Blackouts

It's a common thing here, common to it's-a-daily-affair extent. It was frustrating initially. The first encounter with blackouts here was when we're walking up stairs to our first hotel in Delhi. It didn't occur to me then that this would be something i'd be experiencing so much during this trip.

It got really frustrating when we were in Agra. The power supply was cut due to some handing-over problem, where to new owners of the power company decided to skip town when they have no idea how to troubleshoot. We paid for an air-conditioned room only getting air-condition 20% of the time we were there. Sickening. The whole city ended up running on generators which seriously are a nuisance because they're causing noise pollution, but we had to put up with it because it's the only thing that could cool us down. I can wake up in the middle of the night sweating and realizing that the generator decided to go on strike and leave us with a stuffy, unventilated room. It suck terribly. The problem was still there when we left Agra.

It's the same in the next city we headed to. By then, i realized, it's something i really had to get used to or i might as well head home at the rate of temper i'm throwing whenever there's a blackout. So, i kinda developed patience and waited for electricity to come back and not make a fuss. Soon, the "oh, another blackout. Never mind lah, it'll be back in 2 sec" attitude developed. For that attitude, i really have to compliment myself. Seriously. I remember this night when i woke up sweating and realizing that there wasn't any electricity. Normally, the electricity would be back up within a blink of an eye, but the staff were too sound asleep they didn't realize the problem. So, i headed out of my room and approached the snoring staff and used my eye power to wake him up. I guess i gave him a fright of his life. Hahaha. He realized that the power was out and fixed the problem immediately, so i headed off to bed.

Actually, there's a blackout as i type here. I can't really be bothered because i know eventually, power would be back up. No matter how big a fuss i make, the power wouldn't miraculously come back. So, i just wait and do whatever i can, trying not to be affected by these frequent blackouts. But, K sometimes still does make comments about the blackouts which i feel is really uncalled for. Oh well, that's how we differ.


You should really really appreciate how reliable and endless power supply is in Singapore. I'm dead serious. It's one of the first few things i learnt to appreciate when i'm here.
 

First ever candlelight dinner in Agra.

Super un-romantic.

Not how i imagined my first would be.