blackouts

it's raining heavily outside and I'm in the dark. No thanks to the blackout that happens very frequently nowadays.

I've blogged about how stressed I was due to this problem before in which I suggested that maybe they should allow a foreign expert to tackle this.

 

I was just started to find some info on the net about fractures in children when it went blackout. I tried to sleep but there were too many blood hungry female mosquitoes biting every part of my skin and there's a probability that some of those are transferring their infectious saliva into my blood stream. I covered my whole body under the blanket then it got too hot.

it's stressful as I just got back from hospital and want to spend the time as optimal as possible before going to spend the next day and night at the hospital again.

same thing happened two days ago when I was in the hospital. it was raining and suddenly, blackout. Normally the generator would be started to generate electricity for the whole hospital, but this time something went wrong as the electricity went on-off many times to the patients and their family members annoyance. The ward was totally dark. I also heard a doctor complaining how this has disturbed the operation that was going on during that time. Maybe this has not happened frequently but i think a place as important as a hospital just can't afford a power outage even a minute.

But as a foreigner in this country, i can't complain much as i afraid some people will take it wrongly as if I'm trying to find flaws and be critical of this country or that they will be offended.

so i silently hope that this problem will be gone and be the thing of the past soon.

i remember when i came here in 2006, some said this power problem would be over in 2006. then later 2011. well now as we are already in 2011 i really hope the authority or the government is not waiting for another year to act.

Medan as the biggest city in Sumatra island which is bigger than the Malay peninsular, need a continuous undisturbed electricity supply to grow. with the current growth of this city with its 5-star hotels and big malls, Medan can grow faster if the electricity problem is overcame.

Okay, it's already maghrib time in here, Azan is in the air calling people to pray and to achieve success. it's a total darkness in my house, so do my neighbours and many other people in this highly populated city. to people like me here all we can do is to pray for things to get better.