What I do at work

Lately at the magazine office, I've been writing lots of English emails and calling firms in San Francisco, England, and New Zealand. The next issue is featuring "overseas Chinese" architects, but many of the architects they chose to interview are second or third generation Chinese. That's where the American intern comes in handy. I also had to translate my editor's husband's homework reading packet into Chinese...because that's where the American intern comes in handy.

At the architecture office, it's been more interesting and educational. I've moved on to the elevations for the Suzhou villas project. It's actually quite difficult...but I'm glad the boss has given me free rein over Unit B-6. The interior layout is ok, but I'm stuck on window placement and how to create courtyards/walkways.

The plan.

Started an elevation...but Chinese architecture has a lot of detail and decoration that I don't know, so right now it looks like crap.

Other than that, I do stuff for Mrs. Jin, like translate captions of postcards of her paintings or make Sketchup models to use for images later on.

A three story Hong Kong mansion (walls hidden)

Some project in Hangzhou. The master bedroom.

And in my free time, I make icons for my dock.

They're so beautiful.