{"id":18865,"date":"2013-07-07T19:08:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T11:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=18865"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:39:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:39:04","slug":"work-in-progress-part-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/07\/07\/work-in-progress-part-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a fortnight since our last visit to The Minton condo&#8217;s construction. The last weekend was a terrifically busy one with Peter&#8217;s birth, our return from the hospital, and setting up the confinement nanny at home. There&#8217;s been several residents at the Facebook group who&#8217;ve been visiting inside the compound on weekends after construction has stopped for the day; so on a humid Sunday late afternoon, I went by for the same on top of the usual long and wide shots from the neighboring HDB blocks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18866\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-01.jpg\" alt=\"Tranquil World is almost done.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-01.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tranquil World is almost done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18867\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-02.jpg\" alt=\"Blocks 10 in the late afternoon. Our block is right in the center.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-02.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blocks 10 in the late afternoon. Our block is right in the center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18868\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-11.jpg\" alt=\"The library pavilion still very much looks in-development.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-11.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-11-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The library pavilion still very much looks in-development.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18869\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-15.jpg\" alt=\"The cascading waterfall at Tranquil World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-15.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-15-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cascading waterfall at Tranquil World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18870\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-19.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah will love the children's carousel at Fun World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-19.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-19-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannah will love the children&#8217;s carousel at Fun World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18871\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-27.jpg\" alt=\"The Tennis Court looks ready to be used.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-27.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-27-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tennis Court looks ready to be used.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18873\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-34.jpg\" alt=\"The Retail Block outlet from ground level.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-34.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-34-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Retail Block outlet from ground level.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18875\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-43.jpg\" alt=\"The 50m lap pool.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-43.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-43-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 50m lap pool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18876\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-44.jpg\" alt=\"Fun World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-44.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-44-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18877\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-48.jpg\" alt=\"Tranquil World as seen from the front of Block 10A.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-48.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-48-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tranquil World as seen from the front of Block 10A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18874\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-36.jpg\" alt=\"Hougang Street 11 - with our new place at the backdrop.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-36.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-36-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-36-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hougang Street 11 &#8211; with our new place at the backdrop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18872\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-30.jpg\" alt=\"Our new home from next year onwards.\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-30.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-30-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our new home from next year onwards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next series of photos are shots of inside units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a fortnight since our last visit to The Minton condo&#8217;s construction. The last weekend was a terrifically busy one with Peter&#8217;s birth, our return from the hospital, and setting up the confinement nanny at home. There&#8217;s been several<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/07\/07\/work-in-progress-part-21\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 21<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526],"tags":[515,544,531,540],"class_list":["post-18865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-home","tag-minton","tag-olympus-75-300","tag-e-m5","tag-lx7","wpcat-526-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blog-visit-36.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}