Emergency Trip up North ..... Prai

It was on a Friday that my Boss called me. It seemed that his trip up North has hit a snag. One of the customer's PABX went down after some checking. And so, he needed someone to send a replacement power supply asap. When he said someone, I have a choice of sending any of my technicians but given the circumstances I cannot afford to take the risk of sending one of them over and then wait for more bad news. While I was preparing for the trip, my Boss went to Langkawi to see another customer and would then meet me the next day.

So, after making sure the replacement system (not just the power supply) is confirmed working, I called all my technicians back in the evening to have a brief meeting to the next day's job since I would not be there. And then, I had a brainwave. Why not ask Wife to come along as well since this is a weekend trip?

After much persuading, she agreed and we started packing and left for Prai at 1000AM in Saturday. My intention is to let her have some free time and also visit her sister in Sg. Petani as well since both of us did not get much breaks with the two monst....er, lovely kids around.

When my Boss called me, my legs were already shaking
with the bad news. Well, OK, I am just scared of heights.
He called when I was standing on a makeshift pallette on
a customer's forklift because my tehcnician did not follow
my instructions and used the wrong connector for the CCTV

One last look at the two of them, sleeping peacefully.

The four hour journey took me to this system. Yippee.
Its a mess and this was installed by the main distributor
years ago.

My Boss has rigged a bypass system where the customer can
still use the telephones. But if I were to send my technician up
here, I am very confident they would not know what had been
done and would therefore waste a lot of time backtracking

The main culprit was due to the battery connectors which has broken
circuit tracks which shorted the whole system. I told my Boss its not
his doing as the previous person most probably used his cow-strength
to push the connectors in hard. But wait a minute..........its so familiar!

Once done, I told my Boss I would be staying for the night in Prai. He
was so happy that the job has been done, he offered to let me stay for
two nights. But my Wife needs to work on Monday. Since Hotel Berlin
is under renovation, we booked at The Travel Lodge which just nearby.
And the guy at the counter handed us two sets of keys to see which
room we wanted, either a double bed with not so bright windows or
two single beds but with brighter windows. It did not make any difference
to us since both rooms faced the back.

As so, we drove up to Sg. Petani in the evening to meet up with
Wife's sister. Durain season is in but although I am tempted to
get some, I decided otherwise. Don't want to have gout attacks
and stinky smell in the car.

This is the new shoplots where the building requirements says
there must be amenities for the disabled. So they built a ramp
and then locked it. Haih. Its like the classic case of them storing
the building fire hose away due to theft. And when a fire broke out....

Travel Lodge gave us complementary breakfast with the option
of being sent to our rooms! And that, my friends, is the start of
my troubles for the day. After waking up, I had fever and all my
bones were aching. Yeah, I caught the flu. From where, I am not
sure but it could be due to exhaustion. And Loctor was not free
until after 5PM. if I had not gone to Sg. Petani.......

After checking out, I brought my Wife to the shopping centre.
Years ago, this was full of people but now, it has shown signs
of decline and most of the things there are not that cheap, my
Wife told me. Remember my problems? It started right there

I had to rush to the toiled and dumped gallons of
liquid. And not only that, I have to keep looking
at the door.....

Because its a plastic door and someone has melted a hole....

Before we headed home, Wife wanted to stop by this shop in Ipoh
which sells great Duck meat. The address is:
Hong Kong Oil Chicken and Roast Duck
638-640, Jalan Kuala Kangsar,
Taman Tasek Damai,
30010 Ipoh
Tel: 05-2911550
Fax: 05-2915795

I did not care much about the duck meat and all since I am still
groggy with the fever. But what caught my eye was the deep
fried pork rinds which was sweet and crunchy, selling at RM7
per 100gm.

After coming back, again I was stuck in the toilet for a very long time. The pills did keep my fever at bay but I have lost a lot of liquid and have not eaten anything. Still, I went to bed to sleep it off (but with the occasional toilet trips). I think Ihave visited a lot of toilets on the NKVE Highway today too.

Second chances

We had a customer who wanted to get rid of some items after their office renovations. One look at the stuff, I think we could salvage some items. For the rest, its off to some computer shops or the junkyard. I had already started to test some items and had encouraging results.

We have keyboards, PC cases, mouse and Monitors

Some still have motherboards in it while the rest have only
the PSU. I will salvage them for my technicians to use as
12volt power source.

For me, I rescued one of the two monitors and so, I can
have double screen again! But I have to occasionally
whack it on the side for the screen to stay in place.

Kristine's Fever

I had a scare this morning when Kristine's Kindergarten called. They took her temperature and reported to be 38ºC and she was cranky all morning. So, knowing that my Wife was still working and my parents are out, I am the closest to get her. So, after nearly an hour of rushing over, Kristine was back in the house.

When I took her temperature, it was only 36.3ºC. Maybe it was because she was sitting on the cold tile floors in the air-con classroom. But later, her temperature dropped to 36ºC which means, she did not have fever at all. Slowly, she started to be her self again. I guess this must be because of her first mouth ulcer which is causing her much pain. A few days ago, she did have fever. I am worried because of her fear of the ulcer's pain, she has refused to eat almost everyday and is getting thinner and weaker. Not only that, today was her only day in school for the week. Sigh.

Later, when everyone came back, I let them take her to the Doctors (as most of the ones I knew, were "off" in the afternoon) while I rushed back to the office.

Here is Kristine, feeling a bit weak.

But after a while, she got back to her mischief self

And I now know, why her butt was so cold and wet......

Hello, you dirty little phone!

My technician brought in this phone from one of our customer who claimed that its not working anymore. As always, I would go through with my technician and discuss about the methods of repairing the phone. We would also speculate what caused the fault in the first place. But when we opened up the phone........

The smell is enough to tell me that it has been infested

The crockcroach eggs were everywhere and their small
black poo-poo dropped all over the table

So, I had my technician clean up the phone with thinner.
But he used WD-40 instead. I have been cleaning these
quite a lot when I was in helping out in the repair shop in
Toshiba. Now I don't want to do it anymore. Yucks

As for the handset, well, its gone. We have to quote customer
a new handset since they thrashed it so much, gluing it back
would take a long time and it would still be very fragile

Trip to Cafe SBV, Kepong

[sorry, a bit rushed today]

OK, today is the second time we're going back to Cafe SBV in Kepong. We wanted to try out a few places ever since I started to bring back those issues of "Media Focus" ads. What they do is to get the advertisements from a particular area, which in this case, is Kepong, compile them into a book and distribute them there. So, you have ads from food to clothes to massage to beauty products.

And in some ads, the photographs are so convincing, we really wanted to try them. And they're mostly around my office but I never did go to these places. Anyway, on Saturday, it was our first time there and the food is quite alright. I ordered:

A Hamburger (RM6.90),
This is layers of meat in a bun. And quite filling too.

Wife had a Spicy Olio something (RMsomething)
Spaghetti with prawns, and oysters all fried with spicy garlic sauce. But when I tasted it, it was too hot. So, be careful if you choke on it.

The kids had:
Potato prawns (RM8.80),
This is cute. Prawns wrapped in potato strands and deep fried

Deep fried calamari (RM8.80)
We had to cut them into small pieces since they're hot

Fried rice (RM?.??)
Just in case there was not ebough, we ordered the friend rice too. Its a bit oily than usual.

and a kiddy meal (RM15.90?)
The kiddy meal consists of ham, fried egg, chips and a steak along with some salad.

The final bill came to about RM70 or so and we regretted ordering so much since the portions are actually meant for about two persons. In the end, I felt sorry for DBKL people. Ha ha haha. But considering the prices, its not bad. Most of the meals are 50% off and in order to do this, you must order a drink to go with it as well. The other catch is, well, the offer is not applicable to Public Holidays, etc.

So, after hearing about this, my parents are interested in giving it a try too and so, off we went, for the second time. But this time round, the food was not up to our expectations. Although they came out very fast, but the taste is just not there. Maybe it was a Sunday and there were a lot of people. Still, the overall bill for seven people did not exceed RM90.

Ho-hum. Kaelynn did a three floor wee-wee
while we're getting ready to go out

This is the portion of fried rice. Just look at
my XL Watermelon! This was taken before
Kristine vomited all over Mommy. Yeah,
she is not feeling well the whole evening

Meanwhile, Kaelynn is helping herself to my
Carbonara

And after that, both girls had some MacDonalds

Yep, Kristine is eating again, phew

And just as soon as we changed her, Murphy's Law came
into effect. All the dinner came out in new brand new 3
minutes old pampers

The joys and despair of inks

Having returned from work, Wife was not in a happy mood. Looking for clues, I smelt a very familiar scent. Yes, its the smell of a marker pen and the suspected guilty party is nowhere to be seen. Sigh.

No only is the marker pen dry, its tip is destroyed too

Along with the "star" stamp, you can guess who
the culprit is. Next year, I think I am going to
buy cans and cans of white gloss, the ones you
can clean with a cloth or something.

Turning to the Dark Side

I am feeling very pissed today. And after managing the team for some time, I felt as if were actually taking ten steps backwards for every step to the left or right. Even if we took a step forward, the direction could go either way too. That is how I felt.

Maybe its the rush trying to finish jobs or maybe, they just are too damn tired to think anymore. If I knew things like this was going to happen, I would not have gone back to the office early and left them to their devices (after giving them explicit instructions, of course). But thinking back, I have done the right thing. If I stayed there, I would be forever supervising them and micromanaging them. The only thing I did wrong was to bang my fist in the office to show my displeasure.

Second, when I instructed him to mount some cabling to the floor for the reception table, he just mounted it straight away without looking at the table. So, right now, the table has about a four inch gap between it and the wall. I scolded him and he had the gall to tell me that the other technician told him to mount it there. So, in summary, I told my assistant, to stop being a fool and when you're wrong, admit it and not defend yourself assuming the customer will just follow your way. The mounting process is another problem. No one in their right might would use a hammer drill to straight drill on a floor tile, even with a masonry bit. He caused a lot of cracks and some very bad holes. So, I had to calm down and teach him the right way to make a hole in the tile, even if the process is slow. (Yes, you can make a hole with a masonry bit even if you do not have one specially for tiles but it would take a very long time).

I am feeling more and more pissed because as my assistant, I would expect more "brains" from him since he is going to be supervising my team. Instead, my team are now supervising him.

I have instructed my assistant to mount the
system on the other wall (left) and not here
(on the right). But he did it anyway because
he thought I told him not to mount it on the
room located on the right.

Even a village idiot would know that there is
way to mount a system here and also, all the
wires are located in the previous room. More
than that, these electricals are going to cause
a lot of interference to the system. Finally, I
had to get it mounted about one feet lower

Prehistoric Condom

Seems like the condom was actually invented a very long time ago. Way further than World War I too. No, its much more than that. So, you can be assured that there are people using condoms before our time. And so, by now, popping in at the nearest 7-11 to get a pack is not a problem anymore, right?

You don't have to ask your girlfriend/wife/Mom (?) to get it for you. You don't even have to be embarrassed about getting it yourself either. And you do not have to spin a tall tale at the counter or even justify yourself, right?

Wrong. Everyone knows you want to get one and they will usually give you that "look". I would have assumed that, by now, no one would bat an eyelid when you're getting one. But no, everyone thinks you're a horny guy and they will try to follow you to see who your "victim" will be. If someone you know sees that, and your girl, who might not be your Wife or worse, girlfriend, you will be dead before the Sun rises. Or worse, your relative might have seen you and on the next gossip session or Chinese New Year or some family get together, you're either the horny guy (again) or your wife would feel very uncomfortable after a few minutes in the room with the gossiping aunts.

OK, this is just a dried lemon slice which I got
for RM1.50. I used the zoom zoom lens again

Why is the steering wheel black?

On and off, sometimes I feel that the van's steering wheel is very sticky. Maybe its because of the protective cover or maybe its something else. I should never have found out....

I used those moist clean wipes on the steering. The first wipe was on the
left. The steering wheel made the whole wipe changed to black. On the
right is the third wipe, which looks a bit smudged. Imagine the amount
of dirt and grime on the wheel. Yucks

Nothing to see here, move along, Move along!

Casualties of war on the fight with termites

Here comes the long weekend! III

Today is Sunday. There are no other people around except for us. So, we get to finish our jobs in peace. However, by the time I finished my chores it was already half-past one. Still, we worked feverishly.

And I mean feverishly because I was sick. I had sore throat, aches in my joints especially my back and worse of all, my body seemed sapped of all energy. Still, work is work and because of my position, I cannot relax as I have to set an example. (Later on, the next day, my Boss got sick too because of the full blast air-con he was under).

Before we took this job, we have prepared days ahead. Everyone knows their job so that the plan would not go wrong. But unfortunately, it did. Maybe we did not factor in that the furniture people would take so long as both of us kept bumping into each other. Or maybe, because our time management is still not good enough. So, I HAD to come in yesterday to take the load off the team or come Monday, it would be a very sad thing to let our customer down when he trusted us completely because everyone would be looking for him and not us. So, when I finished my part, I was already walking around like a zombie.

By seven in the evening, the staff came back and did their own unpacking
we left at 2200 this time and prepare ourselves for tomorrow's standby

Even after everything is done, we still have to clean up the mess

Bata's PU Gel

While buying a new pair of shoes for Kristine, I got myself one of those PU Gel soles. I worn down a lot of in-soles and just this time, I am going to treat myself. Bear in mind when you put in these soles. They will take up about 7cm inside your shoe.

Once you put it in, you'll notice that your shoe has become very comfortable. In my case, I felt as if the soles are warming up my feet. Still, thank goodness I got it before I went for the Sunday job as it entails a lot of walking. In the end, my feet did not feel tired.

The soles can be cut to different shoe sizes so that you can fit into
your shoe snugly. It made no difference to me since their largest
size was size 8. Still, it fits me, I think the seize 8 is European or
vice versa.

Here comes the long weekend! II

Since its a Saturday, and my team can handle the cabling and stuff, I left at one and also because my Boss told me I do not need to go. So, after a nice nap, Wife woke me up so that all of us can go to the Sunway Piramid for some shopping. As we were almost at the first traffic light, my Boss called me up and in a lowered voice:

Boss: Chow, you better come in, "Li tou kau mm dim, ah" [We're going ape-shit here]
Me: Uh, huh.
Boss: You going out meh?
Me: Un, no. Well, er....... (Stupid reply, dumbass)
Boss: Look, once you finish your "things", can you please come over?
Me: Never mind. I'm coming now if I finish my "things" it will be too late.
Boss: ..... OK.

We finished work about 2330 that night while the furniture
people finished at about 0100 in the morning

Whoa!

Alien zombie cat searching for something

Here comes the long weekend!

This is the long weekend I both dreaded and excited about. We wrestled the job of laying the cables back from some a$$hole. Its a long story but I will shorten it (to a few thousand words). Our customer was supposed to find a new place for the office and therefore, we were engaged to relocate their existing PABX, lay new cables and also supply the furniture.

Unfortunately, the customer changed their plans and decided to refurbish their existing office instead. While they were in the midst of planning, someone leaked the news and before you know it, a third party came in and offered their services. While our solution was to lay minimal cables, maintain existing cabling and only expand the PABX when needed, their solution is to rewire the whole office, get in new PABX cards (even if they are not using the phones yet) and use their furniture. What is more infuriating was that they claim to know us well.

So, after our feedback to the customer, they decided it was better for us to do the cabling and the third party to do the furniture. Of course the third party was pissed off because they know that the main profit is from the cabling and not from the furniture. The reason the customer chose us was because we were very frank and professional with our services but mainly because we know their PABX well. OK, another fact is that this third party would engage another contractor to do the PABX as they are more of the middle-men strategy. I know these people a decade ago and I was not happy with their tactics. They would call for service and instead of going to their office, our poor technician would be told to go to their customer further inside Klang.

Another reason for this victory is these Klang people need to be taught a lesson. You cannot come in, stuff your things into the customer's throat and lie to them as well and assume you got the sale. Personally, if I do meet this person, I would give him a very strong message.

Unfortunately, my Boss told me not to go there tomorrow or Sunday if I can help it. Haih

[0600] We're ready to dismantle the cables. Here, my assistant is assisting the unassisted. While waiting for the movers, we split into tow teams; one to do the cabling and the other, to help the customer move all the PCs and printers into another room for safe keeping.

[0700] The movers are here. They were very very late. But this gives us more time. By now, most of the staff have gone home and we can work in peace.

[2100] Almost done! Most of the furnture is gone and we have relocated most of the cables. In the meantime, the customer showed me his new game, Assassin Creed.

[2115] We are done!

Just a turn of the head........

All it took was just a turn of my head to concentrate my driving and Kaelynn managed to give herself a chocolate facial.

No more unsupervised eating!

Pre-Election SMS

OK, I want to empty my phone's SMS folder as these crap messages are taking too much of its space. These were sent on the week before the election which is a bit irritating. I am retyping them word for word and replying them in bold. (yeah, nothing else better to do)

04032008 19:03 by ThePost
Meet Dato Sri Effendi Nawawi at the Old devi's Corner tomorrow, 5th March 08 at 5.30pm
So? You're telling every egg-thrower to go there now....

04032008 19:07 by ThePost
An Evening with Yasmin Ahmad & Tony Fernandes at Bangsar Village 2, Thursday, 6th March 2008 at 4pm to 6pm
Are they having auditions for her new movie?

04032008 19:20 by TunPerak
YAB Dato' Sri Najib Tun Abd Razak akan datang ke Bangsar Village pasa Khamis, 6Mac 2008, jam 9.15 malam.
Yeah, right and spoil everyone's dinner there

04032008 20:17 by ThePost
Come&chat w the Econ Planning Minister, Dato'Sri Effendi tmrow,5/3,530pm,Old Devis Crner. Air yr views&questions,sparatefact&fiction.Exclusive 4 Lem.Pantai.
Why do I want to chat with this clown? Is he selling Insurance or Financial Planning services?

05032008 07:40 by SuaraRakyat
Mahathir Never Support Anwar. DON'T VOTE PKR!!
Mahathir Never Support me either.

05032008 11:48 by ThePost
Hi,Dato'Effendi Norwawi will b speaking today @ our Speakers Corner at 5.30pm at Old Devi's Corner. Do come with frens if you are free.Pls spread the word!Thnx.
If I spread the word, he might not come.

05032008 19:49 by TunPerak
YAB Dato'Sri Najib Tun Razak akan datang ke Bangsar Village pada Khamis, 6 Mac 08, jam 9.15 mlm.
Yes, yes, we and the whole World knows that by now.

06032008 13:22 by OurVoice
Nurul will resign if she win so that Anwar can take over. Anwar cannot be trusted. Please vote wisely !!
Hello. She is his daughter and he can bloody do what he wants, OK? Besides, she has great tits.

06032008 15:43 by Bangsarian
Bangsarian,lets not give PAS the right into Bangsar.Their no.1 agenda of an Islamic State is not welcome.We must make sure that only their flags get this close.
And let's not give BN the right too. Fair enough?

06032008 16:06 by TunPerak
YAB Dato' Sri Najib Tun Abd Razak akan datang ke Bangsar Village malam ini, Khamis, 6 Mac 2008, jam 9.15 malam.
Yes, yes, I know. I'll be avoiding that place and not just tonight. Satisfied?

07032008 13:28 by Shahrizat
Slm.lifes nvr prfct.Bt BN is gug 4 us Msians.No war.Stble n tolernt. govt.Grt ppl.Yes a dcent fture 4 us our prnts kids fmly frens.Srly tht mz mean smt.SHAHRIZAT
Well, I dunno, Shahrizat. I though you were well educated but your SMS shows otherwise. For your info, although I have made up my mind, your SMS killed you.

07032008 18:48 by OurVoice
Dont vote for a transitional candidate. Vote for the candidate that will fight for your struggles and aspirations!
You mean, vote for Superman?

07032008 19:16 by OurVoice
At the end of the day,we should choose someone who will fight for our aspirations&struggle,&not a candidate that will ride on our struggle for his aspirations.
I know, but Superman does not live in Malaysia

07032008 20:49 by OurVoice
Anwar,buying votes alrdy.@RM100 vote s only RM10 pyear s PKR s cntbtn.BN hs dvlpd d hol area 4 d laz 10yrs.Antr 5yrs,BN able 2 rfne dvlpmnt&imprvs mgt.VOTE BN!
I cnt evn undrstnd wht u'r sying! Pls tll me whre 2 collct the RM100

07032008 21:12 by OurVoice
He said ptrol prce ws stbl wen he ws Min. of Fnnce,bt nvr once does he acknwlddg tht glbl prce o oil nw s trple.He s msldg,Dont let Anwar insult our intelligence.
Look, no one has a crystal ball, OK? Did you ever acknowlege that your stupid SMS made people vote otherwise? You're the one who is insulting our intelligence.

Oh-oh, Houston we have a problem

After a few enquiries to my mail, and having looked at the latest prop pictures from Robiwon, I rushed back to the electronics shop to check on the LEDs. Sure enough, the ones I had found were too big. And the almost correct size, comes only in green as the red is gone.

I had the girl search the whole shop but to no avail. This is so sad for those who have high hopes placed on me. If you guys still want the LEDs, you might have to sand them down to the right size.

The smaller triangle is on the left and only comes in green. While
the original ones I saw (two on the right) comes in both colours
but were of the wrong measurement.

Rushing for work

[1849]
Boss: Oi. You where?
Me: On the way to you la.
Boss: Where are you now?
Me: Just entering Duta exit to the highway
Boss: Oh, don't come. We're packing up
Me: Haiyo.

After rushing though the jam, reached home to get the torchlights for Will and rush out into the jam again, only to be told to turn back.

Preparing for the Haze

Well, I mean, its going to come, right? It happens every year and we go so used to it by now. In fact, it was stuffed down our throats whether we like it or not. I hate the Haze in many ways. But there is nothing I can do about it. I don't even have money to build a nuclear bomb and detonate it there.

But to be honest, I am looking for any excuse to get a mask. I have been trying to buy this since four years ago when I visited this customer. And maybe, in a few years time, I might actually have enough for an airbrush system or boxes of aerosol sprays paints. Anyway, now that I have it, I can throw away my RM3.90 paper mask that made me look like a dental victim ...........

Total cost is quite a bit but not as much as I would have thought

Now, if I can find some black hose, wear some armour, get some
orange/green tinted Oakley glasses and look pissed off........

Jellies before dinner

Both girls looking happy with all the jellies spread before them

Homework

We got Kristine a study table (and hope she does not grow out of it too soon) last week. And usually, over the weekend, she would have homework assigned to her which she must complete before Monday.

I was suprised because during my time at the kindergarten, all I could ever remember was running about, bloodied my knees, sitting on school buses and the high ceilings. The word homework did not exist then.

Kristine is diligently doing her homework.
Thanks to Mr. Rotan on her left.

Yep, she is definitely a south paw

System down on a Sunday

One thing I hate about phone calls during the weekends is that they are usually very important (ha.ha.). OK, so I do get occasional calls from friends asking me to come out and meet them in case they (or I) forgot how we all looked like.

Anyway, I got the call from my Boss and my Wife was looking at me as if I was about to use one of my tricks to "escape" from the house. It seemed that one of our customer in Shah Alam suffered a system down. It has nothing to do with a system falling down on to the floor but more on the fact that it is not working at all. When this happens, the nearest person would have to drop whatever he is doing and rush over (or something like that).

My Boss was hesitant to call me since we're the only ones who are married. And so, he called my technician instead, which as usual, did not answer the call which I suspected as much.

So, I have to get up, to go down, to up a downed system.

We got there, dismantled the system, brought it back to the office and tested it. The system suffered total power and multiple card failures in all three cabinets. Then, with whatever stuff we had on hand, repaired it and installed it back on site. And all this took me about three hours. By the time I have finished, it was already raining heavily outside the house. I got soaked from head to toe (and shoes).

This is the system. All three cabinets were affected during the
Saturday thunderstorm.

As I was about to go, I noticed the partition wall holding
the system is weakening. I just hope my predictions are
not coming true too soon.....

Goodbye

We hardly knew you and yet, it was sad to let you go. We know you had a hard time struggling but fate has other plans. I am sad you cannot enjoy life with us. I am also sad I have to do this.

Goodbye.

It pains me that I don't even have a name for you.

For Will

Me: You got any LED torchlights for RM10 or not?
He: Got. nah. [Shows me one with a lot of LEDs inside]
Me: No, ler, I want the one with one LED
He: Oh here, try this one, can go 50 feet.
Me: [Checking out the torch] OK, how much?
He: RM15
Me: ........
He: OK, try this one, 60feet!
Me: 7 watts. How much?
He: RM20
Me: [thinking, "Nia ma ge hai! Sai emm sai kam lan guai, ah?"] Er, my friend want RM10 torch wor
He: Oh, wait ah. [Goes into shop and comes out again] Here, try this one, I give you RM12
Me: wah, so small nia. Use only one AA battery sommore.
Me: Can cheaper or not?
He: Cannot la, cheap cheap already
Me: OK lar, give you face today
He: RM36 for all, thank you.
Me: Yeah, right. Bye

And the fucker didn't even give you free batteries.
BTW, the mosquito repellent is battery operated
and sets you back by RM19. No mains powered.

The triangle LEDs

So, since I am still recovering from fatigue, I made my assistant drive me around town today. And as luck would have it, my only customer of the day also gave me a headache which made me unable to concentrate on my job. Either that or I was hungry as I was too "involved" in my work. It was not until about three in the afternoon only did my assistant dare to speak to me and informed me that he has been told to buy his own tools that I took the opportunity to got to Pasar Road again.

The first thing was to go to one of my favourite shops to see if they sell a particular LED for an RPF member. Which they did and luckily, they have the green version as well.

I love going to this shop as they have all kinds of
LEDs (except exotic Luxeons) for sale.

For this particular LED, they have loads of it

But I am not sure of the correct size, so here is
a measurement shot for you