Din think i'll be able to go Europe until after grad
But also thanking my parents
For being able to fork out the money first
before getting subsidy from school.
World Architecture Festival
3 days of great exposure
Meeting students from other schools
Seeing famous architects face to face
Heartened to see a couple of local architects
coming forward to support us at the Student Charette
WoHa, first time seeing them.
Pple from RSP Architects and DesignSingapore Council.
Well, though we missed the winning prize by that little bit,
we did our best and many are proud of it.
Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel
Parc Guell by Antonio Gaudi
Next few days of sightseeing
Visiting all the major highlights in Barcelona
Great weather, no pickpocket incidents,
bumped into some cheap and good food.
Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudi
Went to mass successfully at La Catedral and
luckily i went to the earliest mass, which is the only one
that used the real pipe organ and main altar.
The subsequent ones are at the central area with a separate
digital pipe and congregation area. How blessed again.
La Catedral
Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van de rohe
Yes, there were struggles during the trip...
trying to warm up to people.
The need to tolerate one other's differences
Controlling my rage against some who pissed me
with their behaviour, attitude and mentality.
Yah...and a major struggle in resisting the temptation in shopping.
But bought quite a number of worthy stuffs.
The shopping here is one of the best i've seen...comparable and bigger
than in Korea. Though slightly more expensive.
But the shopping experience is dynamic.
Love the streets and the vibrancy.
Hated the smoke from cigarettes.
View from hostel, alleys of La Rambla
Well, now it's back to reality
to work on my thesis
which is still in its infant stage or hibernation stage i think.
The trip has definitely opened my eyes to quite a number of things.
A number of revelations or architecture and architect.
No wonder architects get inspired while travelling to
ancient monuments like Pantheon.
