狮城2007年7月

今天是2007年6月30日
一个星期六

中午我们开始出门
吃了午餐之后
就风尘仆仆去sports club
跑步又打羽球之后
现在四肢疲惫
头脑爱睡

哈哈，离题了
重点是，中午的时候在地铁站
拿到一份《我报〉
翻到里面其中一页
看了很久
也感触很多

感触多是因为觉得钱不够用，哈哈
GST要起到7%了
而今天是5%GST的最后一天
我们没有趁机去买什么电视冰箱或者洗衣机，哈哈
只是去做了点运动 :P

不过也看到一个觉得不错的消息
就是7月1号开始
夜店全面禁烟
觉得新加坡在这方面做得很好！

下面从《我报〉的网页中拿来的那页
可点击放大







Venus

Transformer 变形金刚

昨晚看了transformer
戏院里可说是“人头济济”啊
看来很多人都怀抱着儿时的热忱来捧场
我呢，却是一个例外，哈哈
我小时候不看transformer的

但对于像Mars一样的transformer迷来说
坐在戏院里能看到儿时所爱
在高科技下栩栩如生
那种感觉一定很特别吧

虽然我不是transformer迷
却也觉得这部电影很不错
给它四颗星
有punch！







Venus

ps:Mars还说要再看一次。。。:S

港澳旅之 Day 1 行程检讨与感想篇 (Part 2)

接着是一些我在第一天游了香港之后的感想。

天气

我对于香港的天气有很多话说，看看下面摘自我旅游日记的片段：

“我们在弥敦道上走着，跟香港人擦肩而过，又经过一间间香港店铺，觉得每样事情都份外新鲜。

然而最为新鲜的是香港的天气！从我们踏下巴士之后，我就觉得香港的秋天真好。虽然空气素质有点因为污染而受损，但气候很好，很凉爽。试想想，当时是中午12点多快1点了，换作是在新马，就算有乌云，也会觉得有点闷热。但在香港，如果不是因为肚子已经开始打鼓，我完全会忘记当时是中午！

秋天的天气好像在新马暖和的早上7、8点，太阳不晒，看起来有乌云，却又不像是要下雨，不时还有点微风。我们一路这样走着，我竟然也没流到什么汗。简直觉得走在秋天的路上享受极了，啊，为什么我们要生长在一个没有四季的地方啊！秋天是如此美丽~~~

我为了这个天气觉得震撼了好一阵子，不停地跟Mars说，你看，现在是12点多，却完全不晒也！哈哈。 ”

可是香港天气也有美中不足的地方，后来几天在香港电视上看新闻报告每日气象，知道他们叫这种情形为“烟霞”：

“唯一可惜的是维多利亚港(Victoria Harbour)好像被蒙上了一层薄纱，对岸的建筑物并没有清晰可见。原以为我们能从新马一带的烟雾中逃离，结果来到香港，没了烟雾，却还是有烟霞，应该是空气污染吧，还是秋天的香港就是这样的？？ ”

迷蒙中的维多利亚港

也因为这样，太阳下山之前在山顶看到香港的景色也是蒙在一片迷朦之中，呵呵。
我在欧洲公干的时候，也对那里的天气感触良多，写了一堆的感想。（突然想到，我是不是对气候、季节的感触特别灵敏？不是有说吗，季节交替之时，心情也随着上下波动，因为这样所以有很多文学与艺术的灵感出来。。。难道说？我。。。哎呀，废话少说，继续写游记！）

交通方便

在香港，各种公共交通工具都是相当方便的。而最为方便的东西就是那张“八达通卡”(Octopus Card)，做任何公共交通工具(德士我不肯定)，都可以用八达通卡付费，办法很简单，就是把卡往阅卡器tap一下，系统就会自动扣除你的卡内存值。基本上，跟新加坡的“易通卡”(Ezlink Card) 功能一样。唯一不同的是，在新加坡搭巴士，你上车要tap一次卡，下车要再tap一次，系统会detect到你坐了多远路途，然后扣除你相应的钱。可是在香港搭巴士，下车是不用再tap的，我很好奇，难道在香港，不管你坐多远多近，都是相同费用吗？香港又不是真的小到那样子。。。这是我到了今天还心存疑惑的问题，呵呵。

下了飞机之后，出了Arrival Hall，就可以四处找看那个圆形柜台，这个柜台，就是卖八达通卡的柜台。普通的八达通卡一张是HKD150，HKD50是订金，HKD100是实用值。离开香港之前可以把这张卡在机场同一个柜台退回去，你就能拿回HKD50的订金，但必须扣除HKD7的手续费，因为用不到一个特定的天数就退卡的缘故。要给八达通卡增值最简单的办法就是在地铁站，可以找增值机，或者直接跟柜台服务人员说你要增值。

机场售卖八达通卡的柜台

有了这张八达通，在香港真的是四面八方都能通啦，巴士也好，渡轮也好，地铁也好，电车也好，都能用八达通卡达到cashless transaction的目的。除此之外，这张卡还可以用来在一些便利商店付钱，在海洋公园玩游戏，总之太多功能了。

快人快语

常闻香港人说话快，走路快，到底是真的吗？

先看看我们在机场的经历：

“然后我们走到了Arrival Hall，那里很多人啊。我们很轻易地找到了卖八达通卡(Octopus Card)的柜台。由于Mars还不习惯用广东话跟人沟通，因此决定用英语买卡。卖卡给我们的地铁职员是一个女生，看起来很急躁的样子，大概是因为工作太忙。她用很快但很香港腔的英语跟我们沟通，第一次让我们感受到了香港人的快言快语和快动作。 ”

然后2点多我们到酒店楼下“富贵餐厅”，吃了我们在香港的第一餐：

我们一进去，店员就问我们几位。这时已经过了午餐时间，店里看起来没那么紧张繁忙了。(因为check-in之前经过这里，是沸沸扬扬，熙熙攘攘啊：我们经过一个门庭若市的餐厅，看见一个店员拎着一包饭，用很急速的广东话跟站在店外面的顾客说：“12号，边个o既？”。看起来那些站在店外面的人是在等打包，一拿了就走的那种。真够匆忙。)

我们刚坐下，两杯热茶就端了上来，速度之快果然名不虚传。我们端详了餐牌一会，就决定好了要点什么食物。我要了一份“鲍鱼双蛋饭”，Mars则点了“咖哩海鲜炒饭”。只见店员很快地就把我们的order记了下来，给我们的感觉是她一刻也不能让我们犹豫的。

接着还问我们要什么汤。我问她有什么选择，她说了几种，结果我点了罗宋汤，Mars要了忌廉汤。这时Mars还想再点一杯奶茶，店员问，“冻o既定系热o既？”Mars不知道听成了什么，结果答非所问。此时店员已表现得一脸莫名，我赶紧补上一句，“冻o既冻o既”。店员一听明白，就马上下了order，留下两个还觉得有点不清楚状况的我们。呵呵。

店员离开后，两个方包、两份牛油(都是免费的)、一杯冻奶茶、一碗罗宋汤和一碗忌廉汤马上又端了上来。我赶紧喝那碗看起来飘香的罗宋汤来充饥，Mars则开始吃起那些方包。可是我觉得午餐要吃牛油方包实在是太奇怪了，况且等下还要吃饭，吃了面包怎么吃得下饭呢，于是我就没吃了。饥饿的Mars竟然独个儿津津有味地吃完两个牛油方包！

等待主食的时候，我们不自觉地观察了店里的人和物。这家叫做“富贵餐厅”的店有冷气，看起来不新，但还不至于很旧，是那种可以在马来西亚找得到的餐厅来的。店员在用很标准的广东话聊天，其他桌还有一些顾客，看起来比较像是香港人。Mars说，他们的茶味道跟我们的很不同。我喝了也觉得如此，有种不同的香味。奶茶的味道也跟我们的有点分别。

过了不久，我们的饭来了。只见我那份鲍鱼双蛋饭好大的一盘啊！所谓的鲍鱼双蛋饭真的有鲍鱼，很多一大片一大片的鲍鱼，还有真的有双蛋，两粒蛋在同一盘饭上面，我觉得有点太多了！Mars的咖哩海鲜炒饭也很大份。

我们开始狼吞虎咽起来。我的鲍鱼双蛋饭味道还不错，可是Mars就觉得他的那份咖哩海鲜炒饭味道不怎么样。咖哩不辣，而所谓的海鲜就是一些小虾和很多不同类型和大小的鱿鱼，哈哈。到了后来，Mars说，这个应该是鱿鱼饭吧，哈哈。

又吃饭，又喝汤的，一下子我们就很饱了。吃饱之后已经快3点了，想到还有很多地方要去，所以我们就赶紧埋单了。我们二人总共吃了HKD70，每人HKD35，换成新币还不会贵得太夸张啦。

反正，你在香港点食物吃，不要犹豫不决太久就对了，这是几天下来得到的经验。如果忧郁太久，他们很快就会不耐烦，有些服务不是很好的，就会给你不好的脸色看。当然，时至今日，香港人的服务态度也好很多了。在蜡像馆和山顶缆车站，就有服务态度很不错的年轻人，他们还会讲蛮不错的华语噢。

Day 1总结感想

其实第一天的自助游大部分事情都蛮顺利的，计划要去的地方也80%去到了。感觉很好。

“后来我们的烧鹅腿终于好了，Mars拿着我们的晚餐，跟我一起步行出了镛记。我因为我们真的实现了计划，来到了香港，上了山顶，看了夜景，又买了电视上看到过的名牌镛记烧鹅，觉得非常开心。

以前觉得自助旅行不会什么都那么顺利的吧，但后来发现，以平常心去面对，就自然会实现计划的。 ”




Venus

ps: 蓝色字体摘自我的旅游日记。

港澳旅之 Day 1 行程检讨与感想篇 (Part 1)

去自助旅行之前，查了很多资料才排出一个行程表出来。但是对于没有自助旅行经验的我们来说，其实也不知道这样的行程到底可行不可行。所以如果要改善旅程，自然就要回顾并检讨检讨。

时间

时间其实是短期自助旅行的一个重点。往往是有很多地方想去，但又不够时间。所以在安排行程的时候，要考虑到很多突发状况，不能要求太高，行程排得太满。有时候你觉得明明会有很多时间的，可是到了真正去旅行时，才发现许多小细节都是要花时间的。

举例，我们当天早上10点半左右下机，本来以为很快可以搭上巴士。巴士不用半个小时大概就会到酒店了，因此check-in酒店之后，吃了午餐，还有大半天的时间。

可是事实上，我们在机场单单是排队移民检查就等了很久很久，我不知道为什么香港机场的移民柜台那么多人的，我们在那里足足排了一个小时左右。出了移民关卡，还要去买八达通，然后跟着牌子找巴士，接着巴士才从大屿山慢慢走出九龙，下了巴士时已经12点多快1点了。然后我们又因为找酒店的所在地花了一点时间，等到check-in了酒店，放下了行李，洗把脸，然后到楼下的富贵餐厅吃完午餐时，已经快下午3点了！从下机到吃饱午餐，整整花了那么多个小时，而且我们的酒店其实还是在这么方便的地方呢，更不要说是那些了location比较不strategic的酒店罗。

然后在尖沙咀的星光大道就这样走走拍照，也花了1个多小时。还好山顶的蜡像馆开到很晚，我们傍晚才上山也不迟。可是为了赶在太阳下山之前先在山顶看看香港，我们又马不停蹄要上山去。可是不要忘记，为了上山我们先搭渡轮过港，然后等山顶巴士，再等山顶缆车，这些各种，每件事情小小的时间加加起来，都不少时间的噢。

所以上到山顶已经5点半(赶得及太阳还没下山！)。进蜡像馆时快要6点。不过比较出其不意的是，虽然蜡像馆里面我们玩了很久(当然也很开心和尽兴！)，可是看完那些蜡像原来也只不过花了1个小时左右，哈哈，这是在Day 1我觉得时间最有“赚”的活动。

然后7点左右我们再到凌霄阁顶楼看夜景，那个夜景我们看了可能半个多小时吧，哈哈。看这个夜景不能看一个5分钟就走啦，这个夜景要细细欣赏。如果有时间啊，我真想到山顶别的地方(因为凌霄阁顶楼很多人)，找个舒适的位置，喝点酒，跟Mars在那里慢慢欣赏夜景！

然后逛了下兰桂坊，买了两只镛记烧鹅腿，再搭地铁回油麻地，又在油麻地超市买橙和汽水，再回酒店吃烧鹅腿。如此这样吃饱已经9点多了。洗个澡来，就快10点了，然后一天就这样过去了~

精力

除了时间之外，还有一个要考虑在内的是精力。哈哈，可能更年轻的人不容易觉得疲惫啦，但我坦白说，第一天香港之行我还真的有累。

原因一是前一晚睡不够。因为要搭早上6点的飞机，所以3、4点就要起床去机场。晚上还是差不多11点才睡着，可能一来心情兴奋，二来生理不习惯，不管怎样就是9点睡不着。

到了之后又忙着到处玩，可以说没有好好坐下来悠闲悠闲的。

还有一个重点，就是那个“天星小轮”， 哈哈。可能因为舟车劳顿，下了那个小小的摇摇晃晃的渡轮之后我精神真的觉得有点不振，哈哈，以致我在缆车站等缆车时已经有点意识懵懂。还好后来在山顶还玩得蛮开心的，凉凉冷冷的天气加上绚烂夺目的夜景，总算让我re-charge了一点battery。
本来我是计划在镛记买完了烧鹅再从中环搭天星小轮回尖沙咀，因为想在维多利亚港上看晚上的香港两岸景色，哈哈哈哈。可是后来即席考虑到了各种因素(主要是觉得没有什么精力再这样探索长途跋涉，毕竟要这样过港要不少时间的，因为到了尖沙咀之后还要搭巴士回油麻地，哈哈)，所以才决定用最没有创意的方法，就是地铁，回油麻地，哈哈。

另外，本来也想安排到尖沙咀附近的购物中心逛逛的，但最后还是弃权了，哈哈。

不过第一晚真的睡得很香，虽然疲惫，但是开心。而且为了隔天的迪斯尼之游，不得不养精蓄锐啊。要不然我们大可以直接在兰桂坊吃晚餐，然后喝几杯，疯狂它一个晚上，嘿。(如果第二天可以睡到自然醒就可以这样做啦！哈哈)

预算

其实在香港的第一天还花了不少钱的。(以下为两人共同花费)：
八达通卡（两张）- HKD300
午餐（富贵餐厅）- HKD70
山顶缆车和蜡像馆门票 - HKD250
晚餐（镛记烧鹅腿两只) - HKD180

另外我们还在山顶买了纪念品，又在蜡像馆买了纪念品，还有在超市买的东西，全部加起来，第一天在香港两个人的花费是HKD980，也就是RM436左右。




Venus

Learn how to say "Whatever" !

Say "Whatever ~ "


Mars

心血来潮

今天下班前后
觉得心里一股闷气
于是就不要去跑步了
跟Mars说我们约在一个购物中心吃饭

我还先回家
再走路到那个购物中心去
本来要搭车的路途哦
我走了过去~
最近气魄真的比以前好 =）

然后我们也没什么计划
就心血来潮去了Swensen
除了上个礼拜回马之外
我们也好久没有吃好料了
虽然说Swensen不算特别好料
可是至少还是间餐厅啦

结果我们叫了：
一碗carrot cream
一杯orange freezy
一盘breaded chicken cutlet
一盘lamb chop with almonds
最后还点了一个mango ice cream!
总共S$48









我本身就很喜欢吃羊肉，因此毫不犹豫就点了
想想我也很久没吃羊扒了
味道不错，羊扒上的almond粒锦上添花
薄荷酱的味道也很好
Mars的那盘炸鸡也很不错

总的来说吃得蛮开心的
加上我们又一边口沫横飞地说各自的工作
哈哈
总是有那么多的东西要讲

吃饱之后到戏院看看
今天是transformer第一天上映
我就知道这样临时临急不可能会买到票的
结果Mars才妥协买了明天的
嘿，看过之后就知道好不好看了

然后离开了购物中心
我们又开始舍弃巴士而走路
自从上次试过知道可以走路回家之后
我常常都想以走路代替巴士，哈哈
也好燃烧一点卡路里
;)

走在路上不知不觉周围越来越少人
都是汽车巴士呼啸而过而已
这种情况最好就是
高谈阔论
哈哈，我们的嗜好之一
:P

总是有许多感觉要分享
说好听是分享
不好听就是发泄
但我们的特点是喜欢互相分享
或者说互相发泄
（别问为什么我们那么多事情可以拿来发泄，哈哈）

哈哈
叽里呱啦说了一轮之后
口水浪费了很多
却也不知不觉走到家楼下了

然后现在就静静了
该是嘴巴休息的时候
:P

虽然是心血来潮的约会
也过得蛮开心的哦
虽然是说胡说八道发泄
却也是彼此间情感与思绪的重要分享来的哦





Venus

MNC工作甘苦谈

在MNC工作有时候还真吐血。。。

2007 年 Quarter 3 从 May ~ July.

工作开始忙,美国总部又说要CUT COST ! Project 要Shorten deadline !
哇，听了就晕 ~ 。。。

Travel Plan 可以cancel的就cancel 。
Head Count 要减，留到明年才请人。
Teleconfrence 不到4个人的会议，最好不要用teleconfrence...
连招待外宾的lunch,dinner 都要 CUT !

最令人头疼的还是跨国部门间的工作协调。
我的工作常要和欧洲，印度的部门合作，有时为了配合他们的时间还要日夜颠倒。
一来一往的email往往可以持续好几个星期只为了解决一个小问题。。。
后来学乖了，用电话直接找人，结果好了一点。。。 不过有时候还是推不动他们。

欧洲人工作多少看私交，这是我碰壁多次的结果。。。
他们以前常Ignore 我的eMail,可能因为我是新人，他们不认识我吧。。。后来发现不是，如果你和他们有私交的话，他们比较会“动”哈哈。
我的做法是。。。 before 给他们email或电话，最好Add他们在MSN, 闲聊一下，让他们对你有亲切感之后再“下手”哈哈！而且“Thank you so much"，"I really appreicated"， "I know you are busy, but..." 这类的话要常说，狗腿一番，事情好办多了。　

印度人又有不同的做法。。。　
因为他们大多都是Support staff, 所以常要接受我们所给的"task". 个人觉得他们有点ego... 很多东西他们不懂，他们不会说，他们只会show你印度人横摆着的头说:" yes ~ yes ~ no problem, this can be done easily". 当他们说这类话的时候，要小心 ~ 他们很大的可能性会把东西screw up ! 我有次因为浆气炸了，当场在telecon发彪， 要他 On NetMeeting, 当场Step by step 告诉他 : "Follow my steps, do it now !" 我的同事还大声对着电话说:" This is not an option anymore, just follow the step we are telling you now !"
经过浆的“威逼”＋“恐吓”他们下次就不敢啦 ~　哈哈。(好黑心哦!)

持续。。。　。。。　

Mars

TA: Indicators and Oscillators Cont'd

Some common indicators and oscillators

1) Accumulation/Distribution Line

-non-bounded indicator.
-measures money flows in a security.
-measure the ratio of buying to selling by comparing the price movement of a period to the volume of that period.
-If a security has an accumulation/distribution line that is trending upward, it is a sign that there is more buying than selling.

2) Average Directional Index (ADX)

-a trend indicator that is used to measure the strength of a current trend, not direction
-is seldom used to identify the direction of the current trend, but can identify the momentum behind trends (or strength).
-is a combination of two price movement measures: the positive directional indicator (+DI) and the negative directional indicator (-DI).
-The +DI measures the strength of the upward trend while the -DI measures the strength of the downward trend. These two measures are also plotted along with the ADX line. Measured on a scale between zero and 100, readings below 20 signal a weak trend while readings above 40 signal a strong trend.

3) Aroon Indicator

-is a trending indicator used to measure whether a security is in an uptrend or downtrend and the magnitude of that trend.
-used to predict when a new trend is beginning.
-is comprised of two lines, an "Aroon up" line (blue line) and an "Aroon down" line (red dotted line).
-The Aroon up line measures the amount of time it has been since the highest price during the time period. The Aroon down line, on the other hand, measures the amount of time since the lowest price during the time period. The number of periods that are used in the calculation is dependent on the time frame that the user wants to analyze.

4) Aroon Oscillator

-plots the difference between the Aroon up and down lines by subtracting the two lines
-This line is then plotted between a range of -100 and 100. The centerline at zero in the oscillator is considered to be a major signal line determining the trend.
-The higher the value of the oscillator from the centerline point, the more upward strength there is in the security; the lower the oscillator's value is from the centerline, the more downward pressure.
-A trend reversal is signaled when the oscillator crosses through the centerline. For example, when the oscillator goes from positive to negative, a downward trend is confirmed.
-Divergence is also used in the oscillator to predict trend reversals. A reversal warning is formed when the oscillator and the price trend are moving in an opposite direction.


5) Moving average convergence divergence (MACD)

-is comprised of two exponential moving averages, which help to measure momentum in the security.
-is simply the difference between these two moving averages plotted against a centerline.
-The centerline is the point at which the two moving averages are equal.
-Along with the MACD and the centerline, an exponential moving average of the MACD itself is plotted on the chart.

MACD= shorter term moving average - longer term moving average

-When the MACD is positive, it signals that the shorter term moving average is above the longer term moving average and suggests upward momentum. The opposite holds true when the MACD is negative - this signals that the shorter term is below the longer and suggest downward momentum

-When the MACD line crosses over the centerline, it signals a crossing in the moving averages.
-The most common moving average values used in the calculation are the 26-day and 12-day exponential moving averages. The signal line is commonly created by using a nine-day exponential moving average of the MACD values.

-For more volatile securities, shorter term averages are used while less volatile securities should have longer averages.
-MACD histogram: is plotted on the centerline and represented by bars. Each bar is the difference between the MACD and the signal line or, in most cases, the nine-day exponential moving average. The higher the bars are in either direction, the more momentum behind the direction in which the bars point.


As you can see in the figure above, one of the most common buy signals is generated when the MACD crosses above the signal line (EMA of MACD, blue dotted line), while sell signals often occur when the MACD crosses below the signal.

6) Relative strength index (RSI)

-signals overbought and oversold conditions in a security
-The indicator is plotted in a range between zero and 100.
-A reading above 70 is used to suggest that a security is overbought, while a reading below 30 is used to suggest that it is oversold
-The standard calculation for RSI uses 14 trading days as the basis, which can be adjusted to meet the needs of the user. If the trading period is adjusted to use fewer days, the RSI will be more volatile and will be used for shorter term trades.


7) On-balance Volume (OBV)

-reflect movements in volume
-is calculated by taking the total volume for the trading period and assigning it a positive or negative value depending on whether the price is up or down during the trading period
-When price is up during the trading period, the volume is assigned a positive value, while a negative value is assigned when the price is down for the period
-The positive or negative volume total for the period is then added to a total that is accumulated from the start of the measure.
-The trend in the OBV is more important than the actual value of the OBV measure. This measure expands on the basic volume measure by combining volume and price movement.

8) Stochastic Oscillator

-in an uptrend, the price should be closing near the highs of the trading range, signaling upward momentum in the security. In downtrends, the price should be closing near the lows of the trading range, signaling downward momentum.
-The stochastic oscillator is plotted within a range of zero and 100 and signals overbought conditions above 80 and oversold conditions below 20.

-The stochastic oscillator contains two lines.
-The first line is the %K, which is essentially the raw measure used to formulate the idea of momentum behind the oscillator.
-The second line is the %D, which is simply a moving average of the %K.
-The %D line is considered to be the more important of the two lines as it is seen to produce better signals. The stochastic oscillator generally uses the past 14 trading periods in its calculation but can be adjusted to meet the needs of the user.






Venus

ps: Content and pictures in this article are excerpted from Investopedia.

TA: Indicators and Oscillators

Indicators are calculations based on the price and the volume of a security that measure such things as money flow, trends, volatility and momentum.

Indicators are used in two main ways: to confirm price movement and the quality of chart patterns, and to form buy and sell signals.

While some traders use a single indicator solely for buy and sell signals, they are best used in conjunction with price movement, chart patterns and other indicators.

Two main types of indicators

1) leading-strongest during periods of sideways of non-trending trading ranges
2) lagging-useful during trending periods

Two types of indicator constructions

1) fall in a bounded range-are called oscillators
2) do not fall in a bounded range

Two main ways indicators used to form buy and sell signals

1) crossovers
2) divergence - when the direction of the price trend and the direction of the indicator trend are moving in the opposite direction. This signals to indicator users that the direction of the price trend is weakening.




Venus

ps: Content in this article are excerpted from Investopedia.

生活记

我被扎了！

今天进行身体检查

看过venus的生物日记的人
都应该知道
我以前给许多老鼠扎过针
老鼠的肚子啦，尾巴啦，甚至眼睛

今天轮到我被人家扎
那个针头
我看大概有18到21G那么粗！
刺进去的时候还真痛
（老鼠们，我不是今天才知道扎针会痛~）

但是跟还没有做过animal work之前比较
是有了这些经验之后
人变得胆大心细很多
可以眼gam gam看着人家把那么大支的针插进我的皮肉
虽然一边感受到皮下神经线传来的疼痛讯号，哈哈
然后又眼看着自己的鲜血流出来。。。

上次我在另外一个地方被人扎针时
还看到那个诊所柜子上放的那些针头盒子
跟我在实验室里面的针头根本是一样牌子的
那次之后我常常想
嘿，我搞不好可以跟自己，或者别人抽血呢
反正我已经有那么多的supplies
（哈哈，只是想想而已！）

疲劳

今天一个网友很有心email我
关心我是不是真的很累哦
我回复说
是啊，很累啦~
（但是还是有力回你的信嘛，够义气了吧？呵呵）

催稿

今天在佳礼论坛开的港澳旅帖子
被网友催稿了
hmm。。。其实写文章也是很靠feeling的
尤其是写游记这种记载性文字，哈哈
不过我会加油的了
但是今天要先上了拖了好几天才整理好的TA MA
然后又要来这里写写心情宣泄一下
才开始去继续写港澳旅
（嘿，很怀疑今天能不能写完一篇！）

总结

还是昨天那句
为了要更有精力
就要睡觉！
所以。。。
可能写不到几行又要去睡觉了，哈哈！　




Venus

TA: MA - disadvatages and strategies to tackle them

Downsides of MA

No Average is Foolproof

One of the major disadvantages of using moving averages is that they are relatively useless when an asset is trending sideways, compared to the times when a strong trend is present.

Responsiveness to Price Action

Short-term moving averages can be useful in identifying changing trends before a large move occurs, but the downside is that this technique can also lead to being whipsawed in and out of a position because these averages respond very quickly to changing prices. Because the quality of the transaction signals can vary drastically depending on the time periods used in the calculation, it is highly recommended to look at other technical indicators for confirmation of any move predicted by a moving average.

Beware of the Lag

Because moving averages are a lagging indicator, transaction signals will always occur after the price has moved enough in one direction to cause the moving average to respond. This lagging characteristic can often work against a trader and cause him or her to enter into a position at the least opportune time.

For example, the only way for a short-term moving average to cross above a long-term moving average is for the price to have recently moved higher - many traders will use this bullish crossover as a buy signal.

One major problem that often arises is that the price may have already experienced a large increase before the transaction signal is presented.As you can see in the figure above, the large price gap creates a buy signal in late August, but this signal is too late because the price has already moved up by more than 25% over the past 12 days and is becoming exhausted.

Strategies to using MA to overcome to tackle downside of MA

1) Crossovers
The most basic type of crossover is when the price of an asset moves from one side of a moving average and closes on the other. Price crossovers are used by traders to identify shifts in momentum and can be used as a basic entry or exit strategy.


The second type of crossover occurs when a short-term average crosses through a long-term average. This signal is used by traders to identify that momentum is shifting in one direction and that a strong move is likely approaching. A buy signal is generated when the short-term average crosses above the long-term average, while a sell signal is triggered by a short-term average crossing below a long-term average.


2) Triple Crossover and the Moving Average Ribbon
Additional moving averages may be added to the chart to increase the validity of the signal. Many traders will place the five-, 10-, and 20-day moving averages onto a chart and wait until the five-day average crosses up through the others ━ this is generally the primary buy sign.

Waiting for the10-day average to cross above the 20-day average is often used as confirmation, a tactic that often reduces the number of false signals. Increasing the number of moving averages, as seen in the triple crossover method, is one of the best ways to gauge the strength of a trend and the likelihood that the trend will continue.

The moving average ribbon: As you can see from the chart below, many moving averages are placed onto the same chart and are used to judge the strength of the current trend. When all the moving averages are moving in the same direction, the trend is said to be strong. Reversals are confirmed when the averages cross over and head in the opposite direction.


3) Filters
A filter is any technique used in technical analysis to increase one's confidence about a certain trade. For example, many investors may choose to wait until a security crosses above a moving average and is at least 10% above the average before placing an order. This is an attempt to make sure the crossover is valid and to reduce the number of false signals. The downside about relying on filters too much is that some of the gain is given up and it could lead to feeling like you've "missed the boat".

4) Moving Average Envelope
This strategy involves plotting two bands around a moving average, staggered by a specific percentage rate. For example, in the chart below, a 5% envelope is placed around a 25-day moving average. Traders will watch these bands to see if they act as strong areas of support or resistance. Notice how the move often reverses direction after approaching one of the levels. A price move beyond the band can signal a period of exhaustion, and traders will watch for a reversal toward the center average.


Moving Averages: Different Flavors

1) Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
It is used by traders to monitor the relationship between two moving averages. It is generally calculated by subtracting a 26-day exponential moving average from a 12-day EMA.

When the MACD has a positive value, the short-term average is located above the long-term average. As mentioned earlier, this stacking order of the averages is an indication of upward momentum. A negative value occurs when the short-term average is below the long-term average - a sign that the current momentum is in the downward direction. Many traders will also watch for a move above or below the zero line because this signals the position where the two averages are equal (crossover strategy applies here). A move above zero would be used as a buy sign, while a cross below zero can be used as a sell signal.

2) Signal/Trigger Line
Moving averages aren't limited to just stock prices; MAs can be created for any form of data that changes frequently. It is even possible to take a moving average of a technical indicator such as the MACD.

For example, a nine-period EMA of the MACD values is added to the chart in the figure below in an attempt to form transaction signals. As you can see, buy signals are generated when the value of the indicator (MACD) crosses above the signal line (dotted line), while short signals are generated from a cross below the signal line. It is important to note that regardless of the indicator being used, a move beyond a signal line is interpreted in the same manner; the only thing that varies is the number of time periods used to create it.


3) Bollinger Band
A Bollinger band technical indicator looks similar to the moving average envelope, but differs in how the outer bands are created. The bands of this indicator are generally placed two standard deviations away from a simple moving average.

In general, a move toward the upper band can often suggest that the asset is becoming overbought, while a move close to the lower band can suggest the asset is becoming oversold. Since standard deviation is used as a statistical measure of volatility, this indicator adjusts itself to market conditions. The tightening of the bands is often used by traders as an early indication that overall volatility may be about to increase and that a trader may want to wait for a sharp price move.






Venus

ps: Content and pictures in this article are excerpted from Investopedia.

TA: Moving Average Cont'd

为什么叫"MOVING Average"？

Why technical traders call this tool a "moving" average and not just a regular mean?

Example of 10-day SMA:
Sum of 10-days data divided by 10=11 (10-day SMA)

However, as new values become available, the oldest data points must be dropped from the set and new data points must come in to replace them. Thus, the data set is constantly "moving" to account for new data as it becomes available. This method of calculation ensures that only the current information is being accounted for.

In the figure above, once the new value of 5 is added to the set, the red box (representing the past 10 data points) moves to the right and the last value of 15 is dropped from the calculation. Because the relatively small value of 5 replaces the high value of 15, you would expect to see the average of the data set decrease, which it does, in this case from 11 to 10.

What Do the Different Days Mean?

The most common time periods used in moving averages are 15, 20, 30, 50, 100 and 200 days. The shorter the time span used to create the average, the more sensitive it will be to price changes. The longer the time span, the less sensitive, or more smoothed out, the average will be.

Main Uses of MA:

1. Identify trend
Moving averages are lagging indicators, which means that they do not predict new trends, but confirm trends once they have been established.

As you can see in figure above, a stock is deemed to be in an uptrend when the price is above a moving average and the average is sloping upward. Conversely, a trader will use a price below a downward sloping average to confirm a downtrend.

2. Measure momentum
In general, short-term momentum can be gauged by looking at moving averages that focus on time periods of 20 days or less. Looking at moving averages that are created with a period of 20 to 100 days is generally regarded as a good measure of medium-term momentum. Finally, any moving average that uses 100 days or more in the calculation can be used as a measure of long-term momentum.

One of the best methods to determine the strength and direction of an asset's momentum is to place three moving averages onto a chart and then pay close attention to how they stack up in relation to one another. The three moving averages that are generally used have varying time frames in an attempt to represent short-term, medium-term and long-term price movements.

In figure above, strong upward momentum is seen when shorter-term averages are located above longer-term averages and the two averages are diverging. Conversely, when the shorter-term averages are located below the longer-term averages, the momentum is in the downward direction.

3. Determine Support Level
Falling price of an asset will often stop and reverse direction at the same level as an important average.

4. Determine Resistance Level
Once the price of an asset falls below an influential level of support, such as the 200-day moving average, it is not uncommon to see the average act as a strong barrier that prevents investors from pushing the price back above that average. Many short sellers will also use these averages as entry points because the price often bounces off the resistance and continues its move lower.

5. Set stop-loss order
As you can see in figure below, traders who hold a long position in a stock and set their stop-loss orders below influential averages can save themselves a lot of money.

Venus

ps: Content and pictures in this article are excerpted from Investopedia.

累

今天是Monday，有点blue
最近在公司有点忙啦

昨晚刚从马回来
劳顿了一天
不累都很假

今天早上又泻肚子~argghhh~

傍晚下班后去跑步
当时还蛮精神的
可是现在就感觉自己像半只咸鱼。。。就是累趴趴，软趴趴
本来还想写篇香港游记
可是写了几段就投降了
事倍功半啊。。。

总结是
要在忙碌的现代都市人生活中
取得work-life balance
又要不断进修自己的话
最需要的东西叫做精力！

没有精力就什么都不想做
只是想睡觉

而要有精力就要怎样呢？
就是要早点睡觉
养足精神
明天再加油！~~~

所以现在要睡觉！




Venus

维也纳老城市区漫游

离开了Stephansdom，就可在其周围随意逛逛。这个地方是维也纳第一区(1st district)的中心，也叫做维也纳老城中心(Innere Stadt)。

这里很多建筑物，我也不知道它们每个的来头，不过它们每间都别具一格，都很欧式，对我来说，就是很不一样。而这里很多地方都是人行步道，车子是不能走的。你可以随意在这里逛逛，感受一下维也纳的气息。

有两条街道是特别需要去的。一个是在stephansdom以南的购物名街Kärntnerstrasse。这条人行街道很长，能走到南面的国家歌剧院(Staatsoper)去。在这条购物街上，有许多名牌店，大大小小的各种店，能满足很多人的购物欲望。只是要知道，在这里买东西可不便宜噢。

另外一条街是Graben，中文翻译为城壕。几千年以前罗马人为了抵御外人入侵，在这里挖了一条壕沟，后来壕沟被填土了。长时间下来这里已经变成如今车水马龙的购物街。除了不计其数的店铺之外，Graben上还有一个很抢眼的标志。我还记得当天我也是从远处就看见了它。

它其实是一个纪念鼠疫的柱子，叫做Pestsäule(means "Column of the Black Plague")，是1679年国王为了悼念因鼠疫而死去的2/3维也纳人而建的。它吸引我的地方是因为它上面有许多地方是金光闪闪的。另外，Graben上还有2座fountains。

左上：Graben上看到的“特别路牌”，知道它什么意思吗？呵；
左上：Granbenhof酒店之前，有几辆Fiaker在等客；
右下：金光闪闪的Pestsäule；
左下：Graben上其中一个Fountain。

在这些人行步道区上，你能体验到维也纳，看到奥地利人，和感受到这座城市沸腾热闹的一面。



Venus

无题

下班前的。。。
40分钟(哈哈，今天比较早来)

昨天放狠话要setup好的东西
今天还是没有setup好
但总算给我找到原因是什么
是这台“价值连车”的机器
竟然有瑕疵
害我浪费了那么多天在傻傻地怀疑为什么不能work

好啦，现在不是我的问题了
那个engineer准备面对挑战吧
好好一台新机器就有瑕疵
哀哉~

现在心情还不错啦~
毕竟周末要来了嘛~
周末不在新加坡

祝大家周末愉快~~~




Venus

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE

上次介绍了这首歌曲——I finally found someone, by Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand。非常喜欢~今天找到一个you-tube，特地贴上来~真的好听！

Venus

谢谢Mars =）

（今天中午午餐时电话响)

Venus:哈罗。。。
Mars：哈罗。。。

Venus：什么事情？我在吃饭。（一边放下筷子，周围很多吵杂声音）
Mars：没有啦，我在Challenger。你那天是不是说你的rechargeable battery不见了？

Venus:哦哦。。。没有，我找到了。
Mars：哦，酱啊？OK罗。。。

Venus：可是我的earphone坏了。（赶紧打蛇随棍上~~~~~）
Mars：har？哦，那我帮你找看看啦。。。然后你还回钱给我就好啦（假镇定中）
Venus：har？要还回钱的咩？(装懵懂中）
Mars：哈哈，就知道~



然后我现在就有一个全新的earphone啦~~~~~嘿~Danke schoen Mars~~~






Venus

下班前

下班前15分钟
心情。。。莫名所以中。。。

今天下午又花了不少时间对着那台价值如轿车的机器
眼睛有点累
头脑有点累
还是没有set好

。。。告诉自己
from scratch是这样的啦
setup好了之后就不用那么费力气了啦。。。

明天要继续加油
我就不相信
虽然它们很贵
但我不相信我搞不定它！
(要放狠话~~)

最近生活看起来蛮不错的
充实、健康、开心~
=)

各位加油生活吧！
gambateh!
aza aza fighting~~




Venus

ps:如果可以，下班的时间还是要准时下班比较好啦~

pps:刚刚不小心看到在cari的帖子有人叫我加油写香港游记，嘿，尽量啦，可能下个周末才会有时间~

奥地利巧克力

在Stephanplatz上，就在一排排马车的对面，有一间粉红色的店，门庭若市。

我朋友说，“We have to go in that shop, you must buy something from there。”

而她口中的这间店，就是维也纳有名的巧克力Manner的专门店。Manner是维也纳人，或者说奥地利人相当引以为傲的巧克力。如果有人从奥地利回来，带上巧克力做手信的话，Manner很可能就是其中一种手信了。

Manner是一家始创于1890年的奥地利公司的品牌。创办人是一个非常成功的生意人，他让自己的巧克力卖了百多年仍然炙手可热。最有名的产品是一种有hazelnut的wafer(叫做Neopolitan)，去过奥地利的人都会看过这种巧克力，还有它那个有stephansdom的牌子标志。

我们走进那家里里外外都是粉红色的店，呵呵。全部都是Manner的巧克力，各种各样，还有一些Manner周边产品，衣服啊，雨伞啊什么的。我买了巧克力，也拍了照片，才离开这间看起来很摩登，却一定历史悠久的店铺。


除了Manner之外，奥地利还有一种非常有名的巧克力，就是Mirabell的Mozart巧克力！Mozart在奥地利实在太红了。这种叫做Mozart-kugeln的莫扎特巧克力球，也有百年历史。在奥地利几乎每个城市都能买到它。除了巧克力球之外，还有巧克力钱币，叫做Mozart-taller。


要买手信，Manner和Mozart-kugeln是不能少的了。

此外，还有一种叫做Milka的巧克力。它有紫色的包装，上面一头白紫参半的牛，和背后白皑皑的阿尔卑斯山。虽然原产于瑞士，但在奥地利也非常普遍。就在我住的那件酒店，柜台上每天都有很多不同口味的milka任人拿，呵呵。

除了这些历史悠久的巧克力之外，我在奥地利还认识到了一个非常特别的牌子，叫做zotter。它的巧克力口味非常多，外面的包装根据不同的口味有不同的艺术图案，不单是味道好，而且最特别的是，它是fair-trade的产品。也因为这样，一bar的zotter价钱可不便宜噢，要EUR2.90呢。不过，为了发展中国家的农民和耕种者的福利着想，多付一点钱不算什么。因此这种zotter巧克力在奥地利也非常收欢迎。

来到奥地利，又怎么能错过她的巧克力呢？;)


这些就是我千里迢迢从奥地利带回来的部分东西，哈哈~





Venus

ps：

以下是上述巧克力公司的网址。我个人非常喜欢看关于manner和mirabell的历史的页面(嘿，我就是一个喜欢看历史故事的人嘛)：
Manner
Mozartkugeln
Milka
Zotter

Six years old Connie sing - Over The Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

请把你的电视机，啦迪敖(Radio), 窗口， 门口 。。。 关掉，务必要在没有人干扰的情况下看这个clip哦 ~

Mars

嘿，终于有酒杯了

下班后跟Mars去IKEA逛街
今天是端午节
但是我们没吃到一粒粽子
这个周末回马应该能吃到

回到主题
话说我们二人拖着有点疲惫的身躯
在那冷气凉凉的IKEA里面逛来逛去

每次Mars在IKEA时都会说
“啊，我们如果有自己的家就好，可以买这些布置~”
我没好气地干笑一下，然后回答一声“呵”
表情是“又来暗示吗？”

哈哈。。。

今晚疲惫逛街的收获是
一个S$4.90的秤
两只各S$3.90的wine glass~~

Yeah~
以后终于有酒杯可以摇wine了~
看看几时能开张用用
哈哈

Mars酒瘾已经发作中。。。
=P


怎样？不错吧？




Venus

快记

现在是下班之前的一分钟
我得快
因为约了Mars

刚才在疲惫兼一点点不爽中
随便游走在网络之中
不小心看到凸堕落客栈凸
他贴了一个you tube
看了让我莞尔

特别转过来~
下班前，笑一个~
cheeeeese~~~




Venus

工作心情记

今天花了很多时间
在那几台加起来可以在新加坡买1.5辆车的机器上
不停激荡着脑子里创意的部分
偏偏在学生时代时我的创意是最不好的

不知不觉又6月了
一年已经过了一半
啊。。。
真的很快

现在头脑累累的
还有一堆跟我本来职责不相干的事情要做
我很怀疑为什么我的CEO会叫一个biologist做IT的东西
他的头脑是不是真的PhD了？
还是他是神算，知道我男朋友是做IT的？！？！
可是我男朋友做IT跟我有什么关系
难到说IT的知识是能潜移默化的？！？！？！

贴上一些东西解解压
有时间的话去做做这个测验
http://dna.imagini.net/friends

至于我的测验成绩，看图吧
a picture speaks a thousand words
我就不多说了~














Venus

TA: Moving Average

A moving average is the average price of a security over a set amount of time.

By plotting a security's average price, the price movement is smoothed out. Once the day-to-day fluctuations are removed, traders are better able to identify the true trend and increase the probability that it will work in their favor.

3 most important MAs:

1. Simple Moving Average (SMA)
-most common
-takes the sum of all of the past closing prices over the time period and divides the result by the number of prices used in the calculation
-For example, in a 10-day moving average, the last 10 closing prices are added together and then divided by 10.


-increasing the number of periods used in the calculation of MA makes the average less responsive to changing prices, and by doing so, it's one of the best ways to gauge the strength of the long-term trend and the likelihood that it will reverse.

2. Linear Weighted Average
-least common
-is calculated by taking the sum of all the closing prices over a certain time period and multiplying them by the position of the data point and then dividing by the sum of the number of periods.
-For example, in a five-day linear weighted average, today's closing price is multiplied by five, yesterday's by four and so on until the first day in the period range is reached. These numbers are then added together and divided by the sum of the multipliers.
-is used to address the problem of the equal weighting. ( Because many individuals argue that the usefulness of SMA is limited because each point in the data series has the same impact on the result regardless of where it occurs in the sequence. The critics argue that the most recent data is more important and, therefore, it should also have a higher weighting. Hence the invention of linear moving weighted average. )

3. Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
-uses a smoothing factor to place a higher weight on recent data points and is regarded as much more efficient than the linear weighted average
-complex calculation method which is not necessary for normal users to understand
-important point: it is more responsive to new information relative to the simple moving average, and hence it's preferable over SMA by most users.


As you can see in Figure above, a 15-period EMA rises and falls faster than a 15-period SMA. This slight difference doesn’t seem like much, but it is an important factor to be aware of since it can affect returns.

Major Uses of Moving Averages

-to identify current trends and trend reversals
-to set up support and resistance levels.
-to quickly identify whether a security is moving in an uptrend or a downtrend depending on the direction of the moving average
-to look at the order of a pair of moving averages: When a short-term average is above a longer-term average, the trend is up. On the other hand, a long-term average above a shorter-term average signals a downward movement in the trend.


As in the above figure, when a moving average is heading upward and the price is above it, the security is in an uptrend. Conversely, a downward sloping moving average with the price below can be used to signal a downtrend.

Moving Average Reversal:
formed in 2 ways

1. when the price moves through a moving average
For example, when the price of a security that was in an uptrend falls below a 50-period moving average, like in the figure below, it is a sign that the uptrend may be reversing.


2. when one moving average crosses through another
For example, as in figure below, if the 15-day moving average crosses above the 50-day moving average, it is a positive sign that the price will start to increase.


If the periods used in the calculation are relatively short, for example 15 and 35, this could signal a short-term trend reversal. On the other hand, when two averages with relatively long time frames cross over (50 and 200, for example), this is used to suggest a long-term shift in trend.

Reversal at MA

It is not uncommon to see a stock that has been falling stop its decline and reverse direction once it hits the support of a major moving average. A move through a major moving average is often used as a signal by technical traders that the trend is reversing. For example, if the price breaks through the 200-day moving average in a downward direction, it is a signal that the uptrend is reversing.



Conclusion

The most common time frames that are used when creating moving averages are the 200-day, 100-day, 50-day, 20-day and 10-day. The 200-day average is thought to be a good measure of a trading year, a 100-day average of a half a year, a 50-day average of a quarter of a year, a 20-day average of a month and 10-day average of two weeks.

Moving averages help technical traders smooth out some of the noise that is found in day-to-day price movements, giving traders a clearer view of the price trend.




Venus

ps: Content and pictures in this article are excerpted from Investopedia.