I got a lock from Mr DIY and really liked it

The best lock ever! 

I needed to get a lock, and the lame locks available at the local hardware store, or through Instamart were just not cutting it. The thing is I live in a barsatiya, this is a hacky, jugadoo added-on house on top of a building, that is exposed to the elements and often features leaky roofs. I have a skylight, and my door is exposed to the elements after the hacky jugadoo trapdoor blew off in a storm. That thing could have taken out someone's head, or killed a child or a senior citizen, so it was extremely unsafe to think that a fibreglass cover could be held down by a metal frame, the whole thing became a kite during the storm, leaving my front door exposed. 

Now, if it rains, the lock rusts. The keys rust. I wanted something rust-proof, and I found just the right lock at Mr DIY. The first time I encountered this great store that has most of the things that you require in the house at the Mall of Delhi in Noida. It is close enough to drop in during my lunch break during work. I went there once just to pick up a keychain that I liked to add as bling to my bag, it is a spaceman that says 'I love you' when you press a button. It was here that I saw the nice locks with proper rating. I picked up another one at Pacific Mall, which is on the way back home from work. The internet does not work there so you need to take cash, and it is in the basement. 

All the previous rusty ruined locks

Anyway, so I got two great solid locks. What I like about these locks is that the keyhole is on the bottom of the lock, which is away from the direction of the rain! There is no way that water accumulates in the keyhole and rusts the insides. The rest of the locks are made up of rust-resistant metal as well, with the packaging containing clear grading on the properties and strengths, so you know what you are getting. In terms of pricing, the locks are at least three times the cost of regular locks, but totally worth it. The rusty locks were getting difficult to operate, getting stuck, challenging to open and close. I kept buying and getting rid of old rusty locks, and the cost was building up. 

The problems with the regular locks are many. The auto locking mechanism means that you can lock the door and leave the key behind, locking yourself out. The bar of the locks are also too big to fit in the door. The new locks solve both problems, because they can never be in an unlocked state unless the key is inside. To remove the key, you necessarily have to lock the lock. This is a great feature that gives you peace of mind because if you are outdoors and have the house keys, you can be very sure that the house is locked! Anyway, I am really happy with this lock by Dr DIY. 

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Missed out a whole bunch of about todays. Last weekend, met a friend, his mom was getting an award. Drove down to Murthal, and ate Medhu Vada at Resham Dhabha, it was surprisingly good. Then we went to Karnal and spent the night. They have a very calm dog called Poochie, who follows instructions and does not want attention all the time. Great fur too, that does not shed easily. 

I took a state transport bus back. Want to explore more of the cities surrounding Delhi using state transport buses while Im here. Been here for four years now, and have not really gone anywhere. Will start with a list and start making plans, try and visit at least 1-2 places every month on the weekends. Will get back to journaling more frequently, do not want to miss on memories. 

There is a pending post about locks from Mr DIY, will probably do that later today once I am done with filing my quota of copies for the day. 

Prominence Eruptions on Aug 20

 

DND 53

The Kidnapper takes me away with Figwit, in the bag of holding. Figwit was produced in front of the Brother of Renevieve, and took me somewhere, leaving the assassin behind. Creek and 1319 tried looking for me but did not find anything. They saw a bunch of people waiting beneath who started climbing up the hill towards the monastry. Rest of the party goes up. Tsui was constantly getting headaches, pointing towards the centre, really wanted to go to the crypts. They did not find much but, they found among the caskets laid down, found a staff. Found another room on the side with three columns, two of which were <hdhfiosdfosdhf> one of them had a circlet. Creek got the same headache, picked up the circlet, and escaped by flying away. Skua took them to a sort of a bay of sorts, an alcove, with a ledge inside with well-formed evidence of a bonfire. Erryone lights a bonfire and rest. 

They scry on Figwit, and discover 2-3 hours since the kidnapping at the cloister, find a weakened, bloody Figwit tied up in the dark somewhere. Everyone discusses what is to be done, discuss the circlet, something comes over and transforms into a shadow. Thundersteps and grabs the circlet. When that happens, a portal appears right next to Tsui, and another appears right next to 1319. It is open for a very brief amount of time. The circlet starts disappearing because of the shadow that has engulfed it. 1319 and Creek make a grab for the circlet. 

DND One Shot Jungle of Murram

 We played a one shot today, the first session for a kid. 

There was Semafor, a Druid, a Half-Elf Bard called Dastana, a Dragonborn Wizard called Bubo Bubo, and Ghost, a halfling Monk. There was also Vace Entura, a firbolg warlock who never showed up. We meet at a tavern in a town on the outskirts of this magical forest. The guide meets us there. It is raining, there are dark clouds over the forest, and purple lightning in the unnatural, off-season rain. The tavern master tells us that we might meet some forest spirit to help us, and that the dinosaurs are located deep in the forest. 

Ghost takes us to their Nani, who tells us to go try and find the spirit, and equips us with gear. I borrow both an umbrella and a raincoat. We head off into the forest, and here the cries of an animal. On investigation, we encounter a cute baby triceratops. The Druid talks to the animal and figures out that she is looking for her mother. She agrees to follow us, after we promise to look for her mother as well. 

We follow the glowing mushrooms and reach the cabin in the woods of the spirit of the forest, guarding everyone, called the Accountant. The accountant is a stegosaur with books instead of armour plating. She asks us to get rid of a bunch of pesky pterodactyls that have been stealing her breakfast and attacking the chest with the original books. We do that. I almost die in the encounter, but we clear them out. 

We then head deeper into the forest, come across a large mushroom tower, there are many big mushrooms here. We enter the door using a spell, after solving a riddle: 

No water, no sun, we cannot grow
We await the one whose hands will glow
Bring green to life, and let the jungle know

We use dancing lights. The Druid does. Then inside, there is a staircase, and another door with a riddle. 

I hear no song, though once I danced.
My feet are still, my heart entranced.
Let melody stir leaf and stone,
Sing me awake—I am not alone.

The Bard and the Druid sing the song and open the door. Within it is a myconian big dad, with a direwolf familiar. Ghost has a mongoose familiar too. The Triceratops, Angelique attacks the direwolf and is taken down immideately, and the myconid casts a net on me and the Bard. I give myself extra HP with Second Life, and then get out, chromatic orb on the dire wolf and some unseen roaring creature, that happens to be a dilophosaur. The bard and the monk are using knives, the druid a quaterstaff, and we manage to take down all the enemies, free the forest, and dispel the storm. 

There was a ghost trex that got edited out in the interest of time. I had as much fun as the kid lol. 

Hmmmm

 There is a lot going on in my life right now that I cannot blog about. 

Im happy that there is a lot going on because Im overwhelmed and so many things to think about is helping keeping me distracted actually. 

I cannot sleep. 

I cannot focus on any work. 

Just have to go to the next step. 

DND 52

We get busted out of bird prison by four birds, there were elves and monks who came to jump me but failed, some dwarves came to pick up Pyro.

We go to some safehouse, while skua gets our stuff. Pyro was sent by the Duregar to find 1319 and get him back. When Pyro takes a walk outside of Mandirdasa. My god, is so mad at me.

The dwarves are gonna send aid. Leman Tollard was formed by five heroes who closed the fire plane tear. IF anyone can do it, it is probably people from leman tollard.

Emissaries keep visiting from all the planes except the Earth plane. The embassies have been established to check for tears in the fire plane.

I see a dream. A loremaster whose maps I had destroyed, scribbling on a scroll of figwit. PArents adventuring, cooking, taking care of things. !319 walking bye. Confident in the skin of who they are are. I see my siblings some rich, some poor. As they know who they are doing what they want to do. Mysvision shrinks smaller and smaller, unaware of who you are who you want to be perfume. Adventurer, librarian. Perfumer, my vision of myself becomes smaller and smaller, and I feel a hug from behind, sense a person grasping you and holding you warm embrace, featureless expanse, I see many people from my life going about being who they are. Gives me confidence, brings me out as a person, I know who I am because of this person. I turn around to see who it is, featureless void turns into a dark featureless void. there is darkness, there is no one around. I wake up in the dark in the same state of paralysis. There are some candles, faint smell of incense in the airm that  reminds me of a memory that does not exist.

History Check

A long time back, leman tollard used to be a singular island used to be made up of martials with diff techniques. THe name of the island was tullard. A massive volcano came up, very strange, not a seismic place. Dimagin. MAssive volcano tear mountain of fire that sundered the entire island into five pieces. The hordes of the sultan, salamanders, fire elementals, poured out of the tear. There was also this creature that was different from anything, a beholder who was helping the sultan do this. Champions of the five nations... it was lucky that it happened on this island, they were successful in keeping the expansion right there. Champions of closed the rift.

Batushka had records of how this thing was done.

Met this horse. They hold a considerable amount of sway in this place, money has corrupted people.

Ker Dumas guilt caught up to him.

Creek I am happy that Ker Dumas was a good guy. We let ourselves be blinded by gold.

Gold madness is athing. Alakai and Batushka may be corrupted.

Sondered. We know his name.

Son, we have been away for business with mushroom royalty. When we came back, our house was burned to ashes. be careful, mom.

We are in leman tollard, going to underdark.

If you need any help let us know, stay safe, we are okay.

How do I contact you just use sending.

Creek uses the repressive meditation technique, in spire of gunlad.