This is an extremely difficult period of time for my family and me. My house is experiencing a period of Mass-Spoilage.
First is my Hi-Fi system that had succumbed to the previous chilling cold “winter” (remember the days when Singapore rain and rain for the entire month(s)?). As owner as hi-fi / TV, my hi-fi and TV might be the only electronics that is very afraid of coldness, they need to be kept warm all the time, either by staying in standby-mode, or covered with blanket. Next is the TV, which never gives up and endured till the very last moment. (I am so proud of you. My one and only 无可取代 TV). Then came the home computer, whose power supply gave in.
From This:
The emptied table... All my TV and hi-fi got sold to karanguni.
3 Big Box for packaging the new stuffs.
To This:
The newly set-up TV and Home theatre set.
If you think that is all, no! Not only are the electronics in the Mass-Spoilage Act. Also in the force are my shoes, which I realized was in a state that I had to throw it down the rubbish chute, the day before I need it. And of course, there are more, my brother’s shoes, my mum’s shoes, my dad’s shoes, and the ultimate toilet paper holder. Yes, toilet paper holder in the toilet is spoilt too. How much more can I say?
In event of Workers’ Strike, the Employer has a few options… 1) Accept the workers’ demand/ grant them pay-rise etc, 2) Ignore their demand and fire them (hire whole new batch of people), and 3) Negotiation to obtain (ideally) win-win situation, or compromise from both parties.
Obviously, the third option is out for my case, I can’t negotiate with the spoilt-stuff. The first don’t seem to work as well, they demand nothing, and I can’t do anything left to savior the situation. So left is the second option. In short, the situation can be represented by the following equation:
Mass-Spoilage = -(Thrown away spoilt_stuff) + (Buy in new_stuff)
= Net $$ spent
To add on to the replacement of spoilt stuff, I also need to buy new bookshelf for my ever increasing amount of notes+books+files. The amount of notes+books+files continues to increase and accumulate over each semester. Ironically, the amount of knowledge that is present in my head remains a constant, in another word, net accumulation equals zero (aka. Steady State!)
Accumulation of notes+books+files > 0
Accumulation of knowledge in JY = 0
Furthermore, I will need a chair to go with my study table. Interesting fact, I do not have study table for the past 20 years of my life. All these time I study in front of my beloved TV, at a short little coffee table, in the living room. Until I begin my stay in school. And I start to wonder how I survived that. Now that I am back home, I realize I need to have a study table and chair.
Ok… this is getting abit long-winded and draggy. So what is the main point?? Take home message here is (ok… if you are already home, make it stay home message):
I am Broke. The Mass-Spoilage Act is draining me (and my family) of our vitamin M.
(Deprivation of Vitamin M(oney) results in weak mental health, bad temper, occasional 碎碎念/ mumbling/grumbling, weight-loss, serious deprivation can result in hallucination).
仔仔周渝民 as 戚伟易 
