I’ve Been Living Under A Rock
One morning, I wake up at 7 o’clock with sound of heavy winds and my window blinds slamming my walls. Seeing that there was no way I could possibly go back to sleep, I go to my bathroom, open the lights and turn on the faucet. But wait…the light doesn’t turn on! I try again. Nope, still no lights. Looks like there’s no electricity due to the storm. I make my way to my desk and open the laptop. Shit. Its battery’s drained. I go back to my room and open the TV. No TV for me today; cable’s busted, undoubtedly, because of the storm. Oh, and did I mention I don’t have my cellphone because it slipped out of my pocket when I was in the theatre the day before? I decided to grab Nights in Rodanthe by Nicolas Sparks and read it once and for all.
After just 4 hours (with my lunchtime included), I finish the novel. The rest of the day, I just lied down on my bed staring at the ceiling in the hopes of electricity coming back soon.
But it doesn’t. At least until the next day. When I woke up that day, I was so happy to realize that we finally have electricity. I immediately charge my laptop and boot it up. However, upon opening Firefox, I was greeted by a “Problem Loading Page” page. What? I did a hard refresh but still garnered the same result. That cannot be. I see the wireless connection icon on my taskbar and it’s looking fine. I ask my mom if there’s anything wrong with the internet and she says that there’s no cable and internet until further notice because of some shit I didn’t even catch anymore.
The rest of the day, I watched One Tree Hill (thank God it’s still on my hard drive) and House (on DVD). I just realized how much our lives (or at least mine) revolves around modern technology and just a day or two without them will drive us nuts. I swear to God that if this happens again, I’m so gonna move into another country. 
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on November 5th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Geez! You finished the book in 4 hours?! I don’t remember how long it took me to finish, but I kept getting distracted… I read that book like a month or so ago. Hehe!
Hehe about all of the electricity/technology malfunctions! Yeah, I can’t live without power/internet either!!!
on November 7th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I really hates it when there’s a blackout because the entire house will be so terribly hot. Well, on the good side, at least you have something to read. It’s like reverting back to the stone age where we don’t have computers or televisions.
on November 9th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Aw, that stinks. I’m glad you’re back now. Blackouts and storms are no fun at all.
on May 10th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
When buying Cellphone Batteries make sure that you are not getting those chinese fakes and knockoffs.,~.