How to Entertain yourself when it's Brownout

Top Ten Ways:


1. Read a Book

             Grab a novel, a magazine, or any reading material in your house and start reading it. Take advantage of the daylight. Try to read the novel you haven't finished reading for a long time before it gets yellowed in the shelf because you have already forgotten about it because of works you do at home when there is power.

2. Play with gadgets.

             Use your gadgets whatever they maybe, laptops, cellphones, mp4 until they ran out of battery wishing that by the time your gadget runs out of battery there is power already.

3. Eat.

            Munch on anything stored in your fridge before it spoils because of power shortage. Take all the your time in the world in chewing. Embrace the moment of the food rubbing against your mouth, tongue, and teeth. Remember, you are not in a hurry. 

4. Sleep

            After eating, get SOME sleep. Nothing beats an uninterrupted eight-hours of sleep. You are also helping yourself fully absorb the food you just ate. If you can't sleep, because you've just woke up from a goodnight sleep, then force yourself to sleep. There is nothing much you can do, so might as well bridge the gap between you and sleep deprivation.

5. Play instruments.

             Good thing if you have musical instruments in your house. Use them. Play them. Much better, sing if you have the voice. If you are not that gifted, just play with them. It doesn't matter whether it's guitar with lost strings, violin, or flute.

6. Chat

            Do storytelling with your house mates. Talk with them about the past, present, and the future. Tell them out of this world stories. Create a family tree image to them of your own family through your stories. Make them talk their stories too. Now, is your chance to get to know them. 

7. Sing

           Sing songs of love and life, even if you don't know exactly the lyrics. Sings songs about the rain, about the flood, about the wind, or of the flying roofs around your vicinity. Invent new lyrics, compose new rhythm.  

8. Stare at the Ceiling.

           Look, glance, stare at the ceiling. Imagine moving shadows you never thought ever existed in the ceiling. Compose a story with those shadows as characters then scare those people in your house of shadows that will suddenly disappear the moment the lights come out. 

9. Think of Dreams 

             Think and rethink of your dreams. Utilize the time to contemplate. Think of your dreams forgotten and lost. Think of those wishes you want to materialize. Plan ahead.  

10. Curse/ Thank

              Curse/ Thank God for the conflict-man versus nature. Regardless of the fact that the situation is determined, express all your angst to the wind that blew hard on the fuse that made the transformer explode causing the flow of current to stop or simply just romanticize the whole situation. Nobody will care for they know that you will return to your normal self once the power is back.