HW 11: Making Global Voices Heard

While looking over all the blogs, I decided to look into Jeff Ooi's blog at http://jeffooi.com. I thought his blog might be interesting because he is known to be the voice of the younger generation. This immediately appealed to me because I might be able to understand where he is coming from more than I would an adult. Ooi talks about the government of Malaysia and about the corruption that is taking place. When looking through his blog, I found that Ooi talks a lot about what is going on throughout Malaysia, He is either challenging some of the news report stories or simply stating what is going on for other people to read. His blog is plain, red titles and black writing, he posts videos and images on his blog to illustrate what he is talking about. He talks about what is going on throughout Malaysia that might not always come up on the day-to-day news. One of the blogs that Ooi writes about is Marcel Marceau, the clown who recently passed away; it includes a video and picture of Marceau and some of the famous quotes he has said throughout his lifetime. I feel that what MacKinnon said about Ooi's blog is pretty accurate and up to date, Ooi still talks about politics and his blog seems like a news report station that people might go to in order to find out interesting information and different opinions of what is happening. Looking at his website many news reporters or political people would have trouble understanding how someone who is not a professional and younger than them could have something important to say. However, everyone's opinion is important and Ooi's in particular has seemed to catch many people's attention and trust.