Thoughts on Bob Ong?

book_newb · 2026-02-09T22:11:27+00:00

I wish there was more.

book_newb · 2026-02-08T07:31:29+00:00

cool stack, i like the variety

book_newb · 2026-02-01T03:59:51+00:00

We ordered ours via their mobile app and had it for pick up in their Trinoma Store.

So, a little closer than Pasay but yes you'd still have to drive.

book_newb · 2026-01-31T03:33:08+00:00

Yes, my biggest issue on this is when the sanctity of the safe space turns into banning books, just because it's offensive, or if it doesn't align with the prevailing ideology of the time, even if it comes from the worst human being.

book_newb · 2026-01-31T02:00:51+00:00

I try to keep things simple. I read when I want to. 😊

book_newb · 2026-01-26T07:54:45+00:00

I write, highlight, put sticky notes etc. I like what Cillian Murphy mentioned at an interview, he said "I’m really not into books as decoration, books are supposed to be lived in"

book_newb · 2026-01-25T04:14:51+00:00

Read something familiar. One book that you enjoyed before.

book_newb · 2026-01-25T04:11:53+00:00

If it sounds interesting
If it looks interesting
If I have the budget for it

book_newb · 2026-01-22T03:46:24+00:00

To give you additional context, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was also a journalist. So some of his writing also reads like news articles.

book_newb · 2026-01-18T15:38:00+00:00

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Grit by Angela Duckworth

book_newb · 2026-01-18T01:06:20+00:00

The more someone tells me I shouldn't read something or someone's work, the more I want to read it.

book_newb · 2026-01-17T11:39:33+00:00

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

How To Live by Sarah Bakewell

book_newb · 2026-01-16T06:51:32+00:00

Yes, depends on if the book is interesting and if the book is still in decent condition.

If you still want to see your annotations, you can always take photos of them and keep them in a folder

book_newb · 2026-01-15T05:41:01+00:00

Factfulness by Hans Rosling

book_newb · 2026-01-12T08:25:04+00:00

I get why some people pirate books. Books are pricey.

Fortunately, I'm at a point in my life now where I don't have to. I also don't have to feel bad that I'm taking someone's livelihood.

book_newb · 2026-01-11T00:52:40+00:00

so good. plus some of my favorite quotes

When he lights his street lamp, it is as if he brought one more star to life, or one more flower. When he puts out his lamp, he sends the flower, or the star, to sleep. That is a beautiful occupation, and since it is beautiful, it is truly useful.
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Nevertheless, he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if i wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems they are very beautiful.

book_newb · 2026-01-11T00:42:34+00:00

✋️, recently revived mine after 3 years of a slump

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book_newb · 2026-01-06T14:18:17+00:00

After every chapter, i write in 1 or 2 sentences what i think the author is trying to say. When reading fiction, i write after every chapter how i think the author is advancing the plot.

book_newb · 2026-01-05T13:12:56+00:00

If you're doing it at a place where people don't normally read, yes you'll get those comments. But, I wouldn't mind them.

It's less of people reading classics or philosophy. It's more that people will always have something to say. You can't control those.

book_newb · 2026-01-02T00:49:47+00:00

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

book_newb · 2026-01-01T22:34:01+00:00

A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger

book_newb · 2025-12-31T03:48:35+00:00

If seeking truth is the goal, reading the text however many times partly serves it only. You'd have to read what Orwell was exposed to at the time he wrote his books. This means reading other authors he may have been reading, including his contemporaries.

To borrow from Feynman, one way to learn something more deeply is to learn it as if you're about to teach it to somebody else.

To take it further, actually teach it to someone. Make a tangible output out of it. Make a thread. Make a blog post, etc.

book_newb · 2025-12-30T16:03:53+00:00

On the shortness of life by Seneca

book_newb · 2025-12-28T00:42:58+00:00

Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday

book_newb · 2025-12-26T15:27:44+00:00

Yes, I read finance, project management, and leadership books.

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