Semua orang ada cerita sedih masing-masing.
Everybody has their own sad stories.
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And my sad story last week was… my under-the-staircase storage room doorknob broke. Bibik was going in to check on the t-shirt stock, she turned the knob, it came off and the knob on the inside fell off the door! Sad, wasn’t it? But the sadder part was… it was Friday evening, the Mesra Terrace’s technician had just been fired by the management, and Enida the Questa è Enida had NO tools to open any sesame, let alone to open doors.
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Today, almost three days later, I, Enida the Questa è Enida broke the door open with a piece of shoelace. Thanks to the McGuyver in me. As sad as it could be, no one was crying. Including the owner of the shoelace. And hey, who needs a technician to figure out how to open a broken-knob door?
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The other sad story was, last week… the propane tank regulator (for the kitchen stove) broke. I was just about to boil some eggs to make breakfast and prepare the lunch box for Monchies. Yes, the regulator broke. Sad, wasn’t it? But the sadder part was, I had no time to go to any hardware store to get it replaced. For the whole week, Bibik and I cooked using the Electrolux induction cooker I bought almost two years ago. It is, ya know, one of those ‘just-in-case’ gadgets.
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Yesterday, almost a week after the regulator was about to make its way to the garburator, I went to Sia Thai Yew Hardware at Solaris Dutamas to get a replacement. Yes, I could have gone to ACE Hardware first. But I always like small kampung-style hardware shops as the service is almost always personalized. But the sad thing was, it was closed.
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Okay, I lied! I didn’t go to ACE Hardware Store first not because I like small kampung-style hardware shops and their personalized service. But because I knew… if I went to ACE Hardware first, I was going to be tempted to look at regulators and every little tool, gadget, electrical appliance, detergent, spray paint, pot, barbecue stuff and everything visible at all aisles and all corners of the whole store! It would be really sad if I found something that I wasn’t looking for.
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I did come home with a regulator.
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However, in my ACE Hardware shopping bag, there were two other things… a bottle of thinner and a Goo-Gone Painter’s Pal spray gel to remove the red paint on my favorite kebarung I have been wearing since 1996. Oh yeah, that is another sad story — the red paint on my white-green kebarung. But that is an entire different entry.
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And that was yesterday.
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Today, I, Enida the Questa è Enida, would like to tell my new sad stories… there is a leak in the kids’ bathroom that is coming down to the kitchen ceiling by the pantry wall, all air-conditioners need servicing, plus there is a short circuit that makes the ceiling fan in the living room now unusable.
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In tears, I am calling McJegan on 019 3054215.
(Unless you can give me McGuyver’s number.)
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Questa è Enida 