{"id":19090,"date":"2013-08-31T20:36:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=19090"},"modified":"2017-02-25T12:35:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T04:35:41","slug":"work-in-progress-part-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/08\/31\/work-in-progress-part-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another weekend visit to the ongoing construction at The Minton. Just 4 more weeks away to the projected TOP &#8211; Temporary Occupation Permit &#8211; and from residents who&#8217;ve checked out the place at the early evenings, construction hours seem to have been extended to try to get the apartment project completed timely.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also just started meeting up with Interior Designers starting this weekend, though given that we&#8217;ve got up to two children in tow, it&#8217;s a real logistic challenge to plan for each visitation! Those of us who&#8217;ve gone through a full interior design and renovation project will know how long-drawn and time-consuming it will be. Anyway, more on that in a different post for later. In the mean time, pictures showing the new developments at The Minton:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19091\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-032.jpg\" alt=\"Support beams for the wood decks have been installed for the observation point at Tranquil World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-032.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-032-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Support beams for the wood decks have been installed for the observation point at Tranquil World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19092\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-043.jpg\" alt=\"The roofing support of the BBQ pit area at Tranquil World remains me of one of those old bamboo fans!\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-043.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-043-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The roofing support of the BBQ pit area at Tranquil World remains me of one of those old bamboo fans!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19093\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-08.jpg\" alt=\"The Treehouse has been completely fenced up, and also fitted with climbing steps.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-08.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-08-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Treehouse has been completely fenced up, and also fitted with climbing steps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19094\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-131.jpg\" alt=\"The 50m lap pool sure looks very inviting for a swim on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon.=)\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-131.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-131-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 50m lap pool sure looks very inviting for a swim on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon.=)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19095\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-16.jpg\" alt=\"The current state of Tranquil World. The tree saplings are still growing, and hopefully will provide plenty of shade when they mature.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-16.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-16-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-16-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The current state of Tranquil World. The tree saplings are still growing, and hopefully will provide plenty of shade when they mature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19096\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-21.jpg\" alt=\"Wood decking is in progress along the main pool at Fun World.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-21.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood decking is in progress along the main pool at Fun World.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19099\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-261.jpg\" alt=\"Workers installing decks at the main pool.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-261.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-261-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers installing decks at the main pool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19097\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-51.jpg\" alt=\"Vehicle gantries have been installed, though the placement of this one is odd. It's pretty far in and a short distance away from the main gate itself.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-51.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-51-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicle gantries have been installed, though the placement of this one is odd. It&#8217;s pretty far in and a short distance away from the main gate itself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19098\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-53.jpg\" alt=\"The corner signage has been beautified with shrubbery planted in front of it. It might need some trimming soon though - the shrubs are already almost covering the letters' base.\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-53.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-53-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corner signage has been beautified with shrubbery planted in front of it. It might need some trimming soon though &#8211; the shrubs are already almost covering the letters&#8217; base.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another weekend visit to the ongoing construction at The Minton. Just 4 more weeks away to the projected TOP &#8211; Temporary Occupation Permit &#8211; and from residents who&#8217;ve checked out the place at the early evenings, construction hours seem to<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2013\/08\/31\/work-in-progress-part-29\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Work-in-Progress \u2013 Part 29<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,526],"tags":[515,532,544,531,508],"class_list":["post-19090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-blues","category-new-home","tag-minton","tag-12-50mm","tag-olympus-75-300","tag-e-m5","tag-e-pl2","wpcat-7-id","wpcat-526-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/blog-visit-16.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19090","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=19090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}