Well it’s now sunny outside, skirts and shorts are appearing as the standard dress code and everyone is thinking of their summer hols. Yet for us architecture students, these are all signs that the hermit period has begun…
No time for more changes to your design now, it’s all about the production. Fellow students say a temporary farewell to all family, partners and friends as we prepare for the final push to get things done. Your social life is now on hold.
Get yourself to your local supermarket and stock up on tinned foods, microwaveable meals, coffee or caffeine supplements and most importantly new CD’s for by the end of this 2 week period you will be sick to death of all music that you currently own! You could practically replace the lead artist knowing all their songs word for word.
Alternatively there is the radio, I can now recite all adverts for local businesses including that annoying SHARAF DJ and you will find yourself being really ‘cool’ knowing what is in the political news for once. It really is the only contact to the outside world… so don’t worry guys, there is no chance architecture students will catch the swine flu – we are already in quarantine! That’s right folks, architecture is actually saving us…
Now don’t get me wrong we all need breaks, yet when you are in the ‘zombified’ state, these are required to be easy going, ‘non-think’ breaks. During the day get outside and have some exercise to appreciate the good weather that everyone else is now going on about, or if your break appears to be in the wee small hours of the morning go for reality tv shows. Now, as bad as these shows are, they are perfect for architecture students. These provide a chance to watch other people cope with crit-like situations with Simon Cowell replacing the role of tutors(!); and remind us that we are all human.
There are only a couple of weeks to go until the final pin up now though, there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel – and we will get there. For some unknown reason, we always do!
So let’s all get stuck into our uni work – ISNT SLEEP OVERRATED THESE DAYS ANWAY?!
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Petra said on May 25 09 at 3:11 ammy finals band was the beatles. i know that mean mr mustard sleeps in the park.
also i do not believe in all-nighters. they are fail. i believe in 6 hour nights of sleeps beginning three weeks before the review. and good healthy meals, and breaks. that will increase the level of productivity when you actually work. also schedules, make them, and stick to them. architecture students are just whiny bitches.
amna said on May 28 09 at 1:56 amyes we are extremely whiners! which i believe is very annoying for people outside the circle of architecture, i pity my family and friends, who were forced to listen to my missfortunes , and my lack of sleep, when i started with architecture school.
I stopped whining semesters ago, when i realised that this is what i signed up for when i started studying architecture, it is cleary known that architecture students dont sleep enough, and work very hard to have their models crashed by their instructor the next day.I think by the end of the day ( or semester) looking at the result of ur hard work, your pure creation, the sense of accomplishment erases all the pain.
Nas Al-Khaldi said on May 28 09 at 2:32 pmi hope all the hard work and the sleepless nights will get us somewhere in the end…..
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