Trouble has been brewing. Slowly. The water flowing out of my kitchen mixer has gradually reduced to a pathetic stream. I knew what the problem was, more or less. Tiny pieces of stones would be stuck inside the faucet over time. I just lack the tools to open it up to clear it, like what I did for my bathrooms. Well, this – I can endure. However, the drainage proved to be a bigger problem. Ten years’ worth of sticky gunk has embedded itself in the pipes and choked the sink. No choice but to call in the plumber, who took one hour to clear the pipes with the help of a little machine. Lucky for us, I got hold of a good plumber who responded promptly and solved the problem. Obviously, I couldn’t have predicted that this would happen on a Saturday just before I was about to prepare a meal....