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These are the books I read and loved in 2019 Becoming By Michelle Obama : My 2019 started with reading this book. I enjoyed the first half of the book about Michelle's childhood, struggles with disable parents. Even after her high counselor's harsh comments how she made it to Princeton. How , against all odds her and Barak made it to white house. After white house , it became a bit political , that I did not like much. Inheritance by Dani Shapiro: A memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love. A middle aged woman took a 23&me genealogy test just for fun. It took her whole world upside down as she found she was conceived by artificial insemination. She was able to track down her biological father and met him . This story is better than any fiction. Twist and turns in every pages. Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg : I had high hopes for Smarter Faster Better , as I loved Charles Duhigg's previous book  Power of habits .It missed the mark for me . It is basic

My 2018 priorities were my career and parenthood. It was super difficult to drop the ball on everything else. I struggled to keep my head straight. Ultimately all my hard work payed off. I was promoted to more senior managerial position. For my other priority, I made sure, I spend quality time with Ishaan every week. We explored zoo, museums, music , swimming, craft classes, waterfalls, small hikes, libraries and many more things together. I took her to 2 international trips. i.e. Toronto and Dhaka. Her vocabulary got visibly better after each trip. It's amazing to watch her grow from a baby to toddler . As for my 2018 achievements :  1. I decided to meditate at least 5 minutes a day . I spent 1786 minutes meditating this year.  2.I tried to do something new each month to push my comfort zone. I experienced quite a few fun things.  3. I took Ishaan to 2 international trips. For 2019 I would like to do : 1. Get back to a healthy active lifestyle. That means cutting back on

Book Review : January 2018 Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng is a book based on bi racial 2nd generation immigrant family and their struggle. It's a book that touches many social issue in 1980s , which undoubtably still exists in different from. Marian , a woman with great potential marries a 1st generation immigrant, James.   Though James grew up in US, however he never felt at ease in his own country. He was unable to make friends . They hoped their oriental looking children will have better luck. The undo pressure on their children , makes them feel even more unease. Author hit so many notes in each character, from woman's lib to parenting to racism . I can relate to almost all the characters in the book. Each character has very different struggle. As a 1st generation immigrant working parent, I can relate to lot of their struggle. Great work from a new author.

Another December has come. It time to do 2017 year end review and 2018 resolution. I'm very surprised I follow thru most of my 2017 resolution. 2017 Review Loose baby weight - I lost most of my baby weight. However, the holiday season is making it hard to keep it off. Become an effective mom - I don't know if I 'm effective or not. However, I'm more comfortable in my mom role and enjoy spending time with my little one. Overall I enjoy motherhood. Advance in my career - I took on a leadership role in my current organization in 2017 Make an effort to talk to a stranger every week - This one I did quite regularly. I became more comfortable making small talks with strangers. Not only  that I build a great network for all kind of help. Bonus : This was not in my resolution. But I read a quite a few fiction and non fiction books.  Now my resolution for 2018 Meditate at least couple of minutes everyday. Took an international trip with my daughter.  Do s

I’m trying to amp my reading this year. Here is some of my recent readings and what I think about those books.  Fiction: ·        Cinder By Marissa Mayer: 1 st book of Lunar chronicles. Sci-fi thriller loosely based on fairytales. This book left me wanting more. I finished next 2 books “ Cress ” and “ Winter ”. Writer dragged "Winter" a bit. She could have finished the book while the suspense lasted. ·         A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman : This book reminded me of Himu by Humyun Ahmed. Feel good book. ·        The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins: Too mellow dramatic. Not as much thriller as I expected Good read for a rainy afternoon. Non- Fiction: ·         Brag! The art of tooting your own horn w/o blowing it : Great book on Networking ·         Leadership and Self Deception: Conversational style corporate leadership book. Good content can be applied to personal life. ·        Rich, Bitch! : Personal finance book focused on money ma

Can't believe  it's December . 2016 has been a great year. This is the year I become a mom. I  usually do an end year look back and next years look ahead plan quite religiously. I'm quite surprised that I didn't do it for 2016. Not sure why? 2017 Resolution Loose baby weight Become an effective mom Advance in my career Make an effort to talk to a stranger every week 2016 Achievement Have my daughter Became a commission member for my city complete business intelligence certification Disappointment: Couldn't finish ski lessons, as after the very first class I learned I was pregnant. For same reason didn't travel or hike that much.