In which the female character reminds me of Sam - not in the way she behaves or speaks More in the way people respond to her; inviting yet out of reach, friendly but with boundaries.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026
27.3.2026 Friday - clarity and a lesson learnt
Last week, I met a young builder PC, who was building our house extension. I found out that one of our client had invited him to tender for a project we designed. I like and trust this client, and trust his judgement in dealing with people.
This morning, I discover that PC knew my father, who was his team manager when PC was playing State level basketball. This is a nice surprise, and confirms some ideas I have about finishing of our renovation project. We meet for breakfast and talked about his trip to Perth with my dad in 2006, about how my father was exhibiting symptoms of dementia even then. Despite its label as a 'city', Kuching is actually a small town where most folks know each other - Sara's boyfriend is the son of one of Sam's gym friends, and Sean's girlfriend is the daughter of one of my high-school friends.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
26.3.2026 Thursday - lunch with Jiayan
I enjoyed today.
430am up to start the drawings for our Taiwan installation, which is due for construction in May. In July, we visit the completed structure and attend a design conference courtesy of the contractor. Fiona has agreed to join us, so it will be a good experience for everyone.
900am discussion with our apartment builders, I like these two project managers - proactive and good in their coordination of works. We settle the nagging queries related to roof steel, it seems that this is all I have been doing in the past months; resolving roof framing...
11am meeting Dr Lau about a potential project; the overall configuration is deemed viable with only final sizes and layouts to do. Jiayan and I have a good chat over lunch. She paid for my drinks which I thought was very kind of her.
25.3.2026 Wednesday - getting ready for the seaside
730am SY texts early to say he is ready for breakfast, we were meant to meet at 830am with TTY to finalise our drawings for our Taoyuan installation. They both meet with the contractor, and he briefs me on the time lines and deliverables, etc - it all sounds very exciting. Something to look forward to in July.
230pm Fiona and I meet with the Chung Hua Middle School No. 1 principal and the chairman of the school board, Richard Wee. My uncle.
It seems like we have a project, 2 projects in fact - a library renovation and upgrade to school hall and entrance. I'm glad that we met on 'site' and spoke to the end users.
The library renovation will be funded by a donor, a fellow architect whose father left money for this purpose. Timely then, as I informed our clients that we will not be charging any fees for the school projects.
24.3.2026 Tuesday - setting the tone
Thinking about our latest project, drawing things up and testing it with our team. George in particular, he will update the perspectives, he and I have been working together for many years, since he was my diploma student. I have good people that I can depend on while I get other aspects of our work done - a sketch and a phone-call and we are set for the rest of the week.
23.3.2026 Monday - K2
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