Comddap Davao 2009

"Where the highest mountain in the land rises over the vast rich plains of Davao, where the king of Philippine birds soar over his domain, the giant of all Philippine I.T. shows once more unfolds its latest event. It’s COMDDAP Davao 2009 – the biggest I.T. expo held regularly in the South."

Last July 2, 2009 we attended the Comddap Davao 2009. This is a product exhibit of the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines.

Admittedly, it is geeky. LOL. But fun and informative at the same time. My friends and I signed up for the seminar to be given in the afternoon but fortunately we arrived there a little earlier and that's why we had a little time on our hands to make rounds on the exhibit area.

As I remember it, companies such as AOC, NEXUS, HEWLETT PACKARD PHILS. CORP., Canon, Dell, EPSON, MSI-ECS PHILIPPINES. INC., WORDTEXT SYSTEMS, INC., SMART, Gigabyte, Envision and other IT related companies where there to show their products on separate booths and stalls.

I was trying to get an idea for my research topic by looking at the products and I have seen a lot of Green IT related products such as a green computing based motherboards (from Gigabyte), laptops (mostly by Dell) and LCD monitors by AoC.

Later in the afternoon we joined in the seminar held by Mr. Celmer Santos of Jupiter System Inc, Nexus group. He introduced us to Jupiter Systems and focused more their Dealer Management System. If you want to outsource software developments especially those which focus more on car dealership and management you can visit to their site: http://www.jupitersystems.com.ph/

Jupiter Systems has a lot of services such as procurement, manufacturing, order management and dealership management system. And the one the Mr. Santos focused more on his talk is their dealership management system. A lot of well known companies such as Volvo, Mazda, Honda, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Toyota and other big car brands purchased their services. The general features of their dealership management systems are the following:
• Monitor Sales Executive Activities,
• Sales lead monitoring from initial inquiry to actual close
• Sales quotation processing
• support sales of new and used vehicles
• vehicle reservation and deposit collection
• vehicle inventory
• customer incident and resolution recording
• interface to manufacturer systems
• reports and queries
• highly graphical technician assignment and loading window
• customer appointment
• repair order and estimates
• customer/vehicle service history
• technician time in and time-out
• parts requisitioning and picking
• control parts and consumables cost

After Mr. Santos, Mr, Leonard Zapa from HP Invent took thestage and introduced us to HP's new product: thin client. It was a really informative topic and a very handy product. By the first three slides he already convinced me to buy the product (but I can't since I don't have dough haha). Thin clients are small and protable CPU like device but with lower memory since it doesn't have a hard drive. It has an IDE flash with a memory of 1-2GB which may seem as a disadvantage but it actually is very beneficial especially to task based users.

Thin clients are computing devices that function as an access device on a network. These solid-state devices connect over a network to a server where the bulk of the processing takes place. Thin clients have no hard drive, allowing for more secure storage of data and applications on the server. Thin clients offer the highest data security, lower total cost of ownership, increased energy efficiency, easier manageability and high reliability with a small chance of downtime to occur in the system or even none at all.

With no hard drive, fan or other moving parts, thin clients have a much longer lifespan than standard computers and use significantly less power. Lower maintenance costs are another benefit as software application updates, virus scanning and patches can be executed on the server. Thin clients offer significant savings in power usage over traditional desktops. This is realized not only in energy costs but reduced air-conditioning costs in some cases. With their long lifecycle thin clients allow companies to achieve energy savings targets and reduce the need for replacement equipment. Deployment costs are also reduced as thin clients can be remotely configured and do not need to be set up individually. Break-fix simply requires replacing the thin client.

In a Thin Client environment you can upgrade users quickly and inexpensively by updating application software hosted on servers, not clients. Not only do you have a more controlled and secure environment, but technical support costs are greatly reduced. These are long-lasting products with no moving parts, to not only reduce noise levels, but also lower maintenance costs. There’s even optional wireless connectivity support on select models.

Total Cost of Ownership*
• 80% less maintenance per year
• 25% capital cost savings
• 34% less in maintenance
• 23% less to operate
• 25% productivity increase

Other advantages of thin clients are:
• Control software, applications and files centrally
• Save up to 80% on maintenance costs
• Deploy out-the-box in under 10 minutes
• Support your legacy mainframe
• Effortlessly manage enterprise IT
• Use fewer support personnel
• Manage remotely with simple problem diagnosis
• Reduce hardware theft

The talk with Mr. Zapa was really fun and all of us were listening closely so that e could answer the questions he will give at the end of his speech. I was called to answer and the question was relatively simple but bad enough it’s not my lucky day and I just blurted out an answer with fully reading all the choices. Maybe and with the highest probability I answered wrong because of excitement. Going back to that experience my head just churns because I should have won a t-shirt from HP and a 2 gigabyte USB if I answered it correctly. What a shame. I became really interested in the product so I will feature it in my upcoming posts.

Going back to the COMDDAP, it was a very geeky but entertaining and time worthy event. It felt like being a small kid again locked up in a room full of candies and toys.


Photo credits to Ms.Kate Mariel Dizon

Motherboard from Gigabyte

LCD Monitors from AOC

Me advertising AOC *tehee*


From left to right (cham2x, dolor, angel,kate, Me (looking sleepy) and Karren)

USEP Enrollment System Diagram

After the refreshing summer break, I forced myself to have me enrolled back to school. Kidding. Haha.. Honestly, (and I am not saying this because we are talking about the enrollment system tarpaulin) for the four years that I have been enrolled in the university, I still haven’t memorize the enrollment system in the university. If I were asked to do step by step guide on how to enroll I could do it if and when it is not the enrollment period, I have experienced it so I certainly can.

For New Students
1. Go to UGTO and fill up student records
2. Payment of fees (IC Local Council fee, Obrero Campus Student Council fee, collegiate headlight fee and Insurance).
3. (For scholars only) Apply for a scholarship at the Office Student Services.
4. Enroll in ROTC or CWTS.
5. Go to your college adviser, submit or present all necessary documents, and secure a Pre-Registration form.
6. Fill up the Pre-Registration form and have your adviser sign it.
7. Submit the Pre-Registration form to the encoder and secure Certificate of Registration.
8. (For scholars) Verify student accounts at the bookkeeper. (For non-scholars) Pay tuition fee at the cashier.
9. Submit all necessary documents/requirements and complete enrolment by getting stamped “Officially Enrolled” at the Registrar.
10. Apply for a library card.

For Old Students:
1. Payment of fees (Local Council fee, Obrero Campus Student Council fee, collegiate headlight fee and Insurance).
2. (For scholars only) Validate scholarship at the Office of Student Services
3. Go to your college adviser, submit or present all necessary documents, and secure a Pre-Registration form.
4. Fill up the Pre-Registration form and have your adviser to sign it.
5. Submit the Pre-Registration form to the encoder and secure Certificate of Registration.
6. (For scholars only) Verify student accounts at the bookkeeper. (For non-scholars) Pay tuition fee at the cashier.
7. Complete enrolment by getting stamped “Officially Enrolled” at the Registrar.
8. Validate library card.
PS: I don’t know about shiftees though. Fortunately, I never needed to shift or transfer or anything.

That sounds weird and stupid but its true that during the enrolment season I don’t know where to go and what to do and as a proof last enrollment I spent a whole hour lining up with the enrolling students for the Registrar to have my OJT clearance signed just to know that I just could go straight to the Registrar since it was a clearance for the summer classes. I don’t know why I tend to forget it, maybe its because of the heat, or because seeing how long the queues of students hat makes me stressed out even before lining up myself or maybe because my anticipation to the coming semester’s line up of classes and….professors. I usually just follow what my classmates do and where they go like a puppy. It’s okay since I am considering myself as a cute Maltese pup. Well, enough of my “funny” side comments.

Lot things have changed in the enrolment season this year. The Cashier and Registrar section are now more in order than ever and big tarpaulins that guides a student whether a new, old or a shiftee to how to enroll. What do I mean by the Cashier and Registrar being more in order? Well, in the past years I have been in the university during the enrollment season students’ crowd over that small place (small considering to the vast amount of students pouring in that area) that when one views the scene from the second floor it looks totally like fishes in a sardines can. Students sweating and elbowing each other, heat builds up due to the “no space to move even for air to pass” situation. I even remember that a line formed by ten students have branched out into two other queues creating two number eleven student thus creating confusion and tension. Another problem is that the Registrar and Cashier are just in the same area having the students lining up for the Registrar and Cashier standing back to back each other. When I was still considered as a scholar (since nowadays GSIS scholars are now told to pay their fees in the Cashier than just pass a green card to the bookkeeper), enrollment was such a breeze since I don’t have to wait long and have varicose veins protruding on my legs due to the amount of time I spend standing up and waiting for my turn at the Cashier. The Registrar isn’t really a problem to us, students from the Institute of Computing since we are only small in number or population that is why our queue time isn’t really that long if not none at all.

But then now, compared to the sardine can situation from before, only one line is being made for each Cashier and Registrar section. Regardless of the number of windows or service sections they have only one line is allowed making the flow of transaction more organized. Students don’t have to suffer smelling each others stench or even feel heat since space is bigger now. Guards are there give the students their numbers in the line and see if everyone is on their right line and that no one is making “singit” (pardon the term I used).


Photo Credits to: Harley Lovitos

In the Cashier area the seats are arranged in a certain fashion that makes the students take turns. If a window/service counter is vacant the student on the first chair would take that counter and so on and so forth. Also believed that due to the new Enrollment System (the computer sense of system) made by two professors from the Institute of Computing the service time was much faster than before, though I also think that the staff’s work ethics also helped in making the transactions move faster.

When I came inside the Engineering building I haven’t really noticed it since it was placed in a manner where the incoming person can’t notice it much but as I was going to the comfort room that was when I saw the Enrollment System Tarpaulin.


Photo Credits to: Kate Dizon


For me, I thought that this was better than what the university did last year to guide the enrolling students. It was much more arranged, detailed and the material used was much better since you can’t easily rip it. Being someone who forgets enrollment procedures it was nice to know that something like this was provided by the university and admittedly I didn’t really use it since just like the past years I just took the role of a puppy dog following where my friends would go and what they would do (this technique is faster and more convenient for me haha). But then I know people like me who have short term memory loss or to the shiftees and new student those tarpaulins would definitely come in handy.

Since the text in the picture above cant be read I just wrote down the contents of the tarpaulin below.

Enrollment Procedure for New students and Transferees

STEP 1 – Go To the University Guidance And Testing Office
o Encoding of Student Information.
o Identification No. Assignment.

STEP 2 – Office Of Student Services ( For Scholars Only)
o Scholarship Application.
o Releasing of Scholarship Card.

STEP 3 – ROTC/CWTS
o Registration and Sectioning of ROTC/CWTS.
o Releasing of ROTC/CWTS slip.

STEP 4 – College
o Present enrollment requirements.
o Advising / Pre-Registration.
o Payment of other fees (Local Council fee, Obrero Campus Student Council fee, collegiate headlight fee and Insurance).
o Encoding - Assessment of fees.
o Temporary Certificate of Registration Printing.

STEP 5 – Student Accounts (For Scholars Only)
o Submit Temporary Certificate of Registration.
o Posting of Accounts.

STEP 5 – Cashier (Paying Students
o Submit Temporary Certificate of Registration.
o Payment of Matriculation.
o Official Receipt Printing.

STEP 6 – Registrar
o Submit enrollment requirements.
Form 138 (High School Card).
Photocopy of NSO Birth Certificate.
USEPAT Entrance Exam Result.
Admission Slip.
Medical Certificate.
Certificate of Good Moral (Original).
2 pcs. 2x2 recent ID picture.
Prospectus of the enrolled course.
1 pc. Long brown envelop.
Official receipt of tuition and other fees.
o Printing of Official Certificate of Registration.

[b]Enrollment Procedure for Old Students[/b]

STEP 1 – Student Accounts
o Check students’ accounts.
o Check balance.
o Clearance signing.

STEP 2 – College
o Advising / Pre- Registration
o Payment of other fees (Local Council fees , Obrero Campus Student Council fees, Collegiate Headlight fee and Insurance).
o Encoding.
o Assessment of fees.
o Temporary Certificate of Registration Printing.

STEP 3 – Student Accounts (For Scholars Only)
o Submit Temporary Certificate of Registration.
o Posting of Accounts.

STEP 3 – Cashier (Paying Students)
o Submit Temporary Certificate of Registration.
o Payment of Matriculation.
o Official Receipt Printing.

STEP 4 – Registrar
o Present Clearance.
o Present Official Receipts (Tuition and other fees).
o Printing of Official Certificate of Registration.



[b]Enrollment Procedure for Shiftees[/b]

STEP 1 – Student Accounts
o Check students’ accounts.
o Check balance.
o Clearance signing.

STEP 2 – Go to Former College
o Request to shift.
o Recommendation to shift.

STEP 3 – Proceed to New College
o Acceptance of Shiftee
o Advising / Pre- Registration.

STEP 4 – Go to University Guidance And Testing Office / Office Of Student Services
o Student Profile Updating

STEP 5 – Go back To New College
o Payment of other fees (Local Council fee , Obrero Campus Student Council fee, Collegiate headlight fee and Insurance).
o Encoding.
o Assessment of fees.
o Temporary Certificate of Registration Printing.

• STEP 6 – Student Accounts (For Scholars Only)
o Submit Temporary Certificate of Registration.
o Posting of Accounts.

• STEP 6 – Cashier (Paying Students)
o Submit Temporary Certificate of Registration.
o Payment of Matriculation.
o Official Receipt Printing.

• STEP 7 – Registrar
o Present Clearance.
o Present Official Receipts (Tuition and other fees).
o Printing of Official Certificate of Registration.

As you can see the description I have given before and what the university wrote in the tarpaulin are just the same only it’s more detailed in the tarpaulin. It’s easy to understand which I think was a major consideration in making the tarpaulin. At first glance and in the eyes of a new student the tarpaulin made must be okay or perfect. It has served its purpose of guiding the students in the enrollment period but if you dissect every detail in the picture you can find inconsistencies or imperfections.

For some one who knows how to create use case diagrams it might occur to you to that it has faults but mostly are just minor faults. As for me, I am not really good in creating a use case diagram but I want to suggest things that would make the diagram on the tarpaulin a little bit better. For one the sizes of arrows should be uniform in size and length. Another would be that the actors in the diagram should also be in uniform form: height and width. Doesn’t it look funny when the other actor which represents the student should be long and thin in one part and stout and chubby in another? Another would be that if one can notice that below an actor a box is there wherein inside it figures such as 1/2, 1/1, and 2/2 are placed. Now, up to this day I don’t know what that means and even if I ask other people they neither not know what it means nor not notice it. If I were to make a guess a meaning out of those figures I would say that it would probably mean that in that service station it accommodates two out of one server, one out of one and two out of two servers respectively. But even that don’t make sense. I have enrolled a couple of times and I was or even observed such instances. Overall, if those figures are not needed then it should just be taken away but if it has significance in the system it should be explain in a legend so as to avoid confusion.



Just like Kate, I find that long arrow the biggest mistake in the diagram. For a newbie it certainly looks like its pointing to nothing. Even to a person who is experienced in making diagrams it still looks like it points to nothing. It gives a feel that a box/comment or maybe an actor is supposed to be there but was just forgotten. Why not connect it to the other arrow and just make one curved arrow? I can’t really see the purpose of making that arrow instead of curved one. Even if its not a use case diagram or lets say it’s a entity relationship diagram it still won’t be acceptable since you must connect it to another object or if you want to say that it will go to the diagram below it needs an object that will say that from that point onwards it is cut from the diagram above. It adds confusion both for those who knows how to create diagrams and for those who don’t.




Now on this picture above, as Kate said only scholars are required to verify their student accounts – so why is it that in the diagram the scholars are told to go to the Cashier? What makes the matters worst, this is the case in all three diagrams therefore every scholar would proceed to the Cashier. Even those who have been student scholars in the university for many years now could be a victim of this since it might occur to them that the university might have changed the enrollment system that now says that they have to go to the Cashier for their student accounts. The scholars then will find it hard to doubt that wrong information since the mistake was inconsistent in all three columns and in every diagram placed in the university. Now if that were the case some scholars (the population who adhere to the enrollment system on the diagram) have lined up in the Cashier wasting their time and efforts just to be told that they weren’t supposed to be there. So I think that next time before finalizing any diagrams or enrollment system it should be double checked so as to become a good reference to the students and not as a liability that spreads confusion.

Though I think that there are still other things other than the Enrollment system diagram needs improvement for the next enrollment like providing more electric fans to the area since heat and long lines still tend to tire out the students making them look sweaty and messy. More chairs should also be placed in the area and that the numbers given by the guards should have more meaning and more use than just that of handing it to the Registrar just to prove that you were in the line. What’s the point of it having a number or text on the paper if that number or text doesn’t mean a thing? True that t has served its purpose, acting like a license for students to prove that they didn’t just pop out of thin air and that fairness would prevail but what I want to say is that since the object is already there why can’t we just use it properly. The guards should give and hand out numbers or papers of which the numbers on the paper are in ascending order or not in random. Like in my experience the guard gave me a paper number 36 while the one ahead of me has a number 6. Since the enrollment system was new to me that to me that time it caused me to be confused. I thought that the Registrar will just call the next number on the list so that made me wonder why my number was so far away to the one before me. The things we need are already here so why not use it properly, right?

Another thought would be that all payment to all fees should be paid only at the Cashier or bookkeeper (if you are a scholar). During enrollment periods, students have to line up and wait at three areas to pay certain fees. These three areas are rather distant from one another: one in the Collegiate Headlight Office near the Social Hall, then to the local council office a student’s college building and lastly to the Cashier located at the College of Arts and Sciences. And one can imagine the toll that this creates to the students because in all three stations they have to line up. In the Collegiate Headlight Office, wherein all students in the university has to pay there are only three to four available service stations and from this information alone one can see how ling the queues might be and how long a person’s queue time is. Even service time in this station is also a bit longer because there is no existing system which means things are done manually. If a certain employee takes a day off it only leaves three or less stations to serve the students. And to the local council office, only one or two people are there to serve all the students in that particular college and this task is also done manually. Now, I don’t know why all fees has to be paid separately from the Cashier. Why issue a Pre-Registration form first then encode it to the Certificate of Registration wherein in this COR all fees are now to be paid in the Cashier. If that would be the case, the students only have to line up in just one area. I think it would make things a lot more convenient for everyone and make the transactions finished faster. Though the heat and queuing up would still be there at least it is now minimize or lessen into one.

I think the things I suggested above can be done in the next semester since it doesn’t really need that much of preparation but the thing that I would like to suggest the most is why not do the enrollment online? If the university has enough resources and money creating and deploying an enrollment system online would be nice. It is convenient, fast and lessen hassle to the students and university employees. Admittedly, this thought needs a lot of analyzing to be done and hammered into a more detailed idea. I am not suggesting to eradicate the personal contact of students and of the university but I want to lessen it while not compromising but improving the enrollment system of the university. But as I said, its still needs time, resources and proper study before implementation.

King of Pop finally took a last bow

The entertainment world got stunned as officials in Los Angeles confirmed that the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson died after suffering a cardiac arrest. Stars and fans most of which are now flying to and flocking in Los Angeles mourned the death of the beloved King of Pop.

Jackson started to conquer the music screen at a tender age together with his siblings with the support of MoTown Records. Who could forget the young boy in Afro wearing his signiture red jacket.

Though with all his achievements come controversies. At the time he undergone plastic surgery he has been a favorite among gossip columns. The transformation of his nose from "before" and "after" even made number 1 to the list of the Most Sensational Celebrity Secrets. And who could forget (if you read the news) about his sensational child molestation cases in the past years.

But then such controversies can't affect the music and the legend of Michael Jackson. To this day his album "Thriller" which just celebrated its 25 years in the top of the charts deeming it to be the best selling of all time.

This is a saddening news to think that he was already on the verge of making his comeback on the music scene though a concert tour. He was reportedly rehearsing for this said concerts in this last two months.

He has been through a lot from his childhood and till the day he died. He may have took his last bow at the age of 50 but it can be sad that he lived a full life for his accomplishments are tremendous. I offer my condolences to his family, especially to the three children he left behind, to his siblings, friends and fans. I hope that now he is in a happy place. Though the curtain have fallen the legacy of Michael Jackson still remains.

In housing in USEP is Good but is it the BEST?

What do you think is/are the reasons why the university decided to tapped in-house resources, was it a good decision?


In housing has been a familiar topic to me since it has been talked about a lot in the in the university and secondly, I myself is what I want to refer as a third or “fourth” party member to this process.

In life all things comes with an opposition or a contrast such as black and white, high and low, poor and rich and in the IT industry maybe the most familiar contrasting words when it comes to software development purchasing is outsourcing and in housing.

In housing refers refers to the production of some commodity or service, using a company's own funds, staff, or resources, whilst, outsourcing refers utilizing outside or external resources. Both, in housing and outsourcing have their own benefits and drawbacks and as I understand it one can't judge on what technique is more advantageous since the effectiveness of such techniques depends on what company, situation, system to be done together with minor yet vital factors. Every factor must be considered, researched and be analyzed well before one can decide whether it is feasible to use in housing or outsourcing in that given situation. In a given situation implementing one technique without careful analysis can create huge problems or drawbacks for the company. For example, implementing in housing without further study on the current company situation and software to be done (which if studied appropriately would tend to use outsourcing) could cause the company to pay more than if they outsourced.

When the university decided to tap in house resources, I have mixed thoughts. In the issue between in house and outsource I have always been vocal about my support in outsource. I have read focused more on knowing what outsource is and I am interested with it which is why I was a bit muddled by such decision of in housing but upon hearing that the professors in our department were the ones who were chosen to do it I was elated. Being a student who was taught by those professors, I have known that they have excellent academic backgrounds which really makes them worth idolizing for me but knowing that the university itself recognized their abilities by choosing them to develop certain systems for the university and its students like me that was a different thing. Though I know that they are also commissioned by other companies it doesn't have the same effect as to when I knew that the university chose them. Maybe because I am now familiar to the system they will be doing or maybe its because I know that its difficult since it will cater all the students and records in the university. I felt really proud that I was a student of these great and skilled professors, it makes me feel like I am as great as they are. But then all of those are my initial reaction to the situation. I am not saying that I don't anymore feel proud of my professors, because actually me response to the people involved is still the same only me thoughts about the situation changed.

I cant really pin down or rank down the reasons why the university did it and I don't even know if a through analysis has been done (since we have different definitions of “through”) when the university decided to do in housing. Maybe its because they recognize that we have highly skilled and capable system developers and not using their talents for the university might be seen as a waste (totally agree in this thought), or they think that it is more convenient since the chosen developers know how the university operates, how things are likely to be done that is why they aimed in housing, or perhaps its because its more cheaper. Or maybe, just maybe no one from the outside would like to do the system with such time constraints. Any of those reasons given above if not all maybe the reason why the university to utilize their ''own” resources.

The university commissioning two highly skilled developers is a GOOD decision but whether in housing was a good choice I am still in doubt since these people had other responsibilities inside the school and for this reason, they cannot function and perform their respective duties well. Though I can't contest to their decision since they probably went through an ordeal of deciding between in housing or outsourcing and might even executed deep feasibility studies and analysis it just might be that they did the right decision. But for me being a third party member in this affair since I am a student in this university and a student of these skilled professors I have experienced the bad effects or to put it lightly the consequences of in housing. My professor who was chosen to be one of the system developers have to drop our class so as to concentrate in making the system in such “tight” time constraints. Such action required hiring a substitute, part time professor for us who like us, the students became confused with the time and scheduling of the class, and pick up where the past lesson left off. Since our past professor have a different teaching style to our new professor all of us where a bit taken back and needed to adapt to it. Aside from the confusion it has given to the students another drawback I noticed was that the cost of hiring a part time teacher must add up to the cost maybe making all the total cost of in housing bigger than if it were outsourcing (not sure though since I haven't done the mathematics and accounting of it all hahaha). Maybe in housing will amount less in the start but at the long run it might cost more and become a hassle not only for the developers maintaining it, or its users but also to the students in the university.

In the end, as I said before I can't contest to the decision of the university because I believe that they must have undergone a deep analysis of all things in consideration before choosing to do in housing so it means that in this case it is THE BEST decision than outsourcing. Though I am leaning more towards outsourcing the university may have found it with beneficial with all things considered even its drawbacks. But then again, whether they have chosen in housing or outsourcing, consequences or drawbacks from each choices will appear and the only thing left to do now is to face all of those.

Sassy Girl wants Blood

Another vampire movie will be out this year and No, its not New Moon but Blood+. ``Blood" is based on a popular Japanese anime film, series and manga,and I just finished watching the anime version and I actually liked it though I am not really that big of a fan. The animation was great and the plot was also great so that leads us to the question: Will the movie (live) adaptation will level up or exceed the animation?

Hallyu star Jun Ji-hyun, also known as Gianna Jun who was populary known in the movie Sassy Girl, will play a half-vampire, half-human demon hunter Saya, in her first English-speaking role in the film ``Blood: The Last Vampire."

The story is about a girl named Saya (Jun Ji Hyun) who she tracks down and kills (brutally if I might add)demons in human disguise or Chiropterans throughout Tokyo in 1970. Her main concern is to hunt down the ``oldest and vilest of all demons" Onigen, who she blames for the death of her father.

A lot of critics who saw the 5 minute start of the film gave praises to Jun Ji Hyun for her fluent English but says that the movie is a letdown. I have also seen the 5 minute snippet of the movie and well, the way it was shot was really a bit of a let down. PS. I kind of hated Ji Hyun in Saya's uniform. I dont like seeing her in it and I dont know if its because the uniform looks big on her or she's slouching. Well, got to see the whole movie first before I can actually judge it. Love Jun Ji Hyun though.!!

From Sassy to Vamp..

credits: koreatimes