p r o l o g u e . . .
Greetings from South Korea (Seoul specifically). My name is Mel (멜) Garber, and I’m a CAT student at Bloomfield College. Most of you know me… those of you that don’t have probably seen me. I pretty much live in Westminster. You may be asking yourself why would I say greetings from Seoul… Well I’m actually over here studying it up. It all started in the summer of 2007 during the East Meets West Program, where a handful of Bloomfield students got to meet Korean students and do projects with them, and then eventually fly to Korea. I was in that program, along with my collaborator Carl Mckevitt (http://carlmckevitt.wordpress.com/), who also has a blog up about this expedition. While we were over there we decided we had to come back. Being a 3d modeler and animator I was exposed to some of the best animation and modeling I have ever seen in my life, and knew I had to come back and learn these secrets… And i did. So now I’m here studying in South Korea…
A b o u t m e . . .
I am currently a Junior in Bloomfield College. My major is… I dunno my major. Things were going crazy and nothing seemed to be going in my favor… so I decided to make up my own major… My major is (well should be very soon) something along the lines of “International Animation for Video Games”. I do 2d and 3d art and animation, and i take it very seriously, which is kinda why I came to Korea.
n o w . . .
So now onto our plans while we’re actually here… We are currently in Seoul studying the language at this school named GaNada School. We have a Korean Class 3 hours a day and it’s a great environment to learn a language. The teacher is incredibly informative, knowledgeable and shes hilarious.
But alas we only have two more weeks of this class. Once March hits we will be heading to Jeonju University (전주대학교). When we get there, Carl will continue to do more language classes whereas I will be taking advanced animation classes and 3d modeling classes. Their semester begins in March which is different from the system in America. Their winter break it quite long but they pay for it in the summer. In Bloomfield we just have long breaks regardless and it drives me insane… Jeonju University finishes their semester late june, so we will be back July 1st.
m o v i n g o n . . .
Thats pretty much it for right now. I will update later with many pictures of Seoul and such. Oh and before I forget… Send Carl and I feedback please… There is really no point in keeping up the blog if no one reads it. You’ll get to watch Carl and I have a blast.. what more could you ask for. Keep reading, and I’ll update shortly…
안녕…
