Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Hang in there bebeh!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Sexist
One:
Once, a guy I met at offshore told me, "if u r my girlfriend/wife, definitely I wont allow u to work offshore"
Luckily that guy is not my boyfriend/husband. Heh.
Two:
"I don't know why girsl wanna be Petroleum Engineers. Girls are supposed to wait for a prince to kneel down and propose you to get married, and live happily ever after"
My reply, " I knew a Malay lady from Malaysia who is now Worldwide Specialist for Turbomachinery. That kind of thing is tougher than what currently I'm doing". Fullstop.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Clash of the plumbers (1)
Situation : Pipe outside my house has been leaking for few times. Initially, it was caused by the leaking filter gasket. Changed. But the leaking problem still happens. Thru trial and error, it was discovered that the pipe inlet was also having leaking problem. This is the major problem if I on the pump. But, no pump, slow water ma..
Solution:
Condo maintenance : "the water pressure is too high, u need to install PRV (pressure regulating valve) to control the pressure. And u need to repair this leaking immediately since ur unit is causing disturbance to other tenants. [and yes, I need to bear all this cost; call the plumber to break the wall, retrieve the leaking pipe, replace it, cement back][u r right, causing trouble to other tenants? Only 2 units occupied nearby, and those are weekend houses kot ;( ]
Plumber A [actual profession-filter maintenance guy]: "u need to install PRV, total estimated cost RM400" [bapak mahal, plus this guy does shabby job, twice he repaired the filter and twice leaking happened, plus this guy is gedik]
Plumber B [ex-maintenance guy at this area]: "ur filter and pump already have the PRV, no need to install new one" [before he troubleshoot the leaking, he discovered that the pump is already short (circuit), opened up and find something burnt inside there, change the internal part but pump still not working. Changed the leaking pipe. Guess what, the pipeline internal is badly corroded due to the 'cleanliness' of water supply here]. Total damage done :RM200
Part of the problem already solved but still need to call the pump guy to troubleshoot the pump. Low water pressure @ house. 30minutes for normal shower..
Plumber C [the pump guy]: Pissed off since plumber B modified the piping route. According to him, water need to enter the pump first before going to the filter and into the house. I clarified saying that the water is full with corrosion, thus can caused the pump to be kaput. Sigh. [Plumber C find out that the pump motor is kaput. Options : to repair the pump (RM700) or replace with brand new pump (RM1,400). Of course, I choose the cheapest option, see what can this option do]
Total damage done to date: RM200
Expected total damage done: RM900
Next job: Remove the parquette flooring and put normal tiles.
Fuhh, there goes my money. with this current condition, I doubt I can save lots of money to buy my wishlist.
p/s: just replaced the laptop battery. Total damage done :RM380. Sigh.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Pigeonhole
Things u will face once u stay at condo/apartment:
- Anything u wanna do needs permission from the management
- Ur complains will be put on deaf ear
- The alien guards seem to be more 'tuan' than the real owner of condo/apartment
- Ur friends & families cannot overnight at your house for so long
- U cannot park at adjacent block's parking, even to pay ur maintenance fee
- Others' cats can simply poo poo at ur doorstep, and u need to clean it everyday
- Ur house water pressure will be lower, till the point that u need to install ur own pump
- U cant have a nice garden to plant ur pandan leaves, curry leaves, lime, chillies, etc
Thus, lets save a lot of money and buy landed property; where u can make ur own decision and don't need to go thru these hassle things.
Monday, September 06, 2010
I did create a blog?
Surprise..suprise..
My initial intention was to move from my fotopages (that had turn into wordpages) to blogspot/wordpress.
Not that I know, actually I did create a blogspot long time ago.
From the last post, it was when I took Heat and Mass Transfer subject..
Err, HMT tahun berapa ye?
OK, so hi people! :D