The Cupboard Adventure
Today we went to Ikea to get a new cupboard for my bro. It's a dented new set so they were selling it $80 cheaper. We went there, it looked alright, so we got it. We also got our 舅父("kao fu" in Cantonese) to help us to transport in his lorry. It turned out to be quite an adventure, and I learnt a few lessons:1) Always dismantle the cupboard before transportation no matter how small it looks to you. Ignore any belief that it can fit into the lift.
2) Put the cupboard lying on its back instead of sideways if you want to avoid hitting a carpark lamp on the way out.
3) Dismantling a cupboard is not that hard, really. You need patience and strength and nice passers-by who won't "tsk" at you when you block their way at the lift lobby. (For tips on how to dismantle at appropriate places, see tip 1.)
4) Cut your toenails so it won't bleed when you knock your toe onto something.
5) Have an awesome uncle who doesn't get angry for being dragged after a tennis game to do this crap and at your stupidity for thinking a fully set up cupboard is transportable.
In the end it ended up with more dents and a HUGE scar when the lamp hit. I may want to try my hands some plastic surgery for the cupboard if my brother doesn't protest.
Here's the half dismantled cupboard.
