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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (buy from Amazon) by Sharon L. Lechter

Type: Business
Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki
My rating: 4

Posted by irene
Book introduction:
By comparing how rich dad and poor dad educates his kid, the author shows why rich people get richer and poor people struggle to survive. It points out some neutral human behaviours which restrict us to build our wealth.

My review:
The concepts are simple, but we always need to be aware of whether we're buying "assets" or 'liability" to our personal balance sheet. It is useful for financial planning.

How to Slay the Financial Dragon (buy from Amazon) by William A. Stanmeyer

Type: Business
Author: William A. Stanmeyer, J.D.
My rating: 4

Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
This book talks about how most people are trapped in fighting a losing battle with the financial dragon. A dragon that if you chop off its head, 2 more pop up! How to go for the heart and kill it for good.
- Why so many people are failing but yet CONTINUE to do the same thing?
- What can be done differently?
- Why the government is useless in securing your retirement plan?
- How to build asset that generate cash-flow?

My review:
Another book by Stanmeyer that talks about how to break free from the financial burden with more interesting analogy and metaphor.

I particularly like the chapter calls "Think outside the prison", it is all about will! Once the will is there, you can achieve ANYTHING!

Rich Dad's Prophecy: Why the Biggest Stock Market Crash in History Is Still Coming... and How You Can Prepare Yourself and Profit from It! (buy from Amazon) by Sharon L. Lechter
Type: Business
Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
My rating: 4

Book introduction:
The full title of this book is Rich Dad's Prophecy, why the biggest stock market crash in history is still coming...
It talks about how people in our generation (gen x) is going bear the retirement cost of the Babyboomer generation because they were promised a "Defined Benefit" retirement scheme and we are given a very different scheme called "Defined contribution" and the cost is dear. How major corporations are suffering since 2000 onwards. Why most people are not prepared for this change and will not have sufficient fund to retire. In turns, they are going to make terrible mistakes in investment and will trigger a panic reaction sometime in the future and cause a major market crash.

My review:
Very revealing indeed. Predicting an inevitable trend that will hit us all very hard especially us the kids of babyboomer generation. It is terrifying that most people will not be able to survive in their retirement years and not realising it today so they can better prepared. The "Defined benefit" Vs "Defined contribution" analysis is most interesting, esp. after reading an article on how Ford the automobile manufacturer suffered a downgrade in credit rating because it's "defined benefit" pension fund for its enormous body of retired workers is severly under funded and that they must injected hundreds of millions of cash from its future profit to plug the hole and Ford is definitely not alone.

If you really want to get yourself prepared and sheild yourself from the big shock that is going to hit us, read this book and selectively adopt the advices in this book that are most suitable to you.

The Wave 4 Way to Building Your Downline (buy from Amazon) by Richard Poe
Type: Business
Author: Richard Poe
My rating: 3

Book introduction:
A book that cites multiple examples of how proper network marketing is conducted

My review:
Recommended to people who have just started doing network marketing business

Cuisine: Korean in Causeway Bay
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 4
Price per person: HK$ 251-300
Shop P301-302, Podium 3, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Rd., Causeway Bay
2882 5056
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Cuisine: Korean
Location: Causeway Bay
Posted by Candy (on or modified on 03/15/2005 22:18)

Special dishes: Kalbi (beef spare ribs), spicy sauces

Review: I like the BBQ especially Kalbi. The seafood pancake and fried 'noodle strip' with pork are good too.
However, it has too few waiters/waitresses.

Cuisine: Cantonese in Happy Valley
My rating: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 2
Price per person: HK$ 251-300
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URL/Address/telephone no.
G/F, 7-9 Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley 跑馬地黃泥涌道7-9號地下
2893-8293
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Cuisine: Cantonese
Location: Happy Valley
Posted by Dominic (on or modified on 03/05/2005 09:06)

Special dishes: all sorts of seafood, including fish, shrimp, shark fin

Review: All the dishes are delicious (both the seafood and non-seafood). The restaurant is near the terminal of the tram, quite easy to find.

Cuisine: Australian in Central
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HK$ 151-200

G/F No 28 Elgin Street
2504 3333
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Cuisine: Australian
Location: Central
Posted by Dominic (on or modified on 09/29/2005 21:43)

Special dishes: Stone grill!

Review: The gimmic is of course stone grill which is fun but not necessary the best way to cook. The sauces are quite good though. If you have not tried before, it is worth a visit.

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World HeritageMacau SAR is a small city and is one of the SARs (Special Administration Regions), it was returned to China in 1999 from Portuguses Government . The primary industry is the casino industry and is boosted in recently years by the government in issuing more gambling operating licences. We were here a short weekend break and to check out the new casinos (and we really really really hate the experience, since we are not gamblers and not smokers).

Cuisine: Japanese in Central
My rating: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Price per person: HK$ 151-200
Shop 1-2, G/F, Cheung Fai Building, 44 & 44A Lyndhurst Terrace
2581 1338.
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Cuisine: Japanese
Location: Central
Posted by Dominic (on or modified on 04/13/2005 01:11)

Special dishes: Revolving sushi bar

Review: This is a new restaurant (opened at the end of Mar 2005). Food is decent, sushi looks very fresh. Not bad for a place for lunch in Central. Not many 'table' since most people sit around the revolving sushi bar.

Cuisine: French in Admiralty
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Price per person: HK$ 351-400

Island Shangri-La, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central,
2722-0270

Review: We had Sunday brunch which is a X'mas Dinners Club promotion. The food didn't impress me. As a french restaurant, the interior design, which is similar to Gaddi's, is traditional