Life For Rent

 I have been seeing quite similar patterns across the major indices. DJIA for one is within short term symmetrical triangle. The question is, will it breakout (bullish, cheong ah!) or breakdown. The resistance (trendline) and major supports are drawn. We seem to be testing resistance and then falling back to test support, seems quite consistent with a symmetrical triangle formation. A falling volume is also a characteristic of a symmetrical triangle formation. I drew the following charts rather briefly so the exact lines may not be accurate. Take note that this is usually a region. It does not have to break the line at the exact value. This is especially true for indicies. Hang Seng… Chiong or ‘tor’? Must cheong else STI goes down with it. STI.. oh gawd please cheong… *L*

I’ve finally fulfilled my wish to catch this documentary. United 93 was one of the 4 planes hijacked on Sept 11 2001, yet it was the only one that did not crash into its target. Within the film, lies what people make out to be the final moments on that ill-fated flight.

I caught the 2 part documentary series months back on DVD. From Osama and why he was so obssessed with the US, to the training of the terrorist group and how quickly the spread (pretty much like cancer!), up to that fateful day, Sept 11. That day was chosen and it was a do or die mission after a blotched job at bombing another building.

Although I was in New York city just a week after Sept 11, I was not there to see the twin towers collapse. I could only watch in horror then, when video footage of the planes flying straight into the towers. Till today, that image is still engraved deeply in my mind. And so the story behind United 93 would naturally be of interest to me. The brave passengers who decided to take the terrorists down once they found out it was a suicide mission and not just a hijack. Phone calls made from the plane as well as cockpit transmission carved out the likely scenario as it had occured. Interestingly, there was a long queue for take off at Newark and hence the flight was delayed. Had it departed on time, perhaps this flight would have hit its target too. Where was it target? No one knows for sure, other than it being bounded for Washington DC. The white house perhaps? Bound for San Francisco, the plane crashed in Pennsylvania. It was reported that based on the crater it formed, it ground speed was over 900km/h at 40 deg angle straight towards the ground. Contrary to what it was depicted in the film and what people thought, the flight recorders showed that although the passengers attempted to break down the cockpit door with the meal cart (as crockery sounds were heard) but they never got through the door as the last words heard were those from the hijackers. It was concluded that they crashed the plane to stop the passengers from taking control.

If you do ever depart from Newark airport, take a look to see if you can spot the US flat flying above Gate A17, the gate where the flight was pushed back from.

What the whole film showed though, was a total mess in how the crisis was handled. From the aviation authorities, to the military. I mean, how does it help with fighter jets some 100 miles away, and all of them are unarmed? They also chased a ‘plane’, which was american airlines 11 which had long crashed into the twin towers. The military did not know what to do and procedures were not folllowed. A lack of proper communication led to a breakdown of information flow with plenty of lag in between. It was a case of too little too late.

This is as closed I could get up to the whole thing. I did visit the world trade centre crash site, also known as ground zero now. It was still smoothering and no pictures were taken of course but it was very sad to see it all happen cause no matter what happened, they didn’t deserve such a massacre. To all the passengers and those in the building who died (or assumed dead as their bodies were never found), may you all rest in peace. My heartfelt condolences to the friends and family members of those who lost their lives too.

It is all very sad and it makes you wonder, what if it happened to you? Who would you call? What would you say? What would you do when your life flashes right in front of you. Will you regret not saying goodbye to someone that morning you left?

I just drew the STI chart with fibonacci from bottom up, to find the target for this rebound. Comparing how things are now VS the gap downs observed weeks back, sentiment has changed a lot. At the moment HSI is back in negative after opening positive. The mood appears to be cautious though.

Downtrend line has to be broken to confirm a trend reversal. It stands at 3190 region. Break that and we should test the 3300 up to 3400 regions. Support at 3020 should hold for now so this is where we are now. The uptrend may not move in a straight line so I would say if you could buy at 3020on retracement then the risk/reward ratio should be quite good, provided that support holds. Buying now is high risk cause the upside to resistance level is shallow. ie, it implies a lot more downside risks than upside. Buying now to anticipate STI to break 3190 is considered a gamble like poker or blackjack, something which I do not advocate at this juncture.

Dated post from last Friday:
The resistance at 1.5 is a strong line. I dont know it depends on when this counter hits there and market sentiment around. Cosco usually fairs better but is also a better shorting target. ie more volatile. 1.48 is my buy price hahaha… Goola may be right, near term 1.5 may be as high it goes, but the market is always right, not the analyst. The BDI has improved, hence shipping stocks surged. yzj.. cosco.. NOL especially. Siao one this stock…. good report I guess. I am hoping the same for UOL and ferro! keke

yzj is bullish and now 1.4 has turned support. How long this can continue I dont know.

UOL MA support has changed. 4 is a critical level but no longer holds as much water as before. Currently hitting resistance at 3.86. Break this well and good and ho say liao. UOL reports next wed. UOL has a bollinger squeeze also, touching upper line. This suggests a trend reversal is coming. My guess is it shd trend up. Just a guess. It is trying to break out of the band. If it can clear 3.86 next fibo line is 4.28 which is also a critical resistance. When it broke this line it lao sai until toilet bowl also choke..

yzj also beginning to squeeze but not tight yet. How my bollinger band works is, if it being squeezed and the following day it breaks below with volume, sell! More downside to come. The reverse is true for a breakout.

STX is damn bullish. Broke out of bollinger squeeze already. Bloody counter sabo me a lot of times. To target 3.35 resistance. Else if it fails, this can be shorted down to 2.8

I am a bit worried cause this rally is too fast too furious. MFI has breached 80% on a lot. This suggests a retracement (profit taking) is upcoming.

STI to test 3150 possibly. If it can test, retrace a bit, then it confirms the uptrend. Else it may crumble….

Warrant trading is diff from equity trading. Cannot use the same technique. I am no expert in it cuz I dont deal much with warrants other than index warrants. How to find the right warrant at the right price, this need to learn. STI got so many call and put, which one is worth the price, and has got good risk/reward ratio? Buy the wrong one and u can be screwed. The ground rule is do not average down a warrant, u could end up with far heavier losses. However if u know what u r doing, why not? Many have died cause they averaged down. If u want, register for the event on chartnexus. I will be going, probably with my bf also. Remisier giving the talk so must go support hee hee

0 short positions at the moment, 12 long positions in the port folio at the moment. All I hope is for a trend to be confirmed, not cheong or lao sai halfway then U turn. Asian markets closed mostly higher today despite DJ lao sai. It suggests asian confidence has improved a lot and a lot of bad news is factored in. I really hope no funny bond will announce bankrupt. Insurer FGIC wants to break up.

DBS posted better than expected losses. Along with the budget speech with such a good 1 off (possibly) surplus, this is even better than the one given by Bush! At least, it is money that is surplus.

Pang kang liao!!! REITs doing pretty well. Allco chiong.. and from what I read it has gotten the attention of investors. Allco fibo line is a LONG way up. Supported at 0.765 now (phew!) To watch for 0.84.

Cambridge doing good, but stochastics seems to be hinting towards a bearish crossover soon. 0.715 is the price to look out for now. Sitting at support but the crucial support is actually 0.66 (my buy price). Break that and immediately to test for next support at 0.62.

Goldenagri turning bullish. Resistance at 2.03 and 2.17. Support at 1.9. Traders will be waiting for this to break 2.03 to go long as the current upside is limited.

NOL has a very nice chart. Potential 3 white soldier candlesticks formation. To resist at 4.1 region. 3.8 immediate resistance.

FJBen did terribly. Bearish. But the vol and volatility makes it a bad shorting target.

HSI and STI charts are bullish. DJIA has turned bearish. DJIA 12260 support. HSI 23400 support must not break. STI resistance turned support 3000 cannot break.

The government has released its budget for the next year, with quite a few goodies thrown in. All eyes are of course on the tax reliefs and growth dividends. While everyone is focusing on the dividends (I will get $250 inclusive of NSmen bonus), let’s not forget about the 2nd year the GST offset package is due in September also. So within this FY, we have to factor all these in.

I don’t understand the big hoo haa some of the people’s producing. I personally think the government is doing a good job trying to cater as much as they can for the low-mid income groups (the assumption is the high income groups can fend for themselves, and I think that is very true) as well as the elderly. Good work on the finance ministry, cause this one off bonus isn’t likely to continue for the next few years to come. A bonus is a bonus. I used to grumble, what is the point of dangling carrots in front of us? They give us a $200 ‘hongbao’ but raise taxes and GST and everything else across the board. I was disgruntled at such a tactic. Today things are a little more different. I take things more positivity. Perhaps it has to do with my equity investment and trading tactics. Think about it. If I do not intend to rely on my CPF for retirement, why should I get so bothered with the 200 dollars here and there they give out? They didn’t have to give out (although it is expected of them these days) but they did and the measures they took were carefully considered. eg now your eligibility is based on the AR of your home, AND your income. I think this is pretty fair as compared to just using the AR where people like me get penalised. Living in a landed property but not earning *that* kind of salary.

Moving onto the equity market. Needless to say, the STI rallied on Friday. The point to note was, DJ closed lower on Thursday, paving way for asian markets to open in the red on Friday. They all did, but most of them actually recovered and went into the green with STI closing more than 1% up. This is pretty impressive and although the volume was not exceptionally huge, my interpretation is that a lot of investors are slowly coming back in. With DBS posting a better than expected gross profit after taking their exposure to the CDOs into consideration, and most other companies reporting results were pretty good, the sentiment has turned somewhat bullish. I bought back 15 lots Ferrochina at 1.22. Queued for Ezra for mid term investment too but unfortunately the queue did not go through and it flew off without me. Bye Ezra! Banyan tree… I was waiting to apply my ave down and exit formula but it did not hit either side of where I wanted. Queued at 1.32 which was near support but it hovered around 1.35 to finally close at 1.36, creating a black candlestick as the previous day’s close was at 1.38 which was a resistance line. There are 2 ways to play this. If it is on an uptrend and comes close to 1.32, average down. Cut loss at 3c lower if the situation U turns and things turn bearish. Else, from 1.32 you got a theoretical upside of 6c. Or, wait for it to break 1.38 with volume. Same principle applies. Most likely you will buy at 1.39 and be prepared to cut if it drops to 1.36. One disadvantage is the lack of volume for this counter as it is not a speculated counter. My buy price was at 1.73 and based on chart formations, it doesn’t look like it will go to that region anytime soon, unless they post incredible results?

So, 2 usual methods. Hold. Or cut loss and realise all the losses. This is around a 40c downside I am looking at. Not happy with both options, I came up with option 3, with my own average down and out technique. If I own 3 lots of it,  buying another 20 lots at say, 1.32 will bring down the average cost a lot. To the region of 1.35 or so maybe? I only need to sell at 1 bid higher to turn a 40c loss, into a profit actually. Every 1c bid is worth $200 at 20 lots (excluding charges). So I could walk away with slightly more than a hundred bucks kopi money n exit this stock with grace. Point to note is, while this would be a successful trade, if one looks at things wrongly and fails to ‘obey’ the rules, you look at potentially more losses than you already have unrealised. You need to get your TA right, as well as SA (sentiment analysis). A counter’s uptrend cannot go against a market sentiment. Even if there is an uptrend, but suddenly there is a major sell off, nothing will be spared.

The reason why I do not intend to hold too many long positions is cause I want to reduce my positions during a bear market. When counters hit a ‘fair’ value, I will get rid of it. Buy back at lower prices (maybe) or begin short-selling. Whatever the scenario, we need to react according to it, fast. It is like a war. But unlike a war, there is another option yet. Sit out and do nothing. That is the safest. You are GUARANTEED no losses.

The BDI has improved, driving up shipping stocks such as yzj and cosco. NOL flew instead, on great results. UOL reports next week and this will be interesting to watch. Other banks are also reporting and ferrochina reports the week after I reckon. The schedule for some counters are not out yet. Ossia reports on Feb 29th and this will be interesting to watch, since retail sectors surged 18% higher in Dec last year.

In the US, sentiment is still nervous due to the possible fallout of bond insurers. While the actions of Warren Buffett has given some good relief, insurers like FGIC are facing possible break-ups. I hope things get resolved soon cause honestly, if things go kaput with the bond insurers at this stage, it is likely to spark off a very brutal sell-down. I still have long positions so… nooooo sell down please! hahaa….

Most of the indexes are in the middle of support and resistance. You know the drill… STI now sits on 3000 support, to test 3150. HSI’s 23800 is a very critical support and must not break. DJIA is in the 11900s region. In between major lines of course there are weaker support cum resistance lines. What worries me is in the short term, many counters are hitting overbought regions. This also implies a possible profit taking near term. That being said, if STI can test 3150, break it and then retrace a little bit, it sorta confirms this current uptrend. I do not recommend people begin buying for very long term holdings though. We will test 2700 again. It is not a question of if we will, but when it will happen. And when, no one can tell you. I am very sure we have not seen the bottom. A bottom is categorized by fear, a lack of buyers and a lack of sellers (as they have all sold). Everything stagnates. No one talks about the stock market anymore, and a mere mention of it will usually come with another word. Crash. Volatility is NOT a characteristic of a bottom. It is more of a battle between bulls and bears, pointing towards an indecision and an attempt to form a trend.

Short term-> bullish, as we have been recording higher lows and I see a lot of short term MA attempting to form a bullish crossover with mid term MA.

Mid term-> bearish, as mid term trend lines are still within descending triangles (by joining highest peak to recent higher lows). Until we can have a consistent higher low, this remains bearish

Long term-> still bearish, as the long term MA has now gapped up way above the short/mid term MA. This is the opposite from a year ago. ie the long term MA now acts as a major resistance. Basically it is a 180 deg flip of the coin.

I like this picture. It is very classic to me. The typical image I have in my head that’s seen all over Tanjong Pagar at night.Tanjong Pagar.. or TP in short… a great central business district by day, but come night time during weekends it transforms into a place called home by quite a few. But what led to all these?

 I was reading an article on a popular forum and was insipired to re-look at a few things, all of which I have thought about before and see if my views have changed since. It does appaear though, little has changed. Homosexuality and family is like a condom. Being gay literally places a barrier of sorts in between, one that is really hard to overcome. You have one or two moms with gay sons pretty much like michael’s mon in QAF but that is a rarity.  Being gay basically changes a hell lotta things. I told my mom once (and people who know me know my character very well) that I didn’t care if she liked it or not. She could choose to accept a ‘new’ son, or lose one. Plain and simple in one sentence. Of course, I was already working and they know I am more than capable of turning my back on everything and everyone and leave if I have to. They no longer have any holding power on me. That is the difference timing makes. In stocks investing, timing is important. In coming out, timing is very important too. For many who have came out along the way, most will find that silence is golden. When parents don’t ask, that itself is probably a compromise. But one paragraph written in the article struck me. When things remain as ‘don’t ask don’t tell’, it is all good. Not ideal but stable. Peace. However when parents try to develop a relationship while maintaining ignorance, all hell breaks loose. How many of you have parents who talk to you bout everything but *the* topic but once in a while will come and give you some nonsense. In the past, that is what my mom tried to do. She’ll be fine one day, the next day she will go ‘better don’t mix with gays. a lot of hiv one’. Needless to say it sparked off a reaction worse than sodium in water from me.  The ‘milder’ parent will just ask ‘so when are you bringing your gf back?”.  Same story, irritating, but mild. Could have been a lot worse. “As a parent, it is only natural to have a desire to understand one’s son, to partake in his life and share his joys and sorrows. But how can a son allow his parent to understand him when it is clear that his joy can only be translated into their sorrow?” Indeed we usually know the outcome. I’d ask, why bother when you know it will just lead to more trouble? What’s the point of sharing your life with them? Many of us have reached a point where, don’t-ask-don’t-tell is the best. Not ideal but stable. Till one day one is ready to leave the nest, and thereafter each individual will get on with life seperately.

These days, most of us would have dropped hints. We are sure the parents know. They suspect. In denial, perhaps. But they know. To avoid conflict, we give minimal answers. We don’t tell them where we do or what we do. Less is best. Eventually it leads to silence (these days my mom can come into my room and ask 10 questions and I’ll still be starring into my computer screen, completely ignoring her presence). Silence. Silence is not how a home should be, should it?

Go to Tanjong Pagar on a weekend night. Maxwell food centre and all. Hear the screams. The laughs. Familiar faces. Welcome hugs and kisses. Love, perhaps? Now that sounds a lot more like how a home should be, isn’t it? Relief, indeed, is the word.

Unlike the writer, I do not yearn to go traditional by bringing grandchildren down to Chinatown for CNY shopping and all. I rarely like shopping but my gay friends love that to bits. I can’t stand shopping and I’ll be the one who says “I will wait in the car” and they’ll be happy to go on their own. As long as they’ve got my credit card…grrrrr

But yes. As time goes on, the barrier between parent and child will widen. I haven’t been seeing many mommy’s boy these days. The one and the only one’s cuz his mom supports him being gay. In fact after a divorce, the mom turned anti-str8 men too. So gay guys are a god-sent. To quote her, at least these men will never hurt her. Perhaps so. As time goes on, married wives should not need to worry if the husband has an affair outside, or is sleeping around with other women. She could consider if he’s out there with some other guy. Screwing someone else’s brains out. Or maybe, being screwed instead? I’d worry if I were a lady. Cuz I don’t think I can grow a dick. Or maybe, the ladies would rather have husbands screwing with other men instead. Who knows. There is a phase change that is progressing. We will never know where this leads us. But one thing for certain is, there is no way to stop it. For all those in denial still, I’d always tell them, there’re more around than you think you know. That kid across that street? He’s gay. Your brother? He’s gay. The uncle who used to bring you out? He’s gay. Don’t you think in this scenario, YOU are the ‘abnormal’ one now?

I am no social butterfly. I stick within my clan, but Tanjong Pagar saw through a lot of changes in me. It got me through the sad moments. It gave me laughs and smiles. I made new friends. I learnt how to DJ (the school is in the vacinity of TP), and there was Why Not which saw through all of that. I didn’t like a lot of the tracks they do but I’ve put them in my WhyNot tribute mixshow still as these were the sounds that made up the club we all grew to love. Like an addiction, TP breathed life into many of us. The str8 clubbers had their spots, while we had ours. I have not really seen these 2 groups clash. The occasional stare maybe and I don’t blame them. Some of us can really be so loud even I’d stare. But there’s a certain line that both sides don’t cross. Gay bashing was common just a few years ago. Walk through Mhm Sultan with a few gay guys and you could get bashed real bad. My cousin got bashed back then. But it doesn’t happen in TP. Perhaps it’s a marked territory of ours. Of course they could try bashing me too. Not every gay guy will get hit, cry and run away unlike what people see in the movies.

End of the day, I think I like it the way it is. Not ideal, but stable. Everyone should just go about doing their own thing regardless of sexuality or gender. If you wanna protray that gays are equal, if not better than the rest, then show it. Don’t cry and yell and demand 377a to be abolished.  They can repel it and come up with 377z that says explicit actions of affection between 2 males are illegal in public. What are you gonna do then? I don’t care what 377 says. I represent myself, not my gender or my sexuality. If you think by being male means I am stronger, than that’s your opinion, doesn’t imply it is mine. If you think being gay means I am suicidal, then that’s up to you too. 5 years ago I used to say “I am not gay, I am mark”. It was hard to grasp the message behind that sentence then but I don’t think it is that hard today. I wanna be known as mark, not ‘that gay guy’ sounding as if I stand out like a pimple on a face. Perhaps I didn’t wanna be stereotyped for better or worse. Being gay means I’ve got better dress sense or I’m slim and toned? Whoever said so?

Progress is made when stereotypes fade and  generalizations cease to exist. Looking at the world within the realm of  racial and religion harmony, I’ll say wait another few centuries and maybe one day it will come to sexuality harmony. We’ve got a long way to go but life is short and I am not gonna waste time and energy driving something that people are not ready for. Let them be. And let those who are ready, be welcomed into the circle. Seriously, if everyone’s into it, it will be really boring. I get a kick out of reading the debates in parliment over 377a. The rebutes and all are like a soap opera. If everyone is in agreement and the bill is passed without contest, how boring it will be! I like differences. But make sure I’ll never have supernatural powers. Cuz I’ll be magneto. I will probably turn everyone gay hahaha… Professor X is dumb. Protecting a species that is out to destroy them all. 2 different methods, all going towards the same goal. One is like chinese medicine. Heal. The other is like western medicine. Kill everything, both good and bad cells. If you can’t fix it, you kill it. I see nothing wrong, cause when it comes to that stage, for me to survive, they’ll have to die. And no, the world’s population will not die just cause all the guys are gay, duh. But the females are gonna have a hard time though.

It’s been a crazy week still after the long CNY break. Almost couldn’t get back to the motion of work and all. I haven’t had time to blog on the chalet yet but I will do so as soon as I can. Been trying hard to plan for V’day too and the ideas where there but here is what happened:

 Watch Leap Years. Didn’t know if it is already out but I thought it will be nice if it is showing on gold class. Never really sat in one before. Dinners are so ex and it was quite a surprise to see there is a package for dinner included too! Bingo. But when I clicked on the prices, it’s $168. For a movie that you don’t even know is nice? You gotta be kidding me. It is definitely not worth it. You could do so much with it.

So plan B.. came up with the Singapore flyer! Saw that it is opened to the public on Vday! Was willing to spend more than the usual 29.90 a head or something. But guess what. Some flowers, some chocolates, some champagne, 30 mins up there, for 2 heads the bill will come up to $399. Gotta pass… I don’t print money!

Plan C came up today, and it was quite a good idea. A dinner, a massage and some tarot reading. The initial quote I got was $188 for 2 which was really good I think. But that amount stood corrected. There were some extra charges which I shall not go into detail so it will come up to be just under $400 too. *SIGH*

I had many other choices. Go with the “only fools celebrate vday and spend that money when everyday should be a vday”. But honestly, touch your heart and say that you REALLY don’t care. You do, don’t you? I am probably the world’s most practical person, but as much as I hate to spend the money, things are very much different when you think for 2 people.

So I have my Plan D. I shall not post what it is yet till it is all over. Anyway I gotta run and meet people now. Will be back tomorrow! Gong xi fa cai everyone!!!!

Peering out of my office window, I’d see the pool belonging to Fitness First at the OUB building. When the sun’s out, I can only imagine how nice it is to go for a little swim with the whole pool to yourself while everyone else is working. When it’s cold, I shudder to think how cold the water is but still the inviting pool never fails to mesmerise me.

I’ve got my diamond earring! However, like the stock market, it has failed to keep me pre-occupied with it. Good things are discounted while the bad stuff take over the lime-light. I kinda miss my old ear stud. I was very proud of it cause no one else had the kind of stud I had, besides I doubt many have a hole large enough for the stud to go through without screaming in pain. So now I’ve got a bigger stone but a smaller stud. hmm. But not mesmerising enough. Maybe sometimes bigger isn’t always better. Yes I guess I am picky. Especially when it is the season to be in a foul mood. Every year during CNY I’ll be in a foul mood. What will it take to snap out of this?

What a day of driving the boy had. We picked Ceddy up from his place (very rare for him to be seated at the back, even rarer was he had the chance to be picked up from his place), went to town to pick up our new diamond ear studs *whistles*, went to take a look at the famous fisherman’s village but got conned AGAIN caused it was closed down, went to Changi Village but decided to divert to the airport to check out the new terminal! I have been there once and I knew about the $5000 a seat chairs. Heck, there are 5 in a row so that is $25,000 a row! Even MM Lee had to mention about it haha.. the basement of the airport is exactly like Vivocity! The viewing gallery was unimpressive though as it overlooked the transit area prior to the aircraft parking area. In the night, you see nothing. What’s up with it?! But other than that, the airport is very impressive indeed. The best I have ever been to. My question however is, do we really need 3 terminals and a budget airline terminal? Perhaps new airlines will take up the offer to be based in T3 but the other airlines are unwilling to move from their current respective operations at the other terminals simply because the cost of doing so is high, especially for their computer systems. Airlines don’t work independently anymore, they are linked to other airlines within the alliance group. One moves, all need to move. That was the reason given back then when the take up rate for T3 was low. Budget terminal only serves 2 budget carriers while the rest are using the other terminals. I suppose the government will figure something out. Especially since plans to rewire the entire transportation system in Singapore is underway. In 10 years time I believe, public transport could very well be first class, finally. London has already reached that standard, where you’ll find a subway station within a certain distance wherever you are. The airport train express takes passengers from Heathrow to downtown (was it Euston station?) at a premium but it is quick and impressive.

So there you go. Looking back at my study stint in UK, it was really loads of fun. The sunset back in Wales where I studied was simply magnificent. I’m very tempted to post some of the pictures out here again to recapture the fond memories and times spent back there, should I?

Moving on, my WhyNot Tribute mix has been released, in case you haven’t realised. Look at the link on the top left corner that says “Club WhyNot – The Tribute”.

Coming up, is the CNY Chalet R&R before Perth next month. I need a break! I so do.