Espresso

What can I say? You can get a good espresso in Kungsbacka, too!

New shoes

Another pair of loafers. Great for driving, fit like a glove and they look cool.

Longboard heaven!

Let me just point you to Lush longboards here

Cool shades

If you are done with all those fashionista goggles by Prada and whatever... Go for the original, ultracool shades that will match your F-16 just perfectly. Ray-Bans? Nooo! They're from Randolph Industries, silly!

Longboard

5 days later

So I think spring may come soon. It's cold as hell right now but there's something in the air. Finally moved in to our v e r y b i g apartment. Feels good.

I like cooking in my new kitchen, but I miss a fan over the stove, but will solve that issue soon.

Only a few days left

I'm moving into a 6-room apartment on saturday!

Another trip

This time I went to Karlstad to show an industrial property to prospective buyers. I met them for all of 19 minutes, before I got back in my car for the trip home...

Seems like I'm personally altering the climate by driving 600km for a twenty-minute meeting... *sigh*

Anger management

Typical anger management "techniques" are the use of deep breathing and meditation as a means to relaxation. As the issue of anger varies from person to person, the treatments are designed to be personal to the individual.*

Reward systems: Read up on dopamines here

*Excerpt from Wikipedia

Nada

Investment policy

Does anyone still doubt that China and India will be this planets leading economies within the next twenty years?* I also predict that West-Africas economy will become very strong. Just look at asian investments in West African countries!

* (I mean, they already are!)

I also believe in South America. Venezuela is a very interesting market if equlibrium is maintained. Just hope those norte-americanos keep their hands off that oil.

Fund #1: (up NO DATA%)70% Venezuela, 30% India
Fund #2:(up 53%) 20% India, 15% Asian Small Cap, 20% Russia East Capital, 35% Russia, 10 Latin America

Moh ching, moh meng instant karma

Here's an interesting thought: I read somewhere of someone, who in order to attract money by using the strange universal law of karma, would write little blessings on one dollar bills with a marker. She would then hide the money where it would eventually be found, and quickly leave. The giving away apparently returned a hundredfold.

The point? Give without that egoistic urge to bask in someone's obvious happiness over being given money with a blessing!

Do some unexpected good. I guess it could actually cause a paradigm shift. In any case, at least two people will be happier than before!

Paraphernilia

So. I will sit in my Louis Ghost chair. Behind my frosted glass IKEA table. Having set my vodka-lime down on top of the Compinibili, stroked the touchpad on my laptop and logged in to write, I realize I need one more item. This is it*:

* For those of you who don't know:
It's a 2-1 speaker system from
Harman Kardon called Soundstick II

Yes, I am a materialist. But then I live in the western hemisphere. We are supposed to consume. Not consuming is counter-productive to the western view on economic growth. (Non-consumerism may even become a criminal offence). What will everyone do, once they don't have to consume or produce in order to afford consumtion? Think?

The present is now

The past is just a memory, and the future hasn't occured just yet.
The only thing that exists is the present.
Why not enjoy it just as it is? It's unique and will happen only once.

Next necessity

This is my next object of desire:

The Louis Ghost chair by Philippe Starck for Kartell.
You can read about (or buy it) here

So. I'll sit in it behind my glass desk, looking at the really cool and equally transparent speakers from Harman Kardon...

The way things are going, my entire home will probably end up transparent, or translucent at least...

X-mas present

I don't really know how to adress the issue of, well... being mind-numbingly bored! Having a couple of days off is a crisis, as there is time to reflect on such issues... Anyway, Christmas was OK (but not over yet) and at least I can stand it better now than I could before.

I am pleased I managed not to receive a whole bunch of presents I do not want. Instead I was given a couple of things I really did want; One immaterial the other one material. The material one was this (see pic) fine piece of modern design. It's called Compinibili, designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri and manufactured by Kartell. I plan to place it next to my (hitherto not even unpacked) frosted glass worktable (from IKEA) in my new apartment. I'm going to store headphones, mp3 player and mobile phone paraphernilia in it. I will probably set down my espresso on the top...

Raining cats and dogs

Enjoying myself in Mölndal, as there was a bit of rain the other day. Subsequently, some of it ended up indoors and I got to play around with bilge-pumps. Here's one of them, doing its' thing... ;-)

Tick-tock

Global warming aka global warning

I took this picture with my mobile phone