Anything goes...

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!

It ain't March yet, and we are already experiencing daily Earth Hours. More than three weeks and we have been busted with daily round of brownouts due to the energy shortage. It is very disappointing, especially in the office when you have to deal with daily energy cuts, and the fact that you do not know when it happens. The electric cooperative here in Gensan has resorted to a daily dose of rotating brownouts, so this leaves us with no clue as to when and as to how long this will happen. We in the office find it disturbing because there may be times when we have forgotten of saving our works at all, and the power just dies. Some may scream at disgust, and some may just shrug it off, but it sure is a burden. I have layers of manuscripts to read and there's no power, the bad thing is, I have deadlines to beat. Too bad, but this gives me an advantage as well, 'coz I can just go out of the room, find some light and get a book to read, and catch up on it. But it sure is hot! N...