Short shot done in Houdini

Been some time since I last posted. Been busy with my project and settling down in Toronto. New place, new office, new people. During the past weeks in LA, I've been working on a shot depicting my walk to work. It is fully done in Houdini. It was a way to learn how to use the various components in Houdini...modelling, rigging, animation, some particle effects, some more SOPs, shaders...etc. Always felt that the best way to learn is to go hands on. Here's the movie clip...it's one shot in a series. The animation is quite bad but I must move on to something else...the next shot simulating chewing gum..