"Disastrous Blessing in Disguise"

           I could not think of any other words to describe it if electricity was not discovered. I mean, humankind has relied upon this discovery for almost everything! Probably, if no one has figured this one out, there could be:  

1.      No TV. No news. No ABS-CBN or GMA or BBS or NAT GEO, etc.

2.      No computers: NO facebook, twitter or instagram.

3.      No Cellphones. No selfies!

4.      No stars. No KathNiel or JaDine!

5.      No radio. No Energy FM or Power91!

6.      No Youtube. No BuzzFeed. No Youtube sensations!

7.      No malls. What misery!

8.      No refrigerators. We’ll have to expect tons of spoiled food every day!

9.      No ice cream! What a sad life!

10.  No ice – for drinks. Tsk. Gulping on any of it will not be very satisfying.

11.  No LRT. Good luck with the traffic, Manila!

12.  No other appliances. Life will be harder, especially for people who have been used to “plug-push and go!”

I think I am fortunate for being able to experience living without much use of electricity. We used to gather fire woods to use in cooking our food, and we do it every single day – even to this very day. We experienced walking some kilometers just to be where we have to be. We never got used to the vanity of “picture-takings” and so, we can really live without selfies. Yeah, now that I think about it, we can actually possibly live without it. But for this generation, I doubt if they can. We are too busy on gazillion of things these days and we have electricity to aid us in making things faster and easier so we can more things at the same time.

            I’m not saying it’s bad or anything like that, I’m just saying that electricity, like everything else in this world will – whether we like it or not – eventually pass by. If we rely on electricity this much, then if it’s gone, we will inevitably have hard time coping up.

#creativewritingSept14