Light of the Ring

So far, July has been quite a busy month. Hehe..and I did 2 things for the first time in my life. I actually changed ring lights! Not one, but TWO! Usually, it is my dad who does all these. But it so happened that both my mum and he were not at home and my bro was sick. So in order to be spared the agony of bathing in darkness (which has been going on for 2 days since no one was free to go change), I went down to the shops to buy. With no assistance, I digged out the dusty high chair from the storeroom and carried it on my shoulder, just like the OL in the Jap drama 庶务二课 (except hers was a ladder..bt sama la), alternating between 2 bathrooms which are quite a distance away from each other.

I first started with the one in my parents' room. It was a breeze. But the one in the kitchen gave me problems. After I had changed the ring light, I climbed down and went to turn on the switch which is a distance away (haizz). To my horror, no light! Then I walked back, climbed up again to see if I have put wrongly. Then I climbed down again..switched..bt no light. So frustrated. My first instinct was that the ring light is faulty and I wanted to get a replacement. But I did not want to make a wasted trip to the shop. So in order to assure my guess, I carried the chair like an OL again to my parents room, climbed up and took out the ring light. I put in the assumingly-faulty ring light. But hey, it worked!

Then I thought ok, the problem might lie with the starter. Once again, I went back to the kitchen and took out the starter. Then back to my parents room again where I took out the original starter and put this one in. If it doesnt light up, my guess is confirmed. But it did! Where did the trouble lie? I was thinking hard. Then bo bian, I went back to the kitchen. I climbed up again and kept staring at the light.

It was then I saw a wire seeming coming loose. Being an idiot where wiring is concerned, I did not know exactly where to hook it in. After a couple of trys (which also equates to climbing up and down to turn on the switch on the other end), I finally had the correct one. Ecstasy engulfed me when I saw the light. *perpires* At that moment, I have to admit unabashedly that I felt a sense of truimph. Victory. This exhausting continuous process of climbing up and down, moving here and there,carrying the chair went on for around 45 min. My knees are still aching!

A quick look at my watch showed it was time to report for work soon. That day also happened to be my busiest day ever since I was posted back to ground ops zone. One knockdown case in particular got me occupied for a few hours. It was only until around 9 pm, that I got to have my dinner.

The 2nd thing was that I actually ironed clothes. LOL. Yea..believe it anot, it was my first time *ashamed* And guess what, while ironing, my eyes were glued to the Nth rerun of the classic movie 笑傲江湖. At that time, it was 3 am. Watched it Nth times. But amazingly, I never get bored of it. My mum then commented she could even visualize a scene of me watching this same movie when I am 60 years old!