more happies

birthdays. more birthdays! our little AADRL group (my classmates and i) went out on saturday to a bar - yes, actually, we left the confines of studio and went out into a real bar in actual london, near kings cross station - and celebrated some birthdays. We even waited in a queue. Impressive, i know. I got home at 4 am. So there really are bars that stay open after midnight! (12am is when the pubs all close - so by the time we normally get out of studio, they are shut. Boo.)

The pictures here show me with Matei [USA] and Tomas [Chile], (the birthday boys) and then Yevgenia [Ukraine], Ujjall, Rochana, Praneet [India], and myself taking turns wearing someone's hat.I think it is Ujjall's. They are a team of 4 also in my same studio going to Dubai with me. (Matei and Tomas are going elsewhere/doing projects with different sites, though you may remember my darling Tomas was in my team this past fall. Aw!)

so tomorrow and friday are the AADRL Phase II Final Reviews. (i.e. me in one year's time, last presentation of the program). In other words: Graduate or Die. EEeee. We have been helping them for the past week or two preparing for their critiques. Stress and Sleep Deprivation are High. Scary. In these next two days of presentations, i think i shall learn a lot about what to expect from myself in the upcoming year. There are big wigs on the reviews of course, Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Karl Chu and some people from Columbia Uni, and of course some people from Zaha's, etc. Maybe there will even be model-smashing. Eee.

and of course, like a nerd, i offered to help video tape some parts - big mistake, as i have to get up at 6am to get there by 8am to set up! crap. idiot!