Architects-a-buzzing

It's been two weeks since I last posted. It's not that I ran out of things to say, rather I have so many things to say that I ended up not writing! The architects in Cebu had been particularly busy this month especially because of the National Architecture Week celebrations. The Architecture Department of USC had been very busy as well. Here's a rundown of the events.....

A series of lectures were organized in CAFA in different dates and different occasion. There was William Green, an american industrial designer, who shared his fascination for product design, as well as his own prototype of a car that made it to the Guiness book of world record. William (or Bill) Green was just visiting the Philippines so we were lucky to get him to give the get-together.

Faculty members Bela Lanyi and Glenn Green also gave lectures on their fields during the architecture week celebration. Bela talked about his expertise in sacred art and architecture, while glenn talked about the studies he made on the global peak oil phenomena.

The Chairman of the Board of Architecture of PRC also visited the university and gave a whole day get-together with architects and students. He expounded on many aspects of the architecture law. He also shared many background stories around the implementation of the laws.

Other than lectures, there was also the turn-over ceremony of books donated by a German Foundation. I wanted to write about the collection they donated because there were so many interesting books! What I particularly liked about the collection is that it has many books written by contemporary architects about their life and works.

Outside the university, the architects had an exhibit in Park Mall. There was an
"architects' night out" in Pier One, and the Christmas party last night in Montebello. What makes this Christmas Party special for me is that I got something in the raffle draw! It is very rare for me to win in anything that involves luck.

There will be a series of Christmas parties to attend next week. CAFA's party will be on Thursday, the 18th. The university party will be on the following day. On the 20th, my batch mates in college will also gather for a Christmas dinner.

I'm sure everyone will have their calendar full this month. Tis the season to mess up our diets. Haha!