Summer is over? @.@

Hey!

So... I kind of disappeared for awhile because I just got so overwhelmed with all the things I had to do this summer, whether planned or unplanned. ^_^"

For the planned part, I was busy with Otakuthon up until even after the convention was over. I'll write a separate post about that.

For the unplanned part, I got an internship at a research lab, and I started working there since the first week of July, so I've been pretty busy with that, and I still have tons of scientific papers to read. @.@ It's a big learning curve for me, but it's definitely going to be worth it in the end.

I had originally planned to just work for one year, and then go back to school to get my Master's degree. However, there are so few job offers in my field, and the job offers that I've found ask for 3-5 years of experience, which is pretty much impossible to get at my age, especially since getting a summer internship of 4 months is already difficult. So, things happened, and I'm on my way to doing my Master's, which will take at least 2 years to complete.

Hmm.. What else did I do this summer? Well before Otakuthon, I went to see some movies at Fantasia. I usually see about 2 movies every year, but this year I saw 5 movies. I saw Ultraman Monster Galaxy Battle, which was pretty good. I got to learn a lot about the history of Ultraman by one of the Fantasia staff in charge of screening the film just before it started. The second movie I saw was "The Kick". It's a Korean movie about Taekwondo; it was funny, and action-packed all the way through. It's a definite must-see. Then I saw a movie called "Quick" right after. From the trailer, I thought there was supposed to be some funny parts, but when I saw the movie, there was very little of that. It was actually ridiculously stressful, since a mail courier who drives a motorcycle is forced to deliver bombs to certain people or else his ex-girlfriend will be killed because there is a bomb in his helmet, which she is wearing. The guy still secretly loves her, but broke up with her in the past because he didn't want to be a negative influence on her. >.< The fourth movie I saw was Phoenix Wright. It was amazing. I didn't even play the games, but I definitely want to play them now.  The last movie I saw was "Love Fiction", another Korean movie. This one was a romantic comedy. I found it interesting, but my sister found it boring. I guess nothing can beat "My Sassy Girl" when it comes to Korean romantic comedies.

Movie Review: The Hunger Games

Hey everyone!

I'm finally done with my exams!!! Yay! *party party* So to celebrate, I finally went to see the Hunger Games movie. If you follow my Twitter, you may have known that I read the entire trilogy over winter break. I never had a chance to blog post about my thoughts on the books though. ^_^" When I saw all the ads for this movie, I just had to see it. Visually, it was totally living up to my expectations, so I was excited to watch this movie.

I should have known from the first 30 seconds that they chopped off a lot of stuff. A LOT. The movie begins with text explaining the "Reaping", which is when each of the 12 districts of Panem (country that this movie is situated in) have to give up one girl and one boy as tribute that are between the ages of 12 and 18. Now hold the bus. Because I've read the book, I know exactly what's going on. To those who have not read the book, they are just thrown in to an important scene with zero background info on the characters, their relationships, and the initial setting that all this is taking place in. Honestly, when they made this movie, they literally gave you the bare bones to be able to tell the story. They even changed how Katniss gets the Mockingjay pin. In the book, she gets it from the District 12's mayor's daughter, but in the movie, she randomly sees a stack of them while exchanging some goods for buttons. They removed a key element that is actually pretty important later on in the trilogy, but I guess they didn't want to spend any time with that  part of the story.