MEMOIR
The Girl in the White Frock with a Red Floral Pattern
Sometimes, a path isn’t wide enough for two
One fine Saturday, I set up the Total Station on our construction site’s newly commenced cafeteria project.
The Total Station is a survey instrument utilized for measuring distances, coordinates, altitude, and nearly all aspects related to survey work in the construction industry.
At that time, I was a trainee engineer involved in the expansion project for a prominent university in our country. Under this project, it was proposed to construct several buildings, including the cafeteria building I had been assigned to oversee.
After levelling the instrument, I adjusted the eyepiece by focusing it. Usually, we targeted it on a object at long distance. There was a nearby building within my line of sight, and naturally, it was set as the focal point.
While adjusting the eyepiece, I thought I had glimpsed a familiar figure, a girl in a white frock with a certain red floral pattern.
It was a strict no, focusing survey instrument to invade someone’s privacy, so I refrained from looking through it. However, I wanted to make sure.
