More blackouts

Here is another page from the New York Herald Tribune. You can see from the photos what the censor tolerates and what immorality invokes his anger.

The other day we made monkeys of ourselves when guests were here. The electricity was out and I cursed corruption, inefficiency - the whole string of usual curses. We waited 4 hours and yet the air con still remained silent. Our neighbour was out so we couldnt check with her. Then we phoned to complain and the woman at the other end said they had not received any complaints. That should have alerted us but I think we were so full of prejudice that we blamed Tenaga for everything. Then one of the guests noticed that the fuse box switch was down. Should be up she said. Yes the washing machine had indeed done the blackout. The air con came one again.

Car repairer Ah Aun told me that his customers have discovered that when they went to the dealers workshop for servicing the workers in fact did not change the engine oil but charge him for the oil which they stole and sold. So they go to him for servicing which he is reluctant to do.

I saw the gardener at one of the houses on the hill opposite throwing rubbish into the garden of the house No 3 opposite and told him about it. He says he knows who the man is – he is a lawyer.