We had to make ourselves known...

Here's an excerpt from the email we sent to him following the series of postcards...


Dear Kevin,
 
We hope you're wondering about the numerous cards you received in the last few weeks. We are assuming they got to you or this note would have been pointless. We were the senders (or culprits, depending on the circumstances), Rashidah and Badrul. That's Shidah and Shah for short. Let's leave it at that for now. 
 
   The cards was our way of shifting your attention to us. Judging from your website, we can tell you have been busy. And we thought it good for you to take a break, The few words in the cards tell you what we want and our opinion of you. Even the pictorial on the cover is relevant but why explain when it is self-explanatory? Anyway, we hope the cards worked.
 
   Our discovery of your website is truly blessed. We were in the market for a house but at the same time tired of seeing an even more tired design regime. We dare say that our hope has now changed we have totally scrapped the idea of buying an off-the-shelf house and decided to build it instead. The change of mind happened literally overnight, that is after bumping into your website.
 
   Let us tell you what hit our radar. The fact that you design and create furnitures (and mailboxes, and wardrobes.) The fact that you think good design doesn't have to cost. These days you can't have one without sacrificing the other. And your simplistic style. Till recently, we had failed to find a Malaysian architect who would meet all these criteria. 
 
   We had dreamt of having a house that passers-by would chuckle, thinking "with all that glass, people are going to know what they're doing inside." We don't believe in living in a prison either (read: no grilles). We don't fancy a perimeter fence which would further emphasise the prison. And roman pillars should be, well, should be just for the Colosseum. 
 
   Let us know if you are interested to board. We think it's going to be a great journey ahead. Whether or not we fit your bill of 'unusual clients', we guess you have to find that out yourself!
 
Shah and Shidah.