Free time = good

Halloween party at the center (where we have classes) - me and nicole on youtube


Our slate for 'Two Hours' (our film) --- the thing that people hold in front of the camera and say 'Two Hours, Scene 1, Take 1, Action!'
i love that thing. i wanted to steal it. haha.

Now that all the producing worries are gone, the film is none of my concern. so glad. although we did have a meeting with our executive producers, and they were like, you guys didn't follow set protocol, blah blah blah. well, excuse me for running around trying to make things work in the stupid mall. at least we got our shots. and no re-shoots, for the time being. hoping against hope that we won't have to do ANY pick-ups at all. hopefully we got at least some useful shots.
okay, enough about HPW.

Gothic monday

So tas and i were kind of bored on monday night, and we decided to go out. it was a fail. went to universal citywalk, but it was like a deadtown. i guess no one parties on monday nights. we did see a rock band perform, but they were pretty boring. so we ended up at this weird club where everyone looked all gothic and stoned. i was half expecting someone to turn into a vampire and bite someone's neck (no more twilight/vampire diaries for me). the place was just weird. they even had video games. in a club. who does that? but oh well it was kind of fun. we made friends. haha.

Boring classes

Theology in hollywood is without a doubt the most boring theology class ever. she drones on and on about... i don't know what. i'm too busy texting or sleeping. something about films that i've never seen in my life and analyzing them, all that deep stuff. it just goes in one ear and out the other.

Learning

Although.. i will say that this semester has definitely taught me a lot about film. i find myself noticing things i never noticed before. like editing cuts, lighting, audio, background noise, use of music, position of actor in the shot, costumes, set design... even the credits. haha. it's pretty darn amazing how everything works together just to create that one shot. no wonder it takes YEARS to make a movie! from pre-production planning to casting to actual production to post-production editing and stuff. craziness.
I think it would be fun to be a PA (personal assistant) on set, even if it's just to run around and get coffee and stuff. it'd be fun to watch a movie in actual production.

I wish i had a time machine

So I could travel back and forth and have more than 24 hours in a day because there's so much to do in LA!!! :)

Hollywood Halloweenie parade + afterparty

Random photos of funny people all dressed up at the parade.


Example of how many gays there were at the parade. Even the Flintstones are both male.


This guy was a walking advertisement for recycling.


The X-Men crew. they were really cool.


These people were facebook lovers and twitter haters. really funny.


this couple was the best. such elaborate and shiny costumes.

So since we had to film all day and couldn't have a proper Halloween (plus people here are obsessed about this holiday), we had our very own LAFSC Halloween afterparty. people dressed up as characters, from YouTube to a jellyfish to Lizzie McGuire to Superman to LOST/Avatar/Star Trek characters, it was funny. we had a competition to determine who had the best costume, and my roomie the jellyfish from Planet 51 won movie vouchers. plus there was free food, so that was fun :)


Tera, my roomie, as Lucille Ball from I Love Lucy


Steve as House. doesn't he look totally like Hugh Laurie?????


Sarah as.. i don't know who that is, but she looks like her. she's our residence director, and she's awesome :)


Eric and josh as Jack Shepard and Sawyer from LOST.


Nicole as a YouTube video and Brandon as the little kid from Avatar. haha.


Bethany, my roomie, the awesome jellyfish.

And then we went Karaoke-ing after that, in true Asian style (a.k.a. in a tiny room to ourselves instead of screaming our lungs out in front of the entire room), in Koreatown.

Conan O' Brien Show

On thursday, faith, brent, jeff and i rushed from class to the Universal Studios lot to see The Conan O' Brien Show!!!! it was absolutely awesome. we ran all the way there from the parking lot (i realize i get all my exercise from dashing to premieres and TV shows lines) and waited an hour before we got in!!!

Oh funny story. we were so paranoid we weren't gonna get in, faith and i made the guys go and get in line first. so at a traffic light, we told jeff to get out, and he seriously took forever to open the door and get out. so the light turned green. and faith MOVED THE CAR. and of course, he had ONE FOOT OUT the door, and at this point everyone was SCREAMING, including the random terrified guy on the street, who had his hand out and ran toward us in slow motion. i was shrieking, get out, get out! faith was yelling, get in, get in! brent was... i don't know what he was doing. i think he was too shocked to say anything. jeff was confused and put his foot back in. and then we were all yelling and traumatized 'cause jeff almost got run over!!! but looking back, it was kinda funny. at least he's still alive -- that's what i tell him, 'cause he's such a drama queen and keeps telling anyone about how faith nearly killed him. haha.

So anyway, we got into the studio, which was pretty small, and waited excitedly for Conan to come out. he was HILARIOUS. the show was WAY better than any others i've been to here. he showed us this video where he randomly met this asian IT consultant guy at the Universal souvenir shop, and they hung out for a day. and this guy, named Wing, told him he volunteered at a women's defense class (as the assailant) and did tai chi and fencing in his spare time. he was so funny!! when Wing did tai chi, he made a circle with his hands and moved it from side to side. he was like, now pass the circle to mary. and Conan was like, who's mary? and Wing was like, just an imaginary friend. hahaha.

And then JIM CARREY came on the show!!!! he looked different, with longer hair and a beard, and he put on weight (for his next movie). but he was so funny!!! totally like how he is in movies. goofy and weird. and he gave us FREE SANDWICHES!! for everyone in the audience!! he randomly pulled out a sandwich and started munching, and was like, you know how everyone at the Ellen show or at Oprah always get free stuff?? well, now everyone here is getting a free sandwich!! and we were all like, YAYYYY!!! free sandwich from jim carrey!! life can't get much better than this!! haha.


Jim Carrey promoting his new movie, A Christmas Carol.

And then Olivia Wilde came on the show, she's from The OC and House. and then the Zac Brown Band (some country group) performed.

Olivia Wilde. she was absolutely gorgeous. and apparently she's married to a REAL LIFE PRINCE. lucky.

Definitely the best and funniest TV show so far :)

The last of HPW

YES now my life is back in full swing. yesterday marked out last HPW film shoot!!!!! when jeffrey yelled 'it's a wrap!!' we all jumped around and rejoiced.
But omg, it was a crazyyyy 7 hours before that. crew call was at 4.30am at the mall, so i was up at 4am and ready to go. and when we got there, it seemed like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.

it was SO noisy the entire time, people were cleaning the place at 5 in the morning. then there was music blaring over the speakers, and people kept walking by INTO our shot and staring INTO the camera. so our sound editors were going crazy 'cause we now have to record the actors' voices separately, which is gonna be hell 'cause they have to match exactly the movement of their lips. sigh. but there was just too much background noise in the mall.

and i was running around, begging and pleading people not to walk by our cameras, and yelling at people who did, and then just waving madly at people to walk by without staring directly into the cameras, 'cause we can't use those shots. it was pretty crazy, especially when the mall opened at 10am, and people started standing right by us and watching, like they had nothing better to do. i guess since it's a ghetto mall, no one's ever filmed here before. sigh. so it was hard to get good shots. and i approached all kinda of random people to ask them to be extras in our film, 'cause we didn't have enough. and as if it wasn't hectic enough, our Executive Producer (our professor) turned up to observe and make sure we were running set properly. and we only had 4 hours to film 3 pages of script. so yeah, tensions were running high and people were not very happy.

BUT IT'S OK, because it's over!!!!!! at least my part is. YAYYYYYYY!!!!! now i'm tossing the footage over to the picture and sound editors and i'm home free!!!!!!! :))

So we went shopping today after church to celebrate :)

Most exhausting weekend ever

Seriously. Definitely. It's only 8pm and i really really really want to go to bed. Plus I have to work tomorrow. THIS sucks. feels like i didn't even have a weekend at all.

It all started on friday night...

Filming of 'Two Hours' - Day 0.5

So Friday night, my co-producer and i called a meeting to prepare our crew for our weekend of filming, and we had EXCITING NEWS, because we finally found a damn office to film in, after FULL DAYS of searching and calling and waiting and hoping. And then everyone just slammed our hopes to the ground by totally bringing up all the risks involved in going to the office we found. And i guess i understand what they mean, i was a little worried about that too, because we just found the place (at the Christian school), we've never seen it before, we don't know how big it is or how much lighting it would need, we don't know how well it would fit into our script, we don't know if we'd be able to shoot again next week if we need pick-ups, we don't know if we can finish shooting 7 pages of script in less than 6 hours.

So after lots of arguing and heated discussions, i called the nice guy back (at 11pm) and told him we wouldn't be needing the office the next day after all. i felt SO bad for inconveniencing him, it was so unprofessional. and they were letting us film for free, too, and they didn't even know us! we just had to pay a fee of $100 to the guy 'cause he was giving up his sat to open the school for us.

But anyway, after we changed our location last minute to our casting suite at our school, tensions cooled and people felt better. and i did too, i wasn't as stressed out. i was just VERY UPSET because it wasn't my fault that we didn't have an office in the first place. my co-producer was supposed to find the office, i was supposed to find the mall. i got the mall after calling at least 50 places, not kidding. he didn't get the office, because he only called THREE PLACES. and then i scramble last minute to find another office because our crew was disappointed and didn't wanna film in the casting suite. so i try to help the situation, but then i find an office, and they turn it down, don't want it anymore. i was like, WTH, if you didn't want it, you could've told me so i wouldn't waste DAYS and DAYS trying to find a place. and i just felt like people were looking at me like it was my fault, because i was the one who found an office last minute and didn't know what it looked like. PLUS i'd been praying so hard and begging so many people to let us film, and i REALLY FELT LIKE it was GOD who answered my prayers and gave us this damn office. but then we just threw it back at him because everyone freaked out and was so paranoid that the office would be nothing like what we wanted. SIGH. i was just like, fine, u wanna shoot in the damn casting suite, GO AHEAD. if it turns out to be a crappy film, which it probably will, it's NOT MY FAULT.

And so we spent friday night working out butts off trying to make the casting suite (which is an empty room) look like a real office. so of course we were there till 3+am, even when crew call the next morning was 8am. and honestly, i would not work with some of my crew members ever again. people just weren't doing their jobs, and then us as producers had to do it for them, because we were supposed to make sure everything was happening smoothly. UGH. the incompetence of several crew members was just GETTING ON MY NERVES and that is why i HATE group projects because some people are just useless bums that really don't do anything unless they're kicked in the butt.

So i was annoyed and upset and frustrated most of friday night, but i still had to be professional and work to get things done like setting up the set to make the office.
if producers have to deal with all this last minute stuff falling through all the time, and people giving them such a hard time 24/7, i can safely say this is one job i know will not be in my future.

Day 1

Everyone in our crew was pretty much tired from having to do last minute set-up the night before, but i was surprised at how hardworking they were. no one complained, everyone was so efficient and productive and we got stuff done and wrapped up at 6pm. i was very pleased at how smoothly it went, because people keep saying things ALWAYS go wrong during shoots.

And can i just say, our little 8-year-old kid actor is just about the cutest thing in the world. floppy blond hair, dimples, playing with his dinosaur... omg adorable and perfect for the innocent little kid part. And our other two actors were so good too, i'm so glad we picked these people. So i felt a little better about the film. Plus i didn't have to do anything on set, since all my work was pre-production. so i just sat around and ran errands, got lunch, made sure everyone was happy :) i liked that part.

Halloweenie events

Even though we were super tired, some of us went to the Annual West Hollywood Halloween parade on santa monica boulevard!! it was crazy fun. EVERYONE was dressed up, except us, because we were SO tired and had no costumes. but it was insane seeing everyone dressed up in ridiculous outfits, from Wall-E to Twitter to X-men to Michael Jackson... and there were a ton of trannys. at least half the people there were gay. it was so weird. a car of gays tried to hit on my friend, and he gayish-ly responded, 'hiiii!' with a gay wave (he's not gay). it was hilarious. and there were stages set up with performances and crazy acrobatics. it was so fun but didn't stay long 'cause we were exhausted. i actually went to bed at 11pm. earliest ever.

Oh and we had daylight savings yesterday, so the time difference is now 16 hours, not 15.

Day 2

Today went really well too. early crew call again, but i didn't really have to do much except buy snacks. bought a lot of cookies, which was a mistake, 'cause our kid actors ate at least 5 donuts and went CRAZY. he was on a sugar high for an hour, jumping, crawling, running, telling stories to anyone who would listen...then he CRASHED and was so lethargic he couldn't do anything. it was pretty funny but after lunch he was back to his good old cute self.

So thank God our shoots went well, unlike others' shoots... my roomies are pretty stressed out 'cause someone dropped the camera and something broke, and an actress fell over in her chair during a shoot and injured herself, and some actors didn't turn up for another shoot... so comparatively, ours went great. phew.

Totally don't wanna go to work tomorrow. feels like i didn't even get a weekend 'cause i didn't get any time off since we've been working all day yesterday and today :(

...HaLLowEEn pics...

Hannah (as me) and me (as some type of schoolgirl). i think we were trying to be constipated. or maybe worried.

Asian pose!!!

Hannah's trying to be me..by reading a trashy magazine. haha. which she got from my stash.
I'm trying to be...nerdier. by reading '100 words to make you sound smart'. no kidding! this was hannah's

Three random people dressed up as japanese women

Erika as... a princess? Upi as..i have no idea. some gangster maybe.

Megan as catwoman..and Jon as the Joker. he was seriously creepy. got really into character. tried to strangle me like twice.

People at the souphouse! halloween partyyy...which i missed most of. cuz i was at Thai smile! :)

Emily the emo/goth and me :) she looks so sad!

i think someone took this when emily was falling on me. and yet i'm still happily smiling at the camera. haha

I love the girls on my wing!!

Emily the emo, me, Hannah as me, Katie as a hawaiian girl, and elise the rugby player

YAY for high school musical 3 posters in our room!! i don't really like zac efron that much. the posters just give our room some much-needed color

Hannah loves them too. we converted her from HSM 3 cynic to huge fan.

Steph as dorothy from wizard of oz, candace as a princess, and mackenzie as.. the price is right girl?

cute little kid!! i think he was a clone from star wars?

cute little girl dressed as a princess/dorothy!

adorableeeee little bunny kid!!!!

transformers kid!!! :)

History in the making!!!

So.. is it just me or is it pretty cool that Obama won? even though everyone's been assuring me of his probable win, i was still pretty excited to find out who won for sure last night. it's just... WOW! America's come so far! from slavery to civil rights to the FIRST black president ever... i think it's pretty cool our generation got to witness this. even though i didn't vote, i was still excited to see the results. haha. didn't register to vote because.. i wouldn't know who to vote for anyway. but yay! i'm glad this is over. it was pretty tense. the making fun of sarah palin stuff was funny though.

soooo many pple dressed up as sarah palin for halloween this year. i know of at least 2 pple at taylor who did that. i think the most popular characters this year were - The Joker and Sarah Palin.
seriously.

in other news, i'm thinking of applying for the LA study abroad program. haha. i know i'm fickle-minded like that. cuz i realized the only reason i wanna go to australia is because of hillsong. not for the study program. which is a lame reason. because, as i realized the other day, my dreams keep changing. first i wanted to do something with music, then i thought about going into ministry, then i wanted to be a journalist, then i wanted to do the music/soundtrack for movies/tv shows, and now i wanna..... maybe do something with magazines or movies.

which is why the LA program would be PERFECT for me!! i realize i love doing film production stuff so much more than stupid writing!! but now it's too late to change. but it's ok. writing is good too. it's just that going to LA will give me so much experience in movie production!!!!! get to do some sort of internship in HOLLYWOOD..and my friend's there right now... SHE GOT TO MEET THE CAST OF PRISON BREAK!!!!
not gonna lie, that's a major pull factor right there. plus several alumni of that LA program get to do all sorts of cool stuff now..like write the script for One Tree Hill!!
that is totally what i wanna do with my life.
just hope i get to go. what with arranging all my classes and everything. it'll be an awesome, good networking experience!! then maybe next time after i graduate i can move to LA and WORK THERE!!! totally dream job right there.

Random pictures from junior year :)

At Thai Smile (an awesome thai restaurant) for Halloween! Emily was an emo/goth, i was...i don't really know what i was. i guess an asian schoolgirl. again. well i was gonna be a nerd, hence the blouse n tie, but i didn't look very nerdy. heh.
and then hannah was ME! hahaha. she wore my green jacket and purple jeans and striped gloves :)

isn't emily such an AWESOME emo??? she's normally sooo cheerful so this was definitely different.

i'm so proud of these girls!!! they weren't gonna dress up for Halloween, but i persuaded them to. gave them ideas too. haha

elise as a rugby player, and katie as a hawaiian girl :)

me, dorothy and beka at flattop grille for beka's 20th bdae :)

yummy yummy food at the table

all the girls dressed up outside swallow (a co-ed dorm) ready for beka's partaayyy

all the international pple at our retreat in the woods... a few weeks ago

Halloween was fun! we got dressed up, saw all these CUTE, ADORABLE, did i mention CUTE little kids all dressed up in CUTE costumes!!!! there was an indiana jones, a nerd, a cheerleader, a laundry machine, a princess, a bunny... omg. sooo adorable. and they walked through our dorm trick-or-treating and asking for candy. hannah and i gave out snickers, butterfingers and kitkats. lots of girls on our wing dressed up and went to the DC for dinner. was so fun seeing everyone!!! i went with a bunch of girls to Thai Smile, then to Target and Walmart.. was so funny seeing all the stares we got from pple :)

today was such a good day. woke up leisurely at 2pm..lazed around. had a chick flick marathon with emily..watched john tucker must die and 10 things i hate about you..went to the Fall Fest at habecker (our president)'s backyard..they had donuts, caramel apples, apple cider, s'mores and some charlie brown movie playing. was kinda nice sitting around the bonfire.
oh. and i had my first caramel apple on friday! it was actually pretty good! it's a green apple coated with caramel all over and smothered with peanuts on top of the caramel. sticky, but yummy :)
I LOVE FALL!! the weather's cool but not too cold.

halloween pix!

me and katrinaaaaa! my fav little guatemalan :)

upi the jogger and me!

me and sarah the gangstaaaa

sitting on pumpkins! they're so cute

rugby playa + schgirl + pixie the fairy + me! the asian schoolgirl. hahaha.

elise,sungah and me

capri the gangsta n me!

zorro n me :)

ben shaved his beard!!! yayyy!!!!

cartoon,dan,granny reb,construction worker josh n me