Word in Life: Power Blackout

a failure of electrical power supply, OAD

After the tornado warning,around 6-7 pm, the electricity in my apartment was unstable, after a while my apartment was dark. I went outside to see the tornado, or whatever it was. It looks like a heavy rain, or thunder storm, in University of Indonesia at Depok. Well, it's always fun to watch a thunder storm, so I went out to my patio in the third floor, I lighted my Sampoerna, and I enjoyed the show of wind, lightning and rain.

After a while, the show was over, I went in and waited in the dark for a while, but my room is still dark. I turned my only candle that I just found in my pants, which dated back from last Christmas, huahahhahaha, maybe I have to wash that pants now. It was the usual thing for power blackout: no TV, no Internet, no fixed phone, no mobile phone and laptop charging, etc. There were only me, candle, mobile phones, and a dying laptop. I've got a call from Ardi, who stranded in one of the dark coffe shop. I made a call to Ange, who had her electricity. Then, again, I'm still in the dark. Well, like I said, nothing unusual, this power blackout in Champaign is not even in the same level with the several power failure in Jakarta, like the great power failure in Jakarta 4 or 5 years ago.

Finally, I went out for dinner at Basil Thai at Urbana with Ardi and Lia. When I was driving, I noticed the only area that had electricity blackout was my area, bollock. Anyhoo, we went for dinner in the well lighted restaurant. Then, I decided to watch movie V for Vendetta and go to grocery store. I went to Beverly Cinema, but there is no show for 10 pm movie. My friend suggested to go to Savoy Cinema, but I was 30 minutes late, so I decided to go to Savoy Walmart. I've got a call from my wife. The 24 hours supercentre was also closed for couple hours, because the power failure. I went back to Meier at Prospect, I have to tell you that this trip was not near by Champaign Urbana standard, and I don't know well the way to go around. I tried to waste my time at the Meier. But, when I reached my apartment, the areas was still dark. It was already after midnight, so I decided to go to my office to work a little, and to charge my gadgets. I stayed until 3 am at my office, when I reached my apartment, it was still dark, damn. So, I lighted my only candled, which was almost die, and try to sleep on it.

When, I woke up this morning, everything was back in normal.

*This was the song that I repeated in the car while I was driving, alone, with a Sampoerna between my fingers, enjoy...

Here I Go Again by Whitesnake

I don’t know where I’m going
But, I sure know where I’ve been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
An’ I’ve made up my mind,
I ain’t wasting no more time
But, here I go again
Here I go again

Tho’ I keep searching for an answer,
I never seem to find what I’m looking for
Oh lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on,
’cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An’ here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An’ I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time

I’m just another heart in need of rescue,
Waiting on love’s sweet charity
An’ I’m gonna hold on
For the rest of my days,
’cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An’ here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An’ I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time

But, here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go...

An’ I’ve made up my mind,
I ain’t wasting no more time

An’ here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
’cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An’ here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known,
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An’ I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time...

But, here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go again,
Here I go,
Here I go again...

*from lyricsfreak.com