But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.

I am not made for despair

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.

It is quite clear from our conversation with a significant number of portfolio money managers in the past three to four weeks that Asian and European moneys are lightening up on TIP [Thailand Indonesia and the Philippines] markets and venturing into Malaysia aggressively.

While many investors spoke of 'trading' the market, we were pleasantly surprised that some also were thinking of maintaining a more permanent presence. None said they were thinking of a permanent pull out.

These markets are back on their radar screens.