Light Is Life

     I remember we did not have electricity growing up. I was already in high school when electrification came to our barrio. The setting before electricity was so rural and dark, and  typically after dinner, we slept early except when it was bright full moon when we used to hang out under the moonlight.

     Now there is electricity, and the convenience of using electrical appliances is at our fingertips. The only setback is that there are black outs every now and then, something I never experienced when I was working in Singapore and Malaysia. Sometimes it makes me wonder how do they do it that our electric companies cannot do.

     

     The good news is that our youngest brother gave us two solar lamps that come handy at night, especially during black outs. Since he has given us, there has been two black outs in a week's time. I can't imagine how we were so pitch dark during black outs then. Now we have solar lights in front and at the back of the house, literally a light in the darkness.

Bright front 

Bright backyard