What is this blog all about?

Ever since I learnt how to read as a child, reading has been my favorite pastime throughout my adult life.

I read mostly to acquire knowledge, to learn the many things that I do not understand about the world.

There are so many wise people from whom I can learn: in persons, from books and elsewhere.

Now there is the Internet.

"Information overload" is the buzzword these days...and seiving through the piles of information derived from various sources; to keep the useful knowledge and throw away the junk stuff, is time-consuming, tedious and sometimes confusing.

Taking note of important outlines and key points of the things I read has become second nature, a habit I developed since my young days.

How much of the content in a book is relevant and useful? How much of the stuff we have noted down could we remember for instant recall?

If it is only 10% of the content and information from the book which we need, how do we condense the relevant sections of the book for reference purposes?

In a nutshell, this blog is the extended memory storage for excerpts, keypoints and condensed book content which I could update conveniently without the use of pen and paper in the conventional way.

Only a small section of the book in its original context which I find useful will be reproduced on this blog. To read the whole book, please buy it or loan it from the library.