A while back, I was traumatised by my dentist. I really should have seen him more often. Yesterday, I was traumatised by the air-con men. I really should have asked them to service my air-con units more often. They did open up, dismantle, and clean every single component of the units. It was a gruesome sight. More gruesome when they have decided to clean the condenser that is located at the washing area and I have to move my washing machine and dryer out of the way. That scene of “what-lies-underneath” will stick in my mind for decades to come. If only the theme of this website is “where nothing is too grotesque to be shared”, I would have …
But let’s not go there. Instead, I ponder and self reflect. I may not have a degree of Permanent Head Damage Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) but I am a keen observer. Things that we have belief in and our so-called values influence what we do everyday. We can’t see what belief is or values for that matter but we can observe one’s behaviours to make a certain guess of what belief and values one holds. Or in the situation of not so positive behaviours, what belief and values one does not hold. Unfortunately, some people tend to be so fixated on one’s undesirable traits confusing that with the spots on the leopards (hence the famous phrase).
Which is kind of ballock if you were to ask me – to confuse something as permanent as the coding of our body (aka genes) with something as abstract as our beliefs and value systems. One can never prove the invalidity of a past observation and linking future behaviours with the past makes it all more frustrating. Personally, I think belief can be changed, value system can be altered, people can become better. In view of this, I am going to see my dentist more often, call up my air-con men more often, and have already planned to do some serious clearing up, cleaning up, and rearrangement of the junks inside my storeroom (that will involve moving the washing machine and dryer out from the washing area again because they are in the way *gasp*).
People do change for the better. And so can I – like time and time before. I am ready to be traumatised by my storeroom. Bring it on!
PS. I am not sure how your air-con men service your units. I strongly recommend Gain City. They have done a fantastic job years after years and it costs S$25 per fan coil and S$30 per condenser (add another S$60 for acid cleaning if it comes down to it).