doodles and scribbles
Monday, October 02, 2006
>electricity and civilizationAfter 4 days... Finally! We've got civilization back!
The typhoon Milenyo that hit Luzon last thursday was the one responsible for robbing our civilization...
Electricity = civilization... Even though the 1st cradle of civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates does only have fire, nowadays, electricity is very essential to man... Electricity means having artifical light, electric fan, PC, dvd players and cellphone. And due to the strong winds brought about by the said typhoon, a lot of tress, billboards and electric post were knock-down causing massiveblack-out in Metro Manila as well as other neighboring towns and provinces...
In the absence of electricity, I felt that I was in the province, because as we all know, not all areas in the province have eletricity. I felt I was put in a non-comfort zone in which there is no light, no TV to watch, radio to listen to, electric fan to give me cool and drive away those pesky mosquitos, computer to entertain me and more so, cellphone for communication. It was very difficult because I needed utilization of scarce resources. My cellphone's battery was low and almost drained out because of lack of charging...
During hitting time...
I was asleep... I'm feeling and hearing the wind knocking to my window but I kept sleeping because of my beloved allergy that made me stay awake during my sleep... So its like I hibernated till 5pm... But before achieving the optimum level of hibernation, 8 am, jessica, of ABSCBN called me up, inviting me for an interview in ANC's Prime News, hosted by Ces Drilon... Thinking that my dad will be coming, I refused the offer and went back to sleep... And the hibernation follows... I woke up, 5pm and saw missed calls and texts if I could guest etc... soon I realized, I gave in to the invitation, a phone patch because it was already late and the travel time from ABS to my home and vice versa would not meet the calltime 645pm.
Consultations were made from the professors because as a representative of our Alma MAter, my speech would be heard and one single mistake could create chaos... 7pm came, the phone rang... I thought its the interview but suprisingly, it was my dad saying that he's already in the airport and fetch him... and sooner thatn I thought, the phone rang again and it was the interview... Toto Aquino was there in the studio... Double blessing in disguise... Good thing I am not able to go in the studio... Other details soon...
On deprivation...
Taking off electricity for 4 days was like removing me in my comfort zone... Oviously dba? and its was difficult to live in a place without electricity... The air is humid, full of mosquitos, its hot and achieving a good sleep is very impossible... Every now and then, I'm turning to and from to get a comfortable position with less heat felt...
Communication is lessen because I have to utilize the remaining battery in my cellphone, its hard because I have to control my self... Imagine, cellphone is the only technology that can ease my boredom and yet, instead of using it for texting and playing, I have to turn iy off once in a while so that I could conserve it for the next day...
TV and PC, the other stuffs that makes boredom unoticable was removed so, boredom sets in... Haven't got the chance to watch my favorite TV shows, watch latest updates in news, check my mail and post in my blog... Kahit radio, wala, because we don't have a radio operated by batteries, Good luck naman!
What did I do to ease the boredom?
During the night, I went up to my room early, papa-antok na agad para lang makakuha kahit konting tulgo conz its difficult to remain asleep with this kind of situation...
day 2 - I went to the Mall with my family, brought some stuff... I heard nga that most hotels were fully-booked becasue of this incident. Panic buying ng emergency light because paubos na yung amin, and walang pwdng ma-charjan... So from SM Megamall we went all the way to MAkati riding a bus, because MRT is not availbale. grabe!
day 3 - accompanied my sister in her urinalysis and I've got the chance to recharge my phone a bit and after getting the results, went to glorietta to see RJ and we went to Araneta to watch GAme 2! ASTIG AND GAME! GO USTE! hahaa
day 4 - woke up for a mass, and slept in the afternoon, difficult in sleeping so around 3pm, i ask mom if we could go to mall... In fairness, Landmark's air conditioning unit was already functional because the electricity was already restored asnd there are lots of people in the mall... ayun, naki-charge ulit ng cellfone sa Oody's hehehe until 8pm, electricity was restored in our area... HEllo civilization!
Hay salamas!
