Didn’t I say I was in for a shock when my mom called me yesterday afternoon? Boy, I really can’t help but wonder if this is a test for me.
To say it’s a test, I’m already giving a hint that the phone call didn’t deliver good news, until and unless I learn to turn on my gratitude radar and screen for something good out of that incident. So technically speaking, you can conclude it’s bad news.
How good can it be when your mother called you in the middle of the day and tell you the flooring in your room had, all of a sudden, decide to take matters into its own hands and staged a rebellion?
If you don’t know what am I talking about, look at this:
My mom got a shock, naturally. In fact, when she first heard the cracking sound, she dashed into my room thinking a fire was about to be erupted due to some short circuit or something.
What she didn’t expect was to see the tiles starting to pop up, one by one, starting from the ones under my bed before finally expanding their “riot zone”.
This is how it looks like when we hammer the tile, as the contractor had told us to do to prevent more tiles from popping up due to the pressure underneath.
Eeks!
Mommy was upset, understandably so. And as she wasn’t taking part in my 7 days of gratitude experiment, so she didn’t have any reservations to express how she feels, outwardly.
As for me, well, as I’m writing now, I can only feel grateful for the fact that, after a cool 23 years of walking on the same ole’ ceramic tiles, I’m going to have new ones for my room!
Mommy was also muttering something like this under her breath “Maybe we should just do a slight renovation, sell this house and move to a new place…”.
I certainly don’t hope so….
What other things can I be grateful for, with an incident like this? Maybe you can help me out on this…
Oh, and last heard, my mom had checked with our insurance agent who confirmed that this won’t be claimable.
Friends, that’s Day 4.
[tags]gratitude, shock, floor tiles, cracking tiles, ceramic, renovation, house[/tags]
whoa! that looks pretty bad, hmm, its great that you think in a different perspective. well, i did try out the 7 days of gratitude, it teaches me how to be grateful and forgiving. on top of that, it also control my temper, benefited me a lot, cheers and all the best =)
Hey Kloudiia!
“Huat ah! Huat ah !” Everything shall be Heng Heng liao for you all the way
and soon you will be getting a brand new set of trendy lucky shiny tiles in your bedroom now!!
Cheers!
I had this problem with my kitchen some years back. Almost 5m length of tiles just cracked, bit and pieces just flew into the air as I watched from the living room. I just happened to be watching tv and the kitchen was just at my side. My dog was freaked out until he refused to come out from underneath the sofa. Haha!
Back then, I was told there was water leakage in the pipes buried inside the building cement structure, so it can’t be resident’s fault. I ain’t sure how on earth that can happen to your room. But a complaint filed to the town council worked, and town council replaced the tiles for us FOC. Maybe you should run a check with your town council.
Hey LG, glad you benefitted so much from your gratitude week! I too had my share of learnings, which I’ll compile and do a posting on the finale I guess.
Thanks co-coach. Yeah huat ar! For the benefit of those who don’t understand this Hokkien dialect, “huat” means “to prosper”! Which means wealth!
Thanks for that suggestion Ed, I’ll call the town council tomorrow and see how it goes. Cos this happened in my room, so not sure how huge will my chances be. But never test never know, right?