A new day. A new entry. New News.
For starters, 1 of our nieces, YL, was admitted to KMC in AS for removal of fibroids yesterday. Ops scheduled for this morning. We wish her all the very best & a successful surgery, followed by a swift recovery!!
Also a tiny electrical-based "explosion" occurred yesterday in our dining area. I was switching on the switch on the 4-gang extension unit for power to our new TV and there was this sudden "pop" sound with a flash of light at the said switch! Never had this happened before...on any of my power extension units. On opening up the ext. unit, black burnt marks could be seen. Only a faulty or short-circuited connection could have caused that. Pics below show clearly the burnt areas...
Can you see the charred mark just below & to the right of the red switch? Also the blackened mark on the unit cover?
In 2nd pic, note the blackened section of the yellow-coloured wire?
So a new replacement ext. unit was bought & duly replaced. Hope this new one (see pic) would not go "pop" soon...haha! 
At around the same time...after the "pop" incident but before the replacement unit was installed...our Emergency Lamp (shown in same pic - above the new 4-gang ext. unit ) for the dining area, using the same ext. unit for its power supply, started to blink. At that time, I thought, "Oh well, it might be due to the faulty ext. unit..." However, after I'd replaced the ext. unit, it was still blinking! Intermittently.
Me opened the lamp housing & on checking, it was found that one of the connectors to the rechargeable battery inside was not fully pushed in. Remedied. Then refitted. Later in the evening, it started blinking again albeit a lot less. The only possibility now is a faulty internal circuit in the lamp itself. That is, however, beyond my capability to resolve. Except, of course, getting a new replacement Emergency Lamp! Ha ha again!
Have to KIV that for now...God knows why! Sorry. Besides, except for the slight intermittent blinking, the lamp still functions fine as an emergency lamp, namely, it switches on when power is cut off. Good enough, right? For now, that is...
Finally, this month appears to be a month for trips. To Penang. Again. Tomorrow is the Bday of my other half's cousin to whom we have been making regular visits. And a few days later ie 19th Sept, is the Bday of another cousin's hubby. We just cannot be travelling that much with the dates being so close to one another. So, since we just came back from a very recent trip, we'll most probably go celebrate both on the same day ie the 19th.
Btw, looks like more clear DVDs are coming in now eg Iron Man, Wall.e, the latest Batman & X-Files movies. Lots of choices now for this coming Cine Nite on Saturday! Pls pass the popcorn...thanks!
Another weekend is here, too. So, have a great weekend! Me will sure try to...
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