastic!!!

It so happened that one fine morning my Trading manager comes to me and asks me to represent Shell Trading Singapore at a conference in Pakistan. I was also supposed to present the future of trading and its role in the downstream business. And guess what,,, the flight was at next day evening 3 Pm. But in Trading, managers are GODS and you better be darn sure before saying NO to them.. Cause ur a** will be screwed for sure if u get it wrong!

But once i reached Lahore and saw the place, i realized what i would have missed, had i not taken up this opppurtunity. Specially the "Moti ka Kazaana" restaurant which is actually an old mansion where Hindus stayed before partition and which later became a prostitution centre of those Hindu girls who got separated from their families during partition. Just imagining what these girls might have been through is worth turning you off.

Akbar palace, the mosque where you have a natural loudspeaker made out of marble ("yes marble"), wagah border all were just amazing. What struck me most was the hospitality of pakistanis.

Sometimes it makes you think who wanted this partition. Atleast those people whom i met didnt want. Then who? Muslims or Hindus?

And ha one more thing. The GIRLS ARE JUST SO BEUTIFUL!! I MIGHT HAVE HAD FLINGS ATLEAST 1000 TIMES. EVEN THOSE GIRLS WHO BEG ON THE STREETS. HOW CAN THAT BE ???????....

God help ME.