Survived 10 hours and 15 minutes of power cut today. This gave me time to think, and embrace the power of electricity. I was almost in tears when I heard the fan roar and see the tube light pump in energy into my room again.
Forget how humid and annoying it was, there is just so much more than we rely on electricity for, these days. First off, I work alternate Saturdays. So the other Saturdays are a boon beyond reason.
Here's a gist of what my today looked like, and how sucky it was.
1) The first two hours were manageable, as long as the mother and grandmother were around for company. Paper, chai, hi and good mornings, etc took up time.
2) Phone Internet started hogging on battery, hence decided to keep it shut for a while.
3) With nothing else to do, binged on a packet of masala corn balls. Soon, time for lunch.
4) Read a whole Calvin&Hobbes book to just push lunch as much as possible.
5) Hands start itching to see what's happening with the world. Battery dies a little more.
6) By this time, I'm suddenly left home alone. Obviously, with nothing to do.
7) Eat lunch.
8) Try to take power nap, FAIL thanks to the humidity and sweat.
9) Maid enters. Try to keep myself occupied watching her work.
10) Get an idea for an advertisement. Start writing on paper, have absolutely no flow of thought (or the backspace option)
11) Phone is almost gone. Try desperate methods of saving it. Like, the ever helpful Mac!
12) Try to play brother's guitar. Even the dogs ran away.
13) Eat more corn balls, and have two more cups of chai. Because, bored.
14) Pray for electricity to return soon. Or at least some human company. (All dogs were too blissfully asleep to be ruthlessly woken up)
15) Power nap fail, yet again. Eyes are too tired to read anymore.
16) Start talking to myself, without any other choice. I sang a little too.
17) Father returns home. OMG PARCEL FROM DOSA PLAZA
18) Ate American Chopsuey Dosa (yes), and waited impatiently.
BAAAAM! Electricity is back, so is all the happiness.
What has social media done to me? Where is all this stupid addiction going to lead? It's a scary thought. So incredibly difficult to digest the fact that at one point of time, everybody lived without electricity. A worse thought? The fact that so many people live today, this minute, without any access to electricity.
Though I did make it through 10 hours successfully, I disappointed myself. A lot.
Until next.
Forget how humid and annoying it was, there is just so much more than we rely on electricity for, these days. First off, I work alternate Saturdays. So the other Saturdays are a boon beyond reason.
Here's a gist of what my today looked like, and how sucky it was.
1) The first two hours were manageable, as long as the mother and grandmother were around for company. Paper, chai, hi and good mornings, etc took up time.
2) Phone Internet started hogging on battery, hence decided to keep it shut for a while.
3) With nothing else to do, binged on a packet of masala corn balls. Soon, time for lunch.
4) Read a whole Calvin&Hobbes book to just push lunch as much as possible.
5) Hands start itching to see what's happening with the world. Battery dies a little more.
6) By this time, I'm suddenly left home alone. Obviously, with nothing to do.
7) Eat lunch.
8) Try to take power nap, FAIL thanks to the humidity and sweat.
9) Maid enters. Try to keep myself occupied watching her work.
10) Get an idea for an advertisement. Start writing on paper, have absolutely no flow of thought (or the backspace option)
11) Phone is almost gone. Try desperate methods of saving it. Like, the ever helpful Mac!
12) Try to play brother's guitar. Even the dogs ran away.
13) Eat more corn balls, and have two more cups of chai. Because, bored.
14) Pray for electricity to return soon. Or at least some human company. (All dogs were too blissfully asleep to be ruthlessly woken up)
15) Power nap fail, yet again. Eyes are too tired to read anymore.
16) Start talking to myself, without any other choice. I sang a little too.
17) Father returns home. OMG PARCEL FROM DOSA PLAZA
18) Ate American Chopsuey Dosa (yes), and waited impatiently.
BAAAAM! Electricity is back, so is all the happiness.
What has social media done to me? Where is all this stupid addiction going to lead? It's a scary thought. So incredibly difficult to digest the fact that at one point of time, everybody lived without electricity. A worse thought? The fact that so many people live today, this minute, without any access to electricity.
Though I did make it through 10 hours successfully, I disappointed myself. A lot.
Until next.
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