Unexpect the expected!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
January 26, 2017 7:05am CST
A colleague shared on face book about a power interruption from 8AM to 5PM here in my city and in the nearby and distant villages as well. I shared this to my sister too, so last night, we charged all our mobile phones.
A friend from this site is a chat-mate. I told her about this. She said that tomorrow, their place will also have the same scenario.
I expected the lights to go off at 8AM but it did not. Only the cable network went off; the internet connection continued. So, my son attached the TV antenna and we enjoyed our favorite programs.Still, the 3 of us expected for the power disruption.
Until 5PM, no power interruption. It seemed the electric cooperative did not specify what areas are covered with the outage.
So, we have unexpected what was expected. That is why I was, and am here from morning until now, but I will switch the desktop off because I will watch TV.
Aren't you glad when circumstances like these happen?
Good evening all!
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15 responses
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
What place are you living? Our scheduled power interuption in our place will be on Saturday from 8am to 5pm
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
i am in region 2, my friend.we did not have the 8-5 brown out yesterday.
@luisadannointed (11842)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Yes of course it is OK to turn the hassle day to a better day with electricity. It is hard without power. A lot if activities arebinterrupted even phone interruption.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
i agre. but if ever and the phone is out, i can play with my phone offline, anyway
@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
As the girl scouts say, "always be prepared". This is better than having to experience a power interruption. Blackouts are always major inconveniences.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
yes because if our dams have a water level below the expected level to generate electricity, 'antimano' we will have power outages
@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
27 Jan 17
@ridingbet Oh how I know it. Although I have to say that that has not happened to me in a very very long time. I hope it never does again.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
@inertia4 yes, pray it won't happen to you again.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
indeed, when the electricity goes off with the internet, that is an epic fail
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Jan 17
always best to be prepared - glad the power-out never hit in the end
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
27 Jan 17
@ridingbet hope the lights stay on ok for you
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
@arthurchappell thanks, and we are still with lights on. net is good as well
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
yes, i am glad we did not have that power interruption. but we expect announcements until the end of this month about the same situation again.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 17
I hate my power off for even 5 minutes, I don't know how you stand it for hours on end,
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
yes, having power outage, especially in summer, is always disappointing, but it is necessary because our dams are below the water level to generate electricity that is why we have the rotating brown outs. we can deal with that now. even after the typhoon last October wherein we had black out for nearly/almost 2 months.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 good thing though we had the generator fixed, so we had electricity for several hours only to charge our mobile phones but no internet still.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Jan 17
@ridingbet no power for 2 months oh man I would have lost my mind.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
@ridingbet So far we have no problem with power supply.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
@salonga that is good. in what region are you living, my dear?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
it i how about you? no power outage there in your place? you are lucky then.
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@averygirl72 (38847)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
That's good news. But better to be prepared always in case one happens
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
yes, that is why our flashlights are always within our reach and the generator has fuel in it.
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
26 Jan 17
@ridingbet , here we were told they were cutting the water from 6 in the afternoon Wednesday to 6 in the afternoon Thursday. We filled bottles and buckets and then they never cut the water at all. And yes, I was very happy that they did not cut it :)
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
it is a sigh of relief when these circumstances as power outage and water interruption don't happen on scheduled dates. me too, i was glad the electricity continued the whole day yesterday and even today
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
it is, my friend. maybe the electric cooperative thought that our area did not have any problems at all that was why we were spared
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
What you won't expect is if the power goes off in a while hehehe1
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
@sunrisefan same to you, and no, i am not fat but i am adding more pounds or kilos to my weight now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
ngek. no expectations now, my friend. i am enjoying TV and myLotting, so no power out now. BTW, happy Chinese New Year.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
28 Jan 17
@ridingbet Kung hei fat choi! (It does not mean you're fat hahaha!).
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
right, thank you. hope you have a bright day always. no black outs.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
28 Jan 17
@ridingbet
Good to hear that as well. Have a happy weekend.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
yes, and it is better to have brown out during daytime rather than at night, where we grope in the dark
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
At least all of you were ready for it . So, when it didn't happen it was to your benefit. 
What is annoying is when you didn't have an inkling that it will have a power interruption and turned out to be the whole day. 
What is annoying is when you didn't have an inkling that it will have a power interruption and turned out to be the whole day. 