Sigh. I used to read ALOT. been missing out on some great books lately

Yeah me too. Long time don't read new book. .
I read all kind of book but mostly crime. BTW King of tort by John Grisham also don't have satisfactory ending . Is The Last Juror is the story of suing tabacco company? Read to many Grisham's book until confused.

Newspaper read it everyday, magazine only if I going somewhere and juz need something to read'

I prefer book anytime but it takes more time to read...

Hehehe ... Yeap, I love Calvin and Hobbes too .... It's a very nice read .... I didn't buy any of the books but I did borrowed them from my cousin before ... Another one I like is Dilbert ... It's a very sarcastic comic hinting on alot of real issues .... hahahahahaha ...

Talking about Calvin and Hobbes, I heard there's a new collectors edition compilation of ALL the strips that ran. Its printed in color on glossy paper. I went to MPH Midvalley today but didn't see it. Definitely a must buy

Have you checked at Borders @ Berjaya Times Square ?

Books that i have read : Trump (No such Thing As Over Exposure) & Michael Dell

Both of these books are actually about their lives, how they became successful and beyond and if you are interested about Business Operations it will be good to read about Dell.

Geminist can you recommend some Business books for me to read , i have been looking around but couldn't find one. Thinking of getting "The Toyota Way" or "Steve Jobs", will it be a good choice?

Oh, the Toyota Way is a fine choice ... I bought this book too ... Already read the preface of the book ... It's about the lean management/production of the toyota system and also the 14 management principles used by the Toyota ... Well, FYI, Toyota is the first company that developed the JIT system so it's worth the read

Another two titles you can anticipate is both The HP Way and The Google Story

Both of these books are yet to be published but I'm sure they'll be a good read ...

You might want to look at the Rich Dad's series "Cashflow Quadrant" too ... As cashflow is one of the most important issues in all companies ... With the recent news of Ford/GM's first tier supplier filing a chapter 11 bankruptcy, the importance of cashflow is more visible ... As even with such strong foundations, they can go bankrupt ...

Here's the news if you wish to read it ...

General Motors

IMHO, Cashflow Quandrant provide a basic insight into how cashflow works and it's not such a bad read

*FINALLY, someone who shares the same interest as I do .... hahahahahahaha

My mom works at Plazay Berjaya so whenever I'm there, I'd run over to Borders. I can spend hours there because they allow free reading and there are comfortable seats. I even bought a couple of great glossy-paper fully-coloured cookbooks from the bargain corner. oh, and I read 3/4 of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince there.

Haha, I went there once only .... Since I'm not staying at KL, I vist the MPH nearby my house in Ipoh ...

Well, the one time that I went there... lost $$ already since I bought some books there.... hahahahahahahaha ....

MPH is good too

lol. I used to spend alot on books too. now no $$$

Finished reading "the moon is a hard mistress", a truly 1337 book.

Anyone here read the foundation, dune, robots or ringworld books?

Haha me too you are the first person that shares the same interest as me, as far as i am concern.But the Toyota's book is abit expensive, it costs around 90++ hard to get my father to buy it for me , yea they are the master of JIT and Kaizen they have perfected it thanks to Taaichi Ono. I heard that there are a lot of car manufacturer's now days are making its employees to study TPS(Toyota Production System) as a requirement.Hmm, dont know how true is it.

According to Fortune magazine it will take Toyota 2 years to overtake GM to be the largest car manufacturer in the world as Toyota is currently in second since they outstrip Ford.

So the book that u recommend is "Rich Dad" is it, i will get it from Boaders. . Ohh and i heard that the "Jack Welch" book is interesting too, it talks all about management, as he is the former CEO of General Electrics. You might wanna get this too..hahaha

This post has been edited by crystal_kit85: Oct 23 2005, 01:54 AM

Yeap, true that the Toyota achievement in the TPS is now adapted in alot of places including the Lean production system and the JIT system.

The Toyota Way cost around RM99 from MPH the last time I saw it... I got mine here at amazon.co.uk and it cost me 11 GBP to get it, so it's rather cheaper compared to the one in MPH ... Well, you can always read it for free by asking them to unwrap the wrapper for you and you can pick a spot to read ... hahha... That's what I do often if I do not want to buy that book ... But seriously, some of these books are worth keeping so it's worth paying the price ...

Jack Welch of GE, well, his books are everywhere, but, I shall withold my opinion about him for now since I have little knowledge about this person....

About Toyota, yes, their achievements are impressive, but the achievement shown by Nissan by rebounding to be one of the top dogs from debts are indeed impressive too ... I have my sight on this book "Turnaround: How Carlos Ghosn Rescued Nissan by David Magee" but I'll just get it later, since I still have two books which I haven't read yet ... And they're lying on my shelf ...

For Rich Dad's series, well, I do recommend both the Cashflow Quandrant and Guide to Investing ... For the rest of the books, well, they are not really my cup of tea ... (besides, I read some of them standing in MPH every week to an extent the lady working there recognizes me edi ... haha ... )

Besides Fortune, I do recommend you to browse Forbes too ... I just realized the existance of this magazine when I was visiting a dermatologist and I saw this magazine outside ... hahaha ...

Oh yea, since you like finance so much, The Millionaire Next Door (thanks to the recommendation of dreamer101) is a very good read ... It's about personal finance and I written some of the opinion I have regarding this book ... I got this from Borders @ Berjaya Times Square for RM55.90 ... It suits your budget and it's worth reading if you like to understand more about personal financial management ...

*Well, parents are more lenient when their kids are pestering for books .... But since you love books so much, you can save the money yourself and buy them

Foundation and Robots by Asimov and Dune by Frank Herbert? Yep, all in my collection. I haven't had the pleasure of reading the ringworld saga tho. Sad tho whats happening to the Dune saga. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson is butchering the series.

Strangely, noone mentioned the Wheel of Time saga by Robert Jordan. Considering how famous this series is, I'm sure there are those among you guys who've read it. Book 11 just came out (available as hardback in MPH) and book 12 is suppose to end the story. Just how Jordan's going to finish the series when so many things still need addressing is beyond me.

crystal_kit85 and geminist do u mind me asking what do you guys do for a living or are studying? i myself find fortune very interesting, but will only get to read it when i return to my hometown cos it's too exp here and my dad subscribes to them magazines, like almost every single one of the business mags XD .. the part that i cant afford to miss in fortune is the stanley bing's column

crystal_kit85 other than forbes that geminist recommended, u could try out economist too, but it might be abit dull, compared to fortune

This post has been edited by ckwei: Oct 23 2005, 11:09 AM

Everyone loves the story of worms and their golden paths, the ultimate tyrrany, to bring forth the ultimate freedom.

Haha, I'm still studying ... All of these stories that I found out (some are by reading where they link the book to another stories), I just know about some of the surface stuff only, I don't know much about the details ... That's why I'm interested and willing to spend money to get books that tell me these details...

Hahaha, I'm not really very rich, for these magazine, I don't subssribe to them la, I'll just read on the website of Forbes ... hahaha ...

i see.. so what are you majoring in? if ur anywhere near penang i may be able to lend u some back issues of fortune and other mags if u want.. but i'd have to dig them up first

do watch out for stanley bing's column on the last page of fortune every month though, a witty guy, head of a fortune 500 company, with his real information witheld

This post has been edited by ckwei: Oct 23 2005, 02:08 PM

Hahaha, thanks for your kind offer...

Really appreciate that....

I'm currently quite far away from you ... So I guess it's impossible for now...

I'm doing my final year for pure mechanical engineering now in UK

BTW i am Crystal_kit85, i have accidently used by bro's acc to reply..Haha same as me i am currently a student as well, finishing my Diploma year by next week, i have read both Fortune and Forbes magazine. Forbes u can browse it through the web but unfortunately for Fortune u need to pay. Nevertheless, i am currently doing Business With Information Technology course planning to major in Management in Degree year since the management course would be my cup of tea.

Geminist, i prefer Business Operations where they will teach us about JIT, Lean manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management and etc. It's very interesting job knowing that you can actually help the company to reduce its defective rate by applying these methodology but on the other hand, with the culture in Malaysia it is hard to apply all of these due to the following reason:

A) Multiracial country----> different mentality
Transportation in Malaysia is not up to par
C) Traffic congestion and beyond

If you are interested in Six Sigma, you can read up on Motorola because they are the Father of Six Sigma and they have got the Malcolm Balridge award.

This post has been edited by Biscuit: Oct 23 2005, 10:58 PM