喵Meow的小天地

 I’m going to Hong Kong for a business trip tomorrow. I have not traveling for around three years. A few people have told me that Hong Kong has changed a lot after the pandemic. I hope it’s not as crowded as usual.

Recently, I have been reading an investment book that includes a few tips I really like. The author has his own philosophy of investment in a spiritual way. He suggests we make a wish and try to calculate self-cultivation of the mind. Most importantly, he emphasizes being motivated by altruism to give to charity. Altruistic spirituality is an essential motivation in investment.

I started investing in the stock market during the pandemic, around two years ago. In the past, I had no idea about equity capital. But I love reading, especially books about human history. During Covid, everyone stayed at home, and the global stock market was like a roller coaster, going up and down really fast. Many people acted like crazy gamblers, including my parents. They put a lot of money into shipping stocks and even asked me to invest in them. However, I felt very insecure about it. Two months later, the stock market started to plummet, and I was lucky to get away from it. Because I spent the whole summer reading books, I read more than 20 investment books. I had a strong ambition to make money. Actually, I really enjoyed it, so I started to delve into the field. I have knowledge about the general electronics industry. However, the only thing holding me back from earning more money is my restless mind. I feel I’m not confident enough and I get anxious all the time. I easily make wrong decisions. I always sell my stocks too early.

I have to deal with my self-confidence issues. I’ve started to think about my motivation for investment. Actually, I really like to help others. I have been making donations to charity. A few months ago, in April, I was in love, and I was doing well in my investments too. Because my motivation is about giving and loving, I have positive expectations for the future. A positive motivation can be applied to all different areas in life. I would feel really happy if I were able to help others. This year, I've also helped my parents earn some money in the stock market. It's actually one of the reasons why I wanted to delve into stock trading. I'm hesitant because they suffered significant losses, but I believe they will recover in the future. My goal is to buy my own house.

But in terms of relationships, I think I really need to learn how to receive love from others. My relationships always end in the same kind of scenario. I always find myself in relationships with men who are going through their lowest moments in life. The same scenario happens to me over and over. When they overcome the low points in their lives, they tend to leave me. I may have a streak of heroism. I never allow myself to be the one to be the rescuer. I need to learn how to receive love from others and truly love myself.
Last weekend, I received free tickets for a 'Thunder Down Under' show from my college flatmate. We hadn’t seen each other for many years. She is getting married, and I've seen her Facebook posts all the time, filled with various pictures of her dates with her fiancé.
The show was really overwhelming. It was my first time seeing this kind of performance. The guys with six-packs took off their clothes and interacted with the audience. They came down from the stage to dance, even sitting on your laps. They also picked some lucky audience members to join them on stage for a sexy dance. One of the girls looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Her face was pale; probably, this was the first time she had been this close to a man. All the girls were screaming the whole time.

In the end, we were able to pay $600 for group photos with the dancers. We could take photos sitting on their laps. I was so shy when I sat on the lap of the guy with brown hair for a while. I heard the Korean version is even crazier than this one. I might be interested in seeing it next time. But the ticket price is even higher than 'Thunder Down Under.' It was an amazing experience, haha. Now I understand why guys are so obsessed with strip clubs.

After the show, we had dinner with my friend and her boyfriend. I was curious about how they met and got into a relationship. I was very surprised to find out that my friend was actually the one who approached her boyfriend. She had been single for so many years, and I thought she wasn't interested in men. I thought she was a lesbian, haha.

I was also surprised that she asked me to go see a male stripper show. Anyway, many things are not as I imagined.