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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Book Recycling
Hi folks,A while back I found a small second hand book store in Mont Kiara which is quite off the beaten track. They were willing to take books of my hands and sell them on, very useful I feel - I just cannot seem to bring myself round to throwing books away.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, recently they have stopped taking books citing they may be closing soon.. Oh well..
I wonder if any of you guys know a good place I can send old books to? Or being part of this book club, I could bring them into work and let you guys have them in a book 'pool' of sorts - although some of these books may not be to your taste?!
Let me know your thoughts..
Monday, May 19, 2008
Monty Hall
Another book I would recommend would be "The curious incident of the dog in the night time". Small and easy reading, this book won several awards when it was first published in 2003.
Told in a first person perspective - the story is narrated by a 15 year old autistic boy who starts off telling the story of his life by starting with the night when he found his neighbour's pet poodle dead in the yard.
An interesting section in this book is when the "Monty Hall problem" was explained. The puzzle that was brought up went something like this ;
Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
Most people would say that the chances are still 50-50 and most would not opt to switch doors. However, according to Marilyn vos Savant (woman with the world's highest IQ) she states that given the situation, you should always change your answer, as it will give you a higher chance of winning the car.
Hard to believe? Go read the book :)
ps - Mitch Albom's "for one more day" , there's actually a movie for it! unbelievable and here i was thinking when they would direct a movie based on it.
i doubt it would be good. :(
Told in a first person perspective - the story is narrated by a 15 year old autistic boy who starts off telling the story of his life by starting with the night when he found his neighbour's pet poodle dead in the yard.
An interesting section in this book is when the "Monty Hall problem" was explained. The puzzle that was brought up went something like this ;
Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
Most people would say that the chances are still 50-50 and most would not opt to switch doors. However, according to Marilyn vos Savant (woman with the world's highest IQ) she states that given the situation, you should always change your answer, as it will give you a higher chance of winning the car.
Hard to believe? Go read the book :)
ps - Mitch Albom's "for one more day" , there's actually a movie for it! unbelievable and here i was thinking when they would direct a movie based on it.
i doubt it would be good. :(
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
It's not how good you are...
The first thing that caught my eyes was the title. It such a strong words .. It's not how good you are, it's how good you wanna be .. The title says it all ..
From my interpretation, it's telling me that it's not what I do, it's how I do it that make it good ..
When we were small, our parents and teachers love to tell us how to do stuff their way .. and if we did it in different way, then it's wrong .. their way was always the best.. Well, time change .. it's always change .. only people don't really realize it .. Successful people always do things differently .. look at things differently and feel things differently ..
So this book tells you to do it diferently..
"Find the difference that make the difference"
and remember:
"Don't be afraid of silly ideas"
There's a lot more answers in this book. Answers to your daily life .. Paul put it in a very easy and fun to read.. You won't feel bored reading this book although some of the answers you already know.. I would highly recommend this book for all!!!
SAD NEWS:
Paul Arden, an eccentric, revered creative responsible for some of the U.K.'s most popular advertising during his 14 years as Saatchi & Saatchi's executive creative director, died April 11,2008 of a heart attack.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Zing the prince of reading says...
Yo first post from me!
Not that good at articulating on blogs itself, so I'll try to keep it simple by giving a few recommendations on some of the books I've read (and have, it you guys would like to borrow)
For One More Day (Mitch Albom) - The thing about most of Mitch Albom's books is that its usually starts off semi-sad depressing , which then builds up to a heart-warming, self discovering plot, with the stories' protaganist achieving closure at the end.
"For One More Day" tells the tale of a washed-up ex baseball player, whom once had the potential of playing among the greats. The story is told in a narrative format, emphasizing the reason of why he tried to commit suicide a few years before the story was told, and how he met up with his late mother while he was in state of coma, and spent one last day with her.
Rating - 3.9/5
The Five People You Meet in Heaven ( Mitch Albom) - A similar plot structure as "For One More Day", with a heart-warming end.
The story starts of describing the life of a lonely and uncontent amusement park serviceman. The plot picks up when he dies and was told that he would meet 5 special people in his life, who would give him the answers to all the questions he spent his life thinking about.
Just like "For One More Day", the protaganist finds closure at the end, although both books contained certain twists to the plot to make you go "ohhhhh" :)
Rating 4/5
Will come up with more reviews later..
Not that good at articulating on blogs itself, so I'll try to keep it simple by giving a few recommendations on some of the books I've read (and have, it you guys would like to borrow)
For One More Day (Mitch Albom) - The thing about most of Mitch Albom's books is that its usually starts off semi-sad depressing , which then builds up to a heart-warming, self discovering plot, with the stories' protaganist achieving closure at the end.
"For One More Day" tells the tale of a washed-up ex baseball player, whom once had the potential of playing among the greats. The story is told in a narrative format, emphasizing the reason of why he tried to commit suicide a few years before the story was told, and how he met up with his late mother while he was in state of coma, and spent one last day with her.
Rating - 3.9/5
The Five People You Meet in Heaven ( Mitch Albom) - A similar plot structure as "For One More Day", with a heart-warming end.
The story starts of describing the life of a lonely and uncontent amusement park serviceman. The plot picks up when he dies and was told that he would meet 5 special people in his life, who would give him the answers to all the questions he spent his life thinking about.
Just like "For One More Day", the protaganist finds closure at the end, although both books contained certain twists to the plot to make you go "ohhhhh" :)
Rating 4/5
Will come up with more reviews later..
Comments on the Book's I've Read...
I've read two books so far and currently reading thru Awakening the Giant Within, since its a Giant thick book its probably gonna take me a while to complete.. Ok, so here goes...
Who Moved My Cheese: I think I've got phobia of Cheese after reading this =S In a nutshell the book stresses the difference between those are willing to take a step ahead & those who would rather sit back and wait for possibilities. Its about persistence, perseverance and willingness to accept change, its an insightful book in which we can relate to as we are facing change; moving over to EDS and all :)
Thank god for its few pages and large font My rate : 3.75/5
Next is It's Not how Good You Are; It's How Good You Want To Be: 4 words; Self motivating, Self assessment
My rate : 2/5
Who Moved My Cheese: I think I've got phobia of Cheese after reading this =S In a nutshell the book stresses the difference between those are willing to take a step ahead & those who would rather sit back and wait for possibilities. Its about persistence, perseverance and willingness to accept change, its an insightful book in which we can relate to as we are facing change; moving over to EDS and all :)
Thank god for its few pages and large font My rate : 3.75/5
Next is It's Not how Good You Are; It's How Good You Want To Be: 4 words; Self motivating, Self assessment
My rate : 2/5
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