With my project's programming is almost over (what's left are just minor bugs findings and improvement), I found myself dealing with books in order to write my thesis and documentation. However, since it's just a basic draft, I still had the tendency to digs into old books, journals, and even thesis. Yeah, these are not pleasant if you're reading all of them in a role, with so many facts it's just impossible for anyone to chew on immediately.
For the last 2 weeks I've been to the 2 of the biggest bookstore in KL, Borders in Times Square and MPH over at Mid Valley. I didn't manage to catch some nice books over at Borders (since I'm overwhelm by it's new Manga division) but I manage to grab some nice books in MPH.
Who Moved My Cheese? (Amazon)
A special promotion book in MPH. The title looks interesting, and it told the story of 4 mouse, overcoming the changes of their life. Their changes of life sounds funny though, which is that their piece of cheese are moved else where :p Anyway, the book is actually a self motivating book to encourage people to move with the changes of the world. Quick a nice story, but I believe most people already learn the lesson from the book.
Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye (Amazon)
Another special promotion book for the Chrismast season. I couldn't manage to browse through the entire book, as the staff is still packing and arranging the books when I was reading this. However I manage to glimpse the introduction part, which I find quite interesting. The book starts of with an example of glass factory, with a high defect ratio. The company calls for a young engineer, where he tried every possible method - improving the machines, upgrading all the mechanics, etc. Yet, he can't solve the problem. Then the company calls for another senior manager, and he solve the problems using serious critical thinking. And guess what, the problem is solve by improving ergonomics of the machineries. I used to laugh when I took the course critical thinking back in my first degree, but nowadays I found myself thinking more and more logically, especially when facing some programming problem. I'll definitely will pick up the rest of the chapters in my next visit.
Darwath Trilogy (Barbara Hambly)
There are 3 book in Darwath Trilogy, with 2 of them read some years ago. I couldn't find the third (and the final ending) books elsewhere, until recently I found the story online. This is quite a old classic fantasy story, you can think of LOTR, yet it's different from LOTR's world. It starts where a wizard came to this world, bringing him a child to escape from the danger of the Dark. With some coincidence (and destiny it seems), he brought a man and a girl back to his world. Gradually, the man (Rudy) becomes a wizard, while the girl (Gil) became a knight, fighting against the Dark. What really thrills me is that I've finally manage to why the Dark rise, and how they're defeated in the past (or do they?) Half way through the 3rd book, and I can't stop myself reading the final few chapters. Nice fantasy story apart from the big D&D series.
More books to dig into. Hope I can find the time :p
For the last 2 weeks I've been to the 2 of the biggest bookstore in KL, Borders in Times Square and MPH over at Mid Valley. I didn't manage to catch some nice books over at Borders (since I'm overwhelm by it's new Manga division) but I manage to grab some nice books in MPH.
Who Moved My Cheese? (Amazon)
A special promotion book in MPH. The title looks interesting, and it told the story of 4 mouse, overcoming the changes of their life. Their changes of life sounds funny though, which is that their piece of cheese are moved else where :p Anyway, the book is actually a self motivating book to encourage people to move with the changes of the world. Quick a nice story, but I believe most people already learn the lesson from the book.
Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye (Amazon)
Another special promotion book for the Chrismast season. I couldn't manage to browse through the entire book, as the staff is still packing and arranging the books when I was reading this. However I manage to glimpse the introduction part, which I find quite interesting. The book starts of with an example of glass factory, with a high defect ratio. The company calls for a young engineer, where he tried every possible method - improving the machines, upgrading all the mechanics, etc. Yet, he can't solve the problem. Then the company calls for another senior manager, and he solve the problems using serious critical thinking. And guess what, the problem is solve by improving ergonomics of the machineries. I used to laugh when I took the course critical thinking back in my first degree, but nowadays I found myself thinking more and more logically, especially when facing some programming problem. I'll definitely will pick up the rest of the chapters in my next visit.
Darwath Trilogy (Barbara Hambly)
There are 3 book in Darwath Trilogy, with 2 of them read some years ago. I couldn't find the third (and the final ending) books elsewhere, until recently I found the story online. This is quite a old classic fantasy story, you can think of LOTR, yet it's different from LOTR's world. It starts where a wizard came to this world, bringing him a child to escape from the danger of the Dark. With some coincidence (and destiny it seems), he brought a man and a girl back to his world. Gradually, the man (Rudy) becomes a wizard, while the girl (Gil) became a knight, fighting against the Dark. What really thrills me is that I've finally manage to why the Dark rise, and how they're defeated in the past (or do they?) Half way through the 3rd book, and I can't stop myself reading the final few chapters. Nice fantasy story apart from the big D&D series.
More books to dig into. Hope I can find the time :p
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