Giddy Tigers

Nowadays, most of my everyday transactions are done online.  If there is a bill to be paid, the first question I would ask is “Can pay online ah?”.  Most banks offer a range of services to encourage laziness in people because they get to run their errands online.  In spite of this, I am surprised that there are still some people who are skeptical on online transactions.  I still meet people who are shocked when I tell them I purchased most of my baby products online… and from US sites too! 

Out of all my bills, only my water bill is paid non-online.  I wish my bank would incorporate PBA as one of its online merchants soon.  It’s so frustrating to have to make a trip to the post office to pay my water bill every month.  It would certainly save me a lot of time and petrol if I could pay online.  I remember waiting in line for up to 30 minutes just to pay my assessment bill previously, but now I can do it all with the click of a mouse.  And the receipt is sent to me in a couple of weeks.  So yes, it is definitely in my wish list to have the water bill payment available online. 

And guess what? Another thing we can do online now is renew our driving license!  See the LESEN MATI ad on my site courtesy of Nuffnang? Up till last week, I thought that driving license renewal can only be done in the Road Transport Departments and post office.  I only renew mine every 5 years, so it’s really not a hassle to go there, but one MUST remember to dress decently when one goes to the RTD(JPJ).  No slippers, singlets, shorts or tankinis 😛 – Once, I was forbidden to enter the JPJ because I was wearing a tank top.  Luckily Mom was with me, and she did the renewal for me.  So now if I really feel like wearing just t-shirt and shorts, I can simply do my renewal online… and they even deliver to your doorstep, for a small fee of course!  Very soon, I won’t even have to leave my house… except for shopping, of course! 🙂

Last night at about 9:30p.m., we heard a loud sound coming from the bathroom in our master bedroom.  It sounded like a splurge of water, no…more like a waterfall.  A waterfall in our bathroom? 

NOOoooooo…actually the water pipe connecting to our sink had done its time.  There was water everywhere in the bathroom, and there was nothing else we could do except to turn off the main water faucet, which caused our entire house to be water-less.  Thank goodness Ethan and I had already had our shower, but that left poor Pete who was yearning for that shower of his… Oh, what one would give for water! So Pete called our plumber to see if he could come by and replace the pipe.  Unfortunatelyour plumber, who stays in Butterworth, was not available that night and also the next day…. Bummer! Luckily he was able to recommend his friend to come instead.

After a good 30 minutes of no-water later, the plumber arrived and fixed the pipe.  It was done in a jiffy, much to our relief as…errrmmm…. Ethan had already pooed 😛 

Anyway, here’s a glimpse of our spankin’ brand new pipe …

And do you know how we celebrated the arrival of the new pipe?  We submitted our tax returns last night! There, job’s done!  All done through e-filing, and I must say that despite the initial setback I faced on getting an erroneous e-PIN, and potentially being non-existent, I was pretty impressed with the experience of submitting my returns online.  All done in the comfort of my home.