As I've mentioned before in this blog, power cuts are to Dar Es Salaam as traffic jams are to Kuala Lumpur - frequent, unavoidable and Highly Annoying.
I thought we'd all seen the last of the power outages but the Gods of Umeme must have thought otherwise . The umeme (electricity in Swahili) decided to take a hike this morning and stayed away for nearly 5 hours. The Jenny (generator) came on at 8am but was turned off by my apartment supervisor at 10am (it needs frequent rests otherwise it'll go into R.I.P mode according to my building supervisor)
I sat doing some research on the net hoping the battery wouldn't run out on my laptop. I had to switch to "long life" mode which I hate because the screen goes all dark n gloomy and I feel like a geriatric peering at the screen.
My laptop finally did die on me but I took it as a sign that it was time to take a break. What the heck, right? Maybe the Gods of Umeme wanted me to relax a little so who am I to say no?!
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