Internship Final Reflection

Did you meet your goals?

Yes, I kind of meet my goals because I wen there, I learned a little bit about architecture and I see how they work.

What are the most important things you’ve learned?

I've learned how to use the cad program, I still need to improved my skill on it.

In what ways have your grown?

I interact better with people that I'm not re3ally familiar with. I type faster and enjoy working better.

What were the highlights of your internship experience?

Working with Sketch up. Reading catalogues. Working on my project. Sometime, ordering magazines. Also joking around

If you can, describe a memorable moment or experience.What challenges did you overcome?

The first time I started using the CAD program I was amaze by it's potential. It was easy for me to get addicted to it, and willing to learned everything in it. That day was just a great day. I didn't encounter much challenges. My only challenge was figuring out in what category a magazine belong. And some of the magazines doesn't have contact info and I need to keep a data of it.To deal with these challenges I type the magazine name on the Internet and find all the info about them. Problem solve

What advice would you give a new intern at this site?What will you miss about your internship?

There's nothing to worry about, the people are very amiable. Just do your tasks, have fun with the work. If you have any questions feel free to ask anybody, they will be glad to respond you. It's a great internship, just have fun.

What will you miss about your internship?

I'll miss everything. My mentor, Adam and Amy. I'll miss working with Sketch Up. I'll miss watching them and learning from them. I'll miss Amy's jokes. I'll miss everything.

Interview thinking

1. Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?

Texas Christian University for about five years. And University of Texas for five years. I don't have in mind to go back to school

2. What was your major in college and what kind of degree do you earn?

I earned a degree in fine art and her major is architecture.

3. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?

I chose architecture because i after getting my degree in fine art, I didn't see myself doing that kind of work all my life. I tried to find something that would combined what I love to do which is art with something else. Architect looks like a perfect match. That's why I got involved in this field and I love it.

4. Why did you choose this job?

I chose this job because i admire the kind of worked Specht Harpman does.

5. How long have you worked here?

Almost two years

6. What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?

Construction drawing, Interact with clients and constructor. Supervise construction.

7. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?

Clients constructor negotiation

8. What is the best part of your job?

Sketching

9. What is something you would like to change about your job?

I will like to do more community work, like churches, museum. Different types of work.

10. Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?

Yes, I worked in a stain glass company two years and in an architectural firm for two months. They both in Texas. I didn't like the kind of worked they gave me. I didn't like it there.

11. What do you see as your future with this company?

I will probably leave and go work other firms

12. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do?

Yes

13. Do you plan to have your own firm one day?

Not yet, but I feel like this job is preparing me for it, because here have to work independently and make decisions.

14. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?

Now I have well organize and update library. Also when you ask us questions, it make us go back and think about your prospective. Just like right now, these questions really make think about life.

15. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college and then the real world?

When I was in eleven grade it was really frustrating, I had to pick a major, decided
what college I want to go to. The advice I want to give is stay motivated, don't feel the pressure. Don't feel like it's the end of the world if you pick a major that you can't handle. You can always change major. Don't let yourself worried to much. Relax a little bit.

Thank you

Interview Thinking

You are going to interview someone at your internship. It can be your mentor or another co-worker as long as it is not another intern. Who will that be?

I will like to interview Amy

-What do I know about this person?
I know that she's an architect. She likes to have, enjoy life that's her passion. She's a good worker, she focus when it's time to focus. She had won some awards like the Paul Phillipe Cret Medal for her thesis work,she was also the recipient of the James Smyth Warner Memorial Prize, the Charles Merrick Gay Technology Award, and a Lewis E. Dales Traveling Fellowship. She went to college in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Architecture where she got her master degree. Amy is very amiable and fun to be around. She also enjoy playing ping pong, bolling, swimming, she's looking forward to learn surfing soon.

-What do I want to know about this person?
I want to know what is the greatest challenge she had faced during her career. I also want to know if college was very hard for her.

daily post synthesis

OLD: Orderin catalogues

OLD: Putting catalogues in their category

NEW: Design a comfortable phone booth

NEW: Design a stand bike handler for about ten bikes

Daily Post

Less expectations less disappointements. My plan turn upside down, the opposite happened. Instead of ordering magazines for thirdy minutes I ordered them for two hours and a half. It wasn't bad at all but I wanted to save more time for my project. The reason for that changed is because as I was ordering things became easier so I kept on going. I kind of regret not having time to really focus on my project, but I'll try to manage the situation. My mentor went out to a meeting today and I stayed with Adam and Amy.

When my time was over, Amy signed my paper. Normally I leave after they signed my paper but today was different. I stayed and we were having some awesome conversation. We joke, laugh, talk about serious things like projects for the summer and how things work in college. The conversation was so funny and interesting that it kept captive. We talk and laugh about many different things, for example Adam and Amy experience in high school and college. Today was fun, I left my internship with some unforgetable hilarious stories.

Daily Post, April 28

Today was ok, I went there I ordered catalogues for two hours. I spend the last hour working on my project "Phone Booth". I didn't really accomplished anything in the project today. But I got something out of that failure, I found another great Idea for my project. My failure helped me comprehend the project and light up my mind on what to do. I expecting complete this project in three weeks or less. I want that project to be a wonderful memory from internship. I'm trying anything I can to upgrate this project. When I'm done I'll print it cover it with plastic. Perhaps I can use it in the last project for this class. Tomorrow I going to wrk for two hours and a half on the project. I'll order the catalogues for thirty minutes. I dodn't have to much ordering to do.

Daily Post, April 24

Since today I was not a busy day for me, It's the only day where I had no plan. I didn't want to stay home so I decided to go to my internship. I went there order catalogues, talk to my mentor, and I also received catalogues that I ordered. It was fun, better than staying home and get bored. After internship I went around time square visit new places check the stores, eat, and enjoy the awesome feeling of summer. Today was just great

College Fair April 30

On the Wednesday we come back after Spring Break, there is a college fair.

Go here to see the details--

http://inpscollegereadiness.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/2008CollegeFairBooklet.pdf

Username = smburk
Password = ihskcc

Page 6 = list of colleges
Page 20 = floor plan (map of where to see the colleges)

Page 11 = how to organize your college application

check out posse too

Other international schools will be there
Brooklyn
Manhattan
laguardia

Daily Post, April 17

Today I just watched videos about the program. I was creating my own house it appeared that something is wrong with it, whenever I tried to put a tree next to it, the tree is always ten thousand time taller than the house. Whe I'm done the house I'll try to print it, and post it in my blog. In the middle of my hours my mentor bade me to look for a mexican project her boss had worked on long ago. Unfortunately I didn't found it, I look in all the files it wasn't there. She told me it's OK her boss probably has it. After that I went and watched the videos. I have a little idea on how my project is going to look like(phone booth). The more I know about the program the better my project is going to be, so I'm trying to pick up as much information I can to start my project.

Daily Post, April 16

Today I past most of my time learning about the CAD program or Shetchup. I just watch videos on many different things the program is able to do and how to do them. It was fun, I'm amaze to see what this program can accomplish. From what I see in this program it's going to take me a while befor I master it. I'm willing to master it no matter what. My mentor Sheryl finally give me my project. The project is to design a comfortable office phone booth in the CAD progran. For now I don't know what to do but with time ideas will come. Today there is ping pong pizza party in my internship, they invited me but I wasn't able to. The purpose of this party is celebrate the birthday of one of the worker or architect. I don't really know the person.

I also had a good five minutes conversation with my mentor. From that conversation I learned that she play the violin very well, and her dad is a pianist. He wrote a couple of piano books, I forgot to ask her what are the names. It was a good talk, we talk about a couple of interesting things. Today was just great, great, great.

Weekly Vocab

1. Word: Reluctant

Meaning: unwilling; disinclined

Context: With a reluctant face I stand up and read my poem to the class.

2. Word: Pugnacious

Meaning: Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

Context: The army only take pugnacious people because they are not scare to walk on the enemy like a carpet.

3. Word: Ephemeral

Meaning: lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory

Context: The dream of most students is to make school ephemeral

4. Word: Tawdry

Meaning: (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.

Context: There's nothing wrong buying a tawdry sneaker, it help save money.

5. Word: Onerous

Meaning: burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship

Context: For all onerous student it appear that it is obligatory for them to visit the principal office everyday.

Daily Post, April 15

Today started a little of bit. I was bored because I was jus ordering magazines, catalogues, binders. But at the end I went on the Cad program and played with it, that made my day awesome. It's just great what this program contain, and what you can realize with it. My mentor invite me in bolling game they going to have. They going to play against the other Specht Harpman firm that is located in Austin Texas. Today they gave me the team shirt, it's brown and have read writing. Today started a little bad but it got better.

Daily Post, April 14

Incredible, incredible, incredible is the Cad program. Today I started learning the Cad program, I didn't even work for thirty minutes. The cad program is like a 3D program. It can take a drawing on a paper and bring it to live. You can design anything you want then you make it look like it's there, it's real. My mentor didn't really sat down and teach it to me, she just send me to a wevsite where they teach how things work. It was kind of easy to learned most of the strategy and ways of doing things. I was so in to the program I had no idea when my time to leave came. The most incredible thing about the Cad program is that you maninipulate the picture however you want, you can look at it in all the different angles. It's just very great to learn this program. Today I created my first home, not to fancy but appropriate. I can't wait to learn more about this program. My mentor told me that she si going to give me a project to do in this program. I can't wait, today was just great.

Midpoint Reflection Questions

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?

Whe I first went to my internship I thought it was going to be the worse nightmare of my life. I didn't know the people, I was only doing one thing and it was boring. Now everything seem normal, I'm more comfortable I'm doing different work. It's more fun now. The internship is a nightmare that I'm very passionate about, I don't want to wake up from this dream anytime soon.

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?

The similarities between the school and the workplace environment is that they both teach you about life. They both can be fun and difficult. The differences between the is that the workplace environment has more freedom. In the workplace there's nobody yelling at you, it's quiet, calm everybody is so responssible and have passion with that they are doing. Sometime we joke around eat enjoy life by doing what you love. Also nobody is watching you every seconds and tell you what to do, or send you to tyhe principal office. The best thing is that they DON'T GIVE HOMEWORK. In school you have teachers yelling at you, pushing to do something you no interest in, homework almost everyday, it's crazy.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?

My relation with my mentor is not all perfect but it's getting better everyday. Before If i have a question I try to figured it out by myself. Now it's easy to just ask her annything I want, even if it's about her personal life. Almost everyday she ask me if I want luch, whatever I want she would buy it from us. Sometime she doesn't even ask me she just bought me luch. They always congradulate me for the worked that I have done. I interact easily with them, I hav e three mentors I ask anyone of them whatever I want. We talk laugh, joke around and other things. I even interact with other architects in the building, they tell me about architecture and how to get in a good school. They also tell me some program that would be good to learn while I'm here. It' all good there.

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?

The challenged that I faced was that sometime when I see a catalogue and it's hard to figured out what catagory it belong too. So what I do is, I read the catalogue sometime they design that I can't figured out what they are. So I just read, read things I can't understand, if when I read I still don't get it I used the internet. they give picture of the products so it helps me I found out where does it belong.

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?

The main challenge I face because of internship is homwork challenge. Sometime I finish internship king of late or the train was very late. Whe get home at like six almost seven sometime 7:30, I have to do my homework. By the time I eat or cook something to consume, in a glance it's already eight something. By the time I finished my homework it's already 12:00 sometime 1:00 or 2:00. The annoying part is that I have to wake up early because of college now or SAT prep. So I don't get enough sleep. I have every morning.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?
My goal is to learn the CAD program and other program related to my field. The CAD program is program where you can design anything you want. Somebody inform me that it's a little bit challenging to learn, but once you know it's a great thing. I also want to learn anything I don't know but suppose to know.

What new things have you learned about New York City?

One knew thing I learned is that there's a lot of human trafic in Banhattan

Daily Post, April 7

My internship advisor Mr. Jon was in my internship today. He talks to my mentor Ms.Sheryl about how I've doing and I showed him the library and things that I'm working on. The only thing my mentor said that I don't really do, I'm positive you all can guess it" I don't really asked questions". The reason I don't ask question is because once she told me how to do something I learned it quick. And I keep doing the same thing for a very long time so I don't really have the need to ask questions. Also I could ask questions that is not related to my task but I always want to finish the work first. I don't want to be asking questions while I have lots of work to do, that's pretty much why I don't ask questions

All I worked on today was Keep a data of the new magazines and put them in their correct category. I was suprised of how catalogs they sent me today, about 10-20. It doesn't sound much but each of these catalogs have 5-4 magazines or other things that I have to look over, keep data ect....... Basically I passed three hours keeping data opening packages, put n=magazines in their places also reading.

The last time I talk about me going to the "Library" with my mentor Mr. Andrew didn't think it sound exciting . I'm sure library doesn't sound fun for a lot of people but when you are working everyday in the same place, once you know you finally going to see out side, it doesn' matter where you going. Library doesn't sound exciting to me either in the other hand away from work sound good. So Yeah to the library. By the way tomorrow I'm going to the library.

Over all my mentor say good things about me. She said she's planning on next week to give me my project. I'm not sure how is going to work but I know that, I'll be working on a project that they're working on. It's king of like I'm practicing how to design a room in a real project that would probably be used in the project. Today I write a lot Because there was A lot to say. Thank you Mr. Andrew.

Weekly Vocabulary

1. Word: Aptly
Meaning: inclined; disposed; given; prone, likely
Context: Am I aptly to get an A in all my classes

2. Word: Ambiance
Meaning: the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere,
Context: My internship sight have delightful ambiance

3. Word: Contingent
Meaning: something not yet certain
Context: My mentor's plan to have fun next week is contingent to me

4. Word: Meticulous
Meaning: Taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough:
Context: My friend mentor is meticulous, she penalize him for being late for nineteen and a half second.

5. Word: Versatility
Meaning: Capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor,
Context: The red wood is a versatile material.

6. Word: Aesthetics
Meaning: the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments.
Context: According to aesthetics theory Emmanuel design was procclaim to be the prettiest design in history.

Daily Post, April 3

Unfortunately today I didn't have the chance to go visit the project. But the day wasn't totally bad, sure I was doing the same thing but I got through it. We didn't go because my mentor had a meeting, after the meeting she was frustrated because sh just found that she has to make some changes in her project. It was ok. Before I left she told that next is going to be fun, she'll try to achieve that. The place we'll probably go visit is an incredible library, I didn't catch the name they told me it's awesome there. I can't wait to experience the trip. Today was good, YEAH

Daily Post, April 2

Today I manipulated the work a little beat, I tried to make a balance. Instead of ordering catalogues for three hours I did it for one hour and a half. In the other half of the time I did some research on diffrent type of modern TV. Basically all I was doing was printing out the dimension of the TVs. Tomorrow I might go see my mentor's project again, just to see the improvements. If I go I'll take some picture. That's all for today if you want more wait until tomorrow.

I can't really recall the place my mentor went for her vaccation all I know it's in Texas, that's where she's form and went to school. She went there to visit her friends and also also another firm that is affiliate with Specht Harpman the company I'm in. She use to worked there too. That's all I recollect for now.

Daily Post, April 1

"Everyday is not sunday" today was a little annoying because I start to get bored of the job. But I still like it, It's just that at a point I don't enjoy it that much. Beside that everything else is great. My mentor is back, she had a great vaccation she said. It's all good.

Daily Post, March 31

Today was normal nothing new. I came do my work and then leave. My mentor wasn't there, it was kind of quiet today. That's the end, nothing special or unusual happened, today was a replay.
Don't blame me if the post look so abridge, even if you do I'll not feel remorse.

Sa Se Pa Renmen

Ou di ou remen-m
Chak jou w-ap pouse-m pi lwen
Pou nenpot ti tenten
Ou vle fe zen
Le-m pale ou de remen
Ou pa okipe-m tankou chen
Men depi-m pale de lajan
Ou ban-m bon jan
Cheri si se konsa ban-m kay la

Daily Post, March 27

Nothing new, I was just ordering magazines. However I did not get bored, because the job is easy and fun. I finally take some picture, but I don't have my real mentor picture because she went on vaccation. This whole internship week was ten times better than all the previous ones. Today Amy gave me some paper research to work on next week and I think it will be fun, because it's an opportunity for me to learn more. That was it for today.

Weekly Vocabulary, March 29

1. Word: Erratic

Meaning: Unpredictable, Random, Not regular

Context: Life is erratic you never know when malevolent things will happen to you.

2. Word: Indifference

Meaning: The feeling of not caring about something

Context: His indifference cause people to ignore him when he bade them for help.

3. Word: Accede

Meaning: to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent;

Context: I'm affraid that if I accede with this decision my life will be in jeopardy.

4. Word: Acrophobia

Meaning: Fear of heights

Context: Her acrophobia caused her to be the only person who stayed and burn in the helicopter.

5. Word: Adorn

Meaning: Decorate

Context: The benevolent students voluntarely adorn the auditorium for the talent show.

Destiny

Not everybody believes in destiny
Some people think it’s crazy
Some people think it’s funny
Others take it seriously
I personnaly think it’s not easy
For somebody to believed in destinity
Nobody wants to believed that they weere supposed to end up in this calamity
Destiny is a mystery
It will remain an unexplain story

By: Emmanuel Louijeune

Daily Post, March 26

There was nothing new today, I was doing the same thing requesting catalogs. My mentor Sheryl is going in vacation, I don't remember where she's going. She's leaving tomorrow and she'll be back on tuesday. In the mean time I will be staying with Adam and Amy but mostly Adam because Amy is not stable, she always have meetings and other things to attend. Sheryl told me that next thursday we will go see how her project had progressed. I will try my best to
take some pictures of the house. Well that's all for today

Daily Post, March 25

Finally today I was ordering the magazines on the internet. And I really liked it, because i'm working on a computer it makes it more fun. Since the magazines are mostly for free I ordered extra one for myself. I did't encountered much trouble ordering the magazines because Sheryl my mentor made me a sheet with all the information. She even wrote what i have to say when I call to ordere the catalogs. Today was a good day.

Daily Post, March 24

I thought was going to order the magazines today but it didn't happened. Instead I was looking over the info i have to make sure that I had good info. I was also fixing some magazines in their place and I was making a page to record the new magazines. I hope tomorrow I'll able to start ordering.

Weekly Vocabulary, March 21

1. Word / Phrase: Gypsum Board

Meaning: Wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.

Context: The wall behind the library is a gypsum board, when you punch it it feels like there's nothing inside

2. Word / Phrase: Concrete

Meaning: An artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden

Context: The constructor ask for 200 trucks of concrete to build the base of the building.

3. Word / Phrase: HVAC

Meaning: Stand for Heating, Ventilating, and air conditioning.

Context: Instead of saying heating, ventilating, and air conditioning achitect shorten them by saying HVAC.

4. Word / Phrase: Renovation

Meaning: To restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.

Context: Mentor Sheryl is working in a renovation project, the house is about 100 years old

5. Word / Phrase: Biggie

Meaning: Something that is very large, important, impressive, or successful

Context: The magazines on the left corner are no biggie.

Daily Post, March 20

Today I complited the biggest part of myjob. Next week I'll be calling peole about 300 and change people. I hope everything goes right. Overall today was ok, I didn't even realize when the time was over. So today I worked extra but don't regret it because I accomplished something with it.

Daily Post, March 19

It's obvious that the work still the same but the mood had suprisingly changed. Today when I lift up my head and saw the things I have accomplisged in the library I was embraced by proudness. With an agreeable smile my mentor said "It looks great, defenently better than before, good job". I was happy to hear those words. Don't be astonished to hear that I'm still not done with the work, but I'm planning to make this library one of the most well organize library. Sure it will take time and I will get bored,I'm also positive that me and my mentor will be happy with the result. Today was a great day, I had fun in what I've been call borring for days. It was just one day right, I hope things keep going like this although I don't think it will.

Daily Post, March 18

There was nothing knew, I was doing the same job. My mentor wasn't there today but the other people were. I was listening to some music while working and that's all.

Daily Post, March 17

As all the other days today I was organizing folders in their category, while keeping tract on the dates. That was it for three hours and I'm still not done.I hope I will complete this part tomorrow and move on to the next tract. Do what you love, love what you do, don't regret what you do, regret what you didn't do. I'm trying to enjoy my internship now, so I can prevent myself from regreting it someday. Everything happen for a reason, I may not see the point in the present but I will in the future if God permit me to. "Your needs are more important than your wants". Juniors of IHS take iternship serious please don't ask why just do it, one day the answer will reveal itself to you.

Third Week Assignment

Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently?

One significant project that I'm working on is to rearrange the library in order including throwing out old magazines and refresh it with new one. There are many different categories in the library for example ( Concrete, Specialties, Windows & Doors, Wood, Furnishings, Finishes, etc). Some of the magazines are not in their place or they are old, so I have to put them in their place and make sure they are new. When the magazines are old ( before 2006) I take the company name and contact info down. That's my routine job

"Second Week Assignment Part 2"

What did you do during your second week?
During my seecond week I keep data of outdated magazines,just like the first week.

How was it different than the first week?
1) Instead of keeping the data on a piece of paper now I was typing them in the computer
2) Me and my mentor went on a trip thusday to visit the her project. The house she's working on, it was a great experience it was an awesome thing to see. The house is not complete yet, when it's over this house is going to be great. There's a golf field on the woof of the house, it's awesome.

What is something that you really like about the internship?
If there's one thing i really like it's the trip, I wish I could do it everyday.

What is something you dislike about the internship?
I dislike the daily routine, everyday I do the same thing, nothing change. I want to other things, kind of like moving around. I sit on a chair for three hours, straight everyday.

Who else's blog have your read and commented on?
I haven't comment anybody's blog yet

The End of the First Week of Internships

What is it?
Specht Harpman

What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
It's an architectural firm, they design houses.

Where is it?
338 W 39th Street, 10th Floor Manhattan

Tell a little about your mentor?
My mentor is really cool, she's very amiable.

What happened on the first day?
My mentor explain the work to me

What kinds of things have you done so far?
So far i've organize many different category they have in the library

What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)
It seems like everybody was happy to see me. There are other people working in the same floor, and they were very amiable with me.

When do you leave school?
11:45

How long does it take you to get to your internship?
1 hour and ten minutes

When do you arrive at home?
5:45, 6:00

What is your schedule?
Four days a week, three hours per day

What days do you work and for how long each day?
I work on taking info about the outdated magazines for three hours

Who are the two people that can sign your time card?
Sheryl, Amy & Adam

February 15 questions.

Tell a little about yourself?
My name is Emmanuel, I'm form Haiti. I'm 17 year old and I like to play piano and write poems sometime.

What did you learn in the junior internship seminar class up to this point?
I learned first impression
I learned how to write a seducible resume
I learn how to present myself in an interview

What is your greatest fear about internship?
The feeling of being inconnu
unbearable work

What is your greatest hope for the internship?
Learn something valuable
Have fun
Get pay

What is your internship site and what are you going to do there?
Spetch Harpman an archtectural firm, where they design houses.
Right now all I do is working in a small library where I keep data of outdated magazines then I will call all these company so they can send new magazines. Basically I'm organizing the library.

What will you miss about going to high school as you normally did for the last 2.5 years?
I will miss my friends