Hi! dear readers , it's me again ylaruj. Ready to share another blog post with you. Today's blog is about a sudden brownout at our place during night time and storytelling about my childhood days.
One night the electricity went off, and we keep on waiting for it to resume. Hours had passed and it's not back. Our home and neighborhood was in total darkness. Good thing we have a small lampshade that my mother's boss gave us before. It was our source of light that night. My nephew was playing on his father's phone since it's battery was not drained.
Lots of mosquitoes are buzzing around and feeding on our blood at the same time. They seem that they had a meeting and told everyone that " attention team! the lights are out it's time to feast. I keep on slapping them,they are such a nuisance during brownouts. So we decided to go outside and buy some mosquito killer.
When we are at the road it was in total darkness.
We only see light if there's a car passing by . Their headlights illuminate the road.
We pass these people talking to each other, having some fun ,having a drink using their phones as a source of light.
As I held my sight to the sky I saw the beauty of the moon . It seems like the darkness emphasize it's beauty.
I went home with my daughter after buying some mosquito killer. Lit it and we lay down to sleep. There's a magic in brown out and I can't help but share my childhood stories to my kids. Through my stories, I let them go back to the times when life is simplier. And my story goes like this......
We don't have electricity at home before. Mostly people in my hometown don't have it, those rich people can only afford to install it during my younger days. So our only source of light was a gas lamp. We create shadows of animals using our hands, between our light source and the wall. Every night, we go to bed early, because it's already dark outside,and my parents and elders told us that many monsters are lurking in the dark and ready to eat us if we wander outside, so we stay at home. And my grandma want us to bless her hand and my parents. Then my mother used to play some dramas on the radio with different genres, their is comedy, drama, horror, romance, action and fantasy. You will just have to imagine the scene being portrayed in the drama to fully experience the beauty of it. Sometimes I imagined myself as one of the main character on the drama 🤣. How weird was it😅, actually it's our past time during those times and we can't notice that we already fallen asleep.
I can still remember those times that we went to our neighbors to watch some cartoon movies. They have electricity and television, so everyday after the end of classes or during weekends, after our household chores we went there just to watch. Some of our neighbors will open their doors widely for us to watch but some also will close their doors not letting us peek.
Since we don't have gadgets before, we played many different games , like, slipper game, Chinese garter, tubig tubigan, takyan, siatong, toss ball that the ball was made with coconut leaves that we weaved, lambihaw , sledding using some part of the coconut, swaying on the hanging coconut leaves, sungka and lots more. Sometimes if we get tired of playing we seek some fruits in our neighborhood like, guava,passion fuiit, pomelo, pomegranate, blackberry,star apple, soursop and many more to mention.
If low tide,we went to the sea to catch some fish and collect some seashells for food. If it's high tide, we went with our grandma to the mountains to gather some vegetables and bring it home. She taught me how to weave hanging rice and until now I know how to weave one.My life when I was younger was simple yet so fun.
As I keep on telling my childhood stories to them , they were amazed at what my childhood days were like. They keep on asking me if how does it feel to be born during 90's. I tried my best to answer their queries. I was really into story telling that I haven't noticed that they fell asleep. I covered them with blanket and fan them using a notebook cover. I continue reminiscing my childhood days alone to buy time while waiting for the electricity to resume.
Children's nowadays mostly don't experience what we have experienced before. The way children experienced the world today has shifted significantly. Because they usually play using their gadgets and don't physically associate with their peers .While technology brings many benefits, it also changes how they interact with each other and their surroundings.
As the electricity flickered backed to life, I couldn't help but paint a smile on my face. The brownout had transported me back to the times when life is simplier yet infinitely richer. Brownouts seems like an unexpected pauses of the present that led us going back to our past.
I will end my blog here and see you soon on my next blog post. Have a nice day everyone.
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Your story was very true ate. Those times I can say that was a very memorable one. That night also is I think mostly of the north area in cebu is the electricity is down, so that time also me and austine playing a shadow from our fingers and he enjoy it very well.
Nice one te.😍
Indeed a memorable one that even when we grow old we can't really forget. We put a smile on our face always when we reminish those days sang 🥹. You are definitely right, that is the exact time, when the brown out last for hours. I'm glad you let your son experience those things we did when we are little😃.
We used to own a gas lamp before miss @juralyrondina and we also create shadows from it. It was fun. Good old days. How I miss being a kid when life was simpler.
Making shadows with our hand was indeed a lot of fun, especially when we do it with our siblings. How I miss those days 🥹.
Sa probinsya madalas padin ang power interruption minsan ilang araw pa lalo pag kulang ang supply, luckily affordable na ngayon ung nga solar bulb lights.
Totoo tlga sinabi mo @cindee08 , nakakainis pag Gabi tlga mag brown out, kasi ang daming lamok tsaka nangangalay kamay ko kakapaypay sa mga anak ko 😅. May solar bulb sana kami kaso nasira na, Hanggang Ngayon d pa napapalitan 😅
I remembered when I was in high school, everytime there's a brownout, we went outside the house in the lantay with my nephew and nieces and have story telling about ungo
Scaring each other 🤣, I can relate to that 🤣.
Sometimes, unexpected moments like a brownout can lead us on a delightful journey into the past. Without the hum of modern gadgets, we find ourselves reconnecting with simpler times—sharing stories by candlelight, playing traditional games, and enjoying the company of loved ones. Let’s embrace these moments as opportunities to reminisce and appreciate the beauty of our history and traditions. Here’s to finding joy in the unexpected and making the most of every moment. Stay safe and enjoy the journey! 🌟
Power outage is indeed a beautiful way of reminiscing our past, it holds a certain beauty in a way of seeing everything using our lens of memory. Especially the people and the traditions we had grow with. Thanks for dropping by, stay safe and Godbless 💗
I enjoyed your story about your childhood times.
I often think also that the childhood filled with imagination and physical play with our friends is better with the one with gadgets.
Now that I have a grand daughter I am amazed at how she likes to play more with random objects, which require imagination and interaction with others, more then with her toys.
I think simplicty, physical activity, physical interaction and joy go hand in hand.
I'm glad you enjoyed reading about my childhood stories. 😃. That's what children supposed to do, enjoying their childhood days without gadgets,because it won't last forever. I was amazed of your granddaughter of not into material things and she enjoyed doing physical activities with other children. Thanks for dropping by 😃, I really appreciate it 🥹. Stay safe always and Godbless
Relate too much!!!😀😀😀
I bet your one of the 90's kid 😀
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