First week in NAFA

This week is the start of my Multimedia design degree course with NAFA. Met some really nice people and it's very different from my diploma course in NYP. The lecturers are much more friendly and closer to us. The class will be divided into narrative and interactive. Narrative is more of story telling which focus on film and animation, while interactive is more of creating multimedia design for users to interact.

I was torn between the two as I'm into games design, and it's sort of an alchemy of both. I wanted to choose both but my lecturer decided I should go into interactive instead. I'll probably combine both for my works though.

The "Things missing from latest HP movie" is supposed to be in around 5 or 6 parts but I'm getting tired of writing it and wonders if anyone appreciates them.

Things missing from the Order of Phoenix movie (Part III)

Important events left out in the movie.

• During one of Defense against Dark Arts classes, Hermione disagreed with some points in the textbook and Umbridge took 5 points away from Griffindor. Harry ask "What for?" angrily and Umbridge said "for disrupting my class with pointless interruptions." She mention Prof. Quirrell is the only teacher so far to have restricted himself to age-appropriate subjects. Harry retorted with "Yeah Quirrell was a great teacher, there was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort stick out of the back of his head." This earned him another week of detention.
  
  
• Angelina shouted at Harry for getting into another detention which make him missed quidditch practise again with Prof. McGonagall taking away 5 points for Angelina shouting in the Great Hall. She took yet another 5 points when she found out Harry got into another detention.
  
  
• During her ministry inspection with McGonagall, Umbridge kept interrupting her with her "hem hem" and Prof. McGonagall in fury told her "how you expect to gain an idea of my usual teaching methods if you continue to interrupt me? You see, I do not generally permit people to talk when I am talking."
  
  
• Ginny had a boyfriend named Michael Corner whom she met at the Yule Ball.
  
  
• Hermione casted a jinx on the DA parchment. Whoever signs on it will be cursed with acnes if they were to tell Umbridge about their secret meetings to learn Defense against Dark Arts.
  
  
• Neville charged at Malfoy because he said the St Mungo's hospital (which Neville's parent is in) is for people whose brains have been addled by magic. Snape appears and put Harry, Neville and Malfoy in detention.
  
  
• From the fireplace, Sirius told them Mundungus was the one who were eavesdropping on them at Hog's head when they were discussing about the DA, which made Umbridge put a ban on "illegal societies". This includes Quidditch clubs and Umbridge at first only gave Slytherins permission to practice.
  
  
• Dobby is now working at the school for a small sum of money which Dumbledore agrees. Dumbledore wanted to pay him more at first but Dobby doesn't want to accept it. Dobby refused to work for free after he was freed by Harry. Dobby is the one who gave Harry the idea of the room of Requirement for practicing Defense against Dark Arts, not discovered by Neville like in the movie.
  
  
• Harry always uses Lupin's parchment where it shows everyone on the map, to see where Umbridge and Filch is whenever they want to use the Room of Requirement.
  
  
• Hermione said the Defense against Dark Arts secret class taught by Harry should have a name, to promote a feeling of team spirit and unity. "Anti-Umbridge League" is suggested by Angelina. "Ministry of Magic are Morons Group" is suggested by Fred. Cho suggested "The Defense Association", which is DA for short and everyone agrees. Ginny suggests making it stand for Dumbledore's Army because "that's the Ministry's worst fear".
  
  
• Hermione enchanted coins which has numerals around the edge which is the date for the next DA meeting which will change whenever Harry changed the date on his. She got the idea from Death Eaters' scars burning whenever Voldemort needs them.
  
  
• First Quidditch match is Griffindor vs Slytherin. The Slytherins sang this before the match "Weasley cannot save a thing, He cannot block a single ring, Thats why Slytherins all sing: Weasley is our King. Weasley was born in a bin. He always lets the Quaffle in. Weasley will make sure we win. Weasley is our King." which makes Ron even more nervous.
  
  
• Ron let in a lot of goals but Harry got the snitch and won the match. Malfoy insulted Harry and the Weasleys and George wanted to punch Malfoy but was held back by Harry. Malfoy continued "you can remember what your mothers house stank like, Potter, and Weasley's pigsty reminds you of it" With the snitch in his hand, Harry punched Malfoy in the stomach. McGonagall wanted to give them detention but Umbridge appears and banned Harry and George from Quidditch for life. Even Fred is banned because Umbridge thinks he would do the same.
  

to be continued...

Things missing from the Order of Phoenix movie (Part II)

Important events left out in the movie.

• Harry, Ginny and Neville met Luna Lovegood in the train, while Ron and Hermione are suppsed to be at the prefect carriage. She was holding the Quibbler upside down with her wand behind her ears. She was reading it upside down because "according to the magazine, if you turned the runes on their heads they revealed a spell to make your enemy's ears turn into kumquats."
  
  
• The sorting hat always sing a different song every year and this time the important lines were "For our Hogwarts is in danger. From external, deadly foes. And we must unite inside her. Or we'll crumble from within. I have told you, I have warned you… Let the Sorting now begin."
  
  
• Hermione asked if it has ever given warnings before, Nearly Headless Nick said "The Hat feels itself honour bound to give the school due warning whenever it feels."
  
  
• Angelina is made captain of Griffindor's Quidditch team.
  
  
• OWLs (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) will affect their career choices and Harry and Ron both wanted to be Aurors. Hermione wanted to take SPEW further. They had to do well in OWLs to take the subject's NEWTs (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests) next year.
  
  
• In Divination classes, Professor Trelawney wants the class to make predictions for themselves as homework. Harry and Ron made up rubbish accidents which they will have throughout the weeks and got high scores from Trelawney.
  
  
• During Defends against the Dark Arts, Umbridge kept saying "your hand is not up" when students ask her questions. This is more annoying in the book than in the movie.
  
  
• After given detention, and saying "Cedric death is not an accident, it was murder" to Umbridge, she write a letter and asked Harry to pass it to Professor McGonagall. At McGonagall's office, she told him "to be careful with Umbridge" and "Misbehaviour in Dolores Umbridges class could cost you much more than house points and a detention." and Umbridge has given Harry detention every evening that week and Professor McGonagall said Umbridge has every right to give him detention as a teacher.
  
  
• Fred and George gave first year students joke sweets for testing which could get them out of classes by pretending to be sick. Hermione uses her "prefect power" to confront Fred and George but they said respectively "Put us in detention?" and "Make us write lines?" Hermione replied no, but said "I will write to your mother." Fred and George looked thunderstruck.
  
  
• Hermione knits many hats and hoped House Elves from Hogwarts would pick them up and they'll be free like Dobby. Ron said "You're setting them free when they might not want to be free."
  
  
• Professor GrubblyPlank replaced Hagrid while he's away as a Care of Magical Creatures teacher. She's a much better teacher than Hagrid.
  
  
• During Harry's detention where he wrote lines and each line will make the words cut into the back of his hand as though by a scalpel. His skin will heal again leaving it more sore at every lines he wrote. Harry's scar on his forehead hurts again during detention. Remember this went on for every evening that week, unlike the movie. Because of detention, Harry struggles to finish his homework.
  
  
• Ron went for the tryouts for Keeper. Harry is unable to be at the tryout because of detention. Harry went to their common room after detention to find Ron celebrating with the rest as the new Griffindor keeper.
  
  
• Harry did not want to "disturb" Dumbledore because of the torture from Umbridge because Dumbledore would not look at him during the hearing and in Grimmauld Place.
  
  
• Harry's letter to Sirius does not use straightforward words because of the fear of letters being intercepted. In his letter, he mentioned the same thing happened last summer happened again is referring to his scar hurting during Umbridge's detention.
  
  
• As he went to sent the letter, he saw Cho in the Owlery. Filch appears and accuse Harry for taking orders of Dungs bombs. Cho defended for Harry. Cho praised Harry for being brave to stand up to Umbridge which made Harry very pleased.
  
  
• Ron is always clumsy and did badly as a keeper during practises. But when he was with Harry alone, he did well.
  
  
• The grades used in Hogwart's were. E=Exceeds Expectations. O=Outstanding. A=Acceptable. P=Poor. D=Dreadful. T=troll.

to be continued...

Things missing from the Order of Phoenix movie (Part I)

Important events left out in the movie.

• Harry's scar has been hurting even in Pivot Drive, like when he was near Voldemort in Hogwarts in his first year.
  
  
• Harry have been trying to read about Voldemort's news on muggle tv.
  
  
• Harry knew Hermione and Ron are together with the rest of the Order while he's stuck at Pivot Drive.
  
  
• When Darkness fell just before the Dementors arrive, Dudley couldn't see anything and thought Harry casted a spell on him.
  
  
• Aunt Petunia knew what Dementors are, when Harry is trying to explain to uncle Vernon what happened. She says she overheard what James Potter told her sister years ago.
  
  
• Back to their house, Harry received a letter of expulsion from Hogwarts from the ministry of magic as seen in the movie, but it doesn't speak, just a normal letter. Harry received a 2nd letter from Arthur Weasley saying Dumbledore is at the ministry of magic sorting out his use of magic, and asking Harry not to leave his aunt and uncle. Harry received a 3rd letter from the ministry of magic which says he will be attending a hearing instead of expulsion and he will be suspended. Harry received a 4th letter from Sirius asking him not to leave his house.
  
  
• Harry told Uncle Vernon that Lord Voldemort, the one who killed Harry's parents is back, and wanted to chase him out of the house for their own safety.
  
  
• A 5th letter is received but this time to Aunt Petunia. It was a howler which said "Remember my last, Petunia." With this letter, Petunia told Vernon Harry has to stay.
  
  
• At Grimmauld place, Mrs Weasley objects to Sirius telling Harry Potter what the Order of the Phoenix are discussing. They made the other kids leave and told him Voldemort is trying to build an army, which is why Dumbledore recalled the order of the phoenix.
  
  
• Hermione made a club called Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, which Harry and Ron calls it SPEW, and are not interested.
  
  
• Percy, one of Ron's brothers, fell out with the family. Percy who now worked in the ministry said his father had no ambition and they have always been poor.
  
  
• Mr Weasley went to work as usual bringing Harry because of the hearing later in the day. At the ministry of magic, they were informed the hearing has been changed to earlier which made Harry late.
  
  
• Percy came out of the hearing after Fudge, the minister without looking at his Dad who was waiting outside waiting for Harry for the good news.
  
  
• Hermione and Ron were made prefects, but not Harry. Even Malfoy was made Slytherin's prefect.

to be continued...

Killzone 2

Real time on PS3.

Wall of Text

Don't you hate it when people post wall of text in forums? Like this?
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=927750&topic=36612075

Nano hacks

Got a refurbished iPod Nano and have been playing with some hacks with the firmware. I tried iPodLinux and Rockbox, and I prefer Rockbox minimalist interface. Here's 2 video I captured with my Macbook's webcam.

iPod Nano running Doom:


iPod Nano running Southpark video: