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*