Friday, January 6, 2023

6th Jan 2023 Friday - Kch-Sing

 


On the pretext of visiting buildings in Singapore and maintaining closer relationships with my Singaporean friends, Sam and I made the trip to get away and spend some money and time together. The last few weeks have been taxing, and we both needed to be boyfriend-girlfriend again. 

She booked us into a nice hotel, and made reservations for a show at Marina Bay Sands, and told me I can buy new running shoes at Feder Sports. I'm that easy to please; new Vibrams, free snacks and drinks at the hotel, breakfast from 7am till 3pm. And KM is giving us an architectural tour on Saturday.









 

5th Jan 2023 Thursday - architects and their new year resolutions

 


Wednesday, January 4, 2023

4th Jan 2023 Wednesday in the office


 

3rd Jan 2023 Tuesday - explode


 

2nd Jan 2023 Monday - old photographs

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1st Jan 2023 Sunday - New year's day lunch

 
An uneventful NewYear’s Day. EH and I used to run (try to) from home to Damai, he probably still goes for a long run but I took the morning to sleep in until 7am. I had promised to cook lunch for the Lims and the Sias, in the office which has become my new entertainment hub. 

And since my mom enjoyed our last outing with our friends, we brought her along as well so that she can visit our new office. She first visited my office when we were at Golden Arch where she complained that it was smelly. And it was, the cooking fumes from the coffee shops wafted upwards and permeated our third floor space. In our Central Park office, she questioned why I didn’t have a room to myself since I was one of the bosses. There were 4 bosses, I told her- if we all had rooms there will not be enough space for the staff. At DNA House, two of the bosses had rooms although William later moved out when he must have felt isolated. I sat in the centre of the studio near the library and within reach of the kitchen, I had two of the nicest rooms in the office. Mom didn’t visit 44 Upper China Street, the stairs would have been a challenge to her frail knees but the new office was easy to access. The escalators escorted her the two flights to our third floor office and she enjoyed the lunch though I think more comfy seats with a back would be better for her. 


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31st Dec 2022 Saturday - gardening with Sara


It rained the whole  night and continued to drizzle in the morning, but not enough to deter me from emptying the compost bin and tidying up the veggie patch. I didn’t feel like drawing or designing but wanted to be productive and collecting compost seemed the thing to do. I can’t remember if I asked Sara to come out to help me or she did it on her own, in any case when she came outside I asked she to dissect a clump of passion fruit seedlings. They are growing in a Boba tea container. She split them into plastic food containers, one tiny seedling in each with the newly harvested compost in support. We burned holes at the base of the food containers as weep holes. At the end of the hour, we counted 20 transplanted seedlings in their new containers; quite productive. 

We teach young people to be productive and be happy in what they are doing. I think that the two things are related, that we were happy when we are productive.