"I studied architecture." "Sounds interesting...what do you do exactly?"

G'day & Chao. Greetings, I don't know why but the thought of 'blogging' or 'writing' on this platform was not on my mind lately. II've been going out in life in different branches and have not kept in mind about the 'reflection' process... I wanted to talk about my current involvement with a young adult committee group in my local community, Brimbank Youth Ambassadors ( BYA). Now, just coming out of university with a worldview revolving around design and the built environment, I was flabbergasted with the notion of the authority of ' young adults & the community. ' In architecture school, I was told that we could be 'designers' or 'architects' who have the power of designing spaces for society to use/inhabit. BYA brought be a new perspective - a perspective that any young adult can be a 'designer' (beyond designing spaces) - a collaborative and interdisciplinary voice to make community better, thus impr

"I'm doing work experience..." "Work experience... paid?" "No. But I feel like it's a job." "No. I mean paid work. Are you going to look for a job." ^ This was a conversation on the train home from work today with my old high school friend. Can you read the 'tone' of the conversation? On the exterior, I was trying to maintain a 'composed' demeanour but inside I was frustrated. Why does this world care about money PLUS job. Can we work for free? Are we 'secure' when we work WITH money?! (I have been volunteering and I find its work quite fulfilling and satisfying without 'tangible' rewards of a man-made system). Okay so I may be over-dramatic and missing out on some main points like: - You need money to pay back to the things you 'owe' the bank, council, services you use... - You need to 'save' up money so I can use the money for 'something...' - You need money b