Days later...

Wed 270208.

Life around these parts has been kinda quiet...esp in OFH @ Lot 10.

However, it is not so as far as the construction of the new Taman Berjaya 2 (which I'll refer to as TB2 from now on...) project just opposite our place. Considering the time that has elapsed since work first began, construction has been progressing very well. Most of the RC structures of the buildings are up. This rate of constuction is partly due to the developers using supplied & delivered pre-mix concrete!

Here are a couple of pics of TB2 construction site...2 different views... :

Owing to these taller buildings coming up right opposite our place, our "internals" esp that of our master bedroom, would soon be "exposed" to all & sundry staying in those houses facing ours! Not good, right?

Using curtains would be best...drawing them together when the need arises esp at night! Our tinted windows would "shield" us from prying eyes in the daytime. Unfortunately, due to a couple of factors, curtains that are up at this time, cannot be drawn close enough to do the job well. So, the idea of putting up a blind in our centre window panel sounded good. One was bought...a bamboo mini-blind...but after installation, it was found to be insignificant in its function! We were still fully visible to all at night when the room light is on!

A no. of possible solutions were considered. Finally this was the result...

Phew...a lot of work went into that...ran out of cellophane tape tho. Notice the 3rd column/strip from the right...shorter than the others? Need to lengthen it but w/o the cellophane tape, work has to be temporarily halted...hehe...

Another observation that can be made when one drives around Alor Star town is that banners have been put up inviting applicants for positions in the new Tesco Alor Star! This, presumably, is an indication that Tesco Alor Star is nearing completion....maybe near Opening Day? That's good news for Alor Star ppl...esp lil ole me! A better place, maybe, for lil ole me & partner to go walk walk. A change from AS Mall...heheh....

Me will go for a spin around that area soon & will try snap a pic or two to post here. Ok?

Will maybe add the pics in this same post...Until then, let's keep our fingers crossed that Tesco AS will be opening soon...providing these 2 OFH inmates a new place to roam...

UPDATE @3:35pm :

Below are pics of present state of the Tesco Alor Star on-going construction...kinda darkish cos taken from inside our car ie thru the tinting film on our windscreen glass. Pls click on the pic to see the full-sized snapshot. :

Looks like building still has a long way to go b4 completion...however, that again depends on man-hours to be spent to achieve it. What do yu think?

Also look at the no. of cars parked alongside...wonder what's going on...inside? On-going walk-in interview for jobs? Well, your guess is as good as mine...hehe...

I forgot to take a pic of the view from the side...kinda huge building! Also appears to have a very large parking area to its right. There is clearly a ramp for vehicles to go up to its first floor. Dunno if there is underground parking or not tho. Building seems to be probably a 5-storey one?
No worries...we'll know soon enough...