Unfinished Building, Unfinished Paint?

As I've already mentioned in my previous blog entry, I send my brother's things to his university in Tronoh last Saturday. He went there on his motorbike or it'll be very difficult for him to get around the big campus without it. I pick up his things at the end of the semester and send it back when the semester begins. Every time, I'll be passing by Kellie's Castle as I'll be using Gopeng-Batu Gajah route. After the first 2-3 times of sending and picking up my brother's things, I noticed Kellie's Castle got this very ugly yellow paint, and an unfinished white paint. (Click on image for lager photo)



I wonder why anyone would want to paint it yellow and white. The original brick color looks OK and very much authentic for such a historical site. Beside, if it's painted white, it'll look just like the many government offices with the legacy British architecture. Anyway, since they have painted the building, they might as well finish the job. It might look very grand with the fresh coat of paint, sitting by the river and atop the hill.



This is already the beginning of my brother's last semester of a 5 years course. Last Saturday is the last time I'll be sending my brother's things to his university. The next time, will be the time for me to pick his things up for good. And still, the Kellie's Castle paint remains unfinished. I dare say 3-4 years has already gone past since the last time I saw it with the unfinished paint job. I wonder who is taking care of Kellie's Castle now, which Municipal Council. Are they trying to make a point? Since the building is unfinished, it also deserved unfinished paint job? If there's no budget, then why paint it in the first place?



But to give them the benefit of the doubt, when I stopped there last Saturday, I saw a few workmen doing some landscaping by the river and also a few ostriches. I couldn't say if it's an ostrich farm, the place didn't look big enough to be called a farm. Probably Kellie's Castle will finally get the paint job done. Let's say... in 1-2 more years probably.