Caution - Sort of a rant. Might end up being long-winded.
Finished a major assignment this afternoon and resting up before an exam in a week, saw the missy off this evening as she was going on a trip to a nearby mountain reserve, and just finished cooking a large portion of dinner that is cooling off, so typing away for a bit about two things that I have two years to consider, but it's good to be out early.
Firstly, what specialization/direction I'll be taking for architecture studies.
And secondly, where I'd be aiming to move to.
When it comes to specializing, well, the obvious way to go that falls in line with sweet job prospects is of course green architecture. It seems unlikely that in my lifetime the problems we're facing in that area would be solved, and personally I think that it'll be an issue unless a very efficient electricity-generating method is invented, which isn't exactly something to bet on.
I reckon it'd be a reasonable choice, since, while I'm not yet a full-fledged fan of sustainability and all that jazz I'm already doing a career that tends to be known as interesting and enjoyable rather than paying well, so it wouldn't be a huge sacrifice and at the moment I can't think of anything that interests me in particular.
And if I'd go down that path, well, guess I'd just have to wait and see what happens, but if I would narrow it down further I'd be at crossroads about whether to focus on material use (I should really read up more on it) in terms of sustainability or to go for systems (water, electricity and so on) which I would probably find to be more interesting.
And following that there's the case of what field to focus on - I think that I have a preference for smaller scale projects, but maybe not. Or perhaps budget housing for third world slum projects or something, at the moment it's all about "green skyscrapers" and crap, but it gets a bit old and far too many students are being simple in the head - "Oh I'll just slap a green roof there and a solar panel there or something" - meh, anyone could get that pulled through with a massive budget or something. Creating new systems would be sweet, but perhaps that'd be more of an engineering task. Hrmm...
Oh, and then where to move to. Basically while I'm quite happy here in Australia, weather is nice, people are alright and so on, well, I'm not sure of exactly why but it doesn't feel at all like a place that I'd want to live in for long, probably just not a fan of the lifestyles/culture or something over here and can't find much of interest, maybe it's something else but either way I find it to be unlikely that I will stay for especially long, maybe just to get a chunk of work experience before moving on.
And if I was moving on I'd have to consider where to go. Hong Kong or Singapore sounds cool, but helluva stressful and pretty intense, probably swinging back and forth with the state of the world as well. I'm probably just looking for something that has a pleasurable as well as distinct culture and lifestyle or something. I could go back to sweden, doing a master's degree there would be nice, but I'd probably get bored there fairly soon. Denmark has a good uni too, and some damn good firms. The U.K and U.S, for one reason or another, do not interest me the slightest bit, which of course is a problem since I'm pretty reliant on living in a country with english being prominent or I'd be toast. Canada could be quite alright, maybe a master's at McGill uni, definitely good at least if Id plan to go home to sweden again, archi in terms of climate and whatnot. Such a harsh choice between choosing a place that feels as though its secure and has good prospects, and finding one that is interesting and different. Meh.
There, eyes are getting a lil bit tired so I'll just stop. Bleh. And such.
