Thursday, January 18, 2007

Burn!

Yup, the name says it all - Burn! You might be wondering to what i'm referring this term to; well, it's my tongue. I just burnt my tongue. Other than that, I have also realized that in my residence, there are no working power outlets other than in the hallway and of course, in our rooms and the common room. Simply put - the bathroom outlets don't work.
So I was in the mood for some nice hot cup of hot chocolate - but I didn't have all the necessary equipment to make one. I did have "Land Lakes - Cocoa Classics - Classic Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix" which I just realized IS ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED when I was typing its name, and I also had a mug. You can tell I like chocolate, as long as it's NOT ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED. Anyways, I was in need of a kettle. Finding a kettle is like finding an Italian resteraunt - you find the best ones in Italy. So I looked for a kettle in a room where people love and make the best noodles. I asked one person and he said the kettle was in the bathroom. As I walked across their room to get it, I saw that the door was shut and the lights on. I asked myself; "Do I really want a kettle that has been with someone in the bathroom?" Not at all.
I resorted to plan B. Instead of exploring and experimenting with the best noodle making kettles, I asked my neighbor for his, and to my delight, he agreed to lend it to me. And then was the bathroom incident - no outlets worked. I literally wasted 10 minutes trying to make this kettle work. I had to move on.
Plan C. I make it somewhere safe and private where no one would ask for some hot chocolate (if they ask, for some reason I can't say no); a place with a door and a working outlet. Something like a room, but no, we're not allowed to have kettles in our room. I really wanted some hot chocolate.
So 5 minutes later, I find myself sipping a cup of artificially flavored hot chocolate and typing this story away. And I wondered, why would they have 22 power outlets in the bathroom beside each other? Is it just a mere coincidence that all of them don't work? or is it meant to be? Someone call the X-Files.
Hope you enjoyed it.

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