been looking around at some electronics and furniture....
just cant help but feel what we have here are just so limited...
n so unlively...
I WANT A RED FRIDGE!!!
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
犯太歲
2011年02月15日（星期二）
不由得我不信
兔年快到時, 我已經弄壞一把伞, 而且是整個散開到無法修補的地步…
兔年來到… 我也陸續…
弄斷手提包的帶帶(香港買的包!!!)…
把鞋跟”玩”壞 (鞋跟差一點就整個脫落)…
撕裂腳指甲(超過一半的指甲沒了,殘留著血跡)…
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Thursday, 29 January 2009
忍耐是有限度的, 對你的諒解 = 虐待自己
2009年01月２9日（星期四）
The dripping water has been getting on my nerves… Finally, we are going to have a talk with the owners above us tomorrow morning. Apparently, they had avoided the calls from the mgmt office because it’s the CNY and they said they were busy… What is this man! We had been very understanding by not calling upon the tenants above us to look for the owners over the weekend as we did not want to disturb them over the busy CNY. Who knows when dad finally made a trip to the mgmt office below and demanded that we be given the housing agent’s number, the office clerk miraculously got through the owner’s number and he answered the call. He said he received the letter but because it’s the CNY they were busy. Holy shit!! U are the busy one preparing for CNY and I’m not? I had to make myself even busier by thinking of ways to channel the leakage of water less it overflows the container while we were out and having disturbed sleeps from the drips of water and still be understanding enough to tell my dad maybe you did not receive the letter from the management office since they only posted it last Friday. Even the 3rd party contractor was kind enough to give me a call on the eve of CNY to ask about the status of the leaks, offering me some advice.
Somehow, I suddenly feel that it doesn’t pay to be understanding… to someone you don’t know. What for? By being understanding towards you is to be cruel towards myself. Why should I be cruel towards myself at the expense of your happiness?
By showing my understanding to the condo MA, I’m not being treated with priority despite the seriousness of my case. By showing our understanding to the owners above, we are being taken for granted that they can stall our time and ignore the mgmt letter issued.
14 Jan Wed – Mum discovered a patch of leak on my ceiling.
15 Jan Thur 2:30PM – Informed the mgmt office and they said will send someone over the following week.
16 Jan Fri 12:09AM – Took this at midnight, 11.5 hours after the previous photo.
18 Jan Sun 11:23PM – Smaller patch dried up but bigger patch remained.
19 Jan Mon 4:49AM – A droplet of water discovered!
4:39PM – More droplets of water appeared.
5:42PM – A 3rd patch of water found at the corner.
8:46PM – More and bigger droplets.
20 Jan Tue 7:27PM – 4th patch discovered above my curtains, did it only appear today?
3 contractors from the developer came in the morning to inspect, informed that it’s not due to external wall leak as it hasn’t been raining for some time and should not be under their responsibility. They called the MA to state that it does not fall under their area and asked them to come and take a look but they declined to. Getting fed up, I called the MA for them to come up and take a look themselves and they taiji-ed it to the developers. Not keeping my cool, I asked them if they are only going to send people up only after my ceiling collapse? Then they unwillingly came up because I insisted they come up immediately as I will open my doors wide to wait for them. After seeing our situation, the condo mgr said she will arrange their contractors to come by following morning, already telling me that it’s difficult to get contractors as CNY is approaching and many contractors are on leave.
21 Jan Wed 12:59AM – 1 container above my cupboard and 1 pail to hold the water.
Condo mgr came up with contractors in the morning. After several discussions, went up to the 10th floor to turn off their water valve as they suspect it’s the copper piping causing the leak.
Water continued to drip and as I did my readings, I found the water to be dripping faster and faster, from an average of 25.83 secs per drip at 3pm till 11.45 secs per drip on Thursday noon.
22 Jan Thur 11:59AM – Water collected over 1 day and night.
Afternoon, condo mgr requested the 11th floor neighbours to minimize using their common toilet, water leakage improves. The timing per drip slowly increased to an average of 16.01 secs by 4pm. Only then did I feel more re-assured. However, as the water pressure became smaller, instead of dripping, the water flowed to the edge of the ceiling and flowed down the wall. I had to stuff rag n newspapers to prevent it from flowing.
Before I left home, she came by with a lady, and when I asked who this person is, she told me she’s a friend and give me the I-don’t-feel-like-answering-you look. Huh? Bring a friend to see what’s happening, and don’t even bother to explain to me until I asked her who this person is, going in and out of my room and the bathroom, commenting on this and that and then left without any explanation.
I went out to watch Red Cliff II, lifting my spirits for a few hours. However, when I came home after a movie, I realized that the drip had worsened. I recorded an average timing of 13.09 secs at 2:30am, fri.
23 Jan Fri 2:04AM – Surrounded the container with paper as I realized that the water will splash out, leaving dried marks on my parquet floor! Streaks left on walls because of the water.
9:34AM – Discovered a 5th patch over at the aircon.
Notice the crack on the ceiling, my room is full of hair line cracks. When the complaint was made few years ago, the developer contractors said it’s common as they were the cracks from the paint. So now, water is coming out from all these cracks, I wonder if the contractors were just trying to deny responsibilities.
Around 10am, the MA contractor came and drilled 2 holes in my ceiling. Sticked a masking tape to prevent the water from flowing towards the wall and it could drip down the tape. By right, he’s not supposed to be doing anything to my ceiling as the condo mgr mentioned they do not want to be held responsible for anything. But, I’m grateful to him for at least trying to help me minimize my problem of holding the water.
When the condo mgr saw the 2 holes, she was shocked and seemed to be angry with the contractor. She told me she had already told him not to do anything as the MA did not want to be held liable for it. I told her about the 5th patch and said she had to do something about it. She later came up again in the afternoon, this time with a 3rd party contractor. Upon relating the events to the 3rd party contractor, the condo mgr suddenly said that she had asked the 11th floor to resume using the toilets yesterday night. No wonder my leakage got worse I thought. Few days ago, the mgr insisted that it had to be the copper piping while the contractors said cannot confirm and tests should be done. Then, she said it’s not the copper piping because the 10th floor water valve had already been turned off and it might be the sewage. Now, she said she had someone clear the 10th floor long bath which was full of water, and the drip got better at the same time she asked the 11th floor to minimize using the toilet. That’s why she thought it’s the long bath and had asked the 11th floor to resume the use of toilet.
Now, so which is which? I’m not an expert in this area… I just want to settle this thing asap and she doesn’t seem to be giving very constructive reasonings to me. The 3rd party contractor told me they can’t determine the leakage at the current moment and it might also be the aircon. Apparently, the lower walls direct above my room were also spotted with yellow, dried water marks. He further told me that the MA will not be involved in such scenarios as it concerns both upper and lower families and we should settle it ourselves. Question: so the condo hire the MA for what?
I did not question him but instead I told him that the MA should help us liaise with the owners above, since they rented the apartment out. And we need them to inform the owner how serious this situation is. I also asked the condo mgr for the housing agent’s number. She said she will send a letter out to the owners and CC us, which she did in the evening. But in the letter, she gave our contact numbers to the other party, while we do not have any contacts of the owners or housing agent at all. So stated in the letter “without prejudice”, you give people our contacts and we do not have their contacts, we can only wait n wait till the owners contact us voluntarily? What shit is this “without prejudice”!
Anyway, back to the discussion, I told him about this 5th patch of water I saw above the aircon and voice out my concerns because judging from the rest of the leaks, I told him that I foresee water to start dripping in the next day or so. He said it shouldn’t be but told me to monitor it at the same time…
24 Jan Sat 1:43PM – The mark has expanded and water has already been dripping. I was sleeping in the morning when my mum found the drip and has lined my cupboard with newspapers.
I had no choice but to call the 3rd party contractor despite being a Saturday and it’s the eve of CNY eve. He was shocked that the water started dripping and told me that he suspects it might be the aircon piping since the condition always seem to worsen through the night. He advised me to try and channel the water such that I can hold them.
After helping mum with all the chores, I set to devising something… finally I thought of a way.
25 Jan Sun 12:34AM – The amount of water collected in 11 hours. This only came from 2-4 drips found at the 2 black holes.
It amounted to more than 1.5l of water, because I spilled quite a bit initially when I tried to balance pouring out from the container.
During the day, I spent yet another few hours trying to get this thing up, channel all the water down to the pail, so that the pail can hold the water while we were out for CNY. Else I’m not certain if water will overflow in the plastic container.
26 Jan Mon 10:52PM – Exactly 10 hours later, I took the following photo. The water area spread again. I’m starting to get paranoid, is the masking tape going to hold the plastic if the ceiling becomes wet?
I started to put on more tapes hoping to further secure the plastic.
27 Jan Tue 5:53PM – The patch on the left had started to leak. I did not expect that area to leak as the cracks were not obvious. Luckily dëar was at my place and he saw my lining papers on the floor wet when I called back around 4pm. He helped me lined the floor with more newspapers till I got back.
8:39PM – The 2 droplets become quite visible as the leaks worsen.
28 Jan Wed – I’m tired, really tired. Not a good night of rest since the first day the water appeared. Dad took over to talk to the mgmt ofc this morning. In another 5 hours, dad is supposedly going to meet the owner upstairs and have a discussion - whether he will be engaging a contractor to start the works. If he doesn’t, I’m afraid a person’s patience ultimately has a limit.
Do not tell me I am not being understanding…
~ WWWW
