My stress

Stress is good actually. It makes our brain works to find ways to overcome it. When the brain gives up to think of ways to overcome the stress, then depression creeps in. That's when stress gets blown out of proportion. This brain of ours is a wonderful and powerful thing that God creates for us. Life without stress is boring. There's no challenge and we become complacent. But too much stress without positive management will cause havoc in our life. So identifying and managing the stress make our lives more exciting - if we take it in a positive way.
I thought when I retired, I would lead a free, calm and peaceful life where my stress lies on how to budget my pension and where to travel next and that's why I chose to live by the sea in my PD apartment. Ha...ha... fat hope! True, when one doesn't have stress, one will look for it. Yeah, I look for stress alright. Living in a resort is no heaven. I thought I would have peace and quiet - a false perception. During weekends, public and school holidays are nightmares for me. The resort becomes unbearably noisy and dirty, curtesy of stupid, selfish and irresponsible visitors, mostly Malaysians. Last weekend was a real nightmare. The apartment next door was rented out. The piping system has become a source of stress to me for a long time. Complaints after complaints were lodged to the caretaker and the resort management. Attempts were made to ractify the faulty pipes but they were temporary. Everytime, when the occupants turned the kitchen or toilets pipes a most noisy and irritating sound came out. The pipes were turned on from time to time until 3.00 am and woke me up from my sleep. The irritating sound can drive you up the wall and caused me headache. Even my poor Mok got up bewildered when a pipe was turned on. This problem has been going on since I started living in my apartment on November 2007. This time was the last straw. I can't be patient and tolerate this anymore. It has become a nuisance and affected my sleep, my rest, my peace and of mind and my blood pressure.
The next Sunday morning, I went to PD police station to lodge a police report. I am fully prepared to take legal action. I consulted May, a lawyer, a member of the Management Committee about my right and what I can do. I wrote a letter to PD Ascot who managed this apartment and requested them to cease renting this apartment until the problem is ractified. My sister-in-law from Adelaide and Najidah who stayed overnight during weekends have also complained about this. I am prepared to get a court order to stop the owner and caretaker to rent this apartment and take further step later on. Yesterday, the management told me they have a plumber coming to repair the problem. I hope its' not temporary as before.
I also notice there was another apartment somewhere above me which have the same problem. I couldn't identify which apartment and hope I could find out soon. The owners of the apartment don't live here but rent out their apartments. So they don't care whether such problem would bother other people - disgusting selfish attitude of some people. Today, it's so quiet and relaxing but I don't know how it would be this coming weekend.