I broke my fridge today
No not the whole fridge! Just one of the shelves in it.
After blogging about all that stuff I learnt when I came here to study, it seems that I still have a looong way to go.
I cooked a big pot of yummy soup last night and placed the leftovers in the fridge. Unfortunately I stupidly put it on a glass shelf ( the one above the drawer for veg) and when I opened it this afternoon to take the soup out, I discovered that the shelf had broken into four menacing looking pieces and my vegatables were squished and dead.
I literally froze in panic when I saw the broken shelf. in a complete daze I took the two of the glass pieces out and placed them on the kitchen counter. Then still in a daze I took out a huge tub of vanilla ice cream and started to eat it while still staring at the glass.
(Hahahaha, I just thought of something, I was probably staring glassily at the glass pieces. Geddit? Geddit? Lame joke I know, but I can't help it. Its been one of those days and I need all the humour I can muster up. )
It wasn't till halfway through the tub before I snapped out of shock and called my bf in Singapore. That maniac laughed and laughed while I shakily whispered my story. He laughed even harder when I asked if I could super glue the shelf back. What???? I still think it would have been possible!!!!!!
Then he asked me what brand my fridge was.....and I realised I didn't even know.*sheepish grin* So I ran to the kitchen and checked...my fridge brand is Westinghouse!
And, get this, the repair place for Westinghouse is in Ballarat!!!! Ballarat is ONE HOUR'S DRIVE AWAY!!!! I have NO car, I have NO driver's license and I have NO idea how to get there by any form of public transport!!! When I realised that I just started giggling hysterically and uncontrollably at the thought of going all the way to some warehouse place in the god forsaken suburbs and trying to buy a new glass shelf. It would take me at least 2.5 hours to get there by train and tram and bus and I might even have to take a cab. The cost of getting there would be higher than the shelf.
At times like these I really miss how small Singapore is. I mean, in Singapore, the repair place would have been like in Jurong or something and not only would I know how to get there, I'd also know at least where it is. Also it would not be ONE HOUR"S DRIVE AWAY. Because almost no place is Singapore is THAT FAR AWAY.
I ended up going to the supermarket to buy a plastic storage box to put my remaining unsquished vegetables in and rearranging my whole fridge. I wrapped up and threw away the glass pieces cutting myself in the process. Then I went to the gym to burn off the ice cream.....
Now I'm just dead exhausted and blogging.
More lessons from Melbourne:
1) Do not put heavy items on glass shelves...(*sob* I can't believe it couldn't support the weight of that pot!!!! It had only soup in it, not lead weights!!!!!!)
2) Super glue will not fix the glass shelf( I don't know why, my boyfriend says so)
3) My fridge brand is Westinghouse and its warranty has expired
4) It doesn't matter if there's a warranty cos the repair place will be somewhere like Shepparton(2.5 hours drive away), Frankston or Ballarat......
5) Australia is a BIG country; you NEED a car unlike teeny tiny Singapore.
After blogging about all that stuff I learnt when I came here to study, it seems that I still have a looong way to go.
I cooked a big pot of yummy soup last night and placed the leftovers in the fridge. Unfortunately I stupidly put it on a glass shelf ( the one above the drawer for veg) and when I opened it this afternoon to take the soup out, I discovered that the shelf had broken into four menacing looking pieces and my vegatables were squished and dead.
I literally froze in panic when I saw the broken shelf. in a complete daze I took the two of the glass pieces out and placed them on the kitchen counter. Then still in a daze I took out a huge tub of vanilla ice cream and started to eat it while still staring at the glass.
(Hahahaha, I just thought of something, I was probably staring glassily at the glass pieces. Geddit? Geddit? Lame joke I know, but I can't help it. Its been one of those days and I need all the humour I can muster up. )
It wasn't till halfway through the tub before I snapped out of shock and called my bf in Singapore. That maniac laughed and laughed while I shakily whispered my story. He laughed even harder when I asked if I could super glue the shelf back. What???? I still think it would have been possible!!!!!!
Then he asked me what brand my fridge was.....and I realised I didn't even know.*sheepish grin* So I ran to the kitchen and checked...my fridge brand is Westinghouse!
And, get this, the repair place for Westinghouse is in Ballarat!!!! Ballarat is ONE HOUR'S DRIVE AWAY!!!! I have NO car, I have NO driver's license and I have NO idea how to get there by any form of public transport!!! When I realised that I just started giggling hysterically and uncontrollably at the thought of going all the way to some warehouse place in the god forsaken suburbs and trying to buy a new glass shelf. It would take me at least 2.5 hours to get there by train and tram and bus and I might even have to take a cab. The cost of getting there would be higher than the shelf.
At times like these I really miss how small Singapore is. I mean, in Singapore, the repair place would have been like in Jurong or something and not only would I know how to get there, I'd also know at least where it is. Also it would not be ONE HOUR"S DRIVE AWAY. Because almost no place is Singapore is THAT FAR AWAY.
I ended up going to the supermarket to buy a plastic storage box to put my remaining unsquished vegetables in and rearranging my whole fridge. I wrapped up and threw away the glass pieces cutting myself in the process. Then I went to the gym to burn off the ice cream.....
Now I'm just dead exhausted and blogging.
More lessons from Melbourne:
1) Do not put heavy items on glass shelves...(*sob* I can't believe it couldn't support the weight of that pot!!!! It had only soup in it, not lead weights!!!!!!)
2) Super glue will not fix the glass shelf( I don't know why, my boyfriend says so)
3) My fridge brand is Westinghouse and its warranty has expired
4) It doesn't matter if there's a warranty cos the repair place will be somewhere like Shepparton(2.5 hours drive away), Frankston or Ballarat......
5) Australia is a BIG country; you NEED a car unlike teeny tiny Singapore.
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