Month: February 2012

• February 29, 2012

  Apocalypse Now…at a glance

  

  Francis Ford Coppola initially directed this film with strong anti-war themes as the focal point. This film is very graphic in the portrayal of anti-war imagery and symbolism. However, there seems to be a sway in modern thinking as many people believe that Apocalypse Now glorifies war. This is down to the sensibility of the […]
• February 21, 2012

  Happy New Year (Yes I know its February)

  

  Happy New Year everyone. Yeah I know I’m a bit late, well unless of course your Chinese, in which case Happy Chinese New Year. Well I’m not Chinese, you probably guessed from my name. And I’m not mad, well that’s what the voice in my head keeps telling me anyway. So why the ‘happy new […]
• February 16, 2012

  The population of the universe is actually zero

  

  I was recently reading a book by Douglas Adams called ‘The Restaurant at the end of the Universe’. It is the follow up to ‘The hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy’  and defiantly surpasses it in more way than one. But that debate is for another day. Well anyway upon reading the book I came across […]
• February 3, 2012

  The trials and tribulations of a young writer

  As a child I was always captivated by stories. Words can convey a deep magic that transports us to fascinating places and settings in time. So naturally once I was old enough to figure out the complex task of using a pen, along with all the accompanying aspects of writing such as spelling, grammar and […]