Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Okayama Science University + Lunch at Healthpia + Animation experience at Kurashiki University

The first thing to do after all of us have gathered is to of course visit the University that hosted us!


This is the Okayama Science University. I'm really loving the campus especially since it's located on top of a hill....you get some pretty magnificent views in the bus on the way up.



It was pretty embarrassing because we were give the Japanese treatment whereby people actually came to greet us at out bus when we arrive! So we were all bowing back too~ :)

Mr. K form Nepal posing for a pic!


Kake Tsutomu, the founder of the University! And that behind is their 50th commemorative building~ So in!




Inside the 50th Commemorative building is an exhibition room~ showcasing the milestones of the university since it's establishment as well as it's achievements~



Nobel Prize winner Akira Suzuki!


Man~ I wished I had the opportunity to do an internship in the university!!! 

Actually the main purpose of our visit there was to rehearse our speech in the hall which we will be presenting in the next day. After our rehearsal we had about 30 mins before moving on to the next destination and since I really wanted to pay a visit to their science lab, sensei and the university people very nicely arranged a lab meeting for me with a researcher from the Chemistry department. 

So I got to visit their lab and he showed me some photosensitization experiment that they were doing! So cool~ Their labs are relatively smaller than ours but what efficient use of space in the lab! Plus there are more people working on a single bench. At that moment, I really wished I could just work for a short-term internship in their lab to just get some experience!!! Somebody tell me how do I apply to such things!!???

Next it was time for lunch and we went to this place called Healthpia which was supposedly owned by Kurashiki University. This place serves healthy food buffet style.

Here's my plate! Healthy but yummy! I really love this plate! I wish that we had this too....but this is one heavy plate! 



Ms. M from Myanmar and Ms. A on my left~ Ms. M was spotting a super cute snoopy plate for kids! So cute that even adults cannot help but opt for it too!


This is me with Mr. M who was sharing with us stories on Japanese culture and history.



I just had to......japanese rice and curry! Super delicious~



More food from the buffet table~



Next it was time to move on to Kurashiki University to learn a bit more about animation. This here is the bus that brought us around everyday~


Next stop- Kurashiki University!

Once again, we were given the Japanese treatment but this time with the medias too! When we got down the bus there were like a whole entourage of like 20 people waiting for us! Whatever did we do to deserve such amazing treatment!!??

Then there were so many photographers snapping pictures of us! Omg~ I only wished I had put on more make-up. We were all pretty shy and didn't know what to do.....

After all the commotion, we were led to the animation class where we met with all the students of the class and got separated into groups, so that we can learn how to create animation from them.

 Us foreigners were supposed to prepare a drawing of a face while the japanese students were supposed to make the eyes and mouth of our "face" move.

Me working hard!



Here's a snap of others hard at work....



Before the class ends, it was time to showcase out works!

And finally, a group pic before the class ends!


Though I'm not that big of an anime enthusiast but what a great experience that was! Never ever look down on any anime production especially if you do now know how much work goes into each frame! My goodness....all the attention to details! They will enlarge the image and search everywhere just to find that one tiny bit of loose end and perfect it! Truly respect them! I thought I'm very particular about things but boy was I wrong! Even things that I thought were acceptable was by no means acceptable to the girl I was working with! Respect~!

Really thankful for the opportunity!



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