...just when I thought I am back...
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
August 7, 2016 1:24am CST
... we experienced power outage for 14 hours yesterday. I thought I will spend most of my time interacting here, but lights were off at 6 AM and went on at 8 PM. It was the whole of our region that had the power blackout, so what I did to kill the time of waiting for the lights, I did the grades of my levels 2 and 4 learners, from jotting down in my record book, to filling up the grading sheet for submission tomorrow.
Today, I also have the plan to prepare the rotation examination of level 4 students (a 100-items multiple choice), but I will do that a bit later.
I will try to comment on all my notifications, but I will leave at 3 PM to begin my task this Sunday.
How is everybody this Sunday? Glad to be back again.
I just added a photo. That is our house under the moonlight.
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14 responses
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@ridingbet Good for you because you will have your rest day . 
It's holiday on the 29th , Monday and the fiesta in our hometown is 30th . So i will be at my parent's house on the 29 until 30th . Hubby and in-laws will be coming over on fiesta day 30th . You are invited . 
It's holiday on the 29th , Monday and the fiesta in our hometown is 30th . So i will be at my parent's house on the 29 until 30th . Hubby and in-laws will be coming over on fiesta day 30th . You are invited . 1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@SIMPLYD really? why, thank you. tomorrow pala is the feast day of our city,but we have our duty bcause my school is not from this city but it is located in a nearby municipality.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
my lady, i was out of this site for few days, because i had so many paperwork to do, but next week, i hope to be here in whole week because our school will have activities like Intramurals and the midterm examination, of which i did it with a hundred multiple choice items.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
7 Aug 16
That is a long black out, I wonder if that would happen here.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
did you have you share of power interruptions too, especially now that there is a weather disturbance (ITCZ)?
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
9 Aug 16
i feel fer all'n yer country 's those power outages seem to come quite oft. 'tis tuesday here now, i'm late's usual :D
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
10 Aug 16
@ridingbet glad to hear, hon. oh dear, now a water shortage? seems y'all jest can't get a break.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx yes it is, that is why we have to have our baths during daytime because water is scanty in late evenings. but with the constant rains and typhoons we experience now, i hope our dams will be refilled with rain water again
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
it is Wednesday here now, and it is all right. power outages are becoming more frequent now because the dams have water shortage.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
13 Aug 16
@ridingbet We have had our share of many power outages, but bought a generator no too long ago. We have well water and can't flush our toilets during outages!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
i believe you rarely have power outages am i right, my dear? good to know you are back too
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@DianneN well, we flush the toilet with water from the bucket, we don't use the flush anymore because we believe it takes 2 to bring the unwanted wastes down to the septic tank
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
@Yar_Joey don't worry, we can text each other when you are free
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
18 Aug 16
@ridingbet As usual, we dont see eye to eye na. 
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
5 Jul 18
@ridingbet
That was an awfully long time for the power to be out. I am glad you found something to do while waiting for it to go back on.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 18
14 hours is just chicken to us. we had power blackout for nearly 2 months after the most severe and strongest typhoon hit our province.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 18
@Hannihar the typhoon was the strongest and most devastating so far.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
6 Jul 18
@ridingbet
It took them once two months to fix the power outage problem? That is terrible.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
when lights are out, we can still do some productive things
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@ridingbet hahaha, yes better to have no brownout, it is a torture to have power interruption.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
oh no my dear, don't say YET, and don't expect for it. better no broiwnouts at all.
better no broiwnouts at all.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
@salonga 
yes and good too if we don't sweat any longer because the climate is getting cool sometimes
yes and good too if we don't sweat any longer because the climate is getting cool sometimes1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
thanks. it is Wednesday today and it is my off day as well
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
yes it is, that is the longest power outrage we have had, but we also had 45 days of no light when a very powerful storm came here in my region
@wiLLmaH (8801)
• Singapore, Singapore
16 Aug 16
@ridingbet Good to know that their generators are ready for this kind of circumstances. :)
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
yes, this morning while we are in the hospital, it rained so hard that the ward (medical) suddenly turned dark- there was power in terruption. they had to switch on the generator
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Aug 16
@wiLLmaH but only lights, my friend. the fans and the AC were not even opened, so it was so hot still
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
yes my friend, and instead of just sulking and whining and ranting because of the power interruption, i made use of my "sweating" time wisely.
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@sofssu (23660)
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10 Aug 16
@ridingbet I hate sulking and ranting too. diverting energy into productive work helps.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@sofssu yes indeed, because ranting causes wrinkles to form.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Aug 16
Was the picture taken at Christmas? I love all the lights. I'm sorry you had a power outage yesterday. I'm sure your students will love that multiple choice test you're making for them. 
Today is great so far. I just got here from church.
Today is great so far. I just got here from church.1 person likes this
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Aug 16
@ridingbet I'm sure they did well with it. You are a good teacher.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Aug 16
@just4him thanks, my dear. they should learn much from their classroom instructors and put their knowledge into skills in the areas
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
yes my friend. that is our house with all the Christmas and solar lights open. the multiple choice is difficult to answer as usual, because i want to challenge the students' logic and common sense in the situations i presented
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 16
yup, that photo was taken last Christmas, next month is September and Xmas is just around the corner
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
10 Aug 16
@ridingbet and time flies so very fast.
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