by nsoonhui | Nov 25, 2023 | book-review, Uncategorized
The first time I read Ray Dalio’s Principle book was some 6 years ago, at that time it didn’t even exist in the form of a proper book, just a PDF. I was immediately impressed with the content of the book, which claimed to reveal the secret of success in every aspect...
by nsoonhui | Jul 11, 2022 | book-review, Uncategorized
The book “Four Thousand Weeks” is an important read, especially for those who are poisoned by Self- help books, and those who are are harboring great ambitions for the future, and those who think that their happiness depends on what they can achieve in the...
by nsoonhui | Jun 6, 2022 | book-review, Uncategorized
Is “jumping to conclusion” a good thing? Not necessarily bad, according to Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking. The book “Blink” is a fascinating because it shows how our snap judgement in the blink of...
by nsoonhui | Apr 29, 2021 | book-review
The 509 election 3 years ago was supposed to be a watershed moment for Malaysia and Malaysia politics. A lot of us had high hopes for the new government. With the end of the BN hegemony, we hoped that our country will enter into a new era: corruptions tampered if not...
by nsoonhui | Jan 23, 2021 | book-review
身为八十年代后,许多人应该对卫斯理小说不感到陌生吧! 卫斯理小说是香港作家倪匡所创造的系列小说,虽然题材主打科幻,但是更多是奇幻、冒险,由民间传说所构成的大杂烩。倪匡写作特点就是开局紧张刺激,很能吸引读者一直追看下去;他想象力特丰富,阅读的杂书特别多,所以题材多变,很适合少年阅读。 我也是(现在还是)卫斯理小说的粉丝。犹记得第一次接触卫斯理小说是在我还在念三年级的时候,那本书叫做《原子空间》。小时都已经对时间啊空间啊宇宙啊这些东西都很感兴趣,家乡图书馆书籍匮乏,卫斯理小说作为替代读物,正可以满足这方面的要求。...
by nsoonhui | Aug 8, 2020 | book-review
Richard Feynman was a legendary physicist last century. To the popular mass, he was ( and is still) famous for his science popularizer books such as “What do you care what other people think?”, “Surely you’re joking, Feynman!”, “The...