And so it comes to this. Lights have been out for most of Manila (probably Luzon too) since last night.  It’s still out at home last time I checked.  Tried making calls from the office but it turns out people at the other end had more sense than I did and decided to stay home.  For most of the day, I was walking around the campus looking for anywhere with electricity, a computer, and a connection to the Internet.  The Internet cafes were either dark or filled with schoolkids playing their games.  I imagine I must have looked like one of those antelopes in Animal Planet, isolated from the herd, desperately looking for water. It was as if it was 1995 all over again, and to send an email I had to sign up days in advance for time in the university computer lab.

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