Swordie Bloggie

In the local news today… Harder to Find British Pound… well, I guess no one wants to keep large sum or do not want to sell off their pound for the past few months coz its value strength against other currencies has depreciated very much… Previously, the pound is the most expensive currency… well, it’s still the most expensive but not that expensive any more… it’s affordable… a year ago, one pound is about RM7.20, but today it is only RM4.75… that’s RM2.45 or 34% value lost…

My guess why it is harder to find pound in the Money Exchanger or Pengurup Wang coz those having pounds are not selling them yet hoping it will go up again… and other are buying and keeping it while the pound is low and sell it off once it goes up later… after reading the news, I think I want to buy some pound while it is low right now… I played currency before but it’s to dynamic and I end up losing some… 😛 Keeping gold IRA is much safer for long term I guess… no I’m not talking about gold by IRA the Irish Republican Army… but Individual Retirement Account 😛

Gold is the most valued metal in the market… every countries keeps gold for their economic strength… so having an IRA gold is not bad… it’s a good way of saving… but unfortunately I don’t think that saving programme is available here… not even the 401k gold… 😛 And now I’m thinking… which one is better, buying currency or buying gold?… Just look at this statistic… Gold bullion coins in the early 70’s is $25,000… and today after 30 years, that same gold bullion will valued at $524,999.00 😛 You just have to keep it… you don’t have to worry about it’s daily, monthly or yearly price like the currency… they are less headache to keep compared to currency… but currency can make you rich or poor in short period… don’t have to wait for 30 years… 😛 OK, I will make up my decision later… probably not going to commit any of them at the end… 😆

Last Saturday, 29 May 2010, Burnout 360 Sabah Drift Challenge was held at the Kota Kinabalu Port, next to Jeselton Point. The event was organized by Casero Events in collaborations with KK D1 Club and jointly co-organized by  Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu and supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Environment and Ministry of Youth & Sports.

Entrance fee was RM15.00… not a problem if the show was an explosive… and the entrance gate is unbelievable… it was just a cut out of the fence… How on earth did DBKK allow this?… can’t they just put a proper gate there??? Anyway, it says shows from 8AM – Midnight… but too bad, I… we… feel conned… went there with 2 friends around 11AM… was hoping on that time, the drift show will be steaming ahead… but nothing going on except for some Volkswagen car displays and car audio show… 😛

From time to time, a car will screech around on the track… but nothing spectacular… we got bored and steaming from the sun heat which is more like body fat burner… the next few days I have to bear the sunburn… and this is the darkest skin I ever have… well it was from the paintball game the week before and made worse by this event… 😛

Then we found out the actual show will be held at 4PM!!!… since it is already around 1PM, and except for one stall selling drinks and some foods… we decided to eat outside the area… and we end up at the Cock & Bull Cafe (Bar – Gourmet – Asian Cuisine – Music)… and I had grilled salmon. Then it rains heavily… and we went back to the track around 3PM… around 4PM, still nothing happen except for some competition results at the main stage hosted by DJ Othoe… Then Othoe announced that the drift competition will start at 6PM!!! Damm… we wanted to go home… but decided to stay since we have waited since 11AM… come 6PM still nothing… only around 6.30PM the shows started… but it was already dark… and nothing to see much… so we decided to go home around 7PM… 😛

I hope, in future, when events like this are organized… put as 8AM – Midnight… the organizer will not be so stingy or poor enough to print a show schedule on a piece of A3 paper and put it at the entrance… so that the spectator can arrange their time when to come… we have no problem paying the RM15… but don’t tell me you can’t print a show schedule on a piece of A3 paper with RM15…

. . . Continue Reading »