I guess I did! :)
Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese readers, visitors and fans :D
May the Year of the Ox brings you good health and wisdom.
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Posted on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 by pelf and filed in Life as I see it
Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 by pelf and filed in Life as I see it
To the housemate who took the trash out a few days ago:
Thank you for remembering that I don’t live in this house by myself. Thank you for doing your part in keeping the house clean :)
To the housemate who broke our letterbox:
I hope you have the sense of responsibility to replace the letterbox that your broke, and not just leave the broken thing hanging on our gate, and pretend that you don’t know anything about it. I know you don’t receive mails, but I need the letterbox because our electricity, water and phone bills come every month.
To the housemate who replaced the cover of my badminton racket:
Thank you for replacing the cover that you have lost. And I hope you have learned a lesson — that you should not keep quiet if you have lost somebody’s property. I wasn’t angry because you lost it. I was mad because you lost it, and you didn’t have the courtesy to tell me about it.
There’s a reason I don’t use names in this post. If you know my housemates, please respect their privacy. Thanks.
Posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 by pelf and filed in Charity, Conservation & Environment
If there is one place in your house that you must go to more than twice daily, it must be the bathroom. So if there is one place in your house that you must spend more time greening, it should also be the bathroom :)
- Choose wood paneling for your bathroom to help keep in heat and reduce air pollution.
- Avoid using fiberglass because a lot of energy is wasted during fiberglass manufacture.
- Install a slow-flow shower head to help save water.
- Bathe your kids together in the same water rather than in separate tubs.
- Did you know that the average shower uses 80 liters (20 gallons) of water, compared to the 170 liters (40 gallons) that’s needed for a bath?
- Do not keep the shower water running when you’re not actually underneath the water.
- Use modern cisterns which dispense less water while flushing. If you do have an older one with large capacity, just drop a brick (or a bottle filled with water) inside to reduce the water content (thanks, Nicole!).
- Think about whether it’s necessary to flush the toilet every time you visit. Make a rule of thumb only to flush every other time you use the toilet.
- Buy recycled toilet paper. Or just use water (gulps).
How do YOU green your bathroom?
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