Alternative Career #56 - Landscape Architech

it’s at times when the goings gets tough I find myself activating my coping mechanism in the form of fantasising alternative lives..

I saw this prettiness when I was walking towards my department.. and a part of me yearned to be associated with such delightful creations..

Then I realised.. I could’ve been doing this! This takes me back to the days of the tertiary entrance exams, when I was filling out my uni preferences.. there was only one uni I would go to in perth, and I knew it was psychology that I wanted to do (either through BSc or BA)..so I still had two other preferences to fill.. I remembered putting down – landscape architecture as one of them.. (in my head, I guess I rationalised I’d rather do ANY course at THE uni.. and perhaps even not go to uni, if I don’t get into THE uni)..

I guess at 16.. I thought.. I liked plants and gardens, and architecture does involve creativity.. a bit of burke's backyard wanna be.. and no clue what so ever of what actually is involved..

Anyways, how differently my life would’ve turned out.. may be I wouldn’t have to endure my current sufferance!!

Then the little Gemini Cricket reminded me... green or khaki’s doesn’t go well with my complexion, I have enough trouble keeping my nails clean as it is, plus my user manual says that I’m best only in temperatures under 26 degrees Celsius (despite the common misconception that yellow ppl born in the tropics like me should cope well with heat – MYTH i tell ya)...