#Pool Paint Supplies Sydney

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Resident evil OC (sorry if it doesn’t make sense)

• General Information •

• • •

Full Name

- Min-Ya Choi, sometimes written as MinYa Choi or Choi MinYa

Nicknames

- Minnie, Baby Bird, Ms. Choi

Occupation

- Main helper (current), babysitter (formerly)

Age

- 20s

Gender

- Female

Romantic/Sexual Orientation

- Straight (sorry girlies)

Date and Place of Birth

- 3/9, South Korea

Current Residence

- a room in a hotel turned safe haven

Religion

- N/A

Species

- human

Race

- asian

Ethnicity

- korean, australian

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• Physical Features •

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Height

- 158cm, 5’2

Weight

- light (🤷‍♀️)

Hair Colour

- chocolate brown

Hair Texture and Length

- 2C, reaches down to her thighs

Eye Colour

- dark blue

Face claim

-https://pin.it/5EuWb3Q

Skin Tone

- warm tan

Body shape

- hourglass, small waist, average thickness, d cup size

scarring

- located on her arms, inner thighs and back

Main Outfit

-https://pin.it/6h2GgDTPR

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sleep attire

-https://pin.it/7jSJp7j

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Other Notable Features

- Freckled cheeks and nose, dimpled smile.

• • •

• Personality •

• • •

Good Traits

- Flirtatious

- Honest

- Kind-Hearted

- Caring

Bad Traits

- Anti-Social

- Secluded

- Cold

- Sarcastic

• • •

• Preferences •

• • •

Favorite Animal

- Tiger

Favorite Colour

- Blood Red

Favorite Number

- N/A

Favorite Food

- homemade Spaghetti

Favorite Book

- Horror Books

Favorite Movie/TV Series

- N/A

Fears

- deep-bodied water (lake, ocean, pool etc)

- being abandoned and forgotten

- zombies (justified ngl)

- getting bit

Likes

- spending time with Ashley

- Caring for those who live at the hotel

- Reading alone in her room

- researching about raccoon city

Dislikes

- zombies

- unwanted attention and comments

- having to break up fights

- Her Father

Hobbies

- reading

- painting landscapes

- archery (pre-apocalypse)

- drawing animals and other still-life

• • •

• Family and Friends •

• • •

Mother

- Lin Choi, 49, Deceased. Close relationship prior to her death

Father

- Robert Choi, 59, Alive, Strained relationship due to abuse (still ongoing, poor bb)

Sibling/s

- Katie Choi, died at the age of 6, Close relationship prior to her death

Other Significant Relatives

- N/A

Best Friend/s

- Luis, Ashley, Jill

Friend/s

- Leon, Claire, Chris

Enemy/s

- the infected, as far as she’s aware

• • •

• Stats •

• • •

INTELLIGENCE:

8/10

OBSERVATION SKILLS:

8/10

CREATIVITY:

9/10

IMAGINATION:

8/10

INITIATIVE:

7/10

EMOTIONAL STRENGTH:

9/10

PHYSICAL STRENGTH:

9/10

SOCIAL SKILLS:

6/10

SELF ESTEEM:

5/10

ACTING SKILLS:

7/10

BRAVERY:

8/10

LOYALTY:

9/10

LUCK:

7/10

• • •

• Backstory / Job description •

• • •

Born to Robert and Lin Choi, MinYa lived in Seoul, South Korea up until the age of 6, then moving to Sydney, Australia shortly before her 7th birthday.

During her teen years she moved to Racoon City per her father getting a promotion, only to move to a city a few miles away before the outbreak.

once the outbreak had hit, her father took the initiative to turn the hotel he was managing into a safe-haven; enforcing the walls, making sure there’s a good food supply etc. turning a few floor rooms into hospitals wings as well

granting her the role of main helper, MinYa is in charge of welcoming newcomers and managing those who are ill. As well as making sure everyone is fed on time and is keeping on top of their medication. She helps maintain the peaceful atmosphere and deals with those who are facing issues with other survivors. While not exactly part of her job, she’s often seen maintaining the garden outside and playing with the kids.

Her mother and sister had passed prior to the outbreak, their ashes were put into vases which currently sit in her hotel room.

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Your Guide to Purchase Swimming Pool Fencing In Australia

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Deciding about your property's best swimming pool fencing can be challenging. Most people have no idea of where to start, and there are so many options to confuse buyers, but since this fencing is mandatory, they have no other choice than to decide without any delay. The confusion in purchasing swimming pool fencing can be eliminated using a guide that tells you what to consider and what types to focus on during purchasing. We have come up with the best pool fence shopping tips to simplify your shopping process.

UNDERSTAND THE POOL SAFETY RULES

Before investing in any pool fencing installation, you must be fully aware of the pool fencing laws, standards, and guidelines to follow in Australia.

This is mandatory as drowning remains the primary cause of death among children below five years old. This data has forced the Australian government to create standards and acts related to swimming pool fencing. Basically, there are three different standards to apply, and the one you use will depend on when the swimming pool was constructed. All these rules suggest that in-ground pools and spas will need swimming pool fencing. Any water body that can hold water up to 30 cm deep will require swimming pool fencing. However, there are some guidelines on water bodies where swimming pool fencing is not needed, and the details are presented below.

BARRIERS AREN'T REQUIRED FOR:

Inflatable swimming pools (typically toddler or wading pools)

Small inflatable pools that do not consist of multiple components

Bird baths

Fountains

Water supply/storage tanks

Fish ponds

Dams

Baths used for personal hygiene and emptied after each use

Spas inside a building (e.g. in a bathroom) used for personal hygiene and emptied after each use

Pools or spas that cannot contain a water depth of more than 300 mm

CHILD SAFETY GATES

The pool fencing should have a child safety gate equipped with a self-latching lock and self-closing mechanism. Nothing is better than a glass gate with a magnetic latch system for enhanced safety.

SWIMMING POOL FENCING TYPES

The selection becomes very easy when you know the details of different pool fencing materials used in Australia. Some details are presented below, and we will begin with wrought iron fencing.

WHAT IS WROUGHT IRON POOL FENCING?

The first noticeable thing about these fences is that they are very robust. But the downside is that they are expensive and not appealing or aesthetically pleasing. Another downside is that wrought iron requires excessive maintenance, as in the absence of care and attention, this material will start catching rust. Maintenance is easy, as you just have to clean it using soapy water and paint it if rusting is detected.

GLASS POOL FENCING

Glass pool fencing is a luxurious and pleasing solution for swimming pool fencing in Australia. They are available in different types, like semi-frameless glass pool fencing and frameless glass pool fencing. The glass used in these fences is tempered glass with a thickness of 12 mm for superior durability. This glass is six times stronger than regular glass and is engineered to withstand severe weather conditions and heavy usage. Another benefit of glass pool fencing is that you will enjoy stunning views of the surroundings due to its completely transparent nature. This transparency makes this fencing type ideal for decks, gardens and patios.

VINYL POOL FENCING

Vinyl swimming pool fences have emerged as a potent and impressive solution in recent years due to their resistance against all weather conditions. Vinyl pool fencing makes a statement of beauty and quality, and it is effortless to install through DIY. Vinyl pool fences are made to resist water, humidity, sunlight and chemicals, and this particular feature makes them a top choice among buyers. Manufacturers of vinyl pool fencing install the bottom rail with reinforced metal for added strength and durability. The gates offered with this fencing come with self-closing and a two-way pool safety latch.

CHAIN LINK OR ALUMINIUM POOL FENCING

Aluminium pool fencing is also popular in Australia for several reasons, such as low maintenance, lightweight, and superior looks. This fencing is also easy to install through DIY, and premium-quality aluminium with a powder-coated finish is used in manufacturing. This is an ideal solution for homeowners looking for robust, cost-effective, durable swimming pool fencing. You can get it customised as per your requirements, and the manufacturers ensure that Australian Standards for Safety Barriers for swimming pools are followed during manufacturing and installation.

Then there are mesh pool fences, and they are not as durable as aluminium glass or wrought iron fences. This is an affordable option and a favourite among swimming pool owners who don't care much about privacy. This fencing is removable, and this is the top USP as you can open up the area for a poolside party or barbecue.

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Best Renovators Gold Coast

Gold Coast Classic Renovations

Name: Owen

Entity name: The Trustee for Gold Coast Classic Renovations Trust

Business Name: Gold Coast Classic Renovations

Address: QLD 4226

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Phone No: 0411486808

BSA License: 60217

Waterproofing License: 128 Bostik

Australian Business Number (ABN): 56434858615

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Gold Coast classic Renovations is a company that specialises in Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations, Leaking Shower Repairs and tiling services in Gold Coast, our team prides themselves on offering the highest quality in products and workmanship in today’s competitive world. We at Gold Coast Classic Renovations like to fix leaking showers the old fashion way, we remove the tiles and get back to the original structure and apply two coats of waterproofing membrane. We only use glues recommended by those manufacturers. To get a lasting Job at a best Price possible! Call us now and let’s get your Leaking Showers repaired. Fill your details in the contact us form we will contact you within 24 hrs.

Services:

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Kitchen Renovation

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Decor and Design

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Buildavate

Name: Andrew Walter-Girout

Business Name: Buildavate Pty ltd

Address: ROBINA QLD 4226

Email ID: info@buildavate.com.au

Phone No: 0411314748

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Business ABN: 86628134092

Business Type: Renovation

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About UsBuildavate Pty ltd is a building and renovation company specializing in designer kitchen and bathroom renovations, alteration and extension. With a keen eye for detail whether it be an interior paint job or concrete slab we have our client’s best interests at heart. We treat every job as if it were in our own personal home or office. We offer prompt and friendly service and aim for superb job satisfaction.

Services

Home renovations, Home extensions

Kitchen renovation, Cabinet making

Laundry renovation

Bathroom renovation

Office fit out

Painting

Plastering

Waterproofing

Plumbing

Carpentry

Electrical

Tiling

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Equinox Homes

Name: David Kellas

Business Name: Equinox Homes

Address: Po Box 375, North Beach, WA 6920

Mail: equinoxhomes@bigpond.com

Phone: 0418515636

Builders Reg: 12018

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Equinox Homes prides itself on being established custom home builders who deliver a service that encourages clients to be involved in all aspects of building, home design and construction to achieve quality, practical and functional designs. When you plan on changing or making over the bathrooms in your house in Perth, then you want the bathroom renovation service to be the best and of great quality. And this where Equinox Homes can be of great help. Right from the design phase to the different tradesmen, the woodwork, colour schemes, the fixtures and the supplies are all taken care of by our builders. We are the builders and renovators come with a vast experience in offering a range of renovation services including kitchen renovations in Perth. So, whatever it is you are looking for a custom kitchen design, a new bench top kitchen, luxury kitchen or kitchen resurfacing, rely on us for any type of renovation ideas and more.

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Kitchen Renovations

Bathroom Renovations

Additions

New Builds

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BRAN PROJECTS

Name: Edwin Yesid Bran Botero

Business Name: BRAN PROJECTS PTY LTD

Address: 163 Todman Avenue, Kensington NSW 2033

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Factors That Influence the Cost of Buying Land in Sydney

If you’re considering buying new home and land packages in Sydney, it can be helpful to know what might impact the cost of your land. After all, it’s good to have a sense of what you can and can’t afford if you’re on a tight budget before you start shopping around for your ideal location and lot size. Many factors affect the cost of a home land package in  Sydney, including: -

Location

Location is one of the most important factors that affects land cost. Because the price of land varies depending on where you live and what you want to do with it, your location will play a key role in determining how much land is available and how expensive it will be.

Size

A significant factor that affects the cost of land is its size. Generally, buying large plots will always be more expensive than buying smaller plots. It’s a matter of simple supply and demand as there are far fewer buyers out there interested in purchasing small plots because they’re less affordable than large ones.

Infrastructure

Before you can build a home, you need to know what’s available in terms of utilities and infrastructure. If you are planning on building a house on a lot outside municipal limits, infrastructure may be less developed. This means that things like roads, sidewalks and curbs might not exist for a long time.

Amenities

Although you might not think about it as much as, say, paint colour or flooring material, an important factor that affects a property’s price is its amenities. Amenities vary widely in type and cost, from community pools to valet parking. The value you place on these extras will influence your budget; after all, there’s no point in paying extra to live next door to a golf course if you don’t plan on using it.

Property Tax

The property tax on your land will depend on several factors, including whether you’re a new homeowner or not. If you’re buying a new home from scratch, be prepared to pay about 0.25% of your total house value as property tax each year. If you’re buying an existing property that needs renovations, however, taxes are typically lower; expect to pay about 0.1% – 0.15% annually if you don’t live in that home full-time.

For further queries on the cost of land packages in Sydney, please speak to the team at Landen. They can help you find the right property based on your needs and budget.

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Tips For Choosing Swimming Pool Tiles

If you are looking to create a unique and elegant swimming pool design, pool tiles are necessary to give a great solution. Using glass tiles or glazed porcelain tiles are no longer necessary to have a dull, swimming pool tiles also make it much easier to avoid the concrete’s rough surface. Here some tips for choosing swimming pool tiles

Appearance

There are many reasons to choose swimming pool tiles, but one of the important reasons involves looks. You can also include the colours and designs that you want in the plain tiles or mosaic tiles. As a result. virtually endless chances for you to design your pool however you want. By using your creativity you can do the greatest designs for your pool. For example, you could go with a traditional pattern or a more intricate decoration design. Keep in mind that the more difficult the design, the more costly the tiles could be.

Quality

Choosing tiles based only on beauty and how ‘pretty’ they sparkle is all well and good, but what will you do when they start rising out because of poor quality? This can become an expensive lesson. Not only will you have to replace all the tiles that have fallen off, but you will also be hit with a massive water bill due to emptying and refilling the pool to fix the problem.

Right type of tile

When choosing out your new pool tiles is what material you’d like. Pool tiles can be available in ceramic and porcelain, glass, or natural stone.

Ceramic and Porcelain have traditionally been the ‘go-to’ option in swimming pool tiles and are great for those with a strict budget. The tiles can be hand-painted with complex designs or made into a mosaic.

If you’re looking for something to really bring your pool area to life then you might be more likely to choose glass tiles. While a little is more expensive than porcelain and ceramic, glass tiles shimmer in changing light or as water flows over their surface creating a really eye-catching feature. Glass pool tiles are also very durable and non-porous meaning they are less likely to fade, wear out, or discolour.

For those looking for a more common or Mediterranean style, stone tilesare an excellent option. They are ideal for adding a natural look and textured appearance to your pool design while being almost affordable especially for larger areas.

Versatility

You shouldn’t only use the tiles to complete the pool shell. Because of their versatility, you will find that it is very easy to use them in other areas as well. Pool tiles are ideal for creating elaborate edges, borders, and surrounds. You could even create intricately tiled fountains or similar structures near the poolside with any excess materials.

Durability

Pool tiles are not only appreciated for the clean and beautiful design that they give to the pool shell. Most of the swimming pool tiles are fairly long-lasting and waterproof. It’s also very hard to wear because of their toughness. They are perfect to use in any climate condition as they are capable of standing up to cold conditions. The fine texture of porcelain also makes the mosaic tiles very comfy underfoot. This same texture, however, can be quite slippery so you should highly enforce the “don’t run” rule, particularly with small children in the pool.

Installation

Because they are very easy to install, you could take on the installation process as a DIY project. If you are a beginner, however, this process might prove to be very difficult, particularly if you have to cut odd-shaped or curved tiles. In order to make sure that you get a high-quality pool finish installed perfectly, it helps to ask for the services of experts. If you wrongly install just one tile, it could mean that the whole surface is not water repellent, in which case there could be important water damage in the future.

Conclusion

You must pay attention to appearance, quality, Versatility, Durability, maintenance, finish, and other factors while choosing your tiles. You should make sure that the pool tiles are affordable and within your budget. You can improve the longevity of your pool tiles if you maintain them properly.

When you need beautiful and high quality Pool Tiles in Sydney & Brisbane, think Marble Plus. We've been serving the industry since 1987. We’ve been supplying top tier pool tiles Brisbane markets since 1987, allowing us to develop a rich understanding of our climate’s specific requirements and provide useful information for our clients. We’ve got a range of different products available for viewing in our Sydney showroom, with ample parking as well as knowledgeable and friendly staff, it’s a great choice when considering your options.

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Concrete Wheel Stops

Australian Made Wheel Stops

Manufactured in  JR Safety & Supplies’ Wetherill Park yard from high strength reinforced concrete, our concrete wheelstops are very durable & maintenance free.

Two standard sizes, 1650mm x 150mm x 100mm and 2000mm x 220mm x 125mm with rebates to prevent water pooling.

Available in plain or sealed concrete, Pre-painted in safety yellow (or any custom colour), or with a ‘Class 2’ black/yellow hazard strip.

Can be custom printed, such as: ‘Disabled Parking’, ‘Parents with Prams’, ‘Reverse Parking’, ‘Front to Kerb’, ‘Rear to Kerb’, ‘Small Car’, ‘Reserved’, ‘Your Company Name’, ‘Police’, ‘Ambulance’, ‘Deliveries’, ‘Director’, ‘Staff Parking’, ‘Customer Parking’, etc.

High quality & strength and manufactured to be compliant with AS/NZS 2890.01:2004

Make the comparison and call us for a quote today.

Sydney Based Wheel Stops Manufacturers & Installers

Australian Standards require that wheel stops should be installed wherever it is necessary to limit the travel of a vehicle maneuvering into a parking space. We are comprehensively recognised for rendering an excellent finish and service on numerous wheel stop installations in Sydney.

Wheel stops are the easiest and most affordable way to control car parking and prevent damage to vehicles, building fabric and animals from vehicular overrun. Wheel stops are available in recycled rubber, plastic or concrete. Wheel stops can also be used in factories and warehouses and anywhere vehicular overrun needs to be controlled.

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The Black Opals of Lightning Ridge

Australia's Governor General, the Honourable Bill Hayden AC, named the opal as Australia's national gemstone on 27th July 1993. Of all Australia's opal, black opal is the most exotic, treasured and looked for. Around 95% of world's supply come from Lightning Ridge in New South Wales or "The Ridge" as it is known locally.

I first travelled to "The Ridge" in 1999, it was a year of good rains and even in the summer the countryside appeared to have a green tinge. The road and surrounding plains are relentlessly flat marked occasionally with a distant farmhouse or shed. A contrast to later visits following eight years of drought meant that some children and dogs had grown up never knowing rain. Located 8 hours drive North West of Sydney near New South Wales border with Queensland, Lightning Ridge is less a ridge than an ever so slight rise of ground swelling out of Australia's wide brown plains. Sparsely vegetated with scruffy eucalyptus and native grasses, the entire area's covered with houses, camp sites and shanties. At night roaring portable generators power all the dwellings that are beyond the reach of the towns electricity supply.

The town is a decent size with paved roads and smart houses that decay at the fringes to the shanty town of the surrounding mine sites. The population officially is around 1,000 people although the membership at a local bowls club boasts more than 2,400. No one can really say how many souls inhabit the local area but the black opal attracts people from all over the world to live and dig for the luminescent gems.

In my many visits I have met an aging ex showgirl from Paris, investment bankers, politicians and even the make-up artist who looked after Elizabeth Taylor in some of her biggest films like Ben Hur and Cleopatra. Fortune has favoured many black opal seekers, others have found solace and friendship in the outback community and have never left. This town in many ways is still a frontier of sorts, hellishly hot in summer and subject to flooding of the nearby river at times. The swarms of flood mosquitoes can on occasions be so intense it is almost impossible to see and breathe if you venture outdoors unprotected.

There are many rather unique sights and places to visit in "The Ridge." One of the pastimes of visitors is to sift through some piles of dirt that miners have left aside in their diggings. This is known as "noodling" and a number of famous black opals have been found this way. What better way to relax after a day of sifting through the dirt and dust than to swim in the bath water hot Artesian Bores. These bores are from Australia's Artesian Basin, when rain falls upon the inland side of the Great Dividing Range, the water seeps underground and a million or so years later bubbles above ground into artificial pools. A nifty local way to keep cool in summer is to wear a light shirt into the water, when you step out into the hot wind the evaporative effect is so cooling it takes your breath away!

Another unusual way to look around the camp sites is to take the self drive "Car Door Tour," the painted doors of cars have been hung in trees. This way you can take the red door tour or green and so on guided by tree bound car doors. It is a great way to find your way around the maze of opal diggings without needing your GPS to get home. This is worth doing just to get a glimpse of outback architecture such as the Astronomers Monument and Amigo's Castle along with other unique building styles. In town there is the house built of bottles, numerous opal mine tours and a number of shops where you can buy the precious black opal gems. One of the more unusual things you are ever likely to do is pub crawl through the bush taking a swig at "The Glengarry Hilton," "The Sheepyard Inn" and "The Club in the Scrub."

Below ground is of course where most of the action lies for miners of black opal. Visitors are not excluded from the cool tunnels, tours undertake to show sculptures and even a cinema underground. There are many eccentricities about Lightning Ridge and the people who live in the black opal country. Overall, like many places of the world, the heart of Lightning Ridge lies in its community, it's why I keep returning.

This article was written by Tim G who has been a regular visitor to Lightning Ridge for the last 12 years. More on black opals and Lightning Ridge can be found at his website on black opal.

[matinjapan]

A treatise on markets

Back when I lived in Vancouver, I was living the unemployed dream. Not quite right: I was working at a driving range a few days a week, and during winter I was one of the ‘Mountain Safety’ crew up at Whistler one day a week. So, the employed dream?

Even though I had a job, it felt like I was unemployed. The golf range gig was very cruisy. Involved hanging out in a booth/shed selling ball tokens, hitting a whole heap of balls, and then driving a tractor to pick up said balls every so often. Was probably the best job I’ve ever had, all for CAD 10 an hour. The volunteer gig with Whistler was similarly cruisy. We got to head up to the top of the mountain about an hour before the mountain opened, and then make our way down, setting-up go slow signs as we went. We then just cruised around the mountain for the rest of the day with walkie talkie‘s, attending to collisions, injuries (including occasional heli-evacs!), lost kids, or whatever other problems or mishaps occurred.

The Whistler gig was actually home to one of my many shameful moments: I fell asleep on the job. Super cold, bluster’y day and I lingered on a couch in a breakout area for a bit longer than I should have, after coming in for a bite to eat. I woke dazed and confused to one of the lead dudes accosting me. He wasn’t too impressed. Woops!

I was pretty lucky to not get fired. A few of the regulars I normally boarded with, put in a good word for me, rightly or wrongly.

Anyway, the main point of this ramble is that I wasn’t particularly obligated in terms of having to turn up at a workplace. And while it’d be easy to think that that would mean I’d settle into a life of midday TV, and naps (substantiated by me falling asleep while working!), that didn’t really happen. Instead, I ended up delving pretty deeply into trading (I also had quite a lot of naps).

Like most people, I’m generally pretty keen to acquire currency. And especially so, when it requires as little time tied to an employer as possible. At that time, I was still making money playing poker (that’s another venture that I was spending considerable time on), but it was becoming increasingly difficult. The supply of new (read: bad) players was waning, and the online poker houses were squeezing more and more of a cut from the diminishing player pool.

I knew that poker wasn’t something that I’d do forever. Trading seemed like a worthwhile pivot, with quite a few similarities related to bank roll management and psychology.

Over the course of about 6 months, I spent a lot of time at the Downtown library reading books about the history of markets, biographies of famous traders, trading strategies, the psychology of trading; whatever I could find, really.

A lot of the stuff I was reading was great context. And certain books were great at explaining the technical aspects of different things you could trade, such as options or futures. But once you learn all that stuff (which I never fully mastered), you were really only at the level of knowing the rules of the game. Kind of like knowing that a flush beats a straight; or the probability of hitting an inside straight draw is 8%, etc. It’s the framework that you need to know inside out before even beginning to develop a strategy.

And strategy is where things get difficult. It’s compounded by the overwhelming amount of chaff to wade through when you’re trying to figure out an approach. There’s no shortage of people trying to sell you their expertise and insight, but unfortunately, almost all is crap. Those who can, do. And those who can’t, teach, sums it up pretty nicely.

Anyway, the more I looked into it, the more daunting the prospect of trading became. On a surface level, it was clear that a select (yet diverse) group of people were able to be incredibly successful. But that assessment is like finding out that top basketball players get paid millions of dollars, and so deciding to start working on your free throw for the upcoming draft. Easy money.

There’s also the idea that those that are successful, are successful because they’ve superior intellectual fire power. They’re just better than the competition and naturally rise to the top. Many successful traders and the hedge funds they found, or are attached to, have this quality. But that’s not necessarily true for a substantial portion of them. Success is often tied to unscrupulous methods to extract surplus returns.

What’s more, to trade from home, both facilitated by, and against, the might of large financial institutions, banks, hedge funds, etc., you’re at a distinct disadvantage. Investing for the long-term is one thing. But to actively trade on a more short-term basis with a slower connection, less competitive spreads, less information, less computing power is not a great starting point, to put it mildly.

From when I was playing poker, people used to throw around stats that about 90% of online poker player accounts lost money. And then the next few percent were break even or modest winners at best. It was really only the top few percent that made all the money. I’m not sure what it is for retail trader’s, but I suspect the statistics are even more extreme.

So that’s essentially where I got to with trading. Super fascinating, but ultimately something I didn’t pursue. The reason why it’s come to the fore of my thinking in the last little while is that I’m still a sucker for the promise of ‘easy’ (read: not easy) money. Surplus time at home from the state of emergency and the GameStop saga of the last few months has fuelled my interest again. But I’ve quickly arrived at a similar conclusion to what I did a decade ago. If anything, it seems the playing field has only skewed more. And that’s despite the introduction of platforms such as Robinhood.

I’ve actually just finished reading the book about Enron: Smartest guys in the room. The book paints an amazing picture of just how corrupt the financial system was, and still is. Until I read the book, I always thought it was about the fraudulent misdeeds of a few people in one company. But it’s instead an indictment of capital markets in general, as facilitated by Wall Street.

And yet still I’m drawn to trading. Ha!

No, probably not trading. But investing, which has a longer time frame, is something I’m keen to get into more. For the last few years, I’ve been cash heavy (with my limited supply). While there’s not much inflation to speak of, the runaway appreciation in asset prices (damn you, Australian property) has left me in the dust. A flat white might still be $3.50. But a median house in Sydney of about 4 billion dollars kind of stings when you don’t own one.

Though now that I’m thinking about it more, rest assured that the point at which I do put my money in, that will be the top. For housing, I reckon I’ll be keen to buy a place end of 2022. So, Australian property bubble to burst beginning of 2023.

And I’ll just add, beyond property, investing for the long-term has been severely warped over the last few decades. So the game is far from fair, no matter what you do (property, stocks, bonds, commodities, or beanie babies). Thank you, elites (facilitated by political class and central bankers).

Anyway, here’s some pictures from the last little while in Tokyo and surrounds. The weather is starting to turn just about perfect. Some of the Sakura are already blooming, with more to occur over the next month or so. Magical time for all the hayfever sufferers.  

Some quick running updates following an earlier blog: my running has severely stalled from about early December. Slight injury that I think is only now coming good. Good enough to start up’ing my mile’age again, but I’m definitely a ways away from being fit; it’ll be a while before I break any of those goal times, if ever.

But absent running, I’ve finally been climbing again. About 5 times outdoors this year, which has been great. Have lost a lot of strength from when I was climbing in 2019, but I’m keen to also up the climbing efforts too, to change that. Will see if I can simultaneously improve running and climbing at the same time.

Sayonara

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, be a builder, is the advice.Tech company Invoice2Go measured the amount of loan being invoiced through its app to discover both the most financially rewarding markets for little organisations and sole traders and those with the greatest growth.Small businesses are usually thought about to have less than 200 workers but 70 per cent have in between simply one and 4 personnel on the books.Glaziers are the little business people doing the very best, according to new research.Source: Supplied Data from the 2017 fiscal year found glaziers invoiced one of the most of any occupation, averaging$162,000 for the year.This was followed by those preserving and setting up pools and medspas who acquired just a little less at $156,000. Home builders came in third area, invoicing for $139,000. The list was rounded out by plumbers and those working in security.Poor musicians however, they are quite literally poor. Over a year, the typical muso invoiced for just $34,000.

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kids review their maths skills.One in 10 individuals in small companies are in property with 8 percent in financial services.Builders account for 7 percent of all micro businesses and sole traders.Ms Hargreaves said she advised individuals make the leap into self-employment. Nevertheless, she cautioned to pick a task they were excellent at and to stand firm." Before I was frightened of growing and taking responsibility. Now I'm scared of whether I can get sufficient individuals to stay up to date with the work.

" IT'S a dream for a number of us-- to have our own service, to be our own employer and the masters of our monetary fate.