Posted on October 26, 2007. Filed under: Mission Statement |
Time Flies! Six months passed since I “sacked my boss”, so to speak. Here’s an update of what’s been happening lately.
My gardening projects are more than half completed. I completed the design and construction of a modified french drain and planted the grass sod. However there were certain bald patches after some weeks, so i tried to make repairs with some grass seed, but that attracted pigeons which peck at the seeds, so i am still at a loss how to repair the bald patches which are quite annoying…It seems the gardener’s work is never done!
I am working out another drainage project in other part of the garden, and I get a satisfaction just watching grass grow!! Observe the papaya and bamboos growing in the pictures below. The bamboo doubles its length in 3 days!!
An unexpected happy event also took place right in my garden, a bird built its nest just in front of some plants near the front door. After several weeks two eggs hatched and birds actually grew out of it. I was so thrilled to capture the right moments below:
Recently i also caught two toads in my garden which my dog Bobo alerted me to. They had been very co-operative to pose for a nice picture for me.
My daughter’s hamsters have also multiplied profusely as shown below. The Syrian hamster couldn’t do the same though as they were a pair of males..
(Note: you can get a bigger view of all the pictures by double clicking on them).
Finally, I have also found time to understand and evaluate (Excel spreadsheet programming) using Future value analysis – time value of money – many of the insurance policies offered in the market. I realised that all insurance policies which promise a pay-back cash value after many years, are NOT worth it. There is an old saying “Buy Term, Invest the rest”.. it means, buy simple policies which are cheap (you pay small amount for about 20 times cover, but you have to accept that the small amount is not recoverable), and stop thinking about cashing back after umpteen years, they are rip offs.
Other projects in the pipeline.. the development of home based internet business and self supporting blog.
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