Friday musings

woke up at 7.31am today. got into the usual routine, ate the bread multigrain bread pre sliced that i bought at swissbake at holland village cold storage. this was when i went to raffles medical mall to take stock of the directory. last night was crazy, finally browse through the straits times and saw that the land mall project we were working on was sitting on a piece of land that the government was acquring. and just like that WDP came to a close. a short but enjoyable stint. a pity, sometimes i wonder if the greater good is all that convincing an excuse. in a way, it seems like a way to overpower an individual, but every individual should matter, and its voice should be heard. and so the morning started by working on an updated timeline for the little retail. April would be a time of a mad familiarising myself with the authorities. in fact in the next 2 weeks, submission to the different LTA departments and CBPU. the puzzle is all in the plan. i need to buy tracing paper and thin markers. it is going to be a fun week of tracing and cadding. so it was nice i could discuss w K about the time taken, which was mostly 2 weeks and then authorities reply date. a little apprehensive about the positive projections. this year would mostly be getting clearances and doing tender, and from next jan, would be starting the construction if everything goes smoothly. n in the afternoon, i started on the feasi project. very challenging build, would be a fun exercise actually. either i go super early mon or go back for 1-2 hours on the weekend. maybe super early on mon would be a better bet. a new building added on to an existing 4 storey building. as such, the first 4 floors of the new built is like someone took a bite out of it. a big triangular bite. and the first storey of 10m to go up by ramp! it is going to be like an amusement park. anyhow it was good that C was here to discuss. He pointed out that the first thing would be the entrance position and then the placement of the structural cores, and because of the existing wedge cut out, after limiting it to sides, the next thing would be the circular ramp. and then the structural grid based on the carpark spacing starting from 7.2 to 7.7 and to 8, and the question was how would this bay affect the elevation. a few things i have to get right and placed in there though. a typical office core grid with staircase including the smoke stop lobby. my head was going to explode and this point. and then our neighbour office tenant did some painting, and the fumes came into our office. not long after i left. for some reason was hungry today, felt a little mentally hungry somehow. someone once said that it is when the soul feels hungry that the stomach tries to eat more to compensate. so i bought a duck rice with egg and beancurd which i threw away half, ha cheong gai 7 pcs for $8, and even bought a roti prata. L had mango juice after and i had a few slices of the fruit for supper. tomorrow going qingming. the musing of the day for me is that life can be like taking a straight bus, or taking 2 buses, eventually everyone gets there, right now i am taking 2 buses. really quite sleepy now