Pathetic Wings Fan

After about 4 years, 7 out of 8 of my 5-blades Wing ceiling fans had problems with the speed control (no LOW or MEDIUM control, only HIGH).

I called up Wing and they sent a technician. He said that he needed to replace the electronic portion of all the fans (before he even check or take a look at a single fan). Looked like they knew it all along that the problem would be the electronics.

To replace the electronic part, I need to pay RM60 for each replacement, and I need to give them back the old electronic part. I asked him why need to give back the old part, he says it is their company policy. WTF!!!







In the end, I only replaced 1 fan and decided not to replace the rest. Lets just say, I will NEVER ever buy a Wing ceiling fan again or any Alpha products again. Ptui!

See You Later My Friend

A lot of things have been happening since my last blog post in June. Actually, the day I was writing a post here, I received news that a friend had passed away in his sleep. He was only 42 years old. After that, I just could not bring myself to continue.

We mourned his passing. All of us dealt with it in our own ways. The night before the wake, I dreamed sitting in my truck with him. He was showing me where to park my truck to attend his wake... LOL, yah, that would be his weird sense of humor. The spot was next to playground. And during the night of his wake, I had to circle around two rounds looking for a parking, before parking exactly on the same spot next to the playground just like in the dream.

I did not attend his funeral. I had to go to Indonesia to do some work. Can't remember exactly when, but when I got back to KL, I had a dream again. This time, I saw my friend walking towards me in a night market. I asked him if he had any message for us or his family. He did not answer a single word. And then I got a distinct feeling that he was slowly loosing his memory of us. He looked blank. And then he walked through a door and left.

I guess, it was his way of saying, "See you later."

Yes, see you later, my friend.

How To Assemble a Billard Table

TMS Sports club decided to get a billiard table for the office to let everyone chill out after work. It was an exciting day for all. The club was planning to rent the table, but after some quick calculation, it made sense to actually buy a second-hand table... LOL.

So, I help them to negotiate with Mark of Billards Direct and he allowed payment by installments. That week itself, they came and installed in our office. See the following photos :)


The legs were installed to the base of the billiard table first. It had to be brought into our office in several large pieces.


After installing the legs, the table was placed upright in the allocated space ensuring enough space to cue the balls.


The interior mechanism of the billiard table, seldom view by all, collecting the pocketed balls and directing them to the proper tray to be reloaded again.


Another view of the billiard table's interior.


The mechanism were aligned to ensure that no pocketed balls would get stuck.


Damien looking on as the table was being adjusted.


View of the billiard balls and the coin-slot.


The heavy slate playing area was aligned and laid on top of the table.


The final piece of the pool table, lining and side cushion, being brought over to the table.


Took 4 person to carry and position the cushion on the table.


The cushion top being align to the billiard table.


The cushion lining's hinge were screwed in place.


The covers of the cushion lining were removed and the top was fastened with screws to secure the top to the table.


Finally, the covers were placed back on the cushion lining and ready for play... :-)