Book Reading

The world was revolutionized by Robert Kiyosaki's book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I never had the chance to get a hold and read his famous book but I eventually got a copy of his book Increase your Financial I.Q.

The book is primarily the continuation of his book. This time around it focuses on why one has to increase its knowledge about finances. Key points he has said in his book is that the value of money has been going down the sink due to the inflation and current government’s regulation and practice of pumping paper money in the economy to keep economy going. This action has consistently devalued money and he terms this pumped paper money as currencies of which the supposed value of it that is of the gold has been miles apart.

Due to this fact knowing things about money and finance is one's edge to battle inflation. Knowing the value of a commodity makes a big difference. He recounts his experience back in WWII when he and a friend risk their lives to buy gold believing that the gold in that war stricken country will be lower only to find out that the seller has an edge over them that is she knows the market value of gold.

Understanding and having a trustworthy partner or adviser are also a must. In these times there are so many called financial advisers who boast of this and that but in reality they themselves are not putting their money in the things they say. In other words they are just sales people selling the company’s stock that pays them. One has to scrutinize and chose well when hiring the services of a financial adviser or broker. It is a relationship in which trust is the main ingredient. I believe no one would like to hand their hard earned money to someone they don’t trust.

Also one key point mentioned in the book is diversification. The term Cashflow was use to mean operating a business. Your business might be in the rental property or operating a small service company. The stock market as they say is sometimes bearish and sometimes bullish. Nobody can perfectly know when things will happen. Risk is one of the factors people are afraid of the stock market. With risk control issues comes and thus one great way where to combat risk and have control is to have a business. 

Naruto Shippuden Manga

I know I know. I am already too old for reading this but trust me if you have started reading this Manga you would be watching the net if the latest episode is available.

Manga is a Japanese word for comics. It has been known that the word Manga specifically means a comic which is originated form Japan. The series Naruto was first made in Manga. A TV series of the same title was made due to its popularity and you bet I was one of the fanatic viewers of this anime series in TV. I only started reading the Manga version because I can’t wait what will happen next on the story. There are some differences though form the Manga with the TV series. Nonetheless both are great to watch and I am always excited to read the next episode.

You might think I can read Nippongo but unluckily I don’t except for some few words I learned like Arigato for thank you, Sayonara for goodbye, Ohaiu or Ohayu(not sure with the spelling) for good morning. Also I learn the way they address people indicating a relationship or level like you call your friend or same level by adding san in their name like Louis san, or ni-chan for girls like Sakura ni-chan, sama for elder like Jiraiya sama, and sensei for a teacher like Iruka sensie or Kakashi sensei, and sempai for a older brother like Itachi sempai.(did I get this words right? If not please tell me or leave comment)

Anyways as for the story, Naruto is divided in two parts: Naruto and Naruto Shippudden.

Naruto is about the younger years of Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto was an orphaned boy of the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha. In Naruto's world which is the Ninja World, each nation has a hidden village where shinobi or ninjas are trained at the very early age. A ninja village trains these shinobis for missions and the nation's protection. Naruto was in away ignored and feared due to the Kyuubi, a very powerful creature that once nearly destroyed Konoha. Every person of the village attends the Academy to become shinobi. It was hard for Naruto to blend in the Academy but somehow manage to fight and face his struggles of wanting to be recognized. His sole dream was one day to become the Hokage, the strongest and the most powerful of all the shinobi of a village at the same time the leader or head of the village. He met his friend Sasuke, also an orphaned boy like Naruto but the difference is everyone seems to like Sasuke even Naruto's crush Sakura.

Sasuke and Naruto may have something in common but they don't go well together one because of Sasuke's attitude and second Naruto's pride. But in the end they kinda bonded in a way when Sasuke acknowledge Naruto. The series though ended when the two parted ways due to Sasuke's wanting to have greater power in order to defeat his brother Itachi, whom he believed betrayed the entire Uchiha clan when Itachi killed all members of the clan except Sasuke.

The second part is Naruto Shippuden. The other part is more serious than the first. This time if one reads it, one will understand more about the Ninja world and the story of Konoha and also of Naruto. Naruto has been under Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sanin. Also on this part most of the characters has grown. Naruto now has become more powerful in order to fulfill his promise bring back Sasuke. The story reveals much of the story that was left untold on the first part and also more of the mystery of Naruto's identity.

I recommend this if you are a fan of comics and cartoons. It is quite different though because the content of the Manga are mainly fight scenes. I read the latest episode from Onemanga.com but there are some others sources. I have also made a blog post and still currently adding material to share about the story and the beauty of the Ninja world of Naruto. You can leave a comment or add up to this post so that we can share our fascination with the Shinobi world. To check out my blog about Naruto click here.

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE KID'S SOUL

I remember that it was the very first book that I bought, or so. It was back then a must read book. It was during my early college years that wanted to read something and so I went to National Bookstore and grab a copy of the book. Unfortunately back then I didn't know that know that there are many versions of the book, what I got is the one for the kid's soul.

Audiobooks what is your take on it?

Again I will re-iterate that technology has great advances. One of these advances is audiobooks. Basically audiobooks are pre-recorded book reading which are in the media formats like mp3, wav, and the likes. If you will look into it there is no actual reading right? You are actually listening to the voice of the reader rather than you reading the book itself.

But on the contrary, audiobooks has been one big help in this fast-pace times. Because of it we can do multitasking activities. One benefit of it is that you can listen to your book while on transit or in a public place. We use our eyes to read and when we are in a public transit, let say the bus or train, our focus on what we are reading are divided between the words we are reading and the environment around. By tapping to our hearing sense our attention is not that divided since our ears are listening and our eyes are viewing, two separate activities. It enables us to make well use of our time.

Hearing words are also great way of remembering. It enables one to visualize thus interpreting the book base on what one is hearing rather than seeing. Lately I bought the book “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne in audiobook form. I have only listened to the introduction and I was planning to transfer the CD to my phone so that I can listen to it during my 15 minute drive to work. I will post my review of the book when I complete listening to it.

Audiobooks are available in the internet. One service, Audible.com, has a vast collection of books, magazines, newspaper, and a lot more. For free audiobooks you can check LibriVox and Books Should Free. You can download the audiobook from these sites and save them in your computer, mp3 player or iPod and listen to them.

In any other way, be it reading or listening, books can be enjoyed even in our busiest time. We have the means to do read it so why not make the most of it. How about you do you think listening to audiobooks is a great way of reading?