when it rains, it pours...

it seems like everything wants to go south on me recently. apart from the good fortune of finally getting out of the Army reserves for this year, I seem to have had a run of bad luck.

for starters, the water in the block i was staying at during reservist training ran out not once, but 3 times during my time there. the first time it happened was after i was done with a long sweaty day, and to make matters worse, i decided to go work out in the gym (thus adding to the already stinky me). the good news is that the water came back on after a couple of hours, and i managed to get to shower before bed. i also had another close shave with the water outage just before i was going to book out and the water had slowed to a trickle. not so easy to shower with a dribble from the shower head.

just when i was about to give up on the water, it rains. now it doesn't just rain, it storms. in fact, it storms so hard that the ceiling of my 6th (which also happens to be the top) floor bunk springs a leak, and my entire bunk gets flooded. think floating shoes and flip flops and you'll get the idea.

then there is the paycut at work, which seems to have added insult to injury (but at least i have a job, so i AM trying to be optimistic).

the cherry on top came today when i bit the bullet and bought a 42-inch sharp aquos lcd tv (doing my bit to stimulate the economy you see), only to come home, set it up, and have it not work after only five minutes of tv viewing.

this run of bad luck needs to stop.

now.