Insane markets

I bet everyone these days are just holding back and watching how the markets are being manipulated by speculators. Its an irony to see George Sorros to come out and ask for some initiatives to prevent speculators from speculating further. I suppose these speculators have hurt his pocket in one way or another. The biggest speculator asking speculation to be stopped tells you something about how strong the market movements are now against him and he can do little to prevent his portfolio from dipping in value.

Oil at 146 and increasing inflation is some of the worries which everyone is having these days recently. It is amazing how the price is sustainable with the current economic activity where demand has definitely slowed down and the only thing that is not slowing down is inflation. I cannot imagine myself living in this world where my meals get inflated by more than 25% and the reports only suggested a 7.5% inflation. Wonder where the rest of the % goes to.

The recent interviews I had this week really got me thinking about how some people got into some positions for reasons which I cannot understand. Look at this ironic situation where some guy who went into a company doing a position that is so accounting base where his accounting is totally disastrous. Wonder what the firm saw in him that made them decide that he was suitable for the position. Was it that willingness to remain humble and happy in a position for a long period of time? I will not understand. Others go into a back office job hoping that the back office operations position can give them valuable experience to bring into front office when they want to make the switch. Guys, can you all please wake up? Just look at the number of people that made the switch from front to back and from back to front. Just look at the numbers tell you the story of the possibility.

There are still others that try to take a job just for pay sacrificing their life in return. Losing a life in return for a job in my opinion is totally not worth it no matter what the price is. I believed in my opinion why so many Singaporeans are not exactly the happiest people on the earth is because many of us are being forced into doing or working for the sake of money and not for the sake of self satisfaction. How many of you are doing your job because you love what you are doing? Have you gain anything out of it besides money and experience you can use further to develop a career? Is it really just because of the peer pressure and the fact when people ask about your job status and it is embarrassing to say I am still jobless?