ode to the soapbox

i'm at home right now. well of course i am. 99% when i wrote this blog, i'd be at home because

1) that's when i'm free
2) free wi-fi speed outside sucks
3) free internet/wi-fi almost non existance outside this country
4) i'm aware of ppl nearby peeping at my screen

... which is silly because it's not like i'm writing anything about earth-shattering secret, or alien invasion or something. ok maybe some wild gossips and bitching once in awhile but hey, who doesn't?

even at home i find it difficult to write. mainly because recently i'd rather play my xbox 360, watching heroes, lost or desperate houswives and bugging people off with my endless notifications at facebook.

but right now, i'm kinda forced to stop my gaming and stay in my room because there are people servicing my aircond. so i have to stay in the room and protect my area. not that i'd peed at every corner of the room, but it's more for a peace of mind. especially because directly below the aircond they are servicing is my drawer where there are USD2000 dollars cash in an envelope.

i've never serviced my aircond before, and i've been staying here more than 3 years. do you service yours? i'm only triggered to do this because when i signed the agreement to rent this house few months back (which eventually i ended up terminating a week after that and paid them almost SGD6000 in compensation), there was a clause stating they need to service the airconds every 3 months or face the firing squad (haha ok i made up that last part). so i figured this must be something that everybody does.

plus, my aircond sort of giving funny sounds lately.

or else, i've never thought of servicing my aircond. it sounded like throwing money down the drain. probably because my entire childhood was spent in a room with fan in it. how the hell am i supposed to know we need to service our aircond every quarter of the year? i mean, you watch tv everyday, but we don't service the tv right?

but think about it, we do send our cars for servicing also huh?

ok now this is what i'm gonna do. i'm gonna service my aircond every 3 months from now on. it's recommended because apparently if the thing spoiled, it's massively pain in the neck to take out the unit and replace, not to mentioned the amount of money i'd chuck down the drain. it's like an insurance you know, even we need to detox once in awhile right?

and also because the silver star company i enganged is pretty good. bless them for dropping their company paper brochure into my mailbox. they charged me 30 bucks for one aircond one time servicing. that's cheap, because previously when i called electrician or plumbers, they charged almost 50 bucks just for coming here, not adding the services yet. and this silver star company guys even cleaned their mess and most importantly never asked me to change any parts and induced more money spent for me.

oh ok they are done. so i'm gonna go back to my gaming.



...adie