Heartaches... heartbreaks...

Oh my, these past few days were not pleasant.

First of all, i finally called kampung to inquire about my sister's SPM results. Chot and I did prepare ourselves for a not so good result but we didn't expect it to be that bad. Got a hold of my mom on her cellphone and the result is... 1 A (don't know what kind) and this is the shocker 2 Fs... she failed in add. maths and chemistry. My mom can't remember the rest, just the highest and the lowest...

then she went on, reporting on other cousins and relatives' results. the best is my cousin Harris with 10 A1... gileeee!!!... second best is my cousin Omar with like 9 A1s or something.

so, what's the next step? Fatin wants to go into the Army... my parents won't let her fearing the worst. Knowing how fatin is, her hangat2 tahi ayam, they're afraid she'll get tired of it and run away. we have a relative who abandoned his army duty or traning or something, and they didn't give up looking for him...

"sampai ke lubang cacing diaorg cari"... was my mom's exact words.

or become an air-stewardess... uh, no way jose, we don't trust her to take care of herself on a job like that... in my head i kept on seeing that air-steward and air-stewardess DVD... what was it?? something2 melampau... i get so worried...

my mom is asking around on how to enroll in a nursing school, we hope fatin will warm up to the idea.

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secondly, the countertop. i'm only like 96% satisfied...

we asked for both ends to be flush with the cabinets but one was not. which is not a big deal really, it looks fine... just that they didn't do as we specified.

and it was put it a bit crooked at where the stove meets the countertop. bigger gap in front compare to the back... chot said it's fine, it's minor.

takpe la... apa2 la... malas nak deal dah...

flush like this...























not like this, with a lip





the gap...



















the crack that's left behind

then, i made the HUGEST mistake of all, i drilled a screw and cracked the countertop surface. if i had a heart condition, i know i'd be in the hospital today on account of the heart attack i gave myself yesterday. it's the feeling of doom... the worst thing i can do to a newly installed, brand spanking new countertop is to put a crack in it. felt so bad, i cried...

i was attempting to put it the lazy susan and it required that i drill a hole on the buttom side of the countertop. i measured and measured and decided the screw that i was going to use will do the job... not too long not too short but boy!!! i was sure wrong...

(damn it...)... we're sure not gonna re-do the countertop and pay another 700 bucks, so i carefully hammer the crack back in... there's slight bump now, can't see the "accident" due to the cork pattern but if i run my hand over it, i can sure feel it...

the silicone, 2nd application...
hmmm... installed the sink after chot came home from work. my god!!!... that silicone thing is such a pain.

let me explain, to secure the sink to the countertop (aside from hardware that we don't know how to use yet), the manual says for us to use this silicone thing. did the prep work and all but the manual could have been a bit more clearer... a whole lot clearer actually... we made such a mess and that silicone paste smudged the countertop.

if chot wasn't there, i know i'd be crying... DOOM... it looked terrible, smudges everywhere... staining the countertop.

the only good thing i can report is that i put another layer of silicone this morning, trying to fix yesterday's ugliness. and it looked pretty decent, it can look better but DEFINATELY looks better than yesterday.