Tuesday, February 05, 2008

• Pride breeds destruction

  I got a new chair from IKEA recently. My old car was really falling apart after using it for let say, 5 years? The mechanisms are all rusted and have fallen apart. Then arm rests are also really wobbly even though after endless tightening sessions.
  

  
  So I got to IKEA and got me a chair! I brought it back home in excitement.
  
  

  "Yay!!! I'm getting a new chair...."
  

  
  I practically tore open the box in anticipation. I took out the chair. I chose the color black it suits my room plus it does not stain easily as the white one. But lo and ho as I took it out and flip it over only to find that I took the wrong box!!! The chair was in white. WHITE?!! Not black! I actually checked again just in case my eyes were playing tricks on me buy yeah, its white alright.
  
  But who cares right. I just took it back to IKEA the following week (there's a one week return policy thingy) and got myself a black one. THIS time I got real "smart" and tore it right in IKEA to check the color and repackage it again there itself.
  
  So I went back and opened it up again and guess what???!!!! Psyched....ahhaha. Nah, nothing happened this time. It was black, plain black. As black as the sky during night time...
  
  

  Oh I turn to thee oh Chair from IKEA,
  The chair tested every minute on display,
  I look at they velvet vest,
  Against the blaze of the sun in the west,
  Time stood still as I gaze at thee,
  The chair from IKEA we are bound to see......
  

  
  OK!!! I am getting lamer by the minute. Funny me....So, I tore the cover open and took out the different parts of the chair. As you know IKEA requires you to fix your own furniture. I took ONE glance at the instructions and threw the book aside.
  
  "I don't need a book! Doesn't look that difficult anyways"
  
  I fixed everything up WITHOUT the book. I looked at the chair and smiled in satisfaction. I quickly sat on the chair, wanting to embrace its comfort. To my surprise, it felt like something had went wrong. This certainly does not have the "feel" of the chair I sat on in IKEA. This is why....
  
  
  The chair was on BACKWARDS!!! I felt so embarrassed at that moment of stupidity. It took me more that 15 minutes to re-configure the whole thing again. I'll use the instruction manual next time.
  
  *Just want to note that I will be quite incative in the blogging community this year. I have this very important ëxam-that-will-determine-your-future kind of thing going on. So please don't feel neglected if I don't drop you a comment. I will still post from time to time and perhaps drop by your sites :) In regards, Stanley.
  

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