Five long torturous years of Architectural Education. Over. Am i sad? Maybe, i mean i'll miss being in college and all. Am i happy??!!?!? HELL YEAH!!!!! Well i'm ALMOST an Architect.. why wouldn't i be happy?
This post is primarily an Acknowledgement page along with being a release of whats been on my mind for a while. For all those who have been associated with 5 years of architectural education, this post will just be something that sounds familiar, you may feel the same way that i do. You will totally understand what i'm trying to express. For those who have not, you can only start to think that you understand what all this means.
There are scores of people i want to thank. There have been so many cherishable moments associating with the people who selflessly helped me. I sometimes wonder if i deserve all the help i got, but then i think that if i didn't deserve it i wouldn't have got it. The following are the people who (apart from being very dear to me) SAVED ME.... Yes, they SAVED me.. i was in a trap... and they all got me out.. and trust me they had to pull REALLY HARD (considering my weight and everything)... Here goes... (This is in no particular order as such i'm just going with the flow)
- Naidu - She has been my support pillar throughout this nightmare (the THESIS nightmare) which, because of her, turned out to be a sweet dream in the end. I hereby ADMIT that it would have been simply IMPOSSIBLE for me to have appeared for thesis this time if it wasn't for her. She is entirely responsible for single handedly rendering all my elevations and site plan (ever so beautifully) in photoshop, making my Panel No. 3 a reality, and also for my thesis MODEL (50% responsible) which i love and am very happy about. Inspite all odds she proved to me (set an example rather) how friends help each other in times of need. Thanks. A lot. You tolerated my temper tantrums and my impatience... I'm sorry if i was being difficult. I was just tensed and scared. Thanks Naidu.
- Ninad - He encouraged me to accept responsibility of getting my own model done and then took that responsibility upon himself. I had never even thought of doing my own model. Due to this whole 'thesis hype' (which by the way is BULLSHIT) i had automatically considered getting my model done from a professional model maker. Thanks a lot, Ninad, for giving me the confidence and encouragement i needed to get my model done from YOU.. HAHAHHHAHAHHAAA>.... But trust me, both Ninad and i realized later on that no model maker would have done the model as well.. and as fast... either he would have driven me mad or i would have driven HIM mad (the chances of the latter would have been greater). Funny thought. The guy is great. Seriously. (I'm talking about Ninad). He'd come after a hard day's work at site from Bandra East to my house, then he'd have to deal with all my lazy-ass ways and laid back attitude... many time's the drawings for the model weren't ready but he'd always patiently ask and wait for them. Impressive. For a hot headed guy like him, really impressive.I had to remind myself many times that it was he who was doing me a favour and not the other way around. And yeah i'd also like to mention that he put up with a lot of my heavy rock music that he obviously didnt like... but then he also heard some new potentially favourite songs on my comp... those songs gave us company while doing the model. All those 5 minute breaks that we took (going down and all) were at first cumbersome but then they became a necessity. I just want to say that i REALLY appreciate your help. Thanks. You're a true friend.
- Shweta - She is entirely responsible for executing my panel designs. As we all know, in thesis, the most important are your panels. I had three AMAZING panels... thanks to this girl and her smart and swift application of photoshop. I was skeptical from the beginning about starting my panels so late (shweta had her cousins wedding so we had to start late) but then i realized that ANYWAYS my drawings weren't ready for the panel to start. Luckily for the both of us by the time she could make it to my house matter was ready for the panels. She worked fast... and how... she understood my every want.. she understood the aesthetical sense i wanted to incorporate in my panels, she understood my colour schemes, everything. Like she always has all the years in NASA. We make a great team, i think. And we work smart, and fast, and unbelievably well. Shweta, you are seriously going places. We may not be best friends but still you helped me and made my thesis possible. And i appreciate it. Thanks. For doing it so well, for putting up with my fussiness, nitty-gritties and all that stuff. You're the best. You proved that you can be counted on.
- Saloni - Ever since she accepted the sole responsibility (ever so cautiously) of doing my thesis book, a very heavy load was off my back. She accepted a task that was seemingly simple but presented its own challenges and indiscrepancies (or so she claims) along the way. I tried my best to provide her with all possible material she'd need for the book and i don't know what she did with it but it was all in the book and my book looked good. Well composed, neat, thick enough, smart and impressive. I had always known my book would happen last minute and had even assumed it would be a nonsensical replica of Nandish's book. But it wasn't that (thanks for that). It had a lot of extra input. And even though the book was barely opened by the jurors (they opened it to sign in it), its something without which i couldn't have appeared for thesis and something that i'll always keep with me. Thanks Saloni. I appreciate it. Note: Special thanks to her sister Kruti for her help with the book and more importantly driving madam to and fro my house)
- Bob (the builder) - My little sister also deserves a mention in this list. She was at her sweet best in front of all my friends who were over to help (and she even won them over, i.e. conned them into thinking she is actually sweet). Little do they know of all the different kinds of noises and faces she made and how difficult it was to wake her up in the morning to help with the model. But all said and done, i really appreciate her effort, considering she isn't at all used to the strenuous schedule that we were following. On top of that, being a non-architectural person, she picked up the cutting and sticking skills really well and her nimble fingers found themselves to be useful many times. I love you bobby... thanks for helping me... u proved me wrong... (almost)...
- Gau - She gave me all the little little help i needed but that was very crucial... she lent me her laptop (without which my thesis would not have been possible) for a long time.. she had my book typed for me.... (thanks a lot vanaja).. she gave me all the miscellaneous things i needed like pen drives and cds and what not. Thanks a lot Gau without you my thesis would have not been possible. She was more tensed than me for my own thesis ya! (how sweet). She even looked high and low for my cars and trees.... thanks.. i love you..
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