too little, too much

i've been back from asia for two weeks, still trying to decipher my experience in hong kong. the city and the opportunities were GREAT; we got to do a lot of sightseeing on the weekends, stay at the shangri-la hotels in beijing for research all-expenses paid, and get exposed to a lot of new projects and ideas through the international mix of dutch, french, american, and cantonese people. 

for this 6-week project our 6-person team collaborated with the shangri-la, [hotel group in asia] to design a 4-star business hotel room for the future, ending in two groups/projects for the final presentation and an end result i wasn't so happy with. 

what i can conclude though at least from my experience is that group trust is the root of all things, a common vision, the next- once people are too set in their own ways and refuse to compromise, and once people begin to resent one another or make their own agenda, the cameraderie quickly falls apart. [or in more colorful terms, 29-year old french product designers who wear farmer outfits and take frequent 30-minute smoking breaks and emo-ed out cantonese guys who give silent treatments as vengeance are TROUBLE! they are wildly conceptual and propose designs like movable bathtubs and workdesks in framed, wheeled boxes LOL!]

the days are jarringly still now, compared to my stay in hong kong. i'm reverted back to the time before college began, when summers used to connotate glorious free time used to sit around home all day watching tv or going to the mall- when doing nothing seemed like everything. now doing nothing is simply, doing nothing. i've been watching clean house episodes, facebooking, trying to finish up unfinished projects and household chores which've all ended up with hollow satisfaction. i crave good conversation and purpose in life, but most of all i just crave a balance in activities again. i was too busy in hong kong and now i'm too lazy here in LA. ah, but maybe a quick getaway to vegas this weekend will spice things up....0:)