Solo Raver on Clifton Beach

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After work today, we went down to Clifton Beach with a bunch of friends for a picnic and to watch the sunset. For a Singaporean used to HOT HOT HOT & HUMID sticky yuckiness at the East Coast Park, it was a pleasant surprise that even though it's in the middle of summer and the average temperature's like a regular day back home at around 30 degrees C, it's not hot and sticky at all.

And once the sun sets, the temperature drops down to about 18 or 20 degrees. So there we were wrapped in our blankets, eating chips and dip when suddenly this lone ranger, I mean, raver... sparks up his twirly torch things and starts prancing around, practicing his moves. It was the most random thing, but we were treated to an hour of flame throwing and twirling, which was kinda cool (can you imagine if this happened on East Coast Beach? the cops would be there in a jiffy)... music's banned on the beach coz of the residents nearby, but this guy was dancing to a random beat in his head. This place is fulla hippies!

Day ?!? of the staircase?

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All I can say is... IT'S FINALLY DONE!

It got to the point where I got bored of it. I'd come home and not even be bothered to check on where these guys were at... but after about 2 weeks (8 or 9 working days), it's all shiny, sparkly and varnished. That last curvy bit of the balustrade was what they were struggling with.

Couldn't be bothered to upload pictures coz after day 5 it all kinda looked the same to me... Even the maid who comes once a week is bored of it already (we'd keep calling and telling poor Constance "sorry, don't come tomorrow they're not done yet. Come the day after." And the next day we'd have the same conversation again...)

What an anticlimax... More work-in-progress photos in the album below.


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Day 5 of the Staircase mini-series

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So yesterday was the 5th working day and supposedly the last day of construction (YEAH, RIGHT!!!)

They've only just added the gangplank... and strangely enough, it doesn't look anything at all like our old staircase frame which it's supposed to be made out of. Which reminds me, we should ask them why this is the case.

More of the balustrade's been welded down, so what's left is the balustrade/ railing that goes from the stairs and sweeps up to the loft. And touching up bits & pieces here & there.

Kelly just went home during lunchtime today to check on them and apparently they're working fullsteam ahead. Seems like they'll need another 1 or 2 more days to be completely done. We're getting massive cabin-fever already and can't wait till we get the rest of the apartment back. To top it all off, apparently the municipality is shutting down electricity in the entire city tonight for "maintenance" reasons. ARGHHHHH!!!

More pix in album on the left.

Day 4 of the Staircase mini-series

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The Balustrade's been attached halfway, and each column bit has been welded to the next. Still sounds kinda creaky when you walk up & down the stairs.

More angles in the album on the left.

Got a messy house? Party at your mama's!

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...and so we did. Organized a braai at Gaye's place on Saturday while she's away in New Zealand.

Victoria and her friends came over, people from Ogilvy came over, and Kelly's bunch of friends came over. It was a motley crew over beers and braai... and lots of MEAT. It's truly a S.African passion (we've now had 3 braai's in the space of 7 days).

And then spent Sunday cleaning the massive mess, and sleeping it off... anything to deny the dirt & dust at home!

Day 3 of the Staircase mini-series

Shouldn't have spoken too soon. Just when we were getting excited, we came home today to find that *drumroll please*... everything is as it was yesterday.

The only thing you can do is laugh. HA. HA. HA.

Of course they called to say that they're working in their workshop today, making the gangplank out of the old staircase frame. I can almost believe that they'd have the proper tools back at the workshop and it would be less messy to do it there than to do it in the living room itself... but let's just see what Monday brings (yes, no work happens on the weekend. It's Cape Town!)

Eating out is getting boring; No TV and no couch is getting boring; Dirty, messy house is even more boring... what to do this weekend?