[2020.11.26] R.I.P. Jamir Garcia โ
Current mood:
depressed
It really damn hurts whenever you hear some ๐ news about the sudden death of a certain rockstar, or some significant personality in the rock/music scene. Especially if you considered them one of your "childhood heroes" and never left in your playlist (be it in a shiny iPhone or a crappy MP3 player).
And it pains more to learn about his death due to suicide, while you delved into their music long time ago, just to ease the depressing pain you were enduring in those hurting times.
Slapshock was one of the popular Nu-Metal bands that emerged in our country more than a couple of decades ago (yeah, when we watched Deftones, Korn, Linkin Park on watchable MTV). Moshed through their songs during high school (even blasted their hit single "Agent Orange" during JS prom). Had a couple of CDs of their first 2 albums (but were lost, unfortunately).
Then when I learned to play (and eventually had a band), it was a very humbling and great experience to know them personally, and were able to front act to them one time, for an inaugural e-games event before.
Then weeks ago news broke out that they have disbanded, due to some money issues. Sad indeed, but was optimistic they would settle those things in the future and might do a reunion gig.Then came the shocking news few hours ago, that Jamir Garcia (vocalist) died due to suicide (dead on arrival @ hospital this morning). Still freakin' unbelievable, man...
A big ๐๐ to depression and suicide, for taking away too many talented and down-to-earth people too early.
[2020.09.26] Aahhh fuuck this so-called pandemic....
Current mood:
drained
Uhh, seriously. I just wanna hang out with friends, have some good drinks and meaningful conversation in a place away from heavy traffic; wherein you can sit back, unwind and breathe some fresh air...
If only I can temporarily halt this timeline to stop yourself from withering, for you to unwind a little bit, savor some fruits of your labor, and regain some sanity...
To be able to confide again without distancing; no social media, no politics talk or any related shiit, and no "new normal" crap...
[2020.08.25] Common aircon repair done ๐
Current mood:
productive
So I managed to quickly fix our window-type aircon last night, after coming home from work (and buying the needed capacitor replacement beforehand). It was just a simple fix: just replace the broken capacitor, which is the usual cause of malfunctioning appliances like flat screen TVs and electric fans... and this Carrier aircon originally had this 17+4μF capacitor:
However, I can't find a replacement with the exact specs nearby; so I settled to buy separate 17μF capacitor for the compressor, and a black 4μF capacitor for the fan. ๐๐
After a few minutes of control box tinkering, the aircon worked again (whew). And I made this quick diagram in case I might forget:
Hope this would help others who might encounter the same problem. ๐
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