2011年5月11日

四月月結

<< Completed >>

•How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes (9.5)
Through storytelling aided with lovely illustrations and humor that may appear simple of the surface, it explains complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems.
•The ETF Trend Following Playbook – Profiting from Trends in
Bull or Bear Markets with Exchange Traded Funds (7)
It is basically a beginner’s reference guide to ETFs andtrend following. The trend following technique it teaches I believe is feasible; however I personally hesitate to adopt it fully with my own real money so I’m planning to test it with a virtual portfolio soon and meanwhile trying tointegrate it with the indexing technique learnt from The Elements of Investing.
•每天懂一點 - 好玩心理學 (7.5)
既可愛易讀又實用的心理學入門書。

<< In Progress >>

•The Soros Lectures: At the Central European University
A profound philosophic book that after finishing half of it I’ve decided to put it down for the time being. It’s quite a stressful and sober read.
•A Cure for the Common WORD
Well, I probably would just flip it over whenever I feel like to.
•死的型錄
鬼才寄藤文平的舊作,他的多角度思維加上簡潔而活潑生動的插圖確讓我神往。
•金錢之王II
若然可以多認識這社會上的精英,想必獲益良多!

這個月也很努力呢~ Keep it up! ^_^

三月月結

<< Completed >>

•Suicide by Sugar (8)
I never learned as much about nutrition at a time other than reading this book. I actually cut all sugar intakes from snacks and even ketchup for two weeks to test whether I’m a sugarholic or not. The result was negative and I didn’t feel much difference so I concluded that I should aim for a moderate consumption other than to completely get rid of it (which life would be bad!)
•The Elements of Investing (8.5)
If I’m not determined to learning this subject through experiencing the highs and lows, I probably will adopt this strategy. However I do find this meaningful, therefore I aim at enhancing the strategy with other techniques so one day it could be at my use.
•一個人漂泊的日子2 (7.5)
不竟每位設計師都有自己風格和特長,模仿或勉強迎合他人需要而畫成的作品根本不會帶有魅力。

<< In Progress >>

•Bill Bryson – Troublesome Words
Quite a decent reference.
•圖解化學
題材滿有趣的,但中文的化學書始終特別深奧…
•Understanding Nutrition
Just to check on some questions aroused from the read: Suicide by Sugar.
•IB Study Guides: Chemistry for the IB Diploma / IB Study Guides: Physics for the IB Diploma
Simply picked them up to recall some of my memory to the knowledge I once had.
•愛上鋼珠筆可愛彩繪
Pretty cute and cheerful design.
•ラクガキ・マスター
Stunning! Master of illustration and creativity! But again, it takes practice.

This has been a very hard-working month. Well done to me.

二月月結

<< Completed >>

•The Cartoon Introduction to Economics – Volume One: MICROECONOMICS (9.5)
This is by far the best book on economics that I’ve read, and I’ll reread it for sure. Ever since I finished this book I’ve been checking from time to time on whether Volume Two would come out but it just doesn’t.
•A Beginner’s Guide to the World Economy (6.5)
The beginning one third of the book was nice, quite insightful. What’s followed, was however mere informative and boring that I felt like giving it up from time to time.

<< In Progress >>

•Superfreakonomics
It doesn’t interest me as much as the first book did.
•Economics – A Self-teaching Guide
It really is a textbook and I just finished reading the first chapter. This chapter however, is so well written and informative that I gained much knowledge on the American economy history.
•3ds Max & VRay
A very useful and practical sample book.
•3ds MAX 2010建模實務事典書
It’d be nice if it includes more about the lighting effects creation but it passes as a beginner’s guide.
•3ds MAX 2011自學の王道
This is more of an intermediate guide to the software and it was more helpful than the former.

一月月結

<< In Progress >>

•原是物語
原復生的作品大概早已絕版了,卻被我在中環某樓上舊書店找到了。喜悅,喜悅。
•A Beginner’s Guide to the World Economy
Was about to give this book up…

月頭比賽後從道場絕跡一個月,只在家裡練習卻沒有看書,這個月我到底都幹了些什麼?

十二月月結




<< Completed >>

•Food Rules – An Eater’s Manual (8.5)
A lively and engrossing compendium of invaluable food wisdom
<< In Progress >>

•Liar's Poker
Interesting, yet remains a very difficult read to me, I’m
determined to finish this but I wonder when.

一星期練習六、七天,狀態好極了。書,自然也少讀了...