The Third Door - Book Review - (audible) by Alex Banayan

A Japanese aura reader blogged about this book (in Japanese) so I wanted to read this. I'm Japanese too so honestly, it takes a long time to read in English for me. The Japanese bloger heard the book using Audible so I did the same thing too.

I listened to it in a day! (8 hours) but I was doing something here and there at the same time so some parts didn't come into my head so I'm listing to it with my 12-year-old son. I forced him to listen to it with me 1 or 2 chapters a day. I like audible. The author himself was reading it. The real chapter and audible chapter is different and I don't know why.

It was a really inspirational story. This young guy wanted to interview well known successful people like Bill Gates when he was an aspiring USC pre-med student, unsure with what he really wanted to do, and what to do, he decided to go on a quiz show, The Price is Right, which he has never seen completly and he won with his brief research and tactics at the spot! He got a prize and sold it as a fund for his mission. That episode alone was pretty amazing, he interviewed so many successful people over the years and finally published his book!

He had some hard rejection, of course. You can't just meet anybody who says wants to interview you without credible background and benefit, all the more if you are really well known and powerful people like Bill Gates, Mark Zukerburg, or Warren Buffet. Or, I read people around well known successful people has very protective administration around them.

He tried to connect with other successful people less known to the publics but huge on a field. I liked the story of Qi Lu. He's a legend softwere engenner worked for Microsoft, Yahoo, Skype and more. He is from China and born from poor village but he was really smart and sleeps only a little to work alot more. He couldn't afford to pay $60 test to go study in the United States because he only got paid $7.00 a month. One day, a professor from the U.S. came to his university and because he was there and had some reserch paper to show, he was invited to goto the Carnegy Melon University with full scalorship! Qi says, "Luck is like a bus. If you missed it, it will come again, but you have be prepared for it."

I urged to use my "Qi Time" to grab a chance and be prepared for it.

I lked the story when Alex became an entrage for Eric and went to New York and Utah.  I aslo liked the interview with Jessica Alba, she is beautiful inside and out.

Alex seems like traveling all over the world recently to give a speech to motivate people. I wonder what's his next mission is. I wonder if he can get an interview with who he couldn't before like Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerburg now.

French Toast with French Bread

French bread gets dried and hard just after a few hours if you left out, You might cut your mouth if you’re  eating this as it is but you can make the best French toast out of this! I mean I can’t eat other French toast anymore.

About 1/3 of French toast Cut into slices

Soak into the mixture of these

1egg
3/4 cup of milk (about 170 cc)
1 tablespoon of sugar
cinnamon (optional)

You flip the bread and coat with the mixture.

Heat up the frying pan, put some oil, maybe some butter and cook for a few minutes each both sides.

Put on the plates, enjoy with butter and powdered sugar.

Non-Stick Frying pan

Salmon Teriyaki dinner at home

Salmon Teriyaki with rice, miso soup, vegetable

This salmon Teriyaki is very easy. No marinade necessary.

 First, mix these to make a sauce and set aside.

 1 Tablespoon of Soy Sauce
 1 Tablespoon each of water and sweet sake
 1 Teaspoon of Sugar
hint of grated ginger (optional)

Heat up frying pan, coat with oil, Place the salmon, skin-side up in the pan. Cook until golden brown on 1 side. Turn the fish over with a spatula, and cook until it feels firm to the touch and the skin is crisp if desired.

Add the sauce, cook till the sauce get a little thicker. Serve with cooked rice and enjoy!

Here's Mirin (Sweet Sake) you can use white wine instead.