an otherwise smooth sailing labour's day

the labour's day holiday went quite well....well....except for a minor accident just before the clock struck midnight.

it was a bright and sunny and hot morning. breakfast was goober's peanut butter jelly and toast and a cup of coffee. then class with 6 teenagers.
noon came and it was time to go online. time to harvest my crops and dishes at barn buddy and cafe world respectively.

sold dad the idea to go to shanghai's world expo and he was immediately hooked. he watched me at the computer as i searched for related information. we are most probably looking for 2 more to make a group of 4. more companionship i guess. the agent selling admission ticket in usa has replied to me. so no worries. just flight and accommodation now. lunch was in front of the pc.

tried to get a nap when it rained cats and dogs in the evening. but the brain just refused to shut itself.

at night, cooked myself a packet of korean instant noodles and dumped 7 meat dumplings which mom steamed for dinner. burp! it was really a filling dinner. i had it in front of the pc. so my plan to turn into a couch potato failed. i turned into a mouse potato instead.

before turning into bed, i watched sherlock holmes. it was brilliant!!! love jude law and robert downey jr's chemistry. love their witty lines as well. can't wait for sh 2.

at 11 plus, switched off the computer and went into the room. no air-cond to me because of my sensitive nose. so the small stand fan is my mean of cooling the room......and that was when minor disaster struck.

the fan has always made a sound...something like a rattle as parts of its cover shakes and it irritates me. i can't sleep with the noise. so i always have to adjust it to a certain position where there won't be that rattling.

yesterday was the same.....but maybe i was overzealous in fixing the sound. i made this happen to my right middle finger:
before and after pic.
so what did i do? i accidentally pushed my finger too hard while fixing the cover of the fan and it got though the metal bars and i was cut by spinning fan blade. the reflex action was fast enough and i got the finger out in no time. obscenities came out of the mouth as well and i went straight to the basin and turned on the tap.

there running water washed away the blood that was flowing profusely from the cut. it was not that deep but i was at the sink for about 5 mins. it stung and 'ouch' finally came into the head.
i was contemplating whether to put iodine on the cut.....having no experience with this kind of accident made me helpless. i was wondering if iodine would sting. haha....coward. the left pic was after all the washing in the toilet. you can still see water mark on the other finger.

so went into mom's room and asked her opinion. i did not expect her to sympathise me and i was right. the word 'stupid' came from her before she told me to just put a bandage over the cut.
like an injured kitten, i went downstairs and bandaged my finger. the tip of that finger was feeling all numb.

then i headed back to the bedroom to get that sleep which i had earlier intended to get. and guess what? that bugger of a fan was spinning smoothly without any rickety-rack!
ooohhhh.....how i cursed it!

well, i hope you guys had a relaxing labour's day without any accident.

have a good week ahead. mine will be filled with travel arrangements to guangzhou and shanghai.