Nikkei, Hang Seng and Dow Jones update -- 29th Jan 2023
It has been a while since my last up-date. It is not that I am getting lazy.
I was quite busy with my son's course selection process after the release of his 'O' level result. My son's decision on his direction has been somewhat changing regularly and it needs quite an effort to finalize his choice of course.
Most importantly, it is important to align his interest with his core strength. If your choice is based on your interest while not your core strength, or vise versa, your success rate of achieving your goal is 1/2. If neither, it is going to be a nightmare.
During my time, many people have no idea what they wanted, and they chose because their friends were there, or it was their only option because of their bad result. Most ended with jobs they dislike but were forced to continue for the money. whenever I drive on the streets I watch and observe the pedestrians crossing the roads. I feel that the life got sucked out of them and they are just going through the motion...for the money.
I do not want that to happen to my children, I will have to at least do my part to make sure they make the right choice.
For every choice my son has made, I challenged him while he justified his stand. It was only when he did not sway fom his choice that I am certain that was what he wanted. It was not an easy process and there were quite a lot of frustration. In the end, he chose to head for Polytechnic, and he picked Civil Engineering.
After that, I let him talk to my cousin who is a Civil Engineer by training and with experience in the field. It helped to strengthen his belief in making the right choice.
Meanwhile,I was still checking on the charts. The only issue is that I did not know what to update. Most of the counters were still in progress. Came last 2 weeks was Chinese New Year and I travelled back to Kuala Lumpur to visit my parents. This was when I stopped looking at the charts.
After at least 2 weeks of pause, I told myself today, " I must create some entries, or I will be stopping again."
So here goes.