Joan Animates

Demoreel 2010. Before I beef it up with Christopher. Any comments are welcome

You know you are an animation/adm student when…

… you think 12 am is early, and the night is young.
… someone swears “wo de ma ya” and everyone gets the joke
… kimchi cup noodles is your supper
… your pillow is in the lab, not in your house
… you can’t stand canteen 2 food
… want to kill those who say “I slept only 6 hours last night”
… you wished the day has 48 hours
… other people sleep more in one night than you do in a week
… you think that monday is sunday.. or saturday.. or…
… weekends belong to the time when u were in poly/jc
… you come to school when it is dark and leave when it gets bright…
… you forward all mail to the animation lab, ART2-22B or ART 2-15
… you say 2-15 and don’t mean 2.15pm
… people say to meet at 5 oclock annd you ask if it’s at am or at pm
… you look at your clock and have no idea if it reads 5am or 5pm
… you refuse to unlock the doors to let the people outside ADM into the building after 7pm, and you feign ignorance at their frustration
… you know how to operate the portable aircons after 10pm
… you know lunchbox is a room, not a container
… your parents haven’t seen you since school started
… your bed is 3 chairs put together
… you scream HBL at random times
… you know Yi Fang
… you raise your hand like in star trek but say Abhaya Mudra
… you miss seeing the sun
… you sit in front of the comp practically 24/7
… you observe how people walk, and think about how to translate that into 24 frames per second
… you know what is PAL, NTSC
… you think sleep is for the weak
… your best friends are coffee, coke and tea
… your best friends forgot how you look like
… you know almost everyone in the building
… you don’t talk to your friends in the same room. you MSN them.
… you cry when there’s a power outage
… you remind each other to save your work every half an hour
… you start dancing in the middle of the night
… you call in macs for breakfast at 5am
… your other best friends are moom, andy, Hogan…

… people line up for hello kitties at macdonalds, you line up for the better computers in the lab
… you play your entire list of songs at least twice in a night
… you relate songs to the lab
… Mi lu bing refers to a classmate
… you call your friends (name)-gor gor or (name)-jie jie according to their gender
… your boyfriend or girlfriend hasn’t seen you in weeks
… you qualify for a space in the zoo as a candidate for the panda
… other people put up pin ups of the latest soccer players/super models, yours is that of star wars characters…
… your classmates spend time in front of a mirror observing mouth shapes
… blends are not drinks
… your perfect eyesight seems a little blurry
… you dream of vertices, faces, UVs and Tposes
… you play left4dead and wonder how they UVed everything
… you can recognise if animation is Motion captured
… you can’t enjoy movies for the sake of enjoying them
… you attempt to speak in Italian accents
… you only go home to sleep
… you know where are the best places for supper near NTU
… your roomate says good mornign, you say good night.

the Show is Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge

Hmm. 4 Handsome guys in a boarding house, with a girl disillusioned by rejection, you have another ridiculous high school rom com. Only, the premise of the whole situation is quite silly. Sunako was rejected by a guy in her early teens, being told that she was ugly. Hurt, she turns into a recluse who hates brightness (and “bright” or beautiful creatures/people). The owner of the boarding house is her aunt, and out of the concern to make Sunako into a lady, she tells the four boys to turn Sunako into a lady in return for free rental. Although reluctant, they all try to do so, mainly Takano who is absolutely broke. Needless to say he will probably fall for Sunako the way she is (Horrors).

Why horrors? Sunako basically is quite occult. She likes skulls, darkness, sleeps in a coffin, decks her room with candles and watches horror films to calm herself down. She also wears a cape. Why!?!?

No doubt, the ridiculousness of this situation is created by the Manga, therefore it’s a bit out of this world to have a girl drastically change due to such a simple remark on her looks. And it’s also stupid to have her have super strength and the ability to control darkness.

Oh ya. The opening sequence is stupid also. They all dance to the opening theme song? I dun think it fits the feel of the rom com at all. The song tries to act all cool, and the four guys are like hosts, while she is dressed in a cape and hovering. It’s so… cheesy beyond cheesy.

The only thing that I find is nice out of this story so far is that the ultimate message is that beauty should not be skin deep, but encompasses many aspects. For example, one’s character. One can be ugly by having an “ugly” characteristic of being selfish.

Otherwise, the story’s quite bland and predictable. Even the funny bits are… blah. Nothing really interesting or worth seeing. Perhaps the kakkoii-ness of Kamenashi Kazuya (of KAT-TUN).

Rating: 3/5
Give it a miss unless you’re damn bored.

Tatta Hitotsu no Koi, or “Just One Love”. A love at 20 years old.

It’s a love story so beautifully told and tragic, that I cried so many times when I watched it. Sometimes you just know that there is only that one person for you, and against all odds you’d fight for it. And even after separation, your heart just tells you there is no one else but him/her for you.

I totally understand.

Anata wa watashi no tatta hitotsu no koi.

Watch it. It’s so pure and innocent, and a tale so sweet you’d feel for the characters.

Rating: 4/5

The more busy I get, the more I blog. My way of destressing. Whee.

Finally! Subbed version is up. Watch watch!!! It’s inspiring as usual! If you are feeling down about being unable to achieve a dream, this show is for you. A dream fuels a team’s determination to climb higher against all the odds.

So sad! it’s finally over with the movie… It’s like CLOSURE.

For you ♥

Foreman: I can’t read Taub’s handwriting. Apparently, on the third day, the patient underwent….. *squints* Rabbit thumping?

Thirteen: It’s Radiotherapy.

WHAT THE HELL!!! Haha this show is brilliant!

My Japanese teacher is absolute bonkers.

Or maybe it’s just the Japanese language dept in NTU. They are like so animating. In the first year I got Honma Sensei who owned everything Doraemon (His watch, key chain, wallet, bowtie, pencil case, stamps, yada yada).. He was like Doraemon. Every morning he’d stun us by jumping at us shouting “KONNICHIWA!”

Japanese teacher number two was just as animated. I don’t remember much but she’s quite mute compared to Honma sensei.

My current teacher.. I don’t think Nuts is just enough to describe her. She’s really funny. Today she was trying to teach us a bunch of verbs. Apparently you can split Japanese verbs into 3 groups. The first was the “~I-MASU” verbs, the second “~E-Masu” verbs and the last group are the special ones.

And in the “~E-Masu” Verbs group there were 5 special “~I-MASU” verbs that do not belong to the first category. The words were “wake”, “Shower”, “Borrow”, “Watch (TV)” and “Be”. Because these are to be memorised, she tried to tell us a story to help us remember:

“Everyday, I wake up, I shower, I borrow dvds to watch

Then, she decided it’s too mild for us to remember. So she decided to evolve it.

“I wake up, in my boyfriend’s house (giggle giggle). Then, I take a Shower. Then I borrow my boyfriend’s shirt (giggle). Together, we watch shows. Tomorrow, We will be together also!”

The boys, decided to add a little fun.

“I wake up, in my boyfriend’s house. I take a shower TOGETHER with my boyfriend. I borrow his shirt. Together we watch DVDs. Tomorrow we will be together also”

Haha. Jap 3 is fun when you know more Japanese.

Working in school. Rather sad, considering it is a Sunday. I shouldn’t be working here!!! T_T. Sobs.

What happened to the commandment to keep the Sabbath free?

Oh wait. I did not do work yesterday, which was a Saturday, the true Sabbath. Heh. Saturdays shall now be my free days.

I think that is quite unlikely. FYP = no time no life. Lord help me finish FYP sui sui.