D-Day + 656 : On this cool and cloudy day ...

i thought it would be a good time to take an after lunch stroll to Jade Spring for some photo taking.
But sadly, the clouds gave way to the sun when we were leaving home and the high humidity doesn't help either. I am already starting to perspire upon reaching Ave 4.

To make matter worse, i had decided to bring neither phone nor wallet. Thus when the weather had taken its toll on us, there is basically nothing we can do but to make haste our trip. The bottle of Coke Light in the fridge kept us going.

A shot of Jade Spring Phase 2.

Blk 443. The side facing Yishun Park.

Blk 442 and 443 from Ave 11.

Our national bird hard at work.

Blk 446 leading the pack. At level 5 now.


Blk 442 Units 04.


Living room of unit 02 and 04.


Working on unit 12 and 14.


Our neighbour Blk 440. The facade color is really soothing.

Blk 443 from junction Ave 11 and Ring road.


The actual distance between Phase 2 and Northbrooks Sec.

D-Day + 593 : It has been quite a while ...

since our last visit. Have been passing by frequently but wasn't armed with my lumix, and of course, no permission to visit it alone.

It's exciting to see that the foundation is finally done and some of the levels are up. The progress of phase 2 seems to be doing well too. Wonder if both will be completed together, though by different contractors.

Upon closer look, it seems only 1 block from Phase 2 is up.

Blk 442. Hope to see the 2nd level soon.

Blk 446 is the only block in Phase 1 with 2 levels.

The Multi-storey carpark should be done very soon.

A badly stitched photo of the whole Jade Spring site.

Blk 442 and 443.

Close-up shot of Blk 446, our 1st choice block, but we aren't fated to get it.

Future entrance to the estate.

D-Day + 481: With a hope to see more progress...

we decided to catch our lunch at Neighbourhood 4. It was a humid afternoon, thus we took a bus instead of strolling over. After a nice meal of fishball meepok, it is time to witness the progresses of Jade Spring.

Watching the cranes at work while enjoing my lunch.

One of the few coffeeshops in the neighbourhood central.

That's the power of 10x zoom on my Lumix.

Not much changes. But it does seems to me that there are lesser machineries this time round.

The Most Progressive Award goes to the Multi Storey Carpark.


The often forgotten part of the site. Junction of Ave 11 and Ring Road.


The carpark from another angle.


That's where my block will stand. Nothing done at all.

Information signboard...

of Jade Spring Phase 1 and 2. Cycled past today thus stop by to capture them. The gate was opened widely with nobody in sight. Was tempted to cycle in to take some close up shots but decided against it due to safety reasons.

D-Day + 412: My first visit...

to Jade Spring site in year 2009. As it had been more than 2 months since my last visit and baobei is busy with her grandma's funeral thus though it is a lazy Sunday, I still decided to go for a short cycling trip to check out the progress of Jade Spring and the bridge over Serangoon river.

Progress of Jade Spring Phase 1 and 2.

Works being done to the carpark area.

The machinery had increased since my last visit.

The future entrance to the estate.

That's where my block will stand!

Phase 1 and 2 from another angle.

I believe the foundation work of the carpark is completed.

D-Day + 337: More have been done...

to Jade Spring though I thought the progress was rather slow. On the other hand, it buys me more time to save up for the renovation. Now even phase 2 has begun construction, but with a different contractor. Most probably the 2 phases will TOP together. Hopefully the quality of work will not be hit by the economic downturn. Here are some pictorial updates.

D-Day + 279: More works...

... are being done to Jade Spring. It seems that they are only working on the phase 1 site. I know the residents nearby would hate that, but I'm sorry to be selfish, i really can't wait for the piling to start!

Some more photos to share:

D-Day + 272 : Contructions begins...

... at Jade Spring! Went past the building site last week and saw containers and bulldozers.
So decided to go take some photos to journal down the progress, and this time round i witness workers and actions done to the building site! Its about time.

Some photos to share.

D-Day + 219: Arrived early..

... at HDB today. Registered and waited patiently for our number to be called. Keeps on flipping through the documents to confirm that I have brought everything required. The staff serving us is an interesting auntie. She talks very sloowwww. Though my guess is that she wants to make sure we catch everything she says, but I still find her interesting and a joy to listen too. Dooon't yooouuu agreeee?

D-Day + 207: On this auspicious day...

... I finally received my HDB letter of appointment for the signing of agreement of lease.

Appointment details: 20/08/2008 @ 1010hrs.

Hmm... nice numbers.. should try my luck at 4D..

Why...

... is Yishun Ring Road (in Red) called a Ring Road? As its name suggest, it ring-up all major neighbourhoods of Yishun Town.

Green - Neighbourhood 1. Host Chong Pang (son of Nee Soon) city. Lots of good food here!

Yellow - Neighbourhood 2. My current home ground.

Magenta - Neighbourhood 3. Play host to Yishun North NPC.

Purple - Neighbourhood 4. Home to Jade Spring Phase 1 and 2 (Red dot).

Blue - Neighbourhood 6. Near to SAFRA, Yishun Polyclinic and the upcoming KTP Hospital.

Dark Green - Neighbourhood 7. Long for a swim? House the SSC Swimming Complex.

Orange - Neighbourhood 8. Khatib Central. Also have good foods and home to Yishun South NPC and Yishun Stadium.

Pink - Neighbourhood 9. a.k.a Yishun Central. Northpoint, Interchange and more to come.

D-Day + 126: Some photos to share...

... on Jade Spring building site.

Day frontal view of the building site. Taken from Blk 416. The building in the background is Northbrooks Sec. To the right is Yishun Ring Rd and the lush greenery is Yishun Park.


Another day view of the building site. Taken from Blk 440. Yishun Ring Rd runs horizontally separating Jade Spring and Yishun Park. To the right is Yishun Ave 11.


Night view of the building site. Taken from Blk 440.