The state of things
Saturday, 6 June 2020 00:08![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elusivekYou know, I’m now typing from my brand new iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard, and I also got the Apple Pencil to go with it (a whole full set)... but things have come to a point where even such new gadgets do not excite me anymore.
I wanted to get a new iPad for work-but-not-work. Due to the work nature I seem to be getting, having my own iPad is rather important. I also needed an iPad that had absolutely not ever in history had a connection with my work network. (If it makes any sense). It’s my own iPad, paid from my pocket, I’m using it for work, but I will not let it have any connection with my workplace. Weird. But. Yeah. Not going to explain into details.
Just think that I’m paranoid and I’m doing this so that IT can’t reverse trace this back to me. No, I’m not doing anything illegal. I just need this to be totally isolated from the company network.
But I’m on a road to digress about another thing.
While it was no sweat on my part to pay for this iPad, it has just come to me, how sad the state of things are. I have the financial stability to practically buy any gadget any toy any thing, but local inflation is making it impossible for a single individual to buy an apartment.
I’ve long past the point of wanting to move out (it’s impossible) and since the renovations last year, my Sis and I got our own separate bedrooms, I’ve been happy with that arrangement.
And so here I am, with a spiffy brand new iPad Pro with the pencil so i can draw to my heart’s content and yet I feel no excitement and no inspiration. Meh.
Oh and about renovations... Mom was bitching about high water fees even with Government subsidy... I told her last year that since we were renovating we should replace the toilet but she refused, letting out a slew of verbal abuse about “how naive I am”, “money does not grow on trees”, and “do you think it’s easy to do?”
Well, throughout the year, the toilet has been giving us trouble, from the water closet not working, the pump the not pumping, the chain to the stopper breaking, the stopper not landing on the right spot, and all that jazz....
Poor Dad did what he could each time. He’s replaced a lot of stuff inside the water closet and it seemed that it was fine.
I DID say I was constantly hearing sound of running water but again Mom yells at me. *shrugs*
Well, this month, the water bill was like over the top. The Government has been subsidizing all households for a few months, and the amount of the subsidy is actually enough to cover normal daily use in a family of 4. We have to pay double that, because that is the amount of water we’ve used.
Of course, at first, Mom was complaining that it was I who always let the water run when I shower. Well. Because our water heater is shit, it takes quite a while for me to regulate the water temperature to the right temperature for me. Once I get that temperature, I’d rather let the water run, because lathering myself is actually faster than trying to re-regulate the water again.
However, Mom got some guy to come have a look, and he says, ta-da~! It’s the toilet. The water closet is not properly fixed so water is constantly running.
The high water bill? Not my fault.
I know it’s not in good taste to say “I told you so,” but with all the shit Mom had been giving me about water usage, I did say “I told you so” with much glee. Well, she didn’t have to be so nasty to me in the first place.
I wanted to get a new iPad for work-but-not-work. Due to the work nature I seem to be getting, having my own iPad is rather important. I also needed an iPad that had absolutely not ever in history had a connection with my work network. (If it makes any sense). It’s my own iPad, paid from my pocket, I’m using it for work, but I will not let it have any connection with my workplace. Weird. But. Yeah. Not going to explain into details.
Just think that I’m paranoid and I’m doing this so that IT can’t reverse trace this back to me. No, I’m not doing anything illegal. I just need this to be totally isolated from the company network.
But I’m on a road to digress about another thing.
While it was no sweat on my part to pay for this iPad, it has just come to me, how sad the state of things are. I have the financial stability to practically buy any gadget any toy any thing, but local inflation is making it impossible for a single individual to buy an apartment.
I’ve long past the point of wanting to move out (it’s impossible) and since the renovations last year, my Sis and I got our own separate bedrooms, I’ve been happy with that arrangement.
And so here I am, with a spiffy brand new iPad Pro with the pencil so i can draw to my heart’s content and yet I feel no excitement and no inspiration. Meh.
Oh and about renovations... Mom was bitching about high water fees even with Government subsidy... I told her last year that since we were renovating we should replace the toilet but she refused, letting out a slew of verbal abuse about “how naive I am”, “money does not grow on trees”, and “do you think it’s easy to do?”
Well, throughout the year, the toilet has been giving us trouble, from the water closet not working, the pump the not pumping, the chain to the stopper breaking, the stopper not landing on the right spot, and all that jazz....
Poor Dad did what he could each time. He’s replaced a lot of stuff inside the water closet and it seemed that it was fine.
I DID say I was constantly hearing sound of running water but again Mom yells at me. *shrugs*
Well, this month, the water bill was like over the top. The Government has been subsidizing all households for a few months, and the amount of the subsidy is actually enough to cover normal daily use in a family of 4. We have to pay double that, because that is the amount of water we’ve used.
Of course, at first, Mom was complaining that it was I who always let the water run when I shower. Well. Because our water heater is shit, it takes quite a while for me to regulate the water temperature to the right temperature for me. Once I get that temperature, I’d rather let the water run, because lathering myself is actually faster than trying to re-regulate the water again.
However, Mom got some guy to come have a look, and he says, ta-da~! It’s the toilet. The water closet is not properly fixed so water is constantly running.
The high water bill? Not my fault.
I know it’s not in good taste to say “I told you so,” but with all the shit Mom had been giving me about water usage, I did say “I told you so” with much glee. Well, she didn’t have to be so nasty to me in the first place.
