27.9.2026 Sunday -

 1. Singgahsana concept sketches
2. SJIS site plan
3. HSL master plan
4. Kitchen dwgs
5. PD pump room
6. Toorak stairs
7. AC grilles at Springvale
8. new penthouse layout
9. wheels at the column base
10. spvl screens
11. access to RC roof @spvl
12. M&E roof, mark in the columns stump PDF
13. mark in the spvl shop dwgs, defects
14. render the breezeway terrace
15. check up on MAC2
16. toorak roof shop dwgs

26.9.2026 Saturday - for he is a jolly good Fellow.

I like Saturday's routine of playing pickleball at the club, having breakfast and then going to work for a couple of hours. All is good, although I am told that I need to smile more when playing, which I thought was rather unfair all things considered.

 

Lessons for the week - I should stop attending dinners with the old Thomians, and stop offering to play pickleball and let the other party ask first. 

The only highlight of the day is news that my application to graduate to a PAM Fellow member has been approved. But I do not tell anyone - it is not important to them.

25.9.2026 Friday - taking delivery

 Sam says that if some of our young friends need help, we should not hesitate to offer it. She has been helping one of them take delivery of some goods which he needs for goody-bags at a conference in October. I know the guy, I understand how hard it can be making a living in a city like KL. So, I offered to help some months back when he reached out. He seemed surprised at first about my offer, but he gets the gist now. 

People are curious why we would do things for them with no potential or visible gain for us. Sometime, we are just wanting to be helpful. Which is why I am putting Henry in touch with Alvin, who wants to return to Kuching at some point and I think Henry can pay his 'debt' forward. Lessons all round. 

24.9.2026 Thursday - time for another drawing list.

1. Singgahsana concept sketches
2. SJIS site plan
3. HSL master plan
4. Kitchen dwgs
5. PD pump room
6. Toorak stairs
7. AC grilles at Springvale
8. new penthouse layout
9. wheels at the column base
10. spvl screens
11. access to RC roof @spvl
12. M&E roof, mark in the columns stump
13. mark in the spvl shop dwgs, defects
14. render the breezeway terrace
15. check up on MAC2
16. toorak shop dwgs
17. Strata plans and access

23.9.2026 Wednesday - Euan Uglow

 

22.9.2026 Tuesday - the Bahai

I have a hit of tennis with Ho (and later Robert) and feel good about it, happy with my ball contact and movement. And it feels nice to be in the sun again, although it is a bit hazy.

Kamal invites us over for dinner, I am feeling very privileged - two dinner in two nights. I have not been to his house in Kuching before, so we are both quite taken aback with the size of the house compound and the maturity of the trees in the garden.
There are some familiar faces amongst the dinner guests, as expected because Kuching is a small village after all. Sam and I have a good time chatting with Kamal's sister Shirin and her husband, Payam. Their daughter, Lian is a delightful young lady - we offer to cook for them when they next visit. Jowie offers to take them pickle-balling then.  Kamal's family is Bahai, and have the loveliest way about them, although this is first time we have met this family - it feels like we have known them for a long time.

21.9.2026 Monday - several pomodoros later...

I should not have to resort to time management methods to get work done. But this morning, I do just that, just to get the ball rolling. The timer in my computer is set to 25 minutes and I start work on the 3D of the new housing. It works, and I get plenty done before noon. 

Mike Ho ring to invite me for dinner tonight. I will go and see others, but I fear because of the time apart, instead of catching up with new news, we simply run out of conversation.