After a week of not opening blogger, I have this sudden
feeling crept into my soul. A feeling to write.
We have made some progress with the
design project. We now have all the basic design of framework of the house. It
took us so long, almost a week to interpret the architectural plan of the
house into basic framework plan, sketched with only beams and columns.
Lucky for us when we no longer need
to bother ourselves with the specification of the beam and column, as we only
need to assume all of them are of the same size. That reduces the work by half
I guess.
We are in a period of "design testing". All columns
are in a fixed position. There are certain parts we can place the column, while
we can put as many beams as we want, not considering any constraints such as
types, how much it can take loading and also financial provisions. And what's
exhausting, after getting one of the sample
designs done, we are haunted by a series of complicated calculations. It
drove me crazy the other day, frustrated enough to soon explode.
We still have some
modifications to make, and transferring the design into detailed plan in paper,
and also in CAD (computer-aided design). Though we have two weeks left, playing
time was never there to begin with. So, each one of us is quite stressed out.
Getting ahead, we
were told that Structural Analysis II requires more that we have done the
previous week. I don't know if the intention is for us to be prepared and to do
well on this project, but the more I think about it, it's quite discouraging.
Ignoring it for now is the best thing I could think of.
So, we decided to
take a day off on Wednesday. Thinking of something to do on that day rather
than spending time sleeping and surfing the net, we went to Sungai Tekala, a
recreational park located in Semenyih. Refreshing water, green scenery, quiet
and peaceful. A good place for us who need a break. Besides, there were not many
people on weekdays, so I think going there that day was a correct choice.
It's been a while
since I drowned myself in a river and I was a lil bit excited. Maybe I
played in water too hard that day, it left me with sicknesses. Leg
cramps, flu, cough and cold. All at once. I'm getting better but I still suffer
from a severe cough. Hopefully I'll be in perfect health by Monday. Thinking of
piles of works I have in store, getting sick at this time is not a
choice.
Leaving the
work-related story behind, it's Syabaan already. That's means we have about 27
days till Ramadhan. I didn't realize it until now when a friend of mine asked me
if I want to fast with him this upcoming Monday. Yeah, I know Ramadhan is just
around the corner, but I totally lost count of the date. I really need to
reflect upon myself starting this Syabaan. Maybe for that purpose, I need to
discuss it in another post.
On a different note, Anan is coming
back from Spain tomorrow. Me, Bushra and Nizam decided to pick him up tomorrow
morning and probably having breakfast together. Since all of us are busy this
week, we all agree to postpone our day out next week.
One more thing, lately I've been
thinking of changing to tumblr. For convenience, perhaps. Tumblr is like a
mini blog, and if you're just too lazy to update anything, reblog is a very
powerful tool. Or maybe another option is to use them both. Alternately switching between tumblr and blogger depending on my mood. No decision has been made yet, but
I'm seriously considering it. I'll let you know if I already made one.
Adieu.
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