First Day...and now.
So...i had my first day at work at KPF today..cos atm, im livin in a zone 4 area and the office is in Covent garden which is zone 1...it meant havin to wake up just a little earlier than im currently used to...so out of the house by 8:45am and dashed for the oncoming bus that drove past me...I'm really lovin Oyster cards...jus how efficient and somewhat quite stylish it is to fip out ur card wallet and slap it onto the machine thus opening the train gates...
Luckily, the office is situated coveniently across from Covent garden train station so i arrived outside the doors at 9:30...a good half hour before i needed to go in...half awake..i trudged around and found a Cafe Nero where i bought a regular sized cup of tea...where i managed to burn my tongue...tea has never been so hot...and i should know..cos im a big tea chugger. So..with my numb tongue i went into the office...I did some research yesterday and the floor that i first saw was quite cool...a warm, laid-back atmosphere with maybe 20-30 or so people workin. i thought to myself "yeah..cool...not that many people...not too intimidating..this should be fun.."
fast forward today: i find out architects alone...nearly 200 of them! add on the marketers and the rest...we've got huge numbers...all on that one floor u say? ah...wise one...they occupy 3 floors! and 2 other floors on a building opposite! the image of myself as a small fish jus got even smaller when the lady told me.
So, ive been placed into a project involving LSE and their student accomodation with cafe/bar. Oddly, it seems to me that I am the only one makin this section of the model...didn't quite dawn on me till this morning considerin the other model makers are doin other projects...
Yeah, its hard atm...everyday is hard slog...not only i have to deal with the ever changing demands of my bosses on how things should look, i actually have to go and make it...properly. Originally, i thought my model was just a simple model for them to prod at and see where they can make edits..but its startin to sound like they want it to be a presentation model...more stress...
right, too tired to write...will blog more..
hope ur well...
Off to London...
So... I'm off to London to do nearly 2 weeks of work experience at a company called KPF... I'm excited but at some level a little nervous because they don't usually take up first years so it will be a little intimidating...hopefully my life skill for making useless small talk will come handy..
So I will be train-ing it tommorow afternoon and stay a family friend's place till Friday then move to Adnan's place hopefully... I'm not a London freak but I like big cities so this will give me a taste of it... things will be alright...
Apologies to Bert and Phan because I do want to be around and be as much help as I can. I'll be back to help you move your "Abongaboogas" (I don't know what they are called..Ikea comes up with weird names) up your stairs in your new home. I pray everything goes alright.
So yes... London. Here we come. Treat me well. Otherwise you'll get an earful from my mom.
I'm Currently Listening to: "When You're Gone" by Avril Lavigne
Floatin' On
It's been awhile since i last posted on here..i dunno, with everythin thats gone on i jus havent found the time nor the space to sit down and write it out. with facebook and emails really takin up most of the time im online...especially facebook and its quick efficiencies, i guess ive found less and less reasons to blog...hmm...but to blog about what? sure...i can tell u bout my great love for pizza but i have difficulty tryin to put down words how I am with God.
I've latched onto this lyric sung by Modest Mouse; "And we'll all float on ok"
for some reason i kinda like that line. i think its not too optimistic and its not too pessimistic. i think optimistic in the way that you aren't drowning in trouble but pessimistic that ur barely surviving. i guess there is a bit of hope in it. i like it, i tell myself that everytime in in a spot of bother nowadays..heck, i even say to people who talk to me.
"Ah..you'll float on..."
i guess its jus earthly me tellin myself things will be fine when really they are more than fine. things are great. i guess i jus choose not to see it. u dont see the things u have until its gone. im startin to figure that out now. God has my back, why do i feel like im jus floating? the mind is a complex thing.
In other news, i managed to secure work experience in London from the 12th - 22nd of June which is great...Praise God for that one. I am kinda lookin forward to it cos hey, its work experience and its somethin to put down on the 'ol CV but at the same time, i do really want to see what being an architect is about..have all my late Plymouth nights drinking substitute Red Bull a similar replica to the real thing? i hope not. I guess a part of me still wants to be in brum and help Bert out with his house or somehow get more involved in church. i dont know what it is. but a part of me still wants to stay. only natural i presume. Oh, and MuteMath are in Birmingham on the 21st too..how convenient(!)
Ah well...I'll float on.
