5 Feb
Tips for lowering your aircon bill
Tips from
http://www.lowcarbonsg.com/tag/air-conditioner/
Use your air-conditioner and fan on alternate days. For example, use the air-conditioner on even days and the fan on odd days.
Switch on your air-conditioner one hour before going to bed. When it’s time to sleep, switch off the air-conditioner and use the fan instead. The fan is able to circulate the cool air and keep you comfortable.
Use a timer to turn off your airconditioner at about 2am once the room has been sufficiently cooled.
Use two fans instead of one. Two fans cost about $8 month to turn on. The aircon uses about $48 per month.
30 Dec
We’ve done it!
After an entire year of planning right down to the tiniest detail, we’ve said our vows, exchanged the rings and we’re married!!
We’re currently now in Penang, using the complimentary hotel broadband, lazing by the idyllic Penang seaside and (going to) slurp up some authentic assam laksa. We’re coming home today!
We’ve got a bunch of photos on facebook and in my camera but I’ll only get to that when we get home this afternoon. See you later!!
3 Dec
Daiso Dizziness
What do you do when you have to get a wire wreath which costs about $8
to fabricate?
You call a friend named Gary.
While doing some “research” at Daiso.
(guys don’t go shopping we do “research”)
We came across some craft wire which we thought we could make into
wire wreaths. 9m of craft wire cost $2.
14 wire wreaths cost $112.
2 packets of craft wire cost $4
We decided to contribute a little more to Daiso.
He bought a knife sharpener, I bought a pair of Paramedical Shears (Gary has
one lying on his van dashboard, I have one in my medical kit)
Which actually leads on to a story about how I managed to find a holster
for my Paramedic Shears at Daiso too!
The Paramedic holster online is US$19.99
I found a garden shears holster at Daiso for $2!
I used it for two reservist In camp trainings and it’s been great.
No more paramedic shears creating a hole in your side pocket.
(I don’t know about other medics, I’ve always liked putting it in my side pocket,
some people prefer to put it in their bag)
Which I find wierd, which means you can’t cut bandages or strips of panadol unless you’re carrying your
super duper 2kg medic pouch.
The pouch protects it from dirt, looks professional and I can even hang it off my belt!
and a cheap nose hair trimmer. I also wanted to get a exercise band (that
could double as a tourniquet) And a round lamp to place behind the audio
mixer at church. But I did not succumb to temptation.
Other stuff I had to buy to make the wreaths work.
Roll of Green Cloth tape $3.50
Pair of pliers $2.50
Roll of green cable ties $1.50
So about an additional $7.50
Which I could use for other stuff, like sound supplies.
