Through The Brownout

Due to lower levels of water we, Kagay-anons, get our supply of taken-for-granted electricity the city has been dealt with the unfortunate mass brownout that I recently discovered can able to rotate. Everyone had their fair share of complaints not being able to do even the most domestic tasks because of the power interruption that lasted for six hours. Sometimes even more. Obviously, one of those poor souls is me.

It started, as I can recall, during early March where I was loaded with a lot of requirements to finish off the semester at school. I depended most of the time of my computer especially the internet when all of a sudden, like a bubble, the power was off. Every time someone says brownout I can always hear the shutting down of the refrigerator as it had the loudest sound. I would complain for hours until the electricity came back and then complain some more when the lights were turned on. I was infuriated that this thing happened everyday and the fact that it would last whole summer long made me want to dance for rain. And that's not a small thing 'coz I don't know that dance!

I got used to it eventually though I do get pissed from time to time. Then something surprising happened yesterday that I hope will continue forever and ever: there was no power interruption! Yay! Finally! I overheard on my neighbors' radio that there would be no brownout from that day on but I don't quite believe that story, yet.

Today, I was preparing for the brownout patiently when I realized that everything was on. Sneaky. What happened to the mass brownout everybody was already getting used to? Not that I'm complaining but it did have some good to it. Every time the interruption...err... interrupted, I did tasks that I wouldn't have done 'coz I'd be too lazy to do them because of nonstop consuming of precious energy for the internet and music and I would actually think about all the things that happened to my life and reflect. I know that its cheesy but I really do reflect and, as cheesy as it may sound, evaluate my life and prioritize. It's safe to say that the brownouts made me a better person in some way.

Now that it may not occur anytime soon I dreaded it. Will I have more time for chores and myself like I used to when the brownouts happened? Will I go back to my old self as the person who took electricity for granted? Possibly.

I learned a lot of things about myself, finished the chores and had silence in this loud urban jungle. I hope that everyone in the city of Cagayan de Oro did too.