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My try at Forex
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
For the past two weeks I’ve been trying Forex trading, after finding out I could start from as little as $25, I thought it couldn’t hurt. Anyway, I’ve learnt a lot about it in a short time, and have realised that to make a profit, I need to learn more and stick to a trading method that has a measure of success. It takes discipline, and patience at times. I got up to a $1000 in profit after investing a few hundred, however one problem is knowing when to stop, as it can go away just as quick or even quicker than you get it.
Here’s a video from the trader I was using:
Ideas on 2012
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | Life, Uncategorized | No Comments
By now you must be quite curious about the year 2012. Is what people are saying really true?
Well a lot of it is just hype, and fear mongering, however there are definitely reasons to be concerned in that year, in particular 21/12/2012.
The year 2012 Dec 21 (11:11GMT) is talked about at: http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm in relation to the Mayan calendar (the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar) and how it represents the Winter Solstice and the crossing of the Galactic Equator. It is the end of what the Mayans call “The Great Cycle” which is of 1,872,000 days in length. The actual time according to their dating system is the year 13:0:0:0:0.
It is also mentioned that in a book called “The Mayan Prophecies”, by Adrian Gilbert and Maurice Cotterell, that the end of the Great Cycle is the culmination of a series of long-term sunspot cycles, which will flip the suns magnetic field, causing “causing earthquakes and flooding on earth. Moreover, the changing magnetic field will alter the endocrine production of the pineal gland.” (David Willcock has an interesting video on Google videos where he mentions about the pineal gland).
So there is some evidence/theories/revealing studies of ancient texts, that point to activities caused by the above i.e. our sun aligning so that it apears to rise from the galactic centre, and increased sun-spot activity which may cause a change in the magnetic field of the sun and also a polar shift on the earth.
-You don’t have to search far on the internet to find that solar storms are on the increase, and the sun will be in such an alignment on the above date. (the alignment itself does not appear to be unsafe physically)
Other theories/prophecies for 2012 include:
- The Hopi Indians, have it as a time of purification of the earth.
- The prophecies of St Malachy predict only 1 more Pope (not exactly saying it will end in 2012)
- Nostradamus hints of it being a time when an asteroid may collide with earth.
- Experiments using the Chinese I-Ching lead people to believe it’s the end of our time.
- Some surprising words cross with 2012 in the Bible Code.
- Some say Einstein said it’s when a polar shift will occur, but actually he didn’t give a date he just talked about the theory of when there is a dramatic change in the ice in the poles there may be a shift - which is happening during these times. (http://www.crystalinks.com/poleshifts.html)
- The ancient Sumerian texts, (which people like Zacharia Sitchin have translated) talk about there being another planet in our solar system which has a 3600 year orbit and travels between Jupiter and Mars, it is said that the “Annunaki” (or “Nephilim”), a race of aliens live on that planet, which Sitchin calls Nibiru (planet X). - This is a very interesting theory and probably the most thought provoking of all, however there are many sceptics on both the physics and translations, the truth to this one should be seen in the next year or 2 if there is such a planet. (One video on youtube, says by March 09).
One thing I’ll say is that all these predictions and prophecies, call for at least a bit of Hollywood commotion, and so yes we have 2012 the movie, coming out this year in July… cool.
I’m not worried myself, however if NASA/politicians are hiding any evidence. that’s uncool.
There are movies about 2012 being a time of a consciousness shift.. they are also quite interesting, however many are anti-Christian so it’s hard to sift through what’s out there and find the truth, be careful when looking at movies/sites about 2012 as many seem to be true, but are based on lies.
One recent documentary I found interesting was: “Nostradamus 2012″ on youtube, from the History Channel.
If there will be a polar shift… we should be able to survive.. have an evacuation plan in case there are any huge earthquakes/tidal waves. Be careful of massive solar flares which are a cause of the Aurora Australis, if there is a massive one, the Aurora may spread to other countries.. -Don’t stare at it, stay indoors would be my suggestion.
There is no evidence to say that the Mayan’s believed the end of the great cycle was the end of the world, they actually celebrated the end of cycles.
Other pages with more theories include: http://2012-predictions-review.blogspot.com/
Final note, just because I have mentioned some peoples names above it does not mean I support them (besides Einstein).
-Lindsay
Osaka
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 | Japan, Uncategorized | No Comments
This blog is meant to be things relating to Sydney, however now that I’m in Japan, for at least one month, I thought I’d write about my time here.
I had a great time in Osaka today. It’s my second day in Japan.. I arrived last night, after a long flight with Jetstar… I felt pretty bad after a bus trip to my accommodation, however from the moment I entered the very nice apartment and drank Oronamin C I felt a lot better, and after the bath.. almost back to 100%
Things I’ve noticed in Osaka:
- Subway restaurant has different flavous, Kajun chicken is my favourite.
- There are a lot more “loan offices”
- There are no poker machines/casinos however there are plenty of Pachinko parlours.
- It’s vending machine heaven here, all kinds of drink align the streets.
- There’s great shopping.
- There is generally a better sense of fashion here than in Australia.
- It’s a very clean place! Australia is clean too, but considering that there are a lot more people in Japan than in Australia, Japan is doing extremely well.
- Lots of people ride bicycles on wide footpaths.
- The roads are very well organised, with highways often built above standard roads.
- Excellent transport system, such as subways, a few different train companies, buses and taxis.
- Great unique food, such as sushi, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, obentou, soba and lots more
- Pretty women
- I like the taste of Japanese coffee, and most cafes serve royal milk tea - oishii
- Vending machines have canned coffee and royal milk tea, as well as lots of “Genki juice” - juice that is full of vitamins, caffeine etc.
- Houses are very convenient! eg
- A machine speaks in the kitchen when the bath is ready.
- Toilets have built-in washlets.
- Kitchens have cool things like draws that pull out to be a chopping board.
- Air-conditioned rooms.
- The bath has a built-in TV.
- Lights can be turned on using a remote.
I had a light dinner tonight - okura to tororo no macha soba, and takoyaki. Soon to have dessert.
I’d like to hear from others that have been to Osaka, maybe we can compare notes.
The above conveniences may not be in every place but the new apartment I’m in is very cool.
-Lindsay
www.sydney-friends.com
ps. I’ve started a Japan shopping service:
www.japanshoppingservice.com