Thursday, May 29, 2014

Books or E-Books?

I love books, but with the demise of brick and mortar bookshops.
It is not so accessible now.

Why to buy a book now?
1. Order online
- Amazon
- Opentrolley

2. Travel to nearest shopping mall hoping that they carry the books you want
- Popular
- Kinokuniya *My Fav*

The overall cost seems to be lower in the bookshop i patronise. I thought on-line stores should be cheaper.

Recently, i started looking into E-Books.

Buying a proprietary device like Kindle seems troublesome.
In turns of ordering from oversea, and to create an oversea accounts.
And....to carry another device that need to charge.

So i tried E-Book Reader Apps on phones, BIG Phone... haha.
But good E-Books stores are hard to come by and having such a device tempts me to source for "unofficial release of E-Books that can be downloaded for free" which is definitely wrong.

I would like to pay for a book. Downloading Free *Ahem* Version is so wrong....

Do you know of a good E-Books Store to purchase books from?

New Post After A Year - Doing the right thing.

What is the right thing to do?

For people that think too much ( Just like me ). All you need to do is do something.

In life, if i don't step out to find a job. I will have no income.
Who is to blame when i go hungry?

If i want to earn more, maybe i should upgrade myself?
Apply for Grant or Company Sponsorship? Hold 2 Jobs?
Get a promotion?  Why should the boss promote me? ( Another blog for another day )

Assess! 
Where are you now? With your current financial situation, can you afford to wait for ideal job?
Where are you now? With your education or experience, what kind of job can you do?
Where are you now? With the kind of jobs you can do, what will be the realistic income?
Where are you now? With this job and income, are you contented with this lifestyle?

If yes, Good! Enjoy the life, smell the roses.
If no, Assess again!

Where are you now? What you need to do to
increase your income?
change your lifestyle?
finding your ideal job?

Set your objectives, identify the resources needed and the time that you need to achieve it.
Ultimately, it must be realistic and achievable.

If you notice, the changes are the result of actions. The ACTIONS will make a DIFFERENCE.

Yes. Life is not all smooth sailing. I might not find a job i prefer, but to fill my stomach, i should get a job first. The experience might get me closer to my prefer job. Be realistic but stay positive.