tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248396920809644682.post2530824519164609470..comments2008-08-17T22:31:27.091-04:00Elaine Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392468286047326474noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248396920809644682.post-33269981674608720842008-08-17T22:31:27.091-04:002008-08-17T22:31:27.091-04:00Rika: Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. Indeed I need to stop mulling over the idea and just do it. What have I got to lose? If I don't get published, I don't, I will just give it to my friends and family as Christmas or birthday gifts!! You remind me of Mr. Allen, my Junior High school teacher, his words altered the course of my life....Elaine Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392468286047326474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248396920809644682.post-2914240402397443062008-08-17T22:29:23.429-04:002008-08-17T22:29:23.429-04:00Spacifix: Yes, indeed #3 is where my heart is so why procrasinate? On anal;yzing stocks, I find it similar to fortune telling - if indeed I could do that well and pick the right stocks, I would have avoided seeing my portfolio shrink 50% since last July (OK, I did pick the top of the market to tabulate the % loss - but most people do to get a sense of sympathy)!! So no la, can't analyse stocks la....Elaine Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392468286047326474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248396920809644682.post-50789795109305808112008-08-16T05:02:10.111-04:002008-08-16T05:02:10.111-04:00Hi, found you via Nury's column. Lucky you, that you made enough money to be able to take time off. I already considered myself lucky to be able to get away with a part time job as a secretary.<BR/><BR/>However! Doesn't hurt got go with your passion, does it? What is this question about: 'Will I get published?'<BR/><BR/>Too, scared of rejection and hence not even trying? Oh, I so know what you might be feeling. Two days ago I dropped my very first manuscript into the mail to find and agent. <BR/><BR/>At first I wanted to write 'THE' book. And now since I started the journey I have so many ideas that my confidence works overtime that I just know: If it is not this book that will make it, then it is the next or the next...<BR/><BR/>If it is your passion... Then 'DO it!' for crying out loud. And start the process while you still have money to live of. <BR/><BR/>I like your style and Nury apparntly does...<BR/><BR/>So what are you waiting for?<BR/>All the best to you!<BR/>RikaRikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14671449965019068746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248396920809644682.post-29015439116085732732008-08-14T20:41:53.670-04:002008-08-14T20:41:53.670-04:00Event Planning!<BR/><BR/>I'm so up for it, I'm not even kidding! <BR/><BR/>=)CPC @ P.S. 153 - Brooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301886577895621929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248396920809644682.post-6782579747793746222008-08-13T19:34:29.809-04:002008-08-13T19:34:29.809-04:00I like # 3 - we chatted about it !<BR/>If you do somewhat tire a bit of your travel ramblings, and feel the urge to keep the zing in your manicured nails, then perhaps you could spend some time analyzing stocks and the like ....something you have been trained to do , and writing about it for the benefit of the larger readership ( moi) - free advice is hard to come by- and sure as hell we need it esp. with the equity market behaving more like a bazaar !Spacifixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17848713261055806674noreply@blogger.com