Sometimes everyone does require some silent moment, correct? Being an Audio Engineer requires probably more often some quiet moments, as focusing on the sound throughout the day, will definitely get you really tired.
Now. Being an audio engineer in Singapore is, in my opinion, quite tough to find "silent places". When i get home, although it can get really quiet, it defintely does not satisfy my craving for silence. Reason? Well. Right behind my house, there are constructions going on. A new building appearing. Mind you, the work is going on throughout the night. Not as loud as during the day, but enough to make you wonder, what on earth is happening back there.
Accross the (for now) beautiful green field, right behind Novena Square, they are building this new wing of the same building. Oh no, not the only wing. There is one more wing being built in front of Novena Square. The nice oasis-look-alike place is gone.
So anyway...
I have 3 big construction areas going on right around my place. During the day, it is tough not to hear any hammering, drilling and more. That is every day until sunday. No kidding.
Now, add the drums of the church right next to my building. Mind you, low frequencies travel faster than high ones. Hence, i can hear the rumble of the band's drums and bass.
Sometimes, i do hear the sirenes of the ambulance passing by my window. I guess that's ok. I am the building next to Tan Tock Seng Medical Center...
Oh, and sundays, since my apartment is facing the pool, i can hear the kids screaming and laughing for hours.
Around the evening (of every day), i do not understand why, but there are more and more heavy, full loaded trucks passing by, when the drilling and hammering slowly starts to fade out. "BBBRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHRRRRRR" every ... 10mins for at least 1 hour? Something like that.
Around 2am, when i finally get to go to bed, switch off my lights and want to sleep... I can hear this dog, barking until god knows what time. I can wake up in the middle of the night to keep on hearing him barking right behind my window...
Next to the barking, i do hear some hammering here and there of the building behind my window.
Little question for you.
Have you not wanted (at least once) to sit at a cafe, read a book or do work on your laptop, where it is quiet, you can hear nature (the wind going through the leaves, i.e.), happy children passing by and just have the sun caress your skin. No cars around, no hammering, no annoying noise, which comes in very irregularly and starting to irritate you because of its irregularity...
Have you not wanted it at least once in Singapore? Have you every found it? I did not.
Not yet, at least.
Now. Being an audio engineer in Singapore is, in my opinion, quite tough to find "silent places". When i get home, although it can get really quiet, it defintely does not satisfy my craving for silence. Reason? Well. Right behind my house, there are constructions going on. A new building appearing. Mind you, the work is going on throughout the night. Not as loud as during the day, but enough to make you wonder, what on earth is happening back there.
Accross the (for now) beautiful green field, right behind Novena Square, they are building this new wing of the same building. Oh no, not the only wing. There is one more wing being built in front of Novena Square. The nice oasis-look-alike place is gone.
So anyway...
I have 3 big construction areas going on right around my place. During the day, it is tough not to hear any hammering, drilling and more. That is every day until sunday. No kidding.
Now, add the drums of the church right next to my building. Mind you, low frequencies travel faster than high ones. Hence, i can hear the rumble of the band's drums and bass.
Sometimes, i do hear the sirenes of the ambulance passing by my window. I guess that's ok. I am the building next to Tan Tock Seng Medical Center...
Oh, and sundays, since my apartment is facing the pool, i can hear the kids screaming and laughing for hours.
Around the evening (of every day), i do not understand why, but there are more and more heavy, full loaded trucks passing by, when the drilling and hammering slowly starts to fade out. "BBBRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHRRRRRR" every ... 10mins for at least 1 hour? Something like that.
Around 2am, when i finally get to go to bed, switch off my lights and want to sleep... I can hear this dog, barking until god knows what time. I can wake up in the middle of the night to keep on hearing him barking right behind my window...
Next to the barking, i do hear some hammering here and there of the building behind my window.
Little question for you.
Have you not wanted (at least once) to sit at a cafe, read a book or do work on your laptop, where it is quiet, you can hear nature (the wind going through the leaves, i.e.), happy children passing by and just have the sun caress your skin. No cars around, no hammering, no annoying noise, which comes in very irregularly and starting to irritate you because of its irregularity...
Have you not wanted it at least once in Singapore? Have you every found it? I did not.
Not yet, at least.
