I was streaming the channels when I came across Discovery channel's Man Made Marvels. That's where I came to know about Beijing's new Olympic Stadium which is to be in a form of a bird's nest. Here's a look at a website that I found at the first search result. Sometimes, I just wonder at their mind's search engine. It's pretty impressive. I don't know how functional this form can be but once the form is there, it's going to be detailed for the thousand years to come. It'll be a history. And that's when the episode was discussing the issues of the stadium having risks of the earthquake, they showed the National Grand Theater in Beijing,China which had similar risks. Here's a look at the egg and some Wikipedia info .
Anyhow, here's a thing that's been bugging me since I had a talk with Poh Mei about this matter.Welllll..... I disapprove people who thinks that being an interior designer ain't dignified like a doctor or even a lawyer who are the professionals. Well, we are NOT professionals. I don't deny that. But having the idea that it only works to be IDer when the name rises to fame is just so wrong. Clearly, people just judge by the outlook. Forget about houses, people are just not exposed nor capable to have their houses to be designed(it's understandable) but when it comes to commercial spaces, even the very small hip restaurant or even a retail shop that you walk into are a contribution from us. We don't merely put furnitures in or decorate the space with flowers! but we also make sure that the space circulation is perfect,we do design and specify our own cabinets/display features/etc with our own selected materials/measurements, we touch up unwanted exposed column from the architects/contractors, we can decide perfect lighting points and the usage for a space, we make sure that the furnitures positioned functions properly, we just can make a space into anything. We are behind every space you walk in. All the detailing that people outside of this field never seen. Well, I don't need more than a diploma to boost my career and yet there are LOTS of people underestimating me because of my paper qualification.
Why do they even have to ask if I have a degree or even continue for a Degree? People and their perceptions. They just don't know what they are talking about. ID companies does pay good except for the one I'm working now, I know, I know but..(like I've written before, I have my reasons).
Haih...it seems like it's glamorous to have the initials "Dr." I just don't get how people think. Guess, I'm still not matured enough to face the comparisons made by all of us. Like who's having a Degree, who's buying a car first, who's going to earn more, who's more successful. Aaargh..such an adult world.
p/s: Poh Mei, there are quotes from you and lot's of feedback from my side, I know. It's just a defense.
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