Post Graduate Studies

In this moment, I'm not sure about wanting to study postgrad. Since I'm just on the second year of my career -with some late subjects already- I haven't thought about a master deeply. After graduating, I'd like to get into the professional world for some time before taking that decision, because that could let me explore a little bit of the whole area and maybe finding an specific path to follow with a post graduate course. 

Nonetheless, if I chose to study a postgrad, I think that I'd like it to be on another country, whether it would be there or through distance learning, because having a course from another college could get you different learning skills and knowledge that the one that we are used to in our home country.

Similarly, if I chose an area to make a postgrad course -from what I've learned in these couple years- I'd prefer something related either to design or sustainability, or even digital design, which I think are areas that could potentially add another string to my bow, and could complement pretty well.

In this case –while looking online so that I could fill this post- I found an interesting course that’s taught in the Umeå University in Sweden. It is a master in Architecture and Urban Design, which according to their website “is operating in-between the artistic and the scientific field of knowledge (…) characterized by a consistent focus on sustainability”. https://bit.ly/2Smi07s

So I might be looking into that in the future.

Future Job(s)?

Before entering college, I imagined myself in a very different area, I thought that I was going to end up in a corporate job, or studying something related to engineering. But I suddenly realized that it wasn't what I wanted for my life at all.

I decided to go for architecture, and I think that I chose pretty well. Particularly I think that it can allow me to work in a different and more expressive way than a normal corporate job.

When it comes to majors, I’d like to specialize in urbanism or urban sustainability, which have been areas of the career that I’ve been really interested in, but who knows what’s going to happen in 2 or 3 years. 

Furthermore, thinking about a future job, I'd like to be able to travel, that way I can learn about new places, cultures and interesting architectural works, or even move abroad completely, so as long as I can get a job in a new place, and make ends meet, I think it's enough.

Simultaneously, I'd like to add another string to my bow, because I think it's very interesting to compliment one skill with another, so I'd like to take some classes -I don't know if a whole new career- about design and photography, which are areas that catch a lot of my attention, and even thought about studying, and I think connect really well with each other.

Hobbies I Used To Have Before College

I'd say that even though school had me occupied for the majority of the day, I used to have a few different hobbies.

When I was out of school, I'd go home and spend the time doing a few activities. At first, I used to do some yoga at home, because I felt that it was a discipline that helped me a lot to relax and stretch the muscles that were a little tense. But I'd say the hobby that I enjoyed the most -and miss doing for fun- is photo and video editing.

Since I was like 6 years old, I was very attracted to computers and the awesome things you were able to do, therefore I started photo and video editing when I was about 11 years old. It's pretty weird how the two hobbies I enjoyed the most were so different, but being able to explore them, has helped me a lot with the things that came with the future, for instance, photo editing, taught me to use Photoshop and other programs, which I now use every day for the projects that teachers assign us for their classes. 

I think hobbies are really useful for life, because they allow you to get into areas your routine doesn’t let you explore freely, therefore, letting you learn new abilities that help you grow as a person.

My Most Beloved Pet

The dog that I have nowadays, I'd say it's my most beloved pet.

It’s name is Terry, and he came to my life when I was about 9 or 10 years old. I believe it was around 2008, which had been a pretty tough year, because my great-grandmother -that I lived with-, passed away at the beginning of that year, and I also had a very stupid accident which ended with me having a cast on my leg for like a month. So my grandma -when she arrived from the clinic that she worked at- came to my room, with an especially big purse. She showed it to me, and inside there was this very little dog, with black and brown fur. I was so happy and so excited, because I hadn't had a dog in a very long time before him.
Today he is like 11 years old, and has been with me through a lot, and I'm so happy to have him still, because at heart he's still that little dog that came in the purse, wagging his tail when you arrive, waiting for treats in the morning, and barking to every moving thing that passes by the front fence.
So yeah, I'd definitely say that Terry it's my most beloved pet, and I hope to have him for many years into the future.