Actually I was on the way to post some nhảm nhí conversation, but finally…
– if history repeats, and steve is right again…
– what was the history?
– là từ khoảng năm rưỡi, 2 năm trước, cậu này đã nói vanh vách cái khủng hoảng mà Mỹ đang đi qua. nói vanh vách thật chứ không phải là một cái wild general guess. sure it was a guess, means a prediction of future, could be wrong but he predicts pretty details: how is it going to happens and how sucks it is and how many didn’t recognize it…
– and what does he say for now?
– then vietnam economy is going to suck bad. still running away from dong is a good strategy. (he was also right saying it was not the best choice running for euro). Europe is going through the same thing america is going through. He’s not at all optimistic about the economy here, and I share the same idea.
we are already in a pretty bad situation that it will takes some time to get back on the track. and we are not yet at the bottom of it. it took some times for us to get down here. it will take some time for us to get back up where we were.
there is no magic wand (which I think part of the public hope that there is one, even worse :-D hope that the government might have it). since inflation started to be a noticeable problem, it’s been only like 8 months. what I hate is the government and its media always try to give false optimism: wow, inflation has gone down compare to last month. last month was 29 % and this month is 28.4 , wow, should I be so happy about it?
I see people losing jobs. people losing more money in stock market (for false optimism). I myself lost money too, in every “investment” I’ve made
– ya, seems everybody losing
– and it seems to me that there is not enough “worries” about it. maybe I’m wrong? are people you know worried?
– I think many has been manipulated by media. Even me, for sometimes, I thought things seem okay. till that American crisis.
– yeah, you can’t keep worrying all days. I’m still buying more stuff
– and at least, USD goes down. We have no bank dept so it seems okay. I still travel and shop. I kinda thought it was okay, then the gold goes up and down crazily and the american thing
– it can certainly be ok, the problem is sometimes we have to change our definition of “ok” :-D it is like for a while, a Camry is ok, then after a while, an Attila is ok too. we (you and I) will have enough food to eat and I can keep my lifestyle unchanged. but that’s us. for many others, enough food to eat too but it is hard keep up the lifestyle without having a permanent headache and worries
– sure
– and for quite a number, I think it’s not easy to afford food too
– I think so too
– I know this guy, J, who works for World Bank. he only comes here every couple months. I just had lunch with him 2 days ago and he’s the same thing E said, that his retirement is gone
– wow. Did E. lose money already?
– they do, their parents too
– wow
– their stocks now are “just a bunch of worthless papers”. and J. is a typical little upper middle class american who has a very good job
– wow. now I know someone around who is touched. And it’s not something so far anymore :-?
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A more nhảm conversation
– Sáng nay lu bu quá không nhìn thấy SMS :-D
– Kinh quá, có cần tuyển trợ lý không? :-D
– Hi hi đang cắt giảm nhân sự nên phải làm thay việc của trợ lý mà ;))
– Mẹ, thế là vẫn thất nghiệp rồi :-D :-D
– Tưởng muốn làm trợ lý là dễ hả :-D
– Thế nhà mới có cần quản gia hay lao công gì không :-D
– Nhà chật lắm, làm gì có phòng ngủ 50m2 ;))
– Mẹ kiếp, ha ha