Friday meant that we needed to complete our newsletter. I had seen the previous one produced by Chloe who really wasn't happy with the design because she was forced to change it, so I went into the studio prepared for what was coming. I tried to stand my ground but it wasn't so successful. The one thing that bothered me was how unable the design students are to experiment and really enjoy these projects, and expected to do generic and unoriginal work. I know that it is hard to accommodate both design and journalist students, but I still feel that the projects are quite biased.
We went for lunch with the Chinese students, who took us to the most amazing park to eat various foods, my favourite of which was the sticky rice wrapped in a leaf. I felt very close, as if we'd known everyone for ages. We spent a few hours walking round, as we turned every corner there was something new and fascinating. After anticipating a whole day in the classroom, I end up totally sunburnt.
We returned to the classroom quite late, I understand it was bad on my part but to be perfectly honest I didn't care. The articles were finally written, and so I put everything in place, taking longer than I thought it would.
Looking back it was a very hard layout to work with, with a bit more time and interest I probably could have achieved a better standard, but with experimenting its always a learning curve, and I feel like I have learnt a lot more doing it this way, than your bog standard 3 columns.
Evening meal was a "hot pot", a heated pan which first came with chicken, then was filled with stock to cook various vegetables and meats. It was a really fun way of eating, and a brilliant test of our chopstick skills, which are getting better and better by the day.
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