Week 28 (26-30 September)

Just looking at this heading FREAKS ME OUT-can almost hear the 'sleigh bells ringing' and all I want to do is STOP time, complete my work then FAST-forward 2 Christmas...wouldn't that be swell:)!!! So for the weekly heads up did some calculations for council (how much square metres would be in each zoning area-B3; R2 & R1) -sounds exciting doesn't it:0..., then scratched a bunch of unnecessary lines, coloured in and redid all the changes on the PC.
That shows my eventful week...

Week 26 (12-16 September)

Pretty mundane week, received a bunch of admin work whoopee!!! Had to calculate all the payments for each department-thankfully won't have to do that again, i completely SUCK when it comes to most things but especially numbers-was off by 50 grand?!!! Note to self i should definitely not be the person to pay bills!!! Anyway other than that pretty stoked the weekend has arrived-ciao*

Week 25 (5-9 September)

Week has been pretty ok-didn't exactly look for the rope?! So yup all in all work was handed and thank the big Guy upstairs they were NOT schedules so ya a change has come...
Have a huge 'clamped chain' that just keeps getting tighter at the mere thought of all my assignments that still needs to be tackled.  It's frustrating that I never finish them especially on time - a subconscious matter that needs to be tackled and pretty darn soon!!!

Anywu have LOTS to do so I'm outta here...

Week 21 (8-12 August)

Have to say that I enjoyed this week more than expected, my favourite day was when it was the symposium-going green is definitely something that I have aimed for ever since I was educated, from a friend-and as my "shrink-friend" says 'when you know better you do better'!!! So being able to listen to working architects, who implement this vital 'change' in their practice-was so completely exciting:)!!!

My favourite speaker has to be Andrew Horne who eloquently and with much enthusiasm explained his philosophical views of ‘going green’- that even though it seems as if there are lots of limits, limits being set by the government (the slow process in directing this Eco-friendly way), the meek stand by working architects on this necessary change, that in fact there is an ABUNDANCE of possibilities!!! To have complete trust within you, to step up and not wait for the change but be the change!!! We are the contributors of this ‘virus’ and it’s by time for the sake of ours and our future little ones that we do something about it…Now after a session like that how can you not feel inspired?!

Have to admit was so taken by these speakers that I bought the book that one of them suggested, ‘cradle to cradle’ which at first when you read it  seems like Utopian ideas but then everything sinks in and there literally is a world of possibilities. We basically live in a culture that has a design problem-quite ironic because it’s the thing I’m most struggling with! Design is the first human intention-what we need to ask ourselves is ‘what is our intention’? Is it to overload our planet with unnecessary pollutants or to design things in such a way that it may naturally degrade into the earth and become a nutrient to the soil just as the tree does with its ‘waste’-so that our ‘away’ (landfills that consume our waste) becomes away. In a nutshell we need to design not just for ourselves but for everyone that makes this overwhelminglingly beautiful planet…

week 20 (August1-5)

hada hectic week...

week 18 (11-15 July)

In a bitter taste of irony I realized that for a while I have been contemplating my stay at this firm, granted it’s not the most glamorous out of some architectural students firms and does not use the most advanced programmes/equipment-but whether it’s old school or new school the basics/foundation of architecture remains the same and I’ve been a TAD blind to see it!!!

So this week, there was a student from high school who job shadowed for about 2 days. In which I had to show her the ropes and explain exactly what we do. She hit me with an epiphany, even though I’m sure she didn’t mean to- she was so disinterested at everything I was telling and showing her there was never a flicker of excitement oozing out of her and as much as I was trying to sell what we do and force feed the perks of this career-nothing came out of it! For when she saw the mundane things that one has to do-she completely backed away and I realized how more inlove I am with architecture-that even the most monotonous things I kind of get a little excited when I’ve completed and secretly get a bit of joy when I’m doing it! So in essence I like what I do- the mundane schedules, the ‘artistic block’ when designing, the history, the science, the sociological aspect –every friggen thing-I’m INLOVE with it All!!!

Also sat down with the bossman and did an interview with him, which was quite interesting, for the challenges that he had to face, how he overcame them and even though I was trying to get some emotional stuff out of him the manly man inside wouldn’t budge,  but was given some pretty good advice! That would hopefully be posted sometime this weekJ

So with my eyes finally open, I’ve managed to see opportunities that I haven’t noticed before-so my journey is actually beginning with this whole internship-yup a few months later but NOW  I’ve realized the greatness of perception-super stoked*

Week 17 (4-8 July)

Was given the east wing Ground floor to do-basically the slow death continues and this ‘amazing process’ is redone yet again-yay me…

What has shocked me to a degree, is how architects probably of a certain generation-hold a tiny light for women in this field, how we are easily considered one’s to be put in the kitchen and that this is more of a side job for some petty cash than a career! I have always wanted to do this; or rather it stemmed off from another career into this, which made me realize as corny as it sounds ‘that it’s my calling’.

But what I can honestly say is that my drive has now completely hit the roof, I want to prove MANY that have subtly told me I wouldn’t succeed-the bounds are limitless and it’s by time that I take this really seriously! So no more games, no more childish excuses-I will grab this opportunity by the horns and change the perceptions of many*