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Some edited footages I shot during a New York City trip for
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New York Asian Film Festival in June 2005. Nearly mugged wandering
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to Bush and his administration. It got this wonderful creative aura
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background music of U2 from the album "All that you can't leave
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Hatz @ 7/26/2007 07:52:00 PM
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Singpore, Netherlands to make film about 1950 racial riots – May 24, 2007Read more on VarietyAsiaOnline.Com
Maria Hertogh was born into a Dutch Catholic family on 29th December, 1942, and went to stay with Che Aminah binte Mohammad, a close friend of her grandmother Nor Louise. This transfer of custody of Maria by her mother, Adeline Hunter, was the centre of much controversy, over whether Maria’s shift was an unofficial adoption – as claimed by Che Aminah – or just a brief stay at her house, as Mrs Hertogh claimed.
"Prior to the riots, the disputed custody of Maria had received widespread press coverage. Many Muslims living in Malaya and Indonesia believed in the legitimacy of the adoption of Maria and a later short- lived marriage to Mansoor Adabi, two major points of contest in the court proceeding to determine the custody of Maria. They thus lent their support, financial and moral, to organizations that fought to keep Maria in Malaya.
But some, such as the Malayan nationalists, seized the incident as an opportunity to further weaken the colonial government's position in the region. The insensitivity of the colonial government towards Muslim sentiments and the involvement of radical elements eventually culminated in the tragedy.
In total, 18 people were killed, among whom were seven Europeans or Eurasians, two police officers, and nine rioters shot by the police or military, 173 were injured, many of them seriously, 119 vehicles were damaged, and at least two buildings were set on fire. Subsequently, two weeks of 24-hour curfew were imposed, and it was a long time before complete law and order was re- established."
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Hatz @ 7/26/2007 09:48:00 AM
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“ Better to be a Pirate than to join the Navy ”
Steve
Jobs - Referring to the pirate flag that flew over Apple’s headquaters
in 1983. I believe that quote was one of three keyphrases for a
large Apple meeting/conference, and the Pirate flag was attached
to the Macintosh building after that meeting. So the flag was actually
a reaction to that.
Hatz is a designer/producer exploring abstract kinetic systems through diverse digital media arts including unique 2D/3D motion design, current affair/travel documentary, music videos, corporate videos, short films and creative design. Born in Johor, raised and educated in Singapore. Currently a part-time postgrad student (consistently missing lectures and tutorials because of my job...arhhh! or should I just quit?), a seeker of the path of truth (struggling to attain the experiential knowledge of God) and commissioned producer for global broadcaster base in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Updated: 2008, I will stop school for awhile to be with 'Bapak' and move my work/studio base back to Singapore.
I'm glad, that this book accidently found me at the Singapore National
library last week. Amazing work by Radzi Sapiee and inspirational
journey, finding the path of truth on 'Islam Nusantara'
that will remind the younger generation of their Islamic
heritage. Visit his english blog to know more about the author and
how to order your books at berpetualangkeaceh.blogspot.com
I have not really experience much of life in Trengganu except for
my yearly divecapade to Pulau Perhentian. I am a fan of "Awang Goneng
Blog" about Trengganu. And he just launch a book base on his blog
writing. I miss a 'meet-up session with Awang Goneng' at Singapore
Writers Festival 2007, but manage to get my copy at Earshot Café/Bookshop
on the ground floor of The Arts House, Singapore. You may place
your order on-line from Kinokuniya
or MPH
As US forces shift tactics on the ground in Iraq, can the Bush Administration's
new strategy to engage Arab media win the battle for hearts and
minds?
Directed by Ian Inaba, American
Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement
witnessed from 2000 to 2004. Told through the life of Georgia Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney who took an active role investigating the scrubbing
of the Florida voter roles and then found herself in her own election
debacle after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about
the terrorist attacks of 9-11. American Blackout travels from Florida
to Georgia to Ohio examining the contemporary tactics used to control
our democratic process and silence political dissent. 
Nicely directed by Davis Guggenheim with Mr. Gore's personal history
and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate
change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a
wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling
way. An
Inconvenient Truth is not a story of despair but rather a rallying
cry to protect the one earth we all share. 
The biography " The
Reluctant Politician, Tun Dr Ismail and His Time " of my favourite
Malaysia’s Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun
Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on
2 August 1973 at the age of 58. It is based on his private papers
and on numerous interviews with his relatives and with people who
knew him well, including Ghafar Baba, Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh
Hamzah, Robert Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew and Ghazalie Shafie. New perspectives
are provided about the struggle for independence, Malaysia’s relationship
with Singapore, the origins of Southeast Asian regionalism, the
internal conflicts of the ruling party UMNO, MCA-UMNO ties, the
fatal illness of Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the May 13 riots, and
the New Economic Policy. This book contains not only new facts about
Malaysian and Singaporean history, but also insights into the general
processes of decolonization and nation building. 
Meet BLACKWATER
USA, the world's most secretive and powerful mercenary firm.
Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing
private army on the planet with forces capable of carrying out regime
change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top US officials
in Iraq and yet we know almost nothing about the firm's quasi-military
operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the US. Blackwater was
founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire
ex- Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative
family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes. Blackwater is the dark
story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the
blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf
to the hurricane-ravaged US gulf to Washington DC, where Blackwater
executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror. This is
an extraordinary exposé by one of America's most exciting young
radical journalists. 
I watch this award winning documentary by fellow journalist William
Nessen, "The
Black Road - Inside Aceh's Struggle for Independence" which
was banned from the 8th Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest)
in November 2006. An amazing testimony about the war in Aceh before
the peace agreement. Watch the lives (and deaths) of Aceh’s guerrillas,
its human rights activists and its ordinary farmers. March with
the demonstrators and witness the ensuing massacres. This 52-minute
documentary is a must for anyone interested in and concerned with
Aceh.
Seems that I can't put down this book about Sheikh Sharafuddin Maneri
/India/1346-47. He wrote an outline of the Sufi Path to God in the
form of a hundred letters to a disciple. This collection quickly
became well known and has been translated as
The
Journey of the Soul: Story of Hai Bin Yaqzan is a truly remarkable
product of 12th century Moorish Spain. Professor Philip Hitti, in
his History of the Arabs, characterizes the work as ‘one of the
most delightful and original in the literature of the Middle Ages’.
It is widely regarded as the prototype for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson
Crusoe. Best described, perhaps, as a philosophical romance, it
tells the story of a young man, cast upon a deserted island as an
infant, suckled and reared by a doe, who succeeds by his own efforts
in fitting himself for life in his natural environment. The author,
Ibn
Tufail, was one of the outstanding philosophers and scientists
of his day and hence many strands are woven into fabrics of the
tale: Hai’s physiology, on the process of evolution, on the ‘scientific
method’ all find their places in knowledge which his observation
and intuition combine to produce. Above all, the book is an allegory
of the path towards enlightenment.
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Alhamdullilah...thank you. Will attend
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