About Me
Hello! my name is Liêu, but you can call me Lee or whatever else. I'm guessing you're clicking here because you'd like to know more about me, but truth be told I don't really know so this is all I got:
I am born and raised in London, brought up in a Vietnamese household by Vietnamese parents so I consider myself more Vietnamese than British but you know how the diaspora thing goes, or maybe you don't but you can probably get it. We try to go to the motherland as often as we can but you know how money is, or you don't, but you probably do.
I'm a university student in my early 20s, studying Biology and I'm currently in my third and final year.
I guess something you might like to know about me is that I like writing, which is what I mainly use this website for. I enjoy playing video games, I've read manga through basically my whole life, and since 2022, I've gotten back into reading so I might have a review here and there.
Enjoy your stay :)
If you want to email me, feel free to send one over at: mekong.redd@gmail.com
Discord: mekongred
My Favourite Games
Disco Elysium
I played Disco Elysium the week it came out as a teenager at a time when I was still very much trying to find my way in life.
The second time I played was the day the Final Cut was released and I ended up playing the exact same way. Yet now, still a teen, but considered an adult I felt that the choices resonated with me much more. While back then I chose what I wanted because they were funny or because they felt right, now I could articulate in my brain why exactly I chose what I chose.
Disco Elysium, to me was the conduit to my growth as a human being. I got into books because of Disco Elysium and opened my adolescent eyes to deeper political thought.
Rimworld
I've poured a great many hours into this game, none of which I regret, time spent having fun is time spent well or something like that.
Grim Fandango
From design to personality, from form to function, Grim Fandango is small and contained, yet gargantuan in style. A game that truly carves a masterpiece out of its name.
Alan Wake II
I usually enjoy horror from afar, and behind covers, but Alan Wake 2's story broke through that barrier and amazed me beyond words.
Very few games are as innovative as Alan Wake 2 and a much needed breath of fresh air.
I've been watching anime since before I could read, and have fond memories of using shady sites to watch anime I was way too young to be watching.
At some point I stopped watching anime and replaced it with reading manga, kinda just a time thing, but, if a new anime interests me, I might try and watch it.
My Favourite Anime and Manga
Space Brothers - Chuya Koyama
The ultimate chase your dreams story executed to near perfection.
Samurai Champloo
The moment "Battlecry" by Nujabes started playing, I knew this would be amazing. The beautifully animated and choreographed action, the story, it's peak all the way down.
Real - Takehiko Inoue
It isn't about the fall, but the determination to get back up, even if you're never quite the same again.
Dragonball - Akira Toriyama
Nothing could ever beat the 2000s, playing budokai tenkaichi on the gamecube, going on illegal streaming sites to watch dragon ball, kamehamehaing my brothers on the old leather couch. Dragon ball has been around for a long time and it is still going strong.
R.I.P Akira Toriyama
Hirayasumi - Keigo Shinzo
I haven't read all too many books, but of the ones I have read, here's my favourites
Feel free to check out my bookshelf page too
My Favourite Books
Germinal - Emile Zola
A story of a proletarian struggle, the sparks that ignite the flames, the fire that burns it all down and through the ashes, the hope that endures.
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
A true modern classic and one of the greatest pieces of generational storytelling wrapped in a biblical bow.
My Favourite Music
What makes these my favourite albums aren't that they are objectively the best albums but that they are attached to beautiful memories in my mind.
My Favourite Albums
Luv(sic) Hexalogy - Nujabes
By The Time I Get to Phoenix - Injury Reserve
R.I.P Groggs
