full circle.

I received a call from my Mom a few days ago. She rarely calls me except when it is important or when maternal intuition kicks in. It's usually the first one. She was asking if I could lend some tools and books for the son of her friend who's also studying to become an Architect. I always thought that only a handfull of persons find my course appealing, well I was wrong.
My original impression is rooted in high school when there were only 2 of us who took the entrance exams for Architecture and the other one backed-out pa. Plus, I never knew any any Achitect personally before my college years so add them together and, this must be a boring course, but I took it nevertheless if only for my love for drawing.

I've always loved doodling when I was still a kid. My days are spent bent over a piece of paper on trying to replicate the anime robots that was popular at the time. I have in school waht I call drawing buddies. Oblivious to our teacher, we agree on a character and try to draw it and find out who's better. Obviously, I carried it all through high school and it was an easy choice on which course to take. This is primarily my objective in becoming an Architect, to be able to draw all the time and get paid for it. My only misconception though I thought there was no Math subjects which I immediately found out and twas too late to back out.

NOw, 13 years after graduating, I'm quite happy and fulfilled professionally in what I have accomplished and it is now my turn to become a "mentor" to those foolish enough to be what I am. In this business that is cutthroat and merciless, when style is often mistaken for substance, when what separates the good from the successful is the EGO, when compared to other professions, you're always second guessed by the client.

You gotta love it to endure, and when done the right way, you'd have a tangible legacy that is forever yours.