Blackouts

My vacation has been sort of hell. I rarely experienced power outages in MM. The longest blackout in my life was probably when typhoon Milenyo (also known as Xangsane) visited my country and then Vietnam and Thailand. Understandably, the damage lead to a power outage that lasted up to a week in some areas.

But please. Intermittent blackouts do get on one's nerves, especially in the blistering heat of summer this El Niño "season." (blackouts occur 3-4 times a day, 1-2 hours per blackout) Our house is a good greenhouse, thanks to glass windows surrounding almost every wall of our house. I can sacrifice the internet and cold drinking water. But the heat is deadly.

Come election week, power outages stayed behind bars. Now that the official counting is almost over, they (outages) are threatening to come break loose. Last night, I had a hard time faling asleep. It was 10pm when everything went dark. It lasted for two hours.

So far, that was the only outage within the last 12 hours. But it's probably best to expect more of them soon.