Ok! We can learn something new everyday, came across this article on MSN Money titled " How your undies track the recession!", this made me chuckle. According to economist Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chief, underwear sales are a great indicator of the economy's status.

Well, I believe everybody know about Alan Greenspan, It's nothing wrong to said that if you want to blame one person for this financial crisis, than Alan Greenspan is the guy. he is contributed so much of this financial meltdown for supporting the sub-prime mortgage strategy and drove US and the world into the ditch.

Now he want us to believe the recession is actually getting under your pants . when men aren't buying undies, our economy is in the tank, so instead of talking of the Fed's role is this financial meltdown fiasco. he is talking about underwear sales.

So interesting and "AMUSING"， read the article below.

How Your Undies Track The Recession

By Michael Brush

To help predict a recovery, economists such as Alan Greenspan look to men's underwear sales. Here's what those and other unusual economic indicators say about the road ahead.

Guys, if you want to know where the economy is headed next, look in your underwear drawer.

If you're like most men, you've got more than a few skivvies in, well, less than perfect condition.

If you're put off buying replacements -- and your significant other hasn't done it for you -- then guess what? The recession probably ain't over yet.

In fact, right now men's underwear sales suggest that things have bottomed but not started to recover.

Sure, this sounds trivial. But no less an economist than former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan is a fan of men's underwear sales as an important economic indicator.

It's one of several unusual indicators economists turn to in hard times. We went looking through them in a quest for the much-discussed "green shoots" of an imminent recovery.

Underneath the underwear indicator

Greenspan reasons that because hardly anyone actually sees a guy's undies, they're the first thing men stop buying when the economy tightens. (He told this to National Public Radio's Robert Krulwich years ago.)

By extension, pent-up demand means underwear sales should be among the early risers when growth returns and consumers feel confident enough to shrug off "frugal fatigue," says Marshal Cohen, the chief industry analyst with NPD Group, which tracks consumer behavior.

After a 12-month, 12% decline through the end of January, men's underpants sales leveled off during February and March, according to NPD. That suggests the economic was stabilizing, Cohen says.

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Today is my birthday, a big thank you to all for the Happy Birthday wishes. Yup! I am celebrate my Big Four birthday, absolutely and totally don’t mind turning 40 & I feel proud of it.

My best friend send me this email to "encourage" and "comfort" me for turning 40, love it & would like to reproduce here. The title say it all & very true, hope that you guys like it & Again, thank you to everyone for the well wishes. I do appreciate it!

PASSAGE OF TIME LEAVES OUT NO ONE !!

I thought it happened only to me, but was consoled and encouraged after receiving this e-mail.





I am feeling much much better now, ARE YOU FEELING BETTER TOO???
HAVE A GOOD DAY, FRIENDS!!!!

I’m turning forty years old next Monday. Almost since the beginning of this year, I’ve been thinking about the past and the future. Turning forty made me not only think about what I hadn't accomplished, but also what I had accomplished.

When I reflect back on these and other comings and goings of my 40 years, I’m overwhelmed. I’ve been given privileges and opportunities that are far beyond anything I deserve. My life previously has been great, I am quite contented with my life, so far I have lived my life how I have wanted, I have a loving wife and 3 wonderful and lovely kids. happy home and comfortable life. I am really enjoy running my own business for the past 15 years, my job give me a lot of freedom and had many great experiences and able to met many great people.

That’s right, I’m 40 years old. FORTY!!! The big Four. So, What's so big about that number?

When I was younger , 30 was unthinkable. 40 is considered old people. I am forty now, it means I am getting older, approaching " over the hill" . 40 means I am hitting my midlife. It's a bit strange that I never feel like I will have a midlife crisis (To my wife: not to worry, I will not having an affair), I never had an issue of getting older. But I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel the pressure of time.

There are so many turning 40 jokes. Let me share with you one of my favorite:

" 40 year old person's life is a master "piece". If we split his life into two, left (below 40) & right (above 40); In the left nothing is right and in the right nothing is left (he is old) "

I think that’s a good joke, yup! I am forty – and proud of it!

YouTube video of Susan Boyle is taking the Internet by storm, the video clip has been watched more than 5 million times in just 4 days.

Who is Susan Boyle?

Susan Boyle is a contestant on Britian's Got Talent. She's 47, lives along with a cat. She's frumpy, unemployed, from a small Scottish village. She is unmarried, and never been kissed. Her previous singing experience was limited to the church choir and karaoke. she was treated as a laughing stock when she walked on stage, the audience laughed and the judges shook their heads in disbelief as she said she would like to be as successful as Elaine Paige. In most respects, you might look at this kind of person many as Loser.


And now, go and watch her performance here! (the embed has been disabled). Trust me, It's must watch video, well worth the 7 minutes it takes to view !

Wow! Wow! Wow!


Gosh! What an amazing voice and stunning performance. When Susan Boyle turned mockery into awe and laughter into tears. I though, what a lesson in humility this is for all of us,

"Everyone laughed at you but no-one is laughing now. I'm reeling with shock." Holden added: "It's the biggest wake-up call ever."

Yup! It's the biggest wake-up call for all of us, There are so many lessons that we can learn from this woman's story. we are just like the three judges and the audience that alway love to judge people by appearance and only think the pretty and good looking are expected to achieve. It was rude, cruel and arrogant. Hopefully we learned the old adage: never judge a book by it's cover.

Now go and read her story here and here, you will definitely love this lady more!

From The Herald

Susan is a reminder that it's time we all looked a little deeper. She has lived an obscure but important life. She has been a companionable and caring daughter. It's people like her who are the unseen glue in society; the ones who day in and day out put themselves last. They make this country civilised and they deserve acknowledgement and respect.

Susan Boyle - you GO girl!

Thanks for the global credit crunch, now you don't need a million dollars to live like a millionaire!

Came across this interesting piece from www.matadorlife.com,,

What Can $150k Buy in Real Estate Around the World?

With the global credit crunch spiraling into an economic crisis, here’s what $150k can buy you right now around the world.

Argentina: Centro, Buenos Aires

USD Price: $149,000

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1

Notes / Link: This place is fully remodeled and right in El Centro, 2 blocks from Teatro Colon.

Chile: Villarrica, Region 9

USD Price: $110,000

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3

Notes / Link: This house is in the town of Villarrica, and has world-class backcountry terrain all around.

Russia: Chystye Prudy Area, Moscow

USD Price: $152,000 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2

Notes / Link: Right in the center of Moscow.

South Africa: Jeffrey’s Bay, Eastern Cape

USD Price: $152,200 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3

Notes / Link: This pad has a barbecue, garden, and you’re close to one of the sickest surf spots in the world.

Australia: Deniliquin, New South Wales

USD Price: $144,400 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3

Notes / Links A full on 27-acre farm near thetown of Deniliquin. Extremely affordable Australian home loans are also available.

Portugal: Evora, Alentejo

USD Price: $150,500 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1

Notes / Link: in sweet village of Viana do Alentejo.

Indonesia: Lovina, Bali

USD Price: $107,000 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2

Notes / Link: A straight-up private villa on Bali with mature palms / banana trees and some kind of ’split level swimming pool’. Ridiculous.

Croatia: Porec, Istria

USD Price: $150,700 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2

Notes / Link: A 3-bedroom apartment with beach only 3 minutes away, along with the yacht marine of Cervar village.

Czech Republic: Prosek, Prague

USD Price: $144,000 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1

Notes / Link: A newly renovated apartment with 74 m2 of living space and a 6-minute commute via subway to the city center.

New Zealand: Foxton

USD Price: $125,500 (approx.)

Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2

Funky designed 4 bedroom home.

Last week, AIG chief Edward Liddy was looking to change the company's "thoroughly wounded and disgraced" name, he told Capitol Hill, “I think the AIG name is so thoroughly wounded and disgraced that we’re probably going to have to change it.”

Talking about rebranding the company, if you've screwed up the business, changing your name and rebranding your business is really a good idea, It' is ironic that AIG should attempt a name and logo change, I actually have some idea of how the new name and logo for AIG should look like.........




What do you think? have a better and more creative name for AIG? Leave it in the comments section!

As reported last week, The Federal Reserve Board announced that it would create another $ 1 trillion out of thin air in an effort to stimulate the economy and you might remember the $ 8 trillion stimulus packages and the $ 410 billion budget, and US national debt have hits the record up to $11 billion. Wow! billion here and trillion there--it’s pretty easy to lose track of exactly what a trillion dollars represents.

How exactly one trillion dollars looks like? Here's a helpful visual.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...

Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billio

n. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.

You ready for this?

It's pretty surprising.

Go ahead...

Scroll down...

Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...

Notice those pallets are double stacked.
...and remember those are $100 bills.

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.

Notice how small of you standing right next to the double stacked pallets of money and this is ONE TRILLION dollars exactly look like and please don't forgot we are talking about of $1o trillion (1o times of the double stacked pallets) of money/debt pumped into the US economy over last six month and up to $11 trillion of the US national debt!!!!

Anyone want to bet how long US national debt will take to get to $ 15 trillion ?