My course & my curse
What do people normally do after college? For some of my friends, the answer was easy: work in a call center. I know everyone has at least someone they know who works in the telecom industry. It would be fun earning those few extra moolah, but with my temper, I could easily have a heart attack answering complaint calls. Some have learned how to deal with pesky callers, and I admire them for their courage. Like my brother's friend, who delights in blowing on the mouthpiece of the phone and apologizing to the caller for having "technical difficulty". And my friend's sister who would put the caller on hold, shout curses from her guts, and thank the caller for waiting. Better the CC than a bum they say. Oh yeah. Sure.
What i'm doing now?
Right now I am preparing for the board exam scheduled this october. I'm an Interior Designer."What?Designers have a board exam?!" Yup. FAQ to me. You see, the common misconception of people who are uh-uh is that Interior Designers and Interior Decorators are one and the same. Nop nop. We don't just study colors and furniture styles..Designers are usually educated like architects and engineers. For decorators, well, that's where your curtain-maker,furniture-maker, etc. etc. comes in. My dentist was actually shocked to find me reading about plumbings and electrical plans while drilling on my teeth. "isn't that the job of the architect or the electrician?" well, yes and no. Yes, the architects and other "highly regarded professions" specializes in these. And no, because designers are required to learn them too because most of the time, they follow the original plans that the designer layouts for them. Sometimes its annoying that some architects actually belittle the designers "shooing" them away from construction sites,thinking they know it all. But look at it this way, the designers are like the sahog in your pancit, and the architects are the pancit. Of course you can do without the sahog but the sahog can't do without the pancit, but without one or the other, it isn't a good pancit at all. But together, sarap! Unfortunately these days, it's common to leave out the designer and just hire an architect and an engineer. Sob. It's ok, the sahog is masarap din naman alone pang ulam ahh. But let me tell you, my degree is Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. Why isn't it called Bachelor of Arts? Go figure.As of this moment, I'm worried about earning my license, or else that 5yrs of work in college won't amount to anything.Now leave me alone, I still have to study how much concrete i need in a 12sqm room...
If you ever need a designer, email me. *grin*
What i'm doing now?
Right now I am preparing for the board exam scheduled this october. I'm an Interior Designer."What?Designers have a board exam?!" Yup. FAQ to me. You see, the common misconception of people who are uh-uh is that Interior Designers and Interior Decorators are one and the same. Nop nop. We don't just study colors and furniture styles..Designers are usually educated like architects and engineers. For decorators, well, that's where your curtain-maker,furniture-maker, etc. etc. comes in. My dentist was actually shocked to find me reading about plumbings and electrical plans while drilling on my teeth. "isn't that the job of the architect or the electrician?" well, yes and no. Yes, the architects and other "highly regarded professions" specializes in these. And no, because designers are required to learn them too because most of the time, they follow the original plans that the designer layouts for them. Sometimes its annoying that some architects actually belittle the designers "shooing" them away from construction sites,thinking they know it all. But look at it this way, the designers are like the sahog in your pancit, and the architects are the pancit. Of course you can do without the sahog but the sahog can't do without the pancit, but without one or the other, it isn't a good pancit at all. But together, sarap! Unfortunately these days, it's common to leave out the designer and just hire an architect and an engineer. Sob. It's ok, the sahog is masarap din naman alone pang ulam ahh. But let me tell you, my degree is Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. Why isn't it called Bachelor of Arts? Go figure.As of this moment, I'm worried about earning my license, or else that 5yrs of work in college won't amount to anything.Now leave me alone, I still have to study how much concrete i need in a 12sqm room...
If you ever need a designer, email me. *grin*
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