lamig after init

four nights din akong nagtiis. mula miyerkules, walang airconditioner ang bedroom ko. natiguk. nitiurok.

thursday ay bumili ako ng new aircon gamit ang credit card ko. kaso, sunday at 8PM pa raw ma deliver sa bahay ko ang pampalamig sa 36 degrees na gabi sa bansang puno ng disyerto.

sabi ni papi sammy at ni alvin noong friday, nasira raw ang fan motor.

dahil naawa sa ilang gabi pang pagdurusahan ko na walang aircon, pilit gawan ng remedyo ni alvin ang lumang aircon.

binuhay ang patay. hinugot at binaba ang aircon sa sahig. hinubaran. tapos pinatakan ng mantika ang butas ng motor fan.

pinaikot, tapos inilagay sa butas ng electric outlet ang dulo ng alambreng nakakabit sa power ng aircon.

gumana.

lumamig ang mainit na gabi. pero sandali lang.

pagaganahin uli sa pamamagitan ng pagpapaikot sa fan blades bago i switch on ang aircon. nakakaloka.

i need to carefully drag my 90-kilo body to step on a stool para maabot ko ang fan blades at i spin towards the right and then reach for the power switch at the wall behind the lcd tv sitting on my computer table.

then pray that my spin will start the ac working with after having turned on. whew!

at 8pm, my flatmate called me. the delivery men arrived but only to find out when i arrived that the ac that they brought is not the correct model that i bought. that unit wa snot the remote-controlled chilling device.

but before that, what was more chilling was when a traffic police halted the car which papi sammy, ronron and his newly arrived brother-n-law were riding with me. we made a wrong turn to a -one-way street.

i didnt care about the wrong way violation but i was so frightened knowing that the residence permit of one of us is already expired.

it was so good that the police listened to our driver's reason and apologies without asking for our documents.

this happeneed while the lightning, and kulog and a little ambon with dust are grabbing riyadh's attention.

so chilling. thanks a lot. my brand new ac is now mounted with the remote control.

now my room is so cold. i need to have some body to sleep with. where are they?