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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Do you always suspect there is something wrong with you but you can’t put a name or a finger on it? Do you feel inadequate when you are in a large crowd and don’t quite know how to blend in? Do you feel the need to be alone to recharge after being around people for … Continue reading
Becoming by Michelle Obama
They say behind every successful man there is a woman (so is his downfall!). This woman that I’m reading about is successful in her own rights but faced many of the same dilemma women with children often feel, between their career and family, between self-fulfilment and also fulfilling the duty and love to their children. Except Michelle Obama, born Robinson, was born not with a silver spoon nor a head start in life, but was born into the impoverished South Side of Chicago. She held on to her ambition and dream, with the support of her parents, mentors and husband, emerged at the pinnacle of the eyes of the world as the First Lady of the United State (FLOTUS). Continue reading
The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters
What if I tell you I have read one of the most important book of my life? What if I tell you I have read decades of self improvement books and many are full of waffling and rambling to make up the pages but you take away a few things that you think may help … Continue reading
The Fast and Clever Gut Diets
I am one person who doesn’t need to worry about my weight, until now. Working 9 to 5, watching two pre-teens boy and house chores left very little time for anything else. Walking and commuting is no longer part of my daily routine, so naturally fat is going to pile on. I am also a … Continue reading
The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank
After 18 months of hiatus, I have forgotten how to write a proper review. I probably forgotten how to post a review on WordPress. Would anyone wants to read a long, anecdotal, passage quoting review in the time when social media tools have sprung up more than it had 2 years ago? Would short reviews … Continue reading
One Click and The Everything Store
My reading experience about Google and Facebook the company was clear cut. Google is a “do no evil” company. It has its fair share of trouble with data protection issue but its business philosophy, in my opinion, has always been about scientific prowess and awesome innovation. I didn’t like the founder of Facebook and thought … Continue reading
No God But God by Reza Aslan
It is difficult to come back from a holiday in Ibiza, Spain and attempt to write a review about a very serious book! I’ll post the travel photos soon and try to do just this: write what I think about No God But God. No God But God is a book about Islam but it is … Continue reading
Scouring for “How-to-get-a-job” books
About three months ago, in May, I decided that I should be looking out for job. Not any job, a job that I want to work in and the industry that I am passionate about. I took books out from the library that are related to networking and career management. Since 2008, after graduating from … Continue reading
People Who Eat Darkness – The Fate of Lucie Blackman by Richard Lloyd Parry
I first knew about the book when Jackie@Farmlane Book Blog gave it 5 stars. Do you know what keeps me awake at night? Ok besides my boys, the book that keeps me awake at night is not crime thrillers, not a good love story, but true crime. True story of crime reportage! My first experience of … Continue reading
Fast Times in Palestine by Pamela Olson
“So much political capital has been made out of the Barcelona fighting that it is important to try and get a balanced view of it… Nearly all the newspaper accounts published at the time were manufactured by journalists at a distance, and were not only inaccurate in the facts but intentionally misleading. As usual, only … Continue reading
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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