Thursday, November 29, 2007

Young and pretty lady wishes to marry a rich guy

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here.
I'm 25 this year.I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above.
My requirement is not high.Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit.
I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
Ms. Pretty

Here's a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:
Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool. Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do contact me.

signed,
J.P. Morgan

Autumn


Don't make assumption

We always making assumptions how things will happen. Sometimes, it can be dangerous to make assumptions without varifying the situation. Friends might turn to enemies, if we don't open ourselves to share the different thoughts. I found relief when we talked. The friendship will grow stronger if we open ourselves to each other. There is nothing to hide.

I am thankful to all the friends around me. Sometimes, we hurt each other by saying some offended words which we don't realize. Thanks for the toleration and patience.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Repulse Bay & Da Ao Fish village






5D 4N Hong Kong Trip


From this trip, I have learned not to have high expectation before going to a new place. Have been hearing from friends that there are a lot of nice places, good food, interesting thing to explore in HK. I was full of excitement before I got there.

Things didn't turn out what I have expected. The food was not as good as what my friends has said. (Maybe, I didn't go to those nice one). I was quite dissappointed about the Lantau island. We spent almost 40 minutes bus ride to the big Buddha, and there is nothing much there. After that, we were heading to the Da Ou fish village. I was quite surprised when I got there, as it is better than what I have expected. I like the fresh air and nice scenery there. It made me calm down.

Afterall, HK is still not too bad. Just have to do much homework, ask the right person for the right place & right food. The local people are quite helpful & friendly. The service is quite efficient. The hotel room service is excellent. They attend to you in few second after you hang up the phone. Amazing!