Invent This!

I woke up this morning with sore muscles, thinking, "What I'd like to see invented is a battery operated portable water heater". What do I need it for, you might ask. Surely I won't be needing it at home, hence the need for portability. And at home, aside from the installed water heaters, we have a portable electrical water heater. But source of power is hard to come by when you're outside.

There's this fitness gym I used to frequent that doesn't have heated water. Before any violent reactions, note that membership at this gym is really cheap and it's airconditioned. The gym is not really meant to be a business but as a perk for school alumni, students, and teachers. And water heaters might be an unnecessary expense. When I was there, I never saw anyone else using the showers other than my sister and me. If it's due to the lack of water heater or not is beyond my knowledge.

Another place I will have use for this battery operated portable water heater is the basketball gym where I play every Friday night. As with any normal basketball gym, the locker room doesn't have heaters. Normally, I don't mind the cold showers. But there are times when the weather's quite nippy, making the water seem even colder. And after an hour of basketball, I just want hot water to soothe my tired muscles. Deferring my shower till I get home isn't really my style. But I might be getting a bit old for cold showers after sweating it out. So to the inventors out there, please make this your next project. Or if anyone knows of such a device in existence kindly point me to one.

A Casual Blogger is born

Ever met someone, a Pinoy no less, who doesn't have a Friendster account? No Multiply or MySpace accounts either. I have. I'm one such person. And yet here I am, doing something I never would have considered doing a year ago today - Blogging.

I started toying with the idea a while back, writing about a topic as mundane and unimaginative as shampoo. Months passed, the blog did not materialize.

But today...it just happened.