Right now work is stagnant. We just shipped a presentation out the door this morning and my boss forgot to tell me what to do for the afternoon. So with no work I spent my time trying to look busy online and reading the few architecture books I could find in English. My head hurts from just trying to stay active. This sucks.
This weekend will be spent in preparation for the upcoming dormitory festival on the 12th. The people at the dorm are diligently working away for what I`m promised will be a very important event. Each area of the dorm is being transformed with some installation both practical and art practice. I`m supposed to be helping with one of them but my group hasn`t been very communicative about meeting times and it just keeps falling through. This weekend is sure to be a serious work time though because its the last. I`ll post some photos from the festival on flickr once its over.
This month is the beginning of the monsoon season here with rain expected nearly every day. I saw a patch of blue sky on my way to work yesterday morning and was so surprised. I realized I hadn`t seen blue sky in probably a week. It gets dark around 7 and by the time I leave work I don`t really notice anyway.
Tonight I`m going to a lecture by a very famous Japanese architect, Toyo Ito and probably the world most innovative engineer, Cecil Balmond. I think at least half of it should be in English so I should be able to understand part of it. Hopefully its translated. It will be interesting to see how many people show up for a public architecture lecture. Given their notoriety it will probably be well attended.
I think the novelty of Japan is beginning to wear off. Things that seemed new and strange at first are begining to seem routine and even a little annoying. My lack of access to basic things because of the language and cultural barrier has made me start to be a little reclusive. I should try to be more social, but it`s hard.
