unsaid but hopefully well written

the more I think about it, the more I realize that the majority of architecture student are in some kind of love/hate relationship. you said that it waste your time sometimes, that it makes you deal with some petty little things you never know exist before, it makes you stay up all night, it makes you addicted to coffee or any drink that helps you awake, it makes you do silly things like taking photo with a holed cardboard as if you are a game board (you know, the one with bunny appeared in a hole for you to hit), it makes your skin burnt after an endless survey, it makes you look terrible in the morning because you got no sleep and you have to present things early in the morning, and so on.

As bad as it would sound, it never really gets that bad. I mean, there is always pride in noticing details that some people may not even know, it always relieving to see your display printed on time after staying up all night, it is good to know a lot types of drinks and know exactly the effect to your body (does it make you stay awake and body-ache the day after, or it doesn't strong enough, or it makes you want more, or it doesn't taste good but it makes your eyes open), it is always fun to do silly things people won't do in their classroom, it is amazing how you can find things in a place that being taken for granted after being in that place almost a whole week, and it makes you proud.

really, I have never seen someone talks about architecture (no matter how bad it is for them) without such enthusiasm.

I guess we are all suffer from the love/hate relationship with this major

I think it's about 4 years ago. I'm in the middle of conversation with my homeroom teacher. Talking about the inevitable topic of university and she asked me this question, "So what will you do then if you still this moody?"

I have this acute mood swing back then when I was high school. Nothing serious, it's just something I can't hide from people. But back to my personality, most of the time, it faded away almost as quickly as it happened.

back then, I replied childishly, "I can drink the milk," and the list continue, and write on my diary, or listening to some yellowcard on my iPod, or buy some ice cream, or holding hands with istia, or sleep, or anything as simple as drinking the hot milo.

But you know, that time when the simplest things happened has gone far. Now, problems have to be solved, not to let go by listening to Lights and Sound. Problems are something I have to deal with, instead of writing it all on my diary. It's not that I'm still that 17 year old girl with an acute mood swing and a weird addiction to ice cream, diary, and milo. It's just that life happens to be going and not waiting.

Ever heard that life begins at twenty? twenty-five? thirty? Go on with whatever you like, the truth is, life doesn't wait until that designated age. Life just begin, and keep on going. You are the one who has to keeping up with its pace. Life just begin, and keep on going. Brace yourself, that's reality.

And I'm etching that last paragraph to my mind with the hope of ten years later, when I re-read this writing a 21 year old me has written, I can smile and tell myself that I have been at the same pace with the life.

and since this is a special morning for me, I'd like to listen to the live version of this song as much as I can all morning

one thing about architecture is that it always takes you somewhere. My friends went to Mentawai this year and Alor last year. I went to walk along the Sudirman pedestrian this semester and along Wahid Hasyim earlier this year.

last monday, it takes me to kota tua. I went for a site visit regarding my project on afair 2013 and this is what I got

iseng buka-buka folder foto terus tiba-tiba inget kalo kira-kira setahun yang lalu, saya ikutan acara archicare.

Archicare itu salah satu prokernya anak sosma yang intinya adalah bikin workshop buat anak-anak kecil, workshopnya berkaitan dengan dunia arsitektur (semoga deskripsinya nggak ngaco) intinya kepedulian anak ars buat anak-anak yang kurang beruntung. Acaranya sih main-main, nonton film, bikin prakarya, dan ada materinya juga. Dan yang paling penting adalah gimana excitednya dan nggak bisa diaturnya anak-anak kecil itu. Disuruh kumpul kelompok tiba-tiba nggak mau, disuruh nyanyi eh jadi garing, hahaha. gitulah pokoknya, emang dasar nggak bisaeun kali ya ini sayanya.

(click to enlarge the photos)




anyway, archicare is coming to town! saya mau ikutan lagi ah,

Ekskursi Mentawai 2012

AFAIR 2013