So Yen, We Used to be Friends

For those of you playing at home, who may not be familiar with me as a person, here is a quick synopsis for you.

Kerry: (Verb)  A highly educated member of society that likes to keep abreast of world issues and the way that they shall effect upon her life and general well being. Also know to have a slight inclination to sugar and shiney things. All round Good Guy

Whilst some of the above is true and some is partly fiction there are some world issues going on at the moment that are forcing me to keep abreast (I generally keep two, but each to their own) and subsequently causing me a hell of a lot of problems. So I ask the world leaders "Yo!!! What you do to our economy Niggas?" If anyone has been following world Currencies over the last few weeks they would have seen the heart breaking story of a strong Australian dollar that has been neglecting its work outs and protein powders and all its mates have chosen to go to the pub instead of to the gym. In short, technical terms, as my dad would say "its Fucked"

Whilst getting ready for my holiday I did a planning budget (yeah I know... organised... scary) the yen was sitting at a healthy 82 and things in Kerry land were happy. Being conservative and being in a some what finance related job I knew that markets change regularly so I thought to myself, "Yes, I will do my Budget at 75, give myself some breathing room, it will be apples" So turns out that even my conservative budgeting and estimations were off the mark. The Yen cash rate has tumbled to 67!!!! At this point life is officially over

Below is an exert from a real conversation by your leading lady and her Mr Miyagi that illustrates the seriousness of the situation

Kerry: The yen just dropped to 73. I'm going to slit my wrists
Kev: I already started and am bleeding out into old tomato sauce bottles so I make less mess and so when they find me they find me they put away the saucebottles and they will say "who was the silly billy who left these out here" and when they use it on food they can taste my despair
Kerry: Good Plan. I am off on a hunt to find saucebottles

Taste my Despair...

The implications for us on a lower Yen are astronomical, our $4000 car is now $4750, the tours that we booked went from costing us $388 to $418 (and dont you worry there was a strongly worded email in relation to this, but that rant is for another post) and most important my $3 beer will now cost $4. How am I supposed to get drunk and attractive on these exorbitant prices? (I can hear all of your our in reading land breath a sigh of relief for the young boys that may be spared from my clutches due to my lack of booze...)

So for now, there is little I can do, but pray for a recovery and look for someone to buy my Kidneys (I have two, and I am not greedy, I am willing to share) So world leaders, if you are reading this and why wouldnt you, because it is awesome and educational please sort your shit out, I got shit to do and people to see and you are kinda getting in the way of that. 

Beware the Sauce Bottles

Love and Doing Words 

Miss K 

 Thanks to Luke Streat for this Awesome Video of Japan Times last year. I get sad about the Yen and then I watch these videos and go, well hell yeah, I may not be able to eat for 3 weeks and might end up sleeping on the street... but this will make it all worth it