June 1, 2006

Internship in Tokyo






























For this four-month summer break, I worked at Architecture office in Tokyo. It was a small office where I cannot even go to restroom without asking somebody to move. The residences I participated in designing also were amazingly small. Architects in Japan are extremely good at fitting everything in. Lot to learn from their tricks.

Meantime, I was hooked to Ballroom Dance and a team of Japanese comedian, Oriental Radio. I usually went home at around 11pm, took shower, ate, and watched those TV shows till 3 or 4am. And woke up at 8am to go to work.

On Saturdays and Sundays, I also worked at wedding receptions as a waitress. So from Mon to Fri, I sit in front of a computer. And Sat and Sun were labor days.
Thinking that I am one of Japanese that work too much, I still felt it was worth pushing myself during summer break to enjoy the feeling of being independent: It was the first time I made money through what I learned.

May 23, 2006

back in Japan















毎年夏に帰国する上に温暖な南CAに住んでいて日本の冬がどれだけ寒かったかさっぱり忘れてしまった。アリゾナ出身のルームメイトは、ロスに住んでいる人は皆気候にスポイルされているとよく言っている。自分だけが一年に一度しか友達に会えないつもりでいたけれど、大学生活も後半になると皆 就活や卒論で忙しく、そう頻繁に集まっているわけでもないらしい。毎年帰る度にお好み焼きかお気に入りの居酒屋をリクエストします。

May 1, 2006

3B Think Tank

3B studio deals with dynamic architectural systems.

Finally towards the end of the semester, I came to realize there are certain things in design that architects shouldn't mess with. If I'm designing the laboratories, I would never touch ventilation system, specific requirements for labs, nor anything too technical ...ever again. There are other professionals to take care of those issues.






















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March 1, 2006

Fridays @5








































Every Friday at SCI-Arc, a couple of studios throw a party. Beer bottles are attached to 2x4s running across the ceiling with fishing wire. We took turns to sneak out of studio to prepare for this. Hanging beer is still by far the best installation I have ever seen.

January 1, 2006

Holliston
















Roommates at Holliston house. Dylan and I blame Sky on the slowness of our activities, though we've been totally given up on him. I automatically times 3 whatever the amount of time he promises.

"OK, let's go to eat in 15 minutes !" means Sky will make us wait about an hour. Roxanne also is a tight match to Sky though...