The Ubisoft Campus Open House

Holy crap! I totally forgot to post that :D . That's old news, february the 6th to be precise. So, without any further ado, here's the Ubisoft Campus' open house ;) .

The Ubisoft Campus is a educational institute in the city of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) that specialize in the field of gaming, duh! They have different programs from Level Design to Game Design to 3D Animation, in affiliation with some of the province's colleges and universities. Like I mention in my retrospective, you have to present a portfolio with your candidature, and it needs to be a good one too... a damn good one... if you want to be put on their list of possible candidates. To simply put it, for every 100 candidatures, only half of it will become possible candidates. Furthermore, after interviewing them, only 25 will be taken in. Yep! The openings are pretty small for each programs.


I went to the open house to learn more about the Level Design program, which will give you an college attestation diploma. Since I don't have a college diploma, that's pretty much the only educational level opened to me in their list. Some of current students were there to greet the visitors and answer their questions. I've learned quite a bit about the program and the conditions to be accepted... Although I mind was set, I would never had guessed that later in that afternoon I would renew my interest in becoming of full fledged Game Designer. That's I've meet one of the Game Designer program student. After a long talk with her, I have realized that it would be much better for me to go with the program instead of Level Design. Unfortunately, I would have to get a Baccalaureate to try it out :( .

As you might have guessed, I don't know what to do now... Should I try get a Baccalaureate, which takes about 3 years to complete, and then go for the Game Design program, or should I just go for the Level Design program.

Damn, that's a hard decision to take! Oh well, I guess that I will have to give it a serious thought.

For now, I need to find myself a job... Money doesn't come from trees, you know XD .

The Never-ending Beta

Hiya everybody! I hope that you all had a great start for 2009. I sure did :D ! As part of my ongoing project of finding a job better suited to me, I'm learning new stuff in the world of the Front-end Web Development, known in the past as Web Design. That is why I'm toying around with the layout of my blogger. I hope that you love it ;) .

As the title mention it, it will be an ever-changing layout. I'm sure you all know that Google is famous for the perpetual betas, like seen with iGoogle and Gmail (Two services that I use everyday, BTW). I'm following the path as them, always trying to find a better, more efficient way of doing my layouts and the coding behind them.

So, you still might see a lot of changes around this blogger... Well, until that I have my site, Ethereal Sphere, is ready to go :P !

Ciao for now!

About Me

I'm working on it :D !

My 2008 Retrospective: The Year of Changes

2008 is almost at an end... 2009 is almost at foot... I wanted to do a retrospective on the biggest 2008 events in my life, the good and the bad, but it would have been to much to read if I did wrote about everything :P ! I'm proud of my endeavors that I have undertaken this year. Even thought that I have lost 2 jobs along it, I've come to better understand myself and what I really want to accomplish with my life. I have some great projects in the making, including the long awaited return of my website... Nope, not Taiyou Saiden, but Ethereal Sphere... The successor of Taiyou Saiden. You will see. Most of the ideas that I had for Chudah's Corner will be reused in my site. That means that I will be using the web framework Django.

Apart from Ethereal Sphere, I will go back to school to better my knowledge in Web Design, and Multimedia in general. My goal is to find a job more tailored to my skills. I would love to go into Game Design, but it is a competitive ground, as the public school programs devoted to this, like the Ubisoft Campus, are receiving a lot of inscriptions from people. Since my portfolio is empty in regard to Game Design, I have a lot of grounds to cover if I want to have a chance to be taken. That's why I'm planning backup plans to the backup plans. I don't want to be left out on anything, that's because I'm a dreamer, always wishing that my main and only plan would work out. I don't want to make the same mistake as before in my life.

Furthermore, I will move on my own around summer time... A lot of my friends will say to this "It's about time", and they're right. I have been saying that I would leave my parents home since the last 5 to 6 years, but I was never ready to do so. The main reason for that: my dog Café. My parents wanted me to take him along, but since most apartments aren't accepting animals, it wouldn't have been possible. I loved him so much, so I didn't wanted to leave him behind. I'm more ready now, as he left me one year ago.

An other highlight of 2008 is the arrival of Maxence, my 3rd nephew. His birth was expected after the holidays, but the little fellow couldn't wait... He came to us on Christmas day, at night :D ! He's really kawai (cute in Japanese)! Grats to my brother and sister-in-law. He is the 4th member of their ever-growing family.

Oh yeah! I have decided to lose some weight. I have mentioned earlier in my rent of the Video Game Live that I wasn't in shape. Well, I've took upon myself to become healthier. I bought Wii Fit to help in achieving my goal, and has it turns up, it really did helped. I have been using almost each day, since I purchased it back in July. My brother was the first to be left surprised, as he told me that at first he feared that I've just wasted money on an other gadget that I wouldn't be using that much. I recommended it to anyone who has the same goals as me. To date, I have lost more the 27 pounds.

Well, that's about it! A lot of events transpired in this years, and those were just a few. I have high hopes for 2009. If 2008 was the year of changes for me, 2009 will be the year that my projects will come to be.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year!

My 2008 Retrospective: Meeting Solis

If you have been following my blog, you already know about the new Macbook Pro that I've ordered last october at the Apple Store. Well, I have indeed received it on the promised day and since then, I've been playing with it... That's the reason for the long silence :D ! Without further ado, let me present you Solis.

I'm in love with this computer. The screen is gorgeous and clear, even though it is only available with a glossy finish. The performances are great. Nonetheless, I didn't take any chances. I have boosted the RAM to 4 Gigs when I placed the order, since I want to work on Web Design with it and play some games on it. On that note, I have felt to the addiction that is World of Warcraft. Yes... I did :( . Sorry JRPG fans, but my friends forced me... Nwaah, I'm joking! Seriously, they didn't, but they did persuaded me to try it :D !