Nice weekend, with nice friends

On Saturday:
Sharan's Birthday. First Favela Chic with Binh, Eli, Juliana. There we meet Audun, Ida, Lavinia, Declan and Santiago. Good music, very crowded,.. some food,.. Sharan was not coming,... we contact her,... they couldn't get in! to late!!! The rest of the people was going to Hoxton Sq. Shall we join them? ok,.. let's go,.. a pity because the place was nice.
Looking for the Underbally,... we finally find it,.. ups! I've been here before,... such a remind,... Here they are! People from the office (basically Interior Designers) and more friends of Sharan from uni and school. Dancing, chatting a bit,... Time to go home,... Binh and me walking in near Old street. wow! such a nice club,.. let's go to see the toilets are here, and the flooring,.. it looks nice!
We keep on walking to pick up the bus to go home,.. and surprise,.. 3 guys walking next to us in the other direction and, Jose (from Granada)! I know you! ok,. Binh go home,.. I stay with them. Let's go to take some beer. We walk next to Liverpool Street. We chat. One of them is working in Foster, but I didn't know him. Of course, all of them are architects,.. The bar close,.. Ok,.. let's go home,.. We are waiting for the bus,.. mine come first, I wave and,.. Oh, no!! it doesn't stop! Fill de puta!! and I start to run,.. I manage to catch it in the next stop,.. ufff!!! so tired,....

On Sunday:
Wake up in the morning,was snowing..I was tired,..we don't know if go to the Marc's international lunch or not,..We call Jose (from Madrid) he was going and he was preparing a 'tortilla de patatas' to bring to the lunch,.. ok,.. let's go as well! I take some 'sobrassada', my flatmates some Argentinian wine and Doritos that we start to eat while waiting for Jose,...
We arrive to Marc's home. It's full of people and nice food! lasagna, pizza, meat, gazpacho, salmorejo, tortillas, spanish ham,.... Baylies, Pacharan,... nice music,.. nice atmosphere,.. Most of us architects,.. as always,.. but there was a cartoon animator as well,.. hehehhe
Suddenly I receive a call, was Manel, from Barcelona! he was in Liverpool street. I go to pick him up in Old street and he join the party. It was nice to see him!
The people is starting to go home,...A colombian guy tell me that if I want he can bring me home with his motorbike! wow! that could be cool! and indeed,.. so nice to go by motorbike in London, next to the river, with the lights,.. London looks very nice in the night,...

The postgraduate's chronicle/La crònica d'una post-graduada

1st February-18th February

I arrived to London, I didn't have a house, I've stayed for 2 weeks in Betty's place, she was so nice! I was helping her a little bit with her project and I saw how the AA works, and I have to say that I'm not convinced about it's method,...

I received some news from my former flatmate, they were supposed to leave the flat in 2 months. and Aylin, the girl who took my room when I came to Spain to finish my final project told me that she hadn't paid me the deposit and that she won't do it. Why? she said that the agency should gave me that money,.. but it wasn't the way that I did it when I joined the flat... I talked with the agency and they, of course, told me that they will not give me any money because there were still people living there and they 2 of them who were supposed to be my friends were not paying the month, as they were afraid of don't get the deposit back once they will move. So at the end,.. they let me completely alone and loosing 433pounds!!! That was a very bad time,... 3 people that I thought that were my friends and leave me alone with that,...Sad and unbelievable,....Days and people to forget,..

19th of February to 19th of March


New flat, new flatmates!!! When I arrived I immediately started to look for a flat and, this time I've been very lucky!The second flat I went to visit, I loved it!! and by chance I found my new flatmates in the office, I've found the advertisement of the flat with 3 rooms and they were 2 people looking for a flat, so,.. all together went to visit it and all of us loved it. The day after, the landlord told us that we could had it,... and we moved in the 19th of February!
I'm feeling so comfortable in my new house!!! it is just 5 minutes walk from the office and that means more time for myself,.. so I started cooking a lot and going to the swimming pool,... The only problem that we had, was with the internet connection that was not working at the beginning but at the end we've solved it and now everything is going very well.

At the end of February, my contract and my scholarship ended and I got a permanent contract! it was not easy to negotiate the new salary,.. but at the end I'm getting payed quite well,...

20th of March to 25th of March

Back to Pedreguer!!! And that means meet some friends, my family, go to the mountain,.. and enjoy the nice light and landscape from my region,.. oh,.. I'm missing all that,...
The first day: dinner with friends in 'el corral del pato' hummmm,,..
The second day: lunch in a restaurant just by the sea in 'la platja del portitxol' nice view and seafood! and nice people with me: my mum, my cousins and my aunt,...
In the evening,.. Castells de Castells with Hector and some other people from my village that has a house there. Night in the middle of the mountain, simple but very good food in a quite place,...
The third day: inspection of the territory,.. walking around the mountain,.. lying on the grass,.. the sun in my face,... nice smells, colorful flowers, peace,... in the evening,.. back to Pedreguer and later,.. meeting Natatxa in Dénia,... talk about our life,..
The forth day: Coques in Teresa's house. Very nice to see her and talk with her,.. Teresa and her parents discovered that my mum and sister were coming to visit me in May, and they decided to buy the tickets to come as well!!! oeoeoeoe
After dinner with my father in 'La Seu' restaurant, with 2 Michelin stars! very nice interior design!
The fifth day: 'La ruta de les peixqueres' walking in the mountain by the sea. View of Eivissa and Mallorca through the sea.

As you can imagine,... days I'll never forget,...

After that,... back to London,.. the reality, deadlines, work... Willing to take some holidays to go to Japan,...Let's see if that finally works,...

I finally have internet at home!!!/Ja tinc internet a casa!!!

Hola gent!
Ja estic ací de nou, encara que semble mentida no he abandonat el meu blog,...
Ara que ja tinc internet a casa l'intentaré actualitzar més a sovint,...
Tinc tantes coses que explicar que no se per on començar així que de moment vos penjaré unes fotos on aparèixen les meves noves companyes de pis i demà ja començaré a contar tot el que ha anat suceïnt en aquest darrer mes i mig.

back to London as an architect!

Friday 25 (model making me crazy): 24 hours working from 6 in the morning until 6 in the morning, so tired,... Kim (buying me material for the model), Manel (printing in the laser cutter), Mar, Marta and Carles (helping me building the model) Wow! such a nice friends! :-)
Monday 28(presentation day): , instead of having 4 people in the jury, only 2 came + my tutor, who was really nice,... My sister and my friends came to see my presentation, and I was not very nervous,.. what is a good point! There were only the president of the jury (urbanism profesor) and the secretary of the jury (construction profesor) the one from design didn't came,...
The presentation was fine and the congratulate my work, I was happy! at the end,.. they gave me the best mark that they gave, which wasn't a super mark,.. but taking in account that there wasn't the desing part of the jury,.. I'm quite happy,.. They gave me an 8 but that only represents 3/375 part of the studies,.. so,.. not so much for the effort that it suppose,...
Tuesday 29: Printing an a3 booklet with my 34 pages (A1)for the library of the university + handing it in to get the paper that I should present in the secretary of the university to tramit my degree. Finally I arrived there and they didn't allowed me to do it,.. they said I should wait for one week,.. but I was coming back to London!! finally I could kind of arrange it,...
Wednesday 30: back to Pedreguer to say goodbye to the family, and SPA to relax,...
Thursday 31:woke up at 5 and start to flight at 10,..falling asleep every 30 seconds,..and,.. back to the grey and cold London!! My friend Betty open her house to me: so nice!!! and here I am.
Friday 1: back to the office. Very nice to see all my collegues again!!! but not so nice to see all the work that was waiting for me, uiiiii!!! In the late afternoon start to visit flats and,.. surprise! the first that I visited with 2 more friends from the office was soooo nice!! so cosy! it even have a fireplace!! and today they told us that we can have it! I'm so happy!! but first I want to sign the contract and after I'll be more happy, hehehe
I'll tell you how everything will end,...

The final presentation is closer and closer,..

Only 10 days are missing for the final presentation,... 1 year of work that is finishing to be handed in. 20 minutes, 4 people in the jury, and me with my more than 30 A1 and the model that will be made,... My God,.. I wish that day to be past,.. and be finally an architect.

Yesterday the secretaries from the university called me and they told me that at the end the presentation will the the 28th instead of the 29th, so,.. one day less,... but that means one day to rest and to be with my friends that I've been a long time without have seen them,.. nice,...

And in these days you reaalize which are the real friends,.. the ones that really care about you. Suddenly, they write to you and they ask you if you need some help,... I'm really happy, and I really thank all of you, to be with me and give me a hand,.. that gives you a lot of energies and pleasure, to know that there is someone there.

On sunday I'll go to Barcelona, on monday I'll print the final presentation, next thursday I'll hand in, after I'll work in the model, and finally I'll present the 28th. At the end I will even have a tutor!!! I was not imagining that, after been working such a long time without it, one of the professors that I had last year agreed to be my tutor, so,.. let's hope that everything will go fine,...

Now I'm starting to think about my accomodation in London,.. I'll come back the 31st of January and I left my room before I came..I was supposed to go to live with a danish girl, but it doesn't seems to work, as the landlord wants to know me before I'll rent the room, and,.. I'm here in Spain, and I can't meet him yet,..

Today I've cut my hair, with a very short french,.. uiiii
And,.. it is so warm here in Pedreguer,.. sunny and warm,.. :-)

Here I post a picture with my new haircut ;-p