With 2 more weeks to go before the end of my summer holiday, I had read 2 books and in the midst of reading another 3 with an additional 4 more waiting.. :p In addition to that, I have watched more than 20 documentaries.. These were done on top of the 17 movies that I have watched til date..
Let me list them down... at the same time, put some remarks or ratings on some of them so that you can decide for yourself if you wanna watch/read them or not.. :p
Books:
1. Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence
This book is a follow-up to Daniel Goleman's first book.. This is not a book just for leaders/managers/etc.. A must read book for anyone interested in applying EQ to their work.. [4 out of 5]
2. Freakonomics
It took me a while to get hold of a copy of this book as I am quite reluctant to buy it.. :p Steven Levitt really does have a knack of asking interesting questions and then presenting convincing data to back his explanation.. [4 out of 5]
Movies:
1. Crash (2004) [4.5 out of 5]
2. Golden Compass (2007) [3 out of 5]
3. Full Metal Jacket (1987) [4 out of 5]
4. 神探/Mad Detective (2007) [3.5 out of 5]
5. 第十九层空间/Naraka 19 (2007) [2 out of 5]
6. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) [4 out of 5]
7. 赌霸/The Top Bet (1991) [3 out of 5]
8. 男儿本色/Invisible Target (2007) [3.5 out of 5]
9. 军鸡/Shamo (2007) [1.5 out of 5] ** DON'T Watch this **
10. 导火线/Flash Point (2007) [4 out of 5]
11. 吓死你 2/Scare 2 Die (2007) [0.5 out of 5] ** NEVER Watch this **
12. Flawless (2007) [4 out of 5]
13. Alexander (2004) [2.5 out of 5]
14. 老港正传/Mr Cinema (2007) [4.5 out of 5]
15. No End In Sight (2007) [4.5 out of 5]
16. 呖咕呖咕对对碰 (2007) [3 out of 5]
17. 恶男事件 (2008) [2.5 out of 5]
I have written reviews on these movies on Flixster.. You can access it at the right panel in this blog or click here..
Documentaries:
1. Muhammad - Legacy of a Prophet (PBS)
Talked about how the Prophet united the tribes in his time and his lasting impact on the Middle East by various experts, both religious and academics. [Theme: Religion, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
2. Undercover Mosque (BBC Dispatch)
Uncovered some of the extremist/radical preachings in some mosques in the UK. Quite alarming.. [Theme: Religion, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
3. Japan's About Face (PBS 2008)
Looked at some of the current pacifistic views and the growing opposing sentiments among the Japanese about the need to have its own army. [Theme: Geo-politics, Rating: 4.5 out of 5]
4. Stupid in America - How we cheat our children
Investigated the conditions of public schools in the US and how the American kids are not getting the quality education with high-school students unable to read simple passages.. [Theme: US, Rating: 4 out of 5]
5. Is Alcohol worse than Ecstasy?
A controversial list of top 20 most dangerous drugs in UK.. You will be surprised at where tobacco and alcohol ranked among them.. [Theme: Health, Rating: 2.5 out of 5]
6. Queen Victoria's Empire (PBS - Empires)
A 4-part series which looked at the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th Century over the British Empire.. [Theme: History-UK, Rating: 3 out of 5]
7. Depressions - Out of the Shadow (PBS)
Told the stories of many whom had battled with depression. With the help of scientists and psychologists, the possible causes and remedies for depression is discussed. [Theme: Health, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
8. Parallel Universe (BBC)
Discussed Einstein's quest for a unifying theory of everything that gave birth to the String Theory, M Theory and the possibilities of the existence of parallel universes.. [Theme: Science, Rating: 3 out of 5]
9. Why We Fight (2005)
A look at the Iraq war - how and why it happened.. [Theme: War, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
10. The Next Megaquake (BBC Horizon - 2005)
Scientists discussed the possibility of the next "Big" one that will be caused by the Cascadia subduction zone along the west coast of America and the damages it will caused.. [Theme: Science, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
11. Five Disasters Waiting to Happen (BBC)
With global warming and other environmental issues, this documentary highlighted 5 disasters (river tidal, heat wave, typhoon, monsoon and rising sea) that has happened and will (most probably) continue worsening in the years to come.. [Theme: Environment, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
12. Global Dimming (BBC Horizon - 2005)
This was the first time I heard about this term: "global dimming".. it refers to the global gradual reduction of direct sunlight absorption that had been identified as one of the main causes for disappearing rain clouds and buffering the effects of global warming.. [Theme: Environment, Rating: 4 out of 5]
13. How to Live to 101 (BBC Horizon - 2008)
Three different places that has the highest number of centenarians in the world (Okinawa, Ovadda and Loma Linda) became the focus of medical researchers in the effort of finding out the secrets of longevity.. [Theme: Health, Rating: 4 out of 5]
14. How to Sleep Better (BBC)
Through the suggestions and solutions provided by experts to a group of poor sleepers, we learned about simple ways/methods that would helped us get better sleep.. [Theme: Health, Rating: 4 out of 5]
15. The Truth about Vitamins (BBC Horizon - 2004)
Took a closer look at the claims by Linus Pauling that excess doses of Vitamins will help prevent certain illnesses.. The only alarming findings from this documentary were excess Vitamin A will cause osteoporosis and smokers taking beta-carotene supplements have a higher risk of developing lung cancer. [Theme: Health, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
16. The Atkins Diet (BBC Horizon - 2004)
Looked the somewhat controversial claims that the Atkins Diet enables its practitioners to lose weight while eating anything (except carbohydrates) as much as they liked.. [Theme: Health, Rating: 3.5 out of 5]
17. Bush Family Fortunes (BBC - 2003)
Showed nothing new that hasn't been disclosed by mass media regarding the current President of America. Did nothing to change my already horrendously low opinion of him.. [Theme: US, Rating: 4 out of 5]
18. The Hawking Paradox (BBC Horizon - 2005)
Talked about Stephen Hawking's theory on the Big Bang, singularity, black holes and the information paradox.. [Theme: Science, Rating: 3 out of 5]
19. Extreme Dinosaurs: The Science of Giants (BBC Horizon - 2000)
Narrated the discovery of the largest plant-eater, which was aptly named Argentinasaurus, and the carnivorous Giganotosaurus (bigger than T-Rex by almost 1m) in Patagonia, Argentina and the possibility that these carnivores hunted in packs. [Theme: Dinosaurs, Rating: 4 out of 5]
20. The Mystery of Jurassic (BBC Horizon - 2002)
In this documentary, scientists tried to reconcile the evolution of dinosaurs from the early Jurassic where they are small and primitive to the explosion of diversity in dinosaur species during the late Jurassic. Then the discovery of a complete mid-Jurassic eco-system in Patagonia, Argentina that had led to the various evolutionary theories. [Theme: Dinosaurs, Rating: 4 out of 5]
21. Most of Our Universe is Missing (BBC Horizon - 2006)
According to the scientists, we have only recognized 4% of what our universe is made of and the rest were given the exotic names of dark matter and dark energy.. This documentary looked into all these theories and findings.. [Theme: Science, Rating: 3 out of 5]
22. Saturn: Lord of the Rings (BBC Horizon - 2004)
Told the story of a 7-year voyage of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft whose mission was to explore Saturn and its largest moon, Titan. After traveling more than a billion miles of space, it has arrived at Saturn on 30 Jun 2004.. [Theme: Science, Rating: 3 out of 5]
So there you have it.. all the stuff that I have read and watched.. :) :)
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