The Red Beaded Lamp

On Monday night, we were all excited about putting up our new hanging lamp we had bought from Lims on Sunday. The lamp is made of red beads sewn on nylon strings, about 2 ft high, oblong in shape with openings on two ends and some sort of wooden support structure. It is to replace the white plastic lamp in our guest/piano room. We wanted a nicer and heavier lamp that does not sway violently when the wind blows ...

So we rushed home after work when there's still daylight, and took down the old lamp. We obviously have to switch off the main power to do the job. So when it got darker we decided to put our tea light/candles to good use and placed them in every corner of the room. The new lamp went up after 2 hrs, 3 attempts, aching biceps, strained neck muscles, and much perspiration. Sam put his little electrical know-how to use and plugged the wires correctly into the connector. The arduous task that required a few attempts was concealing of the excess wires in the mental holder and screwing the holder securely on the ceiling. I on the other hand was standing on a bench next to the ladder, supporting the heavy lamp above my head while he fiddle with the wires. Arm workout.

Then with great anticipation we turned on the power, only to be flabbergasted when we found the room lighted orangey red! Horrors! What have we purchased? We were so attracted to the pretty lamp and forgot about its functionality. It will probably look pretty in a big house or at a veranda but not in our small room!

Later we figured that if we change the bulb to a cool light instead of the current 60 watt warm bulb, it may help the situation. So with our fingers crossed, we went out for a quick dinner and headed to the 24hr Mustafa to get our cool light bulb.

Well, let's just say that the solution didn't quite work and the room was lighted pinkish then white. Sigh... there goes our money down the drain. We will probably need to put our red lamp for sale in Mocca and put our white lamp back up again this weekend...