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ny had a black-out and it was the front page of every newspaper in the world. long xuyen has a black-out and no one notices. people here really don’t even seem bothered.

it’s quite normal to have mini-black-outs for entire days. normally, the black-outs are confined to the summer months and then they only last for a morning, an afternoon or throughout the night. today we had a black-out at the most inopportune time.

i was about to print off a test for my business class. we have the final examination this week and everyone has been studying hard for a long while. i was about to take the test to get printed when the unthinkable happened. all the lights went off. the air conditioner growled to a halt and everything became quiet.

i drove around town trying to find an internet café with electricity so i could print off the test. i drove to the other side of long xuyen, waited in a long line and finally printed the test off. i drove again to find a photo copy shop with electricity. the shop was jammed with other poor souls looking for power. i wasted half my day trying to find electricity. i came home to a stuffy, dark room and took a long nap. we end up relying so much on technology and only realize our addiction when something goes awry.