The situation of power outages is becoming more grim with every passing week, directly proportional to the hot weather. With electricity available only four hours out of the twenty four hours of a day, we are like cripples or a city dweller who is exiled to such a remote village where there are dirt paths instead of roads. So you can imagine how we poor citizens would feel when the electricity comes back after three or four continuous hours of outage. The irony of the situation is that, in an effort to make good the little time we have with electricity, we seem to forget how to utilize it properly and most of the times we do just the first thing that comes in our mind. It shouldn't be regarded as our fault as it is but the dread of having the power go out again anytime that has settled in our minds.
Have your ever heard the good old saying or something of that sort that every bad thing has a good side as well? To tell you the truth, my sole reason for writing this post today is to tell you of a good part that comes with the terrible power outages. When we cannot watch television, use the computer, text a lot (as the batteries will die down with too much usage), sit in different rooms as they are too hot or see anything if not in the moonlight or short-lived battery lights, the whole family just sit together. Discussions begin, going on hours on the go and you are having this inward feeling of how much you needed to catch up with everyone and share stuff. Yes, my point exactly. The power outages are bringing families closer, families whose members were too busy living their mechanic lives with too little time to spend with siblings and parents. Moreover, when you cannot do anything, you tend to just sit idle and admit it or not, it sort of gives you a relaxing time, relaxing unless you are panicking because you have to do some crucial task.
However, no matter what, nothing can even come close to the losses and helplessness that the country is facing because of our lousy government. For people of a nation, like anywhere else in the world, whose lives are as much connected with and dependent on electricity as though they are powered by electricity themselves, picture the effects. This is especially worse for people who stay at home or work in small setups as offices and institutions usually have huge generators to supply electricity.
So let's just think that it is not 'all' bad and there is some good coming out of this sad situation, if only to divert our minds.
And yes, I'm writing this in one of those few hours i get with electricity :)
Have your ever heard the good old saying or something of that sort that every bad thing has a good side as well? To tell you the truth, my sole reason for writing this post today is to tell you of a good part that comes with the terrible power outages. When we cannot watch television, use the computer, text a lot (as the batteries will die down with too much usage), sit in different rooms as they are too hot or see anything if not in the moonlight or short-lived battery lights, the whole family just sit together. Discussions begin, going on hours on the go and you are having this inward feeling of how much you needed to catch up with everyone and share stuff. Yes, my point exactly. The power outages are bringing families closer, families whose members were too busy living their mechanic lives with too little time to spend with siblings and parents. Moreover, when you cannot do anything, you tend to just sit idle and admit it or not, it sort of gives you a relaxing time, relaxing unless you are panicking because you have to do some crucial task.
However, no matter what, nothing can even come close to the losses and helplessness that the country is facing because of our lousy government. For people of a nation, like anywhere else in the world, whose lives are as much connected with and dependent on electricity as though they are powered by electricity themselves, picture the effects. This is especially worse for people who stay at home or work in small setups as offices and institutions usually have huge generators to supply electricity.
So let's just think that it is not 'all' bad and there is some good coming out of this sad situation, if only to divert our minds.
And yes, I'm writing this in one of those few hours i get with electricity :)
