Capping an exciting work week

Was in the BNP Paribas Office in Hong Kong Monday to Tuesday attending a workshop on FX and FI Derivatives. My blog entries of that trip at the following links:

• Hong Kong Disneyland
• Yet Another Midnight Stop in a Hotel Cafe
• BNP Paribas Workshop Day 1
• BNP Paribas Workshop Day 2
• Last Day in Hong Kong

Back in the Philippines last night. Reported to work this morning.

Today would have been a lackluster end to this week had not Senator Trillanes and his buddies decided to walk out of their Makati Regional Trial Court hearing and hole out at the Manila Peninsula Hotel ... prompting the appearance of the SWAT and the sending of a small tank to ram through the entrance and crash into the hotel lobby.

Need I say that the dollar was briefly bought in the market as some companies panicked?

The guys in the dealing room watching the coverage of the drama on ANC: