strongpawn

Two  keys to investing success

Finding good quality assets
Don’t overpay (this is the hardest part)

A simple valuation – PE ratio
Rather than guessing a market value for a company, is there some simple measure of value?
The simplest form of evaluation is to add up the equity (or book value) of a company. This is all it’s [...]

I’ve decided that publicly charting my weight and tummy circumference should, apart from the risk of illness, help me get back on track with my fitness program. It’s one of those ideas I’ve had bubbling in my mind for a while, so I thought it’s better to do it rather than think it!

My name encoded in QT, so that some Japanese person can read it with their mobile device (for example)…

Google has done a great job implementing a chart API available via the URL.
For example, the following snippet produces the following image.

<img src=”http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=v&chs=200×200
&chd=t:100,100,100,30,30,30,30″ alt=”" />

How cool is that??
I’ll be using this here, to post my weight loss progress and also other goals I’m reaching for that can be easily presented as charts.
Check out; my [...]

I’m back again to give this blog another go. Sometimes we need to go easy on ourselves
Wow, a lot has changed in recent months.

I have accepted a new job offer at seek.com
The stock market has plunged and then rallied strongly
I’m now regularly walking for 45mins. At least once per week for last couple [...]

Date
Walk
Pushups
Situps
Extras?

Mon 8th Sep 08
30mins
36 (3×12)
0

Tue 9th Sep 08
20mins
15 (1×15)
0

Wed 10th Sep 08
??
24 (3×8)
10 (1×10)
Stair Climb (7 flights)

I thought it would be handy to myself (and maybe others one day) to outline a concrete strategy to lose weight. Firstly, to outline a summary of many hours of reading and even more hours of chit-chat with friends about the topic of losing weight, I’ll summarize it all in the following points…

Eat good food [...]

Stop the press! My weight is officially out of control I have had a moderately bad week on the diet front. Two days were outright failures involving binge snacks and pizza. However, other days were good and I’ve even upped my exercise slightly by doing pushups and walking the stairs at work (10 [...]

OK since giving up excessive eating and coffee recently, i’m glad to say I’ve shed another centimeter from my waist!! My circumference has now ’shrunk’ to a paltry 115cm. Yahoo! I’m mainly trying to become more healthy, but I’ve actually developed some serious man-boobs over the years and they are quite embarrasing. I want them [...]

I have decided to take a leaf out of my wife’s book and become an avid drinker of green tea. The main reason I started drinking tea in ernest are:

It’s ettiqute in a Chinese restaurant to do so ( OK, I married into a Chinese family )
It’s healthy. I believe green tea helps [...]