UNC Korean Student Gathering(?) 2014

UNC Korean Student Gathering, which seems to be held on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday after the first day of Fall semester class, was held on September 6th this year.

This is a great chance to see some fellow Korean Tar Heels. (because I barely get to see any other Koreans on a regular day.)

Unlike last year's barbecue party,

this year's Korean Student Gathering was held at a town house that had such a gorgeous pool...

which was totally irrelevant because the party was held indoors, so we weren't allowed to use the pool anyway :(
I actually wanted the swimming pool to be a part of the Korean Student Gathering.


Last year, I attended this party as one of the first-year students,
but this year.....

I was invited to this gathering as a photographer!!!
All right, my T3i and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens, it's your time to shine!!

These were the food all of the people had that night.
(I was personally hoping for a barbecue like last year... cuz I LOVE MEAT!!)

 Well...
I took pictures.
'Nuff said.

This year's first year Korean students (class of 2018)

People applauding.

Transfer students.

Students returning from a year (or a couple of years) off.

The MCs(?)

People had conversation with each other, and then went home.... I think...

......
If this post looks effortless for some reason, it's because I was just a photographer at this gathering.

Rebirth Brass Band & Dumpstaphunk Concert in Chapel Hill

August 22nd, 2014.

After the first week of class,
my friends and I went to see the first Carolina Performing Arts concert of the 2014-2015 school year.

My last-year's roommate had, once again, persuaded us into going to see the CPA performances.
It wasn't as bad as it was last year, because he didn't ask us to go to "all" of the Carolina Performing Arts shows with him.

(But still, CPA shows are cheaper for UNC students, so might as well take advantage of it.)

Therefore, I'm going to see 5 Carolina Performing Arts shows for this school year.


and when my friends and I arrived at Memorial Hall...

This was what we saw.
I remember seeing a lot of people in front of the Memorial Hall on the night of Carolina Performing Arts performances,
but the tables...

the dumpling truck,

and the drink stand
aren't something that I saw for other performances.


Anyways, I retrieved my ticket from the ticket office, and headed inside.

Oh, goodness.
Has it been more than 6 months since the last time I was here?

Before the show began, this man (I don't remember exactly who he was) said something about that night being the very first Carolina Performing Arts show of the 2014-2015 year.
Maybe that's why everything seemed more casual.


And then, the show began.

Rebirth Brass Band from New Orleans!!

I'll say that this was
THE MOST EXCITING CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS SHOW I'VE EVER BEEN TO!
It truly was the kind of show that I would love.
Rebirth Brass Band is amazing!

and after their performance, it was intermission,

when people go to restroom, get some drink.
It's also the time when the staffs get busy, setting up for the next show.

and after the intermission, began the second act.

This band was called "Dumpstaphunk"

and was also from New Orleans.

Just as the name suggests, this band's music was primarily funk.

However, one of my friends and I were really tired, so we never got to watch the entire show of Dumpstaphunk.

Still, I loved this night's show!

Can't wait for the next 4 Carolina Performing Arts show!
(Not to mention Rise Against concert that's going to be held in Atlanta! :D)

UNC Fall Fest 2014

I was actually not going to post this. 

I already posted this before (only in my Korean blog) and moreover, I already have about 30 posts that I'm behind in...

But..... aaarrgh!!

I don't know. I just did.

Well, it's Fall Fest 2014 at UNC,
which always seems to be held two days before the classes start on the fall semester.
(I mean, what more do I need to say? some of you guys know this better than I do.)

Anyways, I went to the Fall Fest with two of my friends.

Here we had a UNC logo ice sculpture.

There was a Ben & Jerry's booth that gave out free ice cream.

There were a lot of students, and there were students, who were publicizing their student organizations/clubs.

That's the school newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.

Here's Rameses the Ram
He never misses out any of the big events like this one.

Let's have a look at this area.

 There were academic clubs.

 Student activism organizations

and....
Playgrounds????

There were also bunch of booths/trucks from food chains.
and yes, their food is also free in Fall Fest.

I personally think that the best part of Fall Fest is free food..

...and free goods!!
yes, If you do the trivias, games, or etc; you get free goods!

Oh by the way
this year's Fall Fest didn't feel as crowded as it did last year.

It's all because of relocating many of the booths on to the field, which I thought was a brilliant idea.

Time to have a look at what's on the field.

 But before that.
My two good friends recommended me to try this.

 I can't remember exactly, but I think they said something like "this is the taste of America" or something like that.
Hahaha
So much for sleeping early.

So, while I was experiencing the sugar rush, I looked around the booths that were located on the field.
There were primarily sports clubs, so they did a lot of mini sports games or demonstrations.


Then I met some friends I haven't seen over the summer

 said "Hi" to the STV folks

took some pictures of the stage and one of the performances

and....
that was it.
I went back to my room past midnight.

I don't know
I have no comment.

and

there's this friend who showed the world(?) how to Fall Fest.

....

I... would never do that.. haha :D

(I'm not a big fan of getting a bunch of stuff that I'm never gonna use.)

UGongHyeon - Rocket (live @ Hongdae Freebird 06/26/2014)

One of my middle school friends is a musician,
and few months ago, he got a contract with a Korean record label called "Mirrorball Music."
He also got himself a new nickname, "UGongHyeon."

Even before he got a record label contract, he and I messaged each other frequently on Facebook, and eventually decided to make a music video for his song, Rocket (which is my and also his personal favorite.).

and on June 26th, 2014, (which was the day of our first video shoot.)
he and his friends wanted to do a warm-up live rehearsal before filming.
It was also my first video shoot ever, so I also did a practice video shoot of their live rehearsal, because I definitely needed it.
Well, that's how the video you see above was created.



Oh, and about the actual music video...
Here's a sneak-peek!! :D



and because it is a sneak-peek,
this is all I'm willing to show, for now.

but don't worry
The final music video is expected to be completed pretty soon!
:D

Drawing Practice (Inspector Javert as a Child) by Using Random Drawing Idea Generator 3.0

Ugh...
I know I really need to practice my drawing.
but I also have to work on my friend's music video, meet other friends, and have been feeling excessively tired for no reason, all of which kept me from practicing my drawing. (not to mention posting anything at all onto my blog.)

HOWEVER!
I actually managed to snap out of laziness today, and got myself a second random drawing idea from 'Random Drawing Idea Generator 3.0'
(hopefully, it's not a weird one... please!!!)

Hmm....

"'Inspector Javert' 'As a Child'"

Well, thankfully it isn't as weird as the last random drawing idea.

(Image from: http://lesmiserables.wikia.com/wiki/File:Inspector-Javert.jpg )
So, it seems like I'm supposed to draw him.... as a child.
.....
which is going to be super difficult, because I can neither draw people realistically nor show age differences in my drawings....

Yes, I am that bad at drawing (which is the main reason why I need drawing practice).



Anyway, I'll give it a shot, since I need some practice.
.......

.......
Well, well, well,
I was aiming for drawing Javert within the age range of 10~13 year old.
BUT!
This doesn't look anything like Javert, and to make things even worse, this doesn't look like a child either.



*Sigh...

I'll just go to the corner of my bed and cry myself to sleep....













...
cuz my drawing sucks