Groping In the Darkness

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If there are two words I could describe the situation here in Southern Mindanao particularly in General Santos City, it's this: SCARY HOT!

Despite the heavy rains we got last election day and a few days after that, we still have brownouts, and it's worse than ever. It's really hot here, especially now that we have these 12 hours daily brownouts. Even though we have been experiencing these brownouts since February, we are still not used to it, and will never be.

Here's the schedule of our brownouts in the city, I know you know which group you belong.

(Please click image for larger view.)

I so envy other areas in the archipelago which enjoy 24 hours of electricity without power curtailment.

I can only sigh!

Comments

Kayni said…
my goodness, this is really bad. i'm so sorry to hear this, and it looks like it will last until june.
5/12/2010 7:36 AM
SleeplessInKL said…
hala uy! kagrabe man pud sa schedule sa brownout diha :( and i thought kapatagan had it bad. wala ra diay to kung ikumpara sa dadiangas.
5/12/2010 7:56 AM
Anonymous said…
it's two words... 1 scary 2 hot.
5/12/2010 9:56 AM
kg said…
grabe@ dito na nga lang super init, dyan pa kaya! tapos no electricity? torture! hope the weather cools down soon!
5/12/2010 3:29 PM
Eds said…
sad to hear that sheng. kawawa naman lalo na mga bata kapag walang kuryente, super init pa naman.
5/12/2010 4:53 PM
Ibyang said…
one can never get used to brownouts especially if you live in a tropical country.

sana magtugunan na ang problema sa kuryente. i feel for everyone living there.

p.s. in response to one of your comments--i too would love to meet you in person :)
5/12/2010 8:18 PM
Anonymous said…
kawawa mga bata pag brownout!
those newly elected officials in your town must do something quick once after they take their oath. or better, power shortage and rise in its cost should be one of the concerns of noynoy ASAP.
5/13/2010 2:05 AM
bertN said…
How about acquiring a portable generator? I've seen portable generators here but I'm not sure if they are too expensive to run, given the price of gas.
5/13/2010 5:19 AM
sheng said…
@docgelo: kawawa talaga, nakakainis man isipin but i have to sacrifice some precious sleeping time to make paypay!

@bertN: kaya hindi rin ako makabili ng genset. It will be a pain in the pocket especially that gas is more than P40 already, not so practical, sana hindi magtagal to considering maulan naman din dito.
5/13/2010 1:13 PM
escape said…
kakalungkot talaga to isipin pero hindi na rin to tatagal
5/13/2010 9:19 PM
jeanny said…
Dong is right...kakalungkot nga pero dont worry sis because worrying too much will just make you feel so bad di ba. If nag brownout, labas na lang ng bahay punta sa mall if gabi naman, maglabas ng upuan at e-enjoy ang kagandahan ng kalangitan :). We do that kasi :)
Have a great weekend
5/13/2010 11:50 PM
Unknown said…
Grabe na yan Sheng. At least dito mainit lang. Buti sana kung sa beach ang office nyo, pwede mag swim kapag sobrang init na. hehe
5/14/2010 12:00 AM
Reena said…
wow, meron parin hanggang june? hay. sana matapos na to. hang in there
5/14/2010 2:45 AM
BlogusVox said…
In my three weeks of stay in my hometown, siguro tatlong beses lang nag brown-out. And it lasted only about an hour.

By the way, belated Happy Mother's Day, sheng!
5/14/2010 9:41 PM
Heart of Rachel said…
I'm sorry you have to go through all those brownouts.
5/15/2010 2:02 AM
Anonymous said…
kahit na nag-uuulan na diyan, tuloy pa din yung schedule? baka naman magawan ng paraan yan...

or... (the conspiracy theorist in me again) magkakuntsaba yung mga mall at power companies para mabenta mga rechargeable stuff nila!!! :P hehe...

sana bumuti na power supply sa inyo soon.
5/17/2010 6:05 PM
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