These markets are back on their radar screens.

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.

I am not made for despair

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.

But there are some things, child, that you should steal. That you must steal, if you have enough love and courage in your heart. You must snatch freedom from the hands of the tyrant. You must spirit away innocent lives before they are destroyed. You must hide secret and sacred places.