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Previously Known As : Nuanced and Shaded
Men have no choice over birth and death; except everything in between.
We have chosen ours.


Thank you for visiting.

We are two gay men, facing life's obstacles as presumably as difficult as yours.

We are not perpetuating insolence and arrogance; we are merely sharing our experience.

This is our blog. This is where we share our lives with the rest of the world. This is where we engrave our triumphs and struggles, for us to cherish, in hopes that you would, as well.

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Maximus - maximuswiser79 [at] yahoo [dot] com
John - john800410my [at] gmail [dot] com

We keep the words so that our children could keep the wisdom

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." - Mohandas K. Gandhi

"Seven Social Sins :-
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Business without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle" - Mohandas K. Gandhi

"You can never know everything and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway." - Robert Jordan

"Developing the mind is important, but developing a conscience is the most precious gift parents can give their children." - John Gray

Keep In View

My work sucks; everybody is well aware of that. Even the martians got the live feed on it.

As time consuming as my life is, at the moment, I still have this blog in mind.

With that, I am putting down a list of Keep-in-Views of events that had surrounded my life which had managed to happen while I am on my hectic routine.

Detailed entries will be created, I promise, and I can only hope that time would grant me the deliverence I need from these desperate times.

  • Working in Shell
    • after a month, all hell breaks loose
    • a lot of tickets
    • night calls
    • weekend change
    • boss from hell
      • cannot talk to subordinates nicely
      • prefer to yell
      • expect with limited manpower, work could be done on time and perfectly
  • John starts to take up choir
  • John meets my sister, the second time
  • PT's first staffs appreciation night
  • John OFFICIALLY moves in with me
  • PT comes to Shell IT International
  • My Mother went through a hard time, health-wise
  • John's series of visits to Malacca
  • Me quitting Shell IT International
  • My Sister is having a difficult time
  • My Bestest Friend Foreverever had her first time 'rollercoaster' experience
  • John starts his driving lesson
  • My cousin's one week stay
  • John's Sister's one week stay
  • John's Mom's Visit and Our OUR YEAR ANIVERSARY
  • My cousin's Wedding and my family's long-awaited get-together
  • My new job
  • My retraction of resignation
  • SAN Storage New Team Members

24 March 2009

Plumbing 101

What is worse when you're living in Selangor than the water supply? The water is so murky, mosquitoes would have second thoughts trying to lay their eggs in the water.

For my hubby, the pain is whenever he is due with our laundry. He had one time did the laundry three times before getting the load clean. That's how bad it was!!

We decided to install a filtering system for the washing machine; something simple that it won't require us to bypass the main water pipe and that we could dismantle easily if we were to leave the place. It's a rented property, at the end of the day, anyhow.

Went to the hardware store last Saturday, and obtained the filtering device. The shopowner was great enough to even teach me how to do it, and supplied me with everything I need to get the job done. I bought a filtering device, a 6-inch long PVC pipe, a tube of PVC glue and a handful of PVC pieces - from elbows to connectors.

Well, I tried to install the filtering system last weekend, but it didn't turn out well. I had a number of joints leaking out water; bursting more like it. I ran out of the PVC white tape and the glue wasn't exactly the best thing to hold the pipes together (which I thought was a good idea, at first)

It was raining heavily earlier today, and I decided to work from home. I managed to sneak out to the hardware store and obtained more PVC pieces, a couple of tubes of PVC glue and the PVC white tape.

A few tweaks and fixes, and viola!!

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My tools and my toolbox.

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Yes, I have a toolbox. Hey, I am still a man, okay!? Growl!


I did some DIYs before and I love it.

Oh god, I wish it will come a day when I will be free to build my own canopy on my own yard!!! I am such a straight-man wannabe! Hahaha.

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