SUPER BLACK TALE...

let me tell you a story, about my super black...

hahaha!!! yes, the bloody super black, from the brand LEVI'S... (damn!)

it's a superblack kind of super horror story, of this pair of superblack jeans...

see... we've just shifted lately, so, there're some spring cleaning, and clearing, and giving away...

while I decided to give away, my superblack, cos, it seemed as if, the “black” is shedding...

so, I thought, maybe I don't need it...

and since it's shedding, I put it in a plastic bag, but after discussing with him, the conclusion is, all levi's must be kept... ooh!!!

and so I took it out from the box... well... I shouldn't have asked him, cos, I was a bit err... on the sentimental side about giving away, anyway... there goes the story...

as I mentioned, the “black” is shedding off... so, I thought, maybe I'll send it to cleaning services, let them do the job...

but... day after day, (well, going to cleaning services, is not my first choice, I don't quite like to go, never!)

one day, after I washed all my washable bags, I decided to give this pair of superblack a wash... then keep it again...

so, I threw it to the toploader directly from the plastic bag...(second mistake, first was, to take it back from the giveaway box)

and I switch on the machine...

after a while, I realised, the machine's not draining... so I opened up the tub and saw a black pool of water... and I thought, well... the colourant really was shedded badly... very very badly...

and my hitachi washer came out with this error code C2, which, I didn't quite realise the problem yet...

so, I started another cycle...

again, it's not draining...

and this time, I put my hand in, (of course, when the machine was stopped)

gosh... when my hand went in... gosh gosh gosh!!! I couldn't feel anything at all...

COULDN'T FEEL A THING...

no jeans!!!

no jeans!!!

no jeans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I moved my hand a little bit inside the DARK WATER! Gosh... I felt something... it's the label... yes, the back label!! the levi's label!! damn!!!!!!!!!!

the whole jeans disintegrated, in my BRAND NEW WASHER!!!

LEVI'S YOU MUST COMPENSATE ME! (I always thought, jeans is a lifetime type of outfit!!! now, LEVI's just proved me wrong! Then, don't sell your jeans so expensively anymore, you should also put on the label, that says, DEGRADEABLE!)

that's not the real ultimate problem, friend!!!!!!

let me tell you,

as the jeans disintegrated, all the whatever that was made into the jeans, has turned into mud and ashes!! that's how it felt like! And they all had gone down to the very bottom of the drum of my washer... yes, beyond my reach!!!!!!!!! very bottom of the drum... I couldn't touch, I couldn't reach!!!

I couldn't do a thing...

the water ain't draining, and there's nothing much I can do, and there's still a big pool of DARK WATER in the washer!!!

so, I scooped the water out,

one small bucket at a time,

from small bucket, to a glass, to using a cloth, to kinda dry the tub...

during the process, I picked up all tiny bits of debris of cloth, if I could, and throw them away!

What's next??

so, when I reached the bottom of the tub, there's nothing much I could do, so, I thought, well... maybe that's the end of the disaster...

so, I started another cycle of wash, ie. Tub wash! (hitachi's feature!)

and there, the second round of disaster started again...

it's DARK WATER again,

and it's not draining again,

when the water starts flushing into the tub, and when the drum start rotating...

all the black mud, ashes flew out...

and when I put my hand in again, I could feel the debris...

uncatchable...

just imagine, you put your hand into the bottom of a muddy river, and try to grab something, that's the feeling!

Realising the big disastrous event... I scooped the water out again, bucket by bucket, glass by glass... for the second time...

in between, still the usual housewife's routine...

after dinner, when he's back,

I did the third round, and again, it's the third tub of DARK WATER, and third round of scooping water,

it's non-stop, it's neverending!

Damn you! LEVI's superblack!

In the end, we both decided to give it a break,

maybe call the service line the next day, bla bla bla...

(but I need a washer, on a daily basis...!!!! ok, I used to think that, without internet connection, I'll be lifeless! But then, now, I realise, a washer is more important than my internet connection!)

I called the service line, they're indeed pretty efficient, and helpful, or at least, they're great at listening...

but then, the leadtime is 3 days, and after 3 days, it's not guaranteed that, I'll have a brand new good washer again,

and... honestly, they've never quite encounter such scenario!

so... after having a nice chat session with the service people, I'd a better and a firmer idea on what to do about the washer...

gosh! For that 2 days, I was damn bloody stressed up...

one brand new washer (less than 2 months) down the drain, and I gotta take out another 1.5K bucks for another replacement, damn you! LEVI's!!!!!!

but then, both of us know well that, even after this can be fixed, we won't be confident in it anymore... I mean, the tub was black, black black, all the time...

I honestly, don't dare to throw in any white colour clothing to be washed!

The rest...

you extrapolate...

that's the end of my superblack tales...

cheers...