Ika 18 ng Nobyembre 2008: Interior Design Seminar

I have two seminars reset because of the Senate sessions I attended last month. Starting this week, I am on a roll in attending seminars.... three seminars this week. Today, I attended a seminar on basic interior design. We were given a choice by our HRD in line with their human capital program. Well, I have vested interest in attending this course. I can immediately apply the learning. My home is continuously a work-in process.........

This morning I was rushing to make it to the 8:00am schedule. Still, some chores needed my personal attention. My son wasn't able to answer two questions in math and I was trying to explain the concept of converting a mixed fraction into a simple fraction before any operation is performed and the school bus arrived. He rushed out and I followed suit explaining what needs to be done so he can complete his homework in school.

I left early and caught a van at the terminal. I fell asleep while on transit and arrived late at the seminar held at Ayala Museum. I haven't seen it since we had a field trip there in high school. I am sure it looks so different now and I couldn't even remember how it looked before. Anyway, the building looks nice and contemporary. My only complaint is there are limited toilets. And some of our seminars are held there.

The seminar already started when I got inside the venue. I sat beside a colleague who works in the same building as I do. We share a common interest in decorating our homes. I learned a lot from the seminar. Our speaker is an architect who is also an interior designer and teaches at the Philippine School of Interior Design. He said that interior decoration is different from interior design. The former is concerned with aesthetics while the latter covers the whole gamut of the look, space usage, and functionality. He deals with many clients, rich clients. He is not a believer of feng sui but is forced to comply with this way of thinking due to clients' insistence. He shared that sometimes design, space usage, or functionality suffer. But the clients are paying him for the job and so he must comply with their request.

I was all ears to the talk as it is pretty interesting to me. He welcomed questions and I had a lot. He was very patient in dealing with us. Of course, I hope to see his answers executed in my home in the foreseeable future. The seminar was capped with a tour of two Avida condominium units in Makati. I know that condo living, even with the current financial crisis, is the direction being pursued by developer because of the demand and potential demand for condo units by students, employees, and possibly empty nesters. The condo model units are so tiny and yet tastefully designed. I was thinking with the rental we pay for my daughter's dorm, it might be worth investing in a condo unit when my middle daughter goes to college. For now, that is just wishful thinking.......

We were brought back to the venue after the tour. We were finished by 3:00pm and my colleague and I had a chance to window shop at Landmark to kill time before I go to school. Yesterday's class was reset to today as I needed to finish my performance appraisal.

Tomorrow, I'll be attending a seminar on social artistry.... what the heack is that? I don't know. We'll find out tomorrow......

PS: Nasa eskwelahan ang may ari kaninang pag dating ko dun. Ipinakilala ako ng aming administrative head at ngayon ko lang siya makakausap ng personal. Nagkita na kami nung book launching niya pero siguradong di na niya ako matatandaan.

Nakakagiliw kausap si ma'am.... marami siyang ideya... at me ideolohiya din siyang isinusulong kaya naging mahaba ngunit makabuluhan ang usapan namin. Meron din siyang ikinunsulta na isang alalahanin sa isang negosyo niya na me problema.

Inip na inip ang mga estudyante ko pero hindi rin naaman ako makaalis at nahihiya akong magpaalam habang nagdidiskusyon kami. Matapos ang mahabang oras nakahanap ako ng tyempo at dali daling pumunta sa silid aralan. Tinapos ko na lang ang paksa namin nung isang linggo at hiningi ang assignment na pinagawa ko sa kanila.

Kakarating ko lang ng bahay.......