PAAFF 2009

Finally find the time to upload the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2009 photos.

By the way, I went to see "Precious" today. Highly recommend it to everyone.

Me & Jason Chen (Director of "Subconscious")

Tommy & Me

The Crowd

Next I will show you my birthday party which was held on 11/14. But, my birthday is 11/17. The theme is "BANANA". Because we are yellow outside and white inside.

Halloweenies

Thank you Bmartilo for your reply. Here're some of my halloween photos.

I found this Chinese zombies' photo online. They did a much better job than me.

My cousin, Jack & Me

From the left: Tommy, Flora, Henry, Jack, Alice (Jack;s girlfriend)

A very packed New York Penn Station

A group of medical staff in the parade with their patients on the hospital bed.

Enjoy guys! Hope you like my halloweenies!

Next time I am going to upload some photos from the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival!

My Halloweeny

Wow, I haven't blogged for a while. 
Why? Well, I have been going to work (my internship at Little Airplane) everyday. I used to go just two days a week, Wednesday and Friday and only 6 hours a day. But, one day the producer, Tone Thyne asked me to take a clean up test for their new show called, "Tobi" because they are on a very tight schedule and trying to match the deadline for 11/13. So, I did and he brought me onto the team. That was two to three weeks ago. Therefore, I have been drawing on everyday, 10 hours a day, sometimes even over time. But, I think it is a good experience even though my thumb hurts a lot due to keeping it the same pose for so many hours straight. I am learning a lot about animation production and how a studio actually works. 

Anyway, let's talk about my Halloween. What were you for your Halloween? 

I always always...it is my dream to dress up as a Chinese Zombie or a HOTDOG for Halloween since I grew up in Hong Kong and I never really dress up for Halloween....

So, this year...I thought about dressing up but then, I don't have any party to go to. 
And, my cousins called in the afternoon that day and asked me to go to the New York Halloween Parade. Since I got nothing to do and truly wanna dress up, I said I would go. But the problem is we didn't prepare any costumes. So, I rushed to the Halloween Costumes shop and tried to find something I could put on or they could put on. 

Then, I found a nurse hat for my cousin, Flora, a doctor uniform for my cousin's boyfriend, Henry and a native Indian hat for my boyfriend. But, for me, I couldn't find anything..........

So, I rushed back home and took out my face painting gear (I sometimes do face painting for kids in craft shows). Then, started putting white paint on my face. After a couple minutes....there I was! A CHINESE ZOMBIE! I went through my mom's closet and found these traditional Chinese looking purple top. I looked at myself in the mirror...and I was scared...HAHA

Anyway, so Flora, Henry, Tommy and I took the NJ Transit to New York Penn Station to join my other cousin, Jack who lives in Queen, New York. 

We got there and standing in the middle of Penn Station wondering which way to go. Then, a large dressed up crowd walked passed us and one of the guys, I think he was an IRON MAN or something pointed at me and shouted, "HEY GEISHA! WHAT'S UP! "

....I fell in silence...

all...the hard works that I put into being a Chinese Zombie....are.....gone........

So, I shouted, "I AM NOT A GEISHA! I AM A CHINESE ZOMBIE!"

I shouted that more than one time that night because...no one noticed that I was a Chinese Zombie...they all thought I was a Japanese Geisha....

Oh man...

Mui Mui's First Blog

Hi everyone,

I am Mui Mui (aka Joann). Mui Mui actually means sister in Cantonese. As a little sister in our family, I have been called Mui Mui for so many years. So we figured that it would be the perfect name for Lui Lui's sister!

Most of you might not know, I have written the scripts for previous episodes and now I am writing the script for Lui Lui's 3rd episode this weekend! I am really excited to begin a new episode with so many ideas flowing through our minds. Me and my sister are the perfect partners to work together when it comes to funny ideas. We always bounce ideas back and forth to each other and that's how the 1st and 2nd episodes were created. I hope that we can keep working together to create more new episodes!

I am still in school and surprisingly I am actually an architecture major. (usually I will hear so many WOWs when I say this) But being an archie for three years, I don't think there is anything special about architects. They are just normal human beings that have a say about space. Let's hope I won't talk about architecture here...fyi, we as archieslike to complain about school a lot..:P



Love,

Mui Mui

THE FUN THEORY

Maybe we could all change our behaviors with a little fun!

A GOOK and A GOOSE

Well, I learned a new word today. It is "gook". I have never heard of it until today. 

So, the story goes...

I was driving to the train station to pick up my sister, Joann (Co-writer of Lui Lui). So, I had to make a u-turn in order to get on the road that leads me to the train station. There was three lanes at that u-turn. The middle lane is shared by two lanes. One is the one that I am on. And, the other one is the other woman, who happened to be White was on. She and I both have the right to get on that lane. But, it is usually her side of the lane has to yield. How do I know? Well, I go there everyday for the train station. 

Anyway, so the green light was up and I was ready to go. I went onto the middle lane at the same time she was about to reach the middle lane. I noticed. I stopped and honked. She stopped. My car and her car were so close. We almost hit each other but we didn't. So, after I honked, she stopped and I went on the lane first. Then, she followed me. And, I thought, "oh this close to be traffic accident is over" When I turned into the train station, she followed me to make the turn. I thought, "Well, she might just need to be at the train station too." I approached to the train station, found a spot and patiently waiting for my sis.  

Suddenly, she parked right next to me. And, her gesture suggested she needs to talk to me. In my mind, I thought "What does she want?" So, I rolled down the window. So did she. 

Then, she yelled "WHEN DO YOU GOOKS LEARN HOW TO DRIVE?" "YOU ALMOST COST A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BACK THERE" "YOU WERE ON THE FAR LEFT LANE AND TURNED INTO MY LANE!!!"

And, I said calmly, "I was in the middle lane." 

Then, she yelled again, "WHEN DO YOU GOOKS LEARN HOW TO FUCKING DRIVE?"

Suddenly, a question pops into my mind. A GOOSE? I am not a goose...in case she doesn't know...I AM A HUMAN...A GOOSE? Is it really a goose that I heard? Is she having an illusion and thinking she almost hit a goose? A goose can never learn how to drive. 

Well then, I rolled up the window. Instead of yelling back and ask her why she is calling me a GOOSE, I looked away from her because I knew that she wanted me to yell back and argue with me. So, I figured not arguing with her and not letting her to yell at me will be the best way to fight back.

So, there was nothing she could do except for calling me a goose...she left. 

My sis arrived. We drove back home. I went online immediately to research what kind of word can pronounce closely to GOOSE. And, found out it was GOOK that the white lady was yelling to, not a goose. 

And, here is the definition.

Gook: A person from East or Southeast Asia, in particular a Vietnamese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean person.

And, here is where gook came from.

In the US, gook refers particularly to a Vietnamese person in the context of the Vietnam War, and particularly to the Viet Cong. It is generally considered highly offensive, on a par with nigger. In a highly charged and nuanced incident, Senator John McCain famously used the word publicly to refer specifically to his former captors, then apologized in deference to the Vietnamese community at large.

Folk etymology suggests that during the Korean War, young Korean children would point at U.S. soldiers and shout "미국" (mee-gook), the Korean word for "America". Soldiers heard the word as "Me Gook", as if the children were defining themselves as "Gooks." The soldiers proceeded to use that term to refer to the Koreans. The word 국 (國, gook) itself simply means "country". This explanation ignores the fact that there are many examples of the word's use that pre-date the Korean War.

Hmm...in case she hasn't noticed...I am not Korean even though we look all the same to her.

 

And, When will we the GOOK learn how to drive?

My answer to that is. "When she learn that the world is not all white." or "When a real GOOSE learn how to drive?"

Thanks to her. I learn what a gook is.

A new word a day keeps the discrimination away. 

Little Airplane

Little Airplane. Have anyone heard of it?



It is an pre-school animation production company in New York City. Their famous show is called the Wonder Pets which is broadcasting on Nick Jr.



And, that's the place I am working right now.

I am an intern there. This is my third internship. HaHa...yeah the third one. But, still I am learning a lot. For the last couple days, I was brought onto the Tobi production team. It is another pre-school animation that they are developing and it is called Tobi. I am doing clean up animation in Toon Boom. I like it. It is fun and I can learn a lot more about animating since I can look through the rough animation frame by frame while I do the clean up.