Monday, September 29, 2008

City Square Case Study

[This is a scheduled post]

IF you see this post, means I still can't get any place to online in China. I wrote and saved this as a draft few months back cuz I was lazy to upload the photos at that time. Anyhow I still feel like posting it up. So here it is - My Building Services II group assignment =)

I know, this is a reaal back-dated post!

YEAH.. Assessment is over! Portfolio is over! No more studio lesson! Two exams are over! Left one more paper to go on the 29th! However there is still one more assignment yet to submit, which is the building services II.

This assignment was given like months ago and it is supposed to be submitted Friday but we asked the lecturer to extend the due date. And he agreed us to submit on the coming Monday. So on yesterday, always being the late minute students, my group and some others went to look for a building to study for this assignment.

First we went to the M-Suites Hotel nearby Danga Bay, hoping we would get it started right away. Unfortunately the management staff couldn't approve our request as they were quite busy on that day. They said that they would call and inform us again in a few weeks' time. We didn't have much time for that.

Then we went around to look for another building and we came to Puteri Pacific Hotel. They told us the same thing. So we've made a decision not to choose hotels anymore. Tiong drove us around and finally we decided to head to City Square. After the study (if we did) maybe we could go for a movie or stuff like that. Hehe.
City Square
Services
Services

We went up to the management office on the 18th floor asked for the permission to do our study. The receptionist told us that the person-in-charge was not around but she said that we could contact her some time later. Well, at least there was a slight hope.
The tower lobby
It is divided into three zones
The lift lobby

While waiting for the management staff, we went to Starbucks for a drink. Tiong slept straight away at there.
Watchu looking?
Zzz..
Ipoh mali girls

A while later I called the staff again and she finally said that we could carry on with what we wanted to do WITH CONDITIONS that we do not enter the services rooms. Duh, that's the main purpose we went there and she told us that we couldn't access to those area?!!

Nevermind. We continued exploring the building on our own, snapping photos without permission, and sneaking to unauthorized area. Jean did some act at the fire escape staircase.
"I'm alive...!"
The Ringu
When there is fire, you jump down like that

I must say the roof top was the best place we ever went. There was a window cleaning hanger like the one we always see in the movie which able to move on a designated track along the building perimeter. Suddenly I felt like I'm in the movie Infernal Affairs (无间道).
The roof level plan
We are going up up up
Pipes and arrows
"Oops, someone is there"

At the same time there was a worker cleaning the water tank so we got the chance to ask him some few questions and we also took the chance to climb up the water tank. It was quite a fun experience.
The tank is 4meter high
Jean going up
We were curious about..
What's inside???
This is where all the water stored
Clockwise from right: Ning, Tiong, Beeli the hole.
There was actually another floor higher than roof top level but we couldn't go up there as the access was locked. Wasted.

After exploring the top, we moved down to the basement level trying to locate the Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) and the garbage disposal area. Walking around and finding those areas in the three storey basement carpark wasn't easy. There was no air-con and everywhere looked almost the same to us.
The carpark, obviously
I have never see this thing for a long already
It is a carlift


Some random photos of the day:
Escalator shot
Elevator shot
Gosh, Tiong is long
I'm lost

While we were at the roof top wandering around the mechanical rooms and the fire staircase access we saw something which was not suppose to be there!! Jeng Jeng....
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You tell me why is this thing there?

Friday, September 26, 2008

Why Men Love The Olympics?

[This is a scheduled post]


IF you see this post, means I probably can't find any internet connection in the Hainan Island. Or it will be unconvenient for me to go online. So I've prepared some interested stuff instead. Hehe.

Since I'm in China now, I post(ed) something related. Although the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing has already ended last month, I'm sure there are some scenes which are not forgotten. Especially the girls from the cheerleading team. Enjoy ;)


Don't you just love the Oympics?
Cheer it up! =D