6th Dec 2022 Tuesday - Elev8

5th Dec 2022 Monday - Kiara North

4th Dec 2022 Sunday - sore back, grumpy and hot

 

Today was an unproductive day, my back was sore which meant that I could not play tennis in the morning. It did not get better by the evening so I did not play squash that day. It is amazing how much my mood is dependent on the amount of physical exercise that I do in a day. And it did not help that I didn't get much work done either, as it was hot at home. Perhaps I was down with Covid, and joint pain is one of the symptoms, and I did have a bit of fever. 

I think the lesson is that I need to exercise with diversity; run, stretch. lift weights, swim on top of the racket sports. Otherwise the body is taxed in the same fashion continuously, and those over-taxed parts break down. 

There was a bit of a highlight when we have dinner with Pam who returned for several months from New Zealand. Brother in law was quiet as usual, and angry at something I thought. I thought it was me, for some offence I had unknowingly committed. Later in the evening, when Sam and Pam talked about mom, I realised he was angry with her (for being always in their lives now, for taking time away from his wife, and his children.)

3rd Dec 2022 Saturday - made 2 new friends

As usual, we provided good local hospitality and brought our friends to dinner when committee members were unable to attend. I made two new friends that evening, when they started a quiz about general knowledge.

This morning marked the beginning and the event of design lectures this year for PAMSC, both speakers were people I met late this year. Shyuan Kuee I met during the Penang WAD seminar - I was seated to her and congratulated her after her talk and she said something to me after mine. Something about how casual the delivery was, so I used the opportunity to invite her to speak in Kuching. I wanted the young ones in our fraternity to see how it was possible to produce good work recognised by the Institute in small towns like ours (Shyuan is from Ipoh), provided you have a vision of what you wanted to achieve and grit. She talked about how hard it was to collaborate with her peers in Ipoh compared to us in Kuching. 

Shan Ming we met through Kok Ming who brought us to WOHA's Meyer House in Singapore, she impressed us with her detailed tour of the project and her dedication to her work for someone so young. Again, I thought that our young ones could learn from this, she is only in her 30's, hopefully Sean will take a leaf from her book. 

2 Dec 2022 Friday - Shan Ming and Shyuan

 

1 Dec 2022 Thursday - resolutions in December

MontKiara - a potential job

We decided to call on two other contractors to quote for the Stampin renovation, the first was more responsive enough and I smell a rat. We will get the keys back from the first contractor and then we arrange the site visits ourselves. I also need Sean to be more pro-active and alert, but I remind myself that I must be patient as he is only in his first three months.

My sore back did not stop me from playing squash but I think I should rest everything for two weeks, and get back into running/skipping health before I start squash again. I swim to replace and get into serious running again in the new year. Resolution?

I saw some 'resolutions' I wrote in my diary in July; run or walk daily 3km (early in the morning) - easy enough I thought but I have not done it. This is a good replacement for mediation. 

30th November 2022 Wednesday - pushy

 

L1. Block A

skim coated soffit of slab and beams

setting out of metal door frames

morning tea