{"id":18825,"date":"2013-06-23T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T05:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=18825"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:39:47","slug":"work-in-progress-part-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/06\/23\/work-in-progress-part-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an absolutely horrendous week of smog, the sky started clearing up from yesterday afternoon. The air is still by no means in the healthy range, and the health agencies monitoring the haze have warned that the somewhat clear skies these two days is a very temporary respite. But many are out of doors to take the opportunity to get out of the house, breathe some (relatively) fresh air albeit still with the slight smoky stink and enjoy whatever bit of clear skies we can before the smog welcomes us back from tomorrow onwards.<\/p>\n

There weren’t many workers about the The Minton condo compound. Perhaps it was a slow start to a weekend day, or that construction temporarily halted when the haze breached into hazardous levels on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n

\"Potted
Potted plants ready for relocation into the compound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The cascading waterfall has been planted too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No
No idea what it is. Perhaps a stone fortress for kids to lob water bombs at unsuspecting residents?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The planted areas are really looking very nice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Animal
Animal topiaries installed. Heads not included yet though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pool
Pool scrubbers. The pool should be filled with its first water cycle soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another
Another 3 by 3 tree cluster in the compound, with the timber decks surrounding it to be installed soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Planter
Planter areas on the top of the Retail Outlet block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Grand Clubhouse has its own little rooftop garden too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Blocks
Blocks 10 on a hazy morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The balconies of the sky terraces have been painted a Superman-underwear red.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Glass
Glass panels have been installed at the Grand Clubhouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trees
Trees have been planted just behind the heated pool; otherwise the HDB residents opposite will get uninhibited free shows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Grand Clubhouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Minton, to be TOPed in July, or September, or November, or next year, or whenever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This will very likely be the last visit to The Minton construction site before Ling goes into labor, after which we’ll probably be out of our regular reporting on the ongoing work of their new home for a couple of weeks until – maybe – late July or so. Everyone on the Facebook group is still guessing when TOP-completion will be though, with the optimistic fellows still believing it to be end of this month, and the pessimistic ones, well, sometime next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After an absolutely horrendous week of smog, the sky started clearing up from yesterday afternoon. The air is still by no means in the healthy range, and the health agencies monitoring the haze have warned that the somewhat clear skies<\/p>\n

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