Thursday, July 01, 2004
'Never ever give up hope, coz even during the darkest moments, as long as you are willing to try, you can still see clearly the path laid out in front of you...'
--- BlueStar
This was a quote written by yours truly after the 2 hr blackout experience last nite (or rather last last nite)... Frankly speaking, besides the discomfort caused by the humid air (due to the lack of fans/aircons), the blackout experience has actualli been a veri enlightening and interesting one... At least for me, as i've never experienced a blackout like this before...
Imagine me trying to on my irc, and suddenly, the com screen went blank and i was surrounded by darkness. As i looked outta the window, i realised that there was complete darkness outside as well... That was when it dawned upon me that a blackout has taken place... There were cheers from some ppl downstairs (which i assume they were insane or sth), and i heard some screams from the neighbours' kids as well... Within a short span of like 2 mins, candlelight filled my hse and the atmosphere was, unbelievably, peaceful and perhaps even romantic. I went to the window and peered outside, and surprisingly, i can actualli see everything veri clearly. My dear pri sch, roads, blocks of flats, ppl, cars... Never did i realise that nite, without the light from street lights and all, can actualli be so beautiful and that visibility can be so high (well perhaps it's coz my eyes r special)... It was this sight that inspired me to write the abovementioned quote (whether it's lame or not, it's up to ur own discretion)...
In the 2 hrs that followed, i idled ard the hse, fanning myself continuously, and even sat beside a candle to read a book... I imagined that in my grandparents' era, they actualli did this every nite... It's juz this veri indescribable feeling... If not for this blackout, perhaps we wld not have known how much electricity meant to us, and how our previous generations had managed to survive years in these kinda 'conditions'... Seriously, i felt that i had learnt an impt and precious lesson from this experience, and i am realli thankful for that.
Now, as i look out of my window, i see the view in front of me in a new different light...
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