Australia
December 25th, 2008
A beautiful story, a great cast and a recurring theme of the ugliness of racism and self-imposed ethnic supremacy that brought about the century of the Stolen Generations.
An era of injustice either unknown to or forgotten by many outside Australia; children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent were forcefully taken from their families by [...]
Deja Vu in Afghanistan
December 25th, 2008
U.S. and Afghans Plan to Recuit Local Militias ( nytimes.com )
At first glance, this seems somewhat familiar. With subsequent glances, it becomes eerily reminiscent of events that happened not too long ago under very similar circumstances.
In the late 1970s, Jimmy Carter approved a plan by then-National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski to wage guerilla warfare against [...]
American Teen
December 23rd, 2008
This is one film that can make you laugh, cry, smile and cringe within the duration of its 95 minutes. Whether it’s cliché, real, obscene or innocent really depends on where you’ve been in life and how you look at things.
While I disagree with the idea of it being shot as a documentary, I’d say [...]
More Stuff from leonsooi
December 23rd, 2008
As previously introduced, do check out his blog and youtube channel (:
Character Animation Showreel 2008
The Disclaimer
December 20th, 2008
As a first step to blogging more actively from a personal perspective, I wrote up a short disclaimer that you can find here or at the link that is at the top of this blog. The language used is pretty simple to ensure that it’s easy to comprehend for non-native speakers of the English language [...]
Reskinned
December 19th, 2008
Just finished reskinning the blog with a more reader friendly theme. And hopefully with a new look, comes more posts with a slant that reveals the less technical and more personal side of me.