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		<title>By: panzer</title>
		<link>http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/2009/02/25/expect-the-unexpected-navigating-the-potholes-of-financial-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-206</link>
		<dc:creator>panzer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Celes

Thanks for your feedback. Yes, &quot;Change is the only certainty!&quot; ;-)

I&#039;m impressed at your enthusiasm towards change. As my daughter grows older, I realise I prefer less change than more change. But I accept the reality that change is inevitable. Thus, I am open to building up mechanisms to cope with change and to be able to adapt as things pan out in ways we could never have predicted.

If you have time, you may want to read Nicholas Nassim Taleb&#039;s &quot;The Black Swan&quot; or &quot;Fooled by Randomness&quot;. His writing is somewhat idiosyncratic but packed with lots of real life intellectual rigour coupled with his sardonic wit.

Be well and prosper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Celes</p>
<p>Thanks for your feedback. Yes, &#8220;Change is the only certainty!&#8221; <img src='http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#8217;m impressed at your enthusiasm towards change. As my daughter grows older, I realise I prefer less change than more change. But I accept the reality that change is inevitable. Thus, I am open to building up mechanisms to cope with change and to be able to adapt as things pan out in ways we could never have predicted.</p>
<p>If you have time, you may want to read Nicholas Nassim Taleb&#8217;s &#8220;The Black Swan&#8221; or &#8220;Fooled by Randomness&#8221;. His writing is somewhat idiosyncratic but packed with lots of real life intellectual rigour coupled with his sardonic wit.</p>
<p>Be well and prosper.</p>
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		<title>By: panzer</title>
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		<dc:creator>panzer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dancerene

Thanks for the timely reminder that my daughter depends on me (and my spouse too!). Catastrophic events are mitigated to some extent by insurance. :)

Hahah... you are quite right to point out that if we can expect the unexpected then it becomes expected. I am thinking more along the lines of investing in preparedness, in the ability to make decisions that allow us to move closer to financial freedom.

Be well and prosper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dancerene</p>
<p>Thanks for the timely reminder that my daughter depends on me (and my spouse too!). Catastrophic events are mitigated to some extent by insurance. <img src='http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Hahah&#8230; you are quite right to point out that if we can expect the unexpected then it becomes expected. I am thinking more along the lines of investing in preparedness, in the ability to make decisions that allow us to move closer to financial freedom.</p>
<p>Be well and prosper.</p>
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		<title>By: Celes &#124; EmbraceLiving.Net</title>
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		<dc:creator>Celes &#124; EmbraceLiving.Net</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Panzer! :) Great article. This reminds me of the adage &quot;The only thing constant is change&quot;. That&#039;s all the more true in our very dynamic world today. I really love change because it&#039;s from these changes that we grow and learn :)

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Celes &#124; EmbraceLiving.Net’s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://embraceliving.net/blog/2009/02/how-to-increase-your-self-confidence/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How To Increase Your Self-Confidence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Panzer! <img src='http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Great article. This reminds me of the adage &#8220;The only thing constant is change&#8221;. That&#8217;s all the more true in our very dynamic world today. I really love change because it&#8217;s from these changes that we grow and learn <img src='http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><abbr><em>Celes | EmbraceLiving.Net’s last blog post..<a href="http://embraceliving.net/blog/2009/02/how-to-increase-your-self-confidence/" rel="nofollow">How To Increase Your Self-Confidence</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Dancerene</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dancerene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;cite&gt;&quot;So long as the mistake is not catastrophic and wipes everything out, I can survive and continue to thrive.&quot; &lt;/cite&gt;

You must survive and continue to thrive even if the mistake is catastrophic and wipes everything out! Your daughter depends on you for her every need.

&lt;cite&gt;&quot;How do you expect the unexpected in your journey towards financial freedom?&quot;&lt;/cite&gt;

If one can expect the unexpected, then the unexpected will no longer be unexpected, right? ;) 
We can only, as much as we can, given the currently available resources, be prepared for events that we don&#039;t wish will happen but have enough reasons to believe could happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><cite>&#8220;So long as the mistake is not catastrophic and wipes everything out, I can survive and continue to thrive.&#8221; </cite></p>
<p>You must survive and continue to thrive even if the mistake is catastrophic and wipes everything out! Your daughter depends on you for her every need.</p>
<p><cite>&#8220;How do you expect the unexpected in your journey towards financial freedom?&#8221;</cite></p>
<p>If one can expect the unexpected, then the unexpected will no longer be unexpected, right? <img src='http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
We can only, as much as we can, given the currently available resources, be prepared for events that we don&#8217;t wish will happen but have enough reasons to believe could happen.</p>
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		<title>By: panzer</title>
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		<dc:creator>panzer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear saVings

No worries, luckily the coffee was not boiling hot.... :-)

After reading &quot;The Black Swan&quot; by Nicholas Nassim Taleb, I believe the world is much more random that we think it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear saVings</p>
<p>No worries, luckily the coffee was not boiling hot&#8230;. <img src='http://fivecentstencents.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>After reading &#8220;The Black Swan&#8221; by Nicholas Nassim Taleb, I believe the world is much more random that we think it is.</p>
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		<title>By: panzer</title>
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		<dc:creator>panzer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Kathryn

Yes, you can reach me at rod.loh [at] gmail.com

Be well and prosper.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Kathryn</p>
<p>Yes, you can reach me at rod.loh [at] gmail.com</p>
<p>Be well and prosper.</p>
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		<title>By: Kathryn Wee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathryn Wee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Panzer,

I have a rather note to share with you but I do not want to share it publicly. Is there an email which I can email you?

Regards
Kathryn</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Panzer,</p>
<p>I have a rather note to share with you but I do not want to share it publicly. Is there an email which I can email you?</p>
<p>Regards<br />
Kathryn</p>
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		<title>By: saVings</title>
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		<dc:creator>saVings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Panzer, Hope that hot cup of coffee didn&#039;t hurt you too badly. Thanks for reminding all that life can be unpredictable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Panzer, Hope that hot cup of coffee didn&#8217;t hurt you too badly. Thanks for reminding all that life can be unpredictable.</p>
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