Most of us are familiar with the saying, "When it rains, it pours".
Seems my well-equipped home is now suffering from a freak break-down of electrical appliances.
First on the line of fire was my 5 month old LG (Life Gone!) vacuum cleaner. How the floor/carpet attachment completely disemboweled itself, is beyond my comprehension. Could it be that my terracotta floors proved to be far more challenging or using it twice a week too much for it to handle.
I definitely can feel some frustration and disappointment but certainly no attachment to this plastic robot vac. So much for the fantastic sales pitch at Harvey Norman. I ditched it as fast as I could, like how you would with a soiled baby diaper filled with poo!
Mr Kirby (my other vacuum cleaner). He's been with me through thick and thin. Six house renovations, two kids, four dogs, two rabbits, six budgies, a pond of kois and a partridge in a pear tree !............ Ever loyal, trustworthy, from the inside as well as out, multi-functional, versatile and came with a whole bag of freebies. Mind you, he is a 15 years old with lots of life still ahead of him. I would recommend him to you but my daughter has already put her eyes on him. So has Brenda my kitchen (help) genie. We always shed a tear or two when he has to go for his annual tune-up. We would one day feel miserable if that unavoidable day comes. When he has to be put down...He is my hero and hero's deserves a grand sent-off ......except that gun laws in my country prohibits me from giving him a 21 round gun salute.
In the meanwhile, two more appliances also protested. My 4 litre electric water boiler ( The spring clasp broke). As a remedial measure, I placed a packet of unopened pasta on it. Then changed it to my Bed-Buddy heat pad yesterday as I had to make pasta and broccoli soup for the kids. But to DISPOSE her! Not yet! Not now! Why? well, she still works!
I have patience. Patience is my name. She is staying put. Right where I can see her, on my kitchen counter. I'm determined to get every cent I paid for her!
The fridge was not not that cooperative. She broke down finally after groaning and gasping for the past 4-5 weeks. She seems to be on the road to recovery but then soon resumed her groaning
Well, yes, my refridgerator happens to be from the family of Korean appliances too. Very popular very expensive. Calling the servicing department at Samsung Malaysia 3 times in about 7 months is no laughing matter. Throwing all my delicious "Aloo Chole, Murungakkai Sambhar. Aaday Marver" is a serious offence and I wasn't prepared to put up with it any longer. Vengeance is mine and the service department got a earful of it. No serving charge was required from me. Guess that's a form of apology until .... I opened the fridge a couple of hours later and fumes were emitting from the refrigerator vent at the back of the panel which soon erupted into a fire.
At that point I was wondering whether I should report this matter to our consumer court. Fortunately for them, they came by and replaced the fridge with a new one. They even went as far as paying me back for the contents in the fridge. I have now decided to let that episode rest.
Thanks to the total closure of the kitchen for 4 days, I enjoyed letting go of all kitchen duties.
Just a word of caution. There will be many things in our live we would like to dispose of. That task can be quite daunting as the good and bad can be quite confusing if you are used to seeing them together in a 'box'. I have been accused of being too pragmatic, cold, insensitive and a "baddie". Clothes, brand new shoes, furniture, pots and pans, food, linen etc have gone to friends who nevertheless appreciated my gestures.
I am what I am. But I do hope I will change and be even better in the quest of " To dispose or not to dispose".
See you bloggers next.
Seems my well-equipped home is now suffering from a freak break-down of electrical appliances.
First on the line of fire was my 5 month old LG (Life Gone!) vacuum cleaner. How the floor/carpet attachment completely disemboweled itself, is beyond my comprehension. Could it be that my terracotta floors proved to be far more challenging or using it twice a week too much for it to handle.
I definitely can feel some frustration and disappointment but certainly no attachment to this plastic robot vac. So much for the fantastic sales pitch at Harvey Norman. I ditched it as fast as I could, like how you would with a soiled baby diaper filled with poo!
Mr Kirby (my other vacuum cleaner). He's been with me through thick and thin. Six house renovations, two kids, four dogs, two rabbits, six budgies, a pond of kois and a partridge in a pear tree !............ Ever loyal, trustworthy, from the inside as well as out, multi-functional, versatile and came with a whole bag of freebies. Mind you, he is a 15 years old with lots of life still ahead of him. I would recommend him to you but my daughter has already put her eyes on him. So has Brenda my kitchen (help) genie. We always shed a tear or two when he has to go for his annual tune-up. We would one day feel miserable if that unavoidable day comes. When he has to be put down...He is my hero and hero's deserves a grand sent-off ......except that gun laws in my country prohibits me from giving him a 21 round gun salute.
In the meanwhile, two more appliances also protested. My 4 litre electric water boiler ( The spring clasp broke). As a remedial measure, I placed a packet of unopened pasta on it. Then changed it to my Bed-Buddy heat pad yesterday as I had to make pasta and broccoli soup for the kids. But to DISPOSE her! Not yet! Not now! Why? well, she still works!
I have patience. Patience is my name. She is staying put. Right where I can see her, on my kitchen counter. I'm determined to get every cent I paid for her!
The fridge was not not that cooperative. She broke down finally after groaning and gasping for the past 4-5 weeks. She seems to be on the road to recovery but then soon resumed her groaning
Well, yes, my refridgerator happens to be from the family of Korean appliances too. Very popular very expensive. Calling the servicing department at Samsung Malaysia 3 times in about 7 months is no laughing matter. Throwing all my delicious "Aloo Chole, Murungakkai Sambhar. Aaday Marver" is a serious offence and I wasn't prepared to put up with it any longer. Vengeance is mine and the service department got a earful of it. No serving charge was required from me. Guess that's a form of apology until .... I opened the fridge a couple of hours later and fumes were emitting from the refrigerator vent at the back of the panel which soon erupted into a fire.
At that point I was wondering whether I should report this matter to our consumer court. Fortunately for them, they came by and replaced the fridge with a new one. They even went as far as paying me back for the contents in the fridge. I have now decided to let that episode rest.
Thanks to the total closure of the kitchen for 4 days, I enjoyed letting go of all kitchen duties.
Just a word of caution. There will be many things in our live we would like to dispose of. That task can be quite daunting as the good and bad can be quite confusing if you are used to seeing them together in a 'box'. I have been accused of being too pragmatic, cold, insensitive and a "baddie". Clothes, brand new shoes, furniture, pots and pans, food, linen etc have gone to friends who nevertheless appreciated my gestures.
I am what I am. But I do hope I will change and be even better in the quest of " To dispose or not to dispose".
See you bloggers next.
