Old Man Morgan

Sorry about the absence of a blog yesterday …. got home at 230am, then off to work in the morning.
Thanks God it is Friday ! What a week – and on Monday I go back to Aceh (returning to Jakarta on Thursday – which just happens to be a holiday [Chinese New Year]). [...]

What a dirtball day yesterday was. Woke on Tuesday morning at 2am (yes, my yesterday) and heard lots of pinging on my blackberry. I knew something was up … but also new, that if it were an emergency I would get a phone call. When I finally woke up (officially) at 330am, [...]

I haven’t done any running since mid December. My stride (yes, pun intended) was broken by the Christmas Holidays when the boys came to visit. Then, work has been gruelling with me working most of the time on both Saturdays and Sundays. Thus, I haven’t taken the time to run … and in [...]

Travel to/from Aceh requires a stop at the Medan airport. There isn’t a whole lot to do there – especially after a fire destroyed about half the airport. However, there is a traditional cake that is made in Medan – so I thought I would bring some home. I bought two of [...]

I made it home safely from Aceh. After getting up early on Thursday and going to the cafeteria (where the breakfast was just plain lousy) we went to the company plane (a beechcraft 1900) … its a 19 passenger plane. Flight to Medan was uneventful (good). Once in Medan I bought some [...]

Its now Thursday morning, 420am. Had another very short night. I think at best the last three nights I’ve gotten 5 1/2 hours sleep each night – one night maybe 4 hours. All nights have been interrupted and a bit fitfull. I am glad to be heading back to Jakarta [...]

Here I sit in Aceh in my box (that is supposed to be a room) … its 443am. Not really much to write about. Yesterday was a series of meetings, some in English some in Basha Indonesia. The ones in Bahasa in the afternoon was particularly tough – given that I only [...]

I have arrived safely and soundly. Monday was a wasted day. Got up at 330am, as usual – did my work at home then headed to the airport at 6am. Not knowing how long it would take to get to the airport (1-3 hours) set me up for a long wait at [...]

Ah yes, almost time to head to the airport for a trip to Aceh. I don’t have the stress that I use to have – but still, it isn’t a fun place to go to. Very depressing, very boring. Maybe if I were allowed to travel outside the fence and to actually [...]

So is that buy high and sell low …. or sell high and buy low? Its a relatively well known fact that “market timers” typically (not always, but typically) earn lower returns than the “buy and hold” folks. I am NOT a market timer – maybe that means I am lazy. However, [...]