The case of the confused louvers.

"That louver seems to be suffering from some sort of an identity crisis," Keith muttered under his breath. We just came from walking under the afternoon sun. 

I snapped a picture of the louver. and the building where it's attached to. and including the highway across it. plus some jalousies of the roadside Chinese restaurant where we sat to cool down.


Two weekends ago, Keith and I went to visit his associate's (it is not as glamorous as it sounds) (will be referred here as KA) project in the city suburbs.


Keith, as part of my lifetime apprenticeship, has recently turned me into his weekend assistant. I glorified my errand jobs; he still does not know such contract existed between us. While in transit from his out of town project to the city, he asked me to bring his dry seal along for us to bring to the site. The dry seal is made of solid metal thing, then lead and some more other things that make it heavier than it actually looks.


Although not quite a massive development, the new suburban mayhem is set to be one of the middle-high end developments in the city (Insert: This is the future site of Mcmansions). KA's client is one of the first owners to build the house in the area. KA's site turned out to be at the very end of the subdivision lot and we had to walk the 300 meters of the treeless, concrete avenue to get to the project area. It also turned out to be very near the body of water, almost surrounded by papyrus and woody mangrove species. At least they made the air cooler.


Keith and KA made sure that their design for this suburban residence is devoid of confused adornments. This, after all, may become the predictor of their as future designers of modern (for real!) houses.


The louver at the commercial building across the chinese restaurant is painted with red lead.


"'Should i shield this unit from the sun? Maybe only a little? Just a little bit? maybe shield just the side of the window here? and of the door there?' Christ, i hate these fake louvers."
Honestly, i didn't even know they were supposed to be louvers. I thought they were just railings to prevent people from falling over.


Confused railings, i should call them then? 

Don't be fooled by the jeepney sign. This is not in Jaro.