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90 Minutes in the Dark

Submitted by moodz on Wednesday, 5 September 20077 Comments

I got in the habit of spending some time at the gym everyday after work; I think of it as a way to release some stress, forget office politics and just be left alone “meditating” for a while, 90 minutes a day away from it all, no cell phones, no e-mails no boss behind you chanting your name every 15 minutes to give you yet another task; it’s just the power racks, dumbbells, weights and the sound of iron clinging, as shallow as it is to some, it keeps me going.

It started exactly three days ago, the lights went off in the middle of my training sessions, the electricity suddenly went off we were just left out in complete darkness, I smiled and called it a day, it happened again yesterday, right in the middle of my training, I just rushed myself through for another 15 minutes before I left. Today was different; the entire Budiya Highway was in complete darkness, nothing short of a chaos at the roundabout with the traffic lights off leaving me with 25 more minutes of pain in a drive that shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes at worse.

I reached the place, still in complete darkness, I just went in and trained.. 90 minutes straight in the dark.. and I tell you 90 minutes in the dark does wonders to you; so much went into my head through it..

No I won’t ask about the powercuts, I won’t even attack this hypocrite that didn’t give the traffic lights a different cable than that used for the houses and shops right near-by, but let’s go a bit higher, let’s think of things at a macro level for a second.

Gunu didn’t happen so long ago, and so wasn’t Katrina or the Tsunami of East Asia. Warnings of possible hurricanes hitting the shores of Bahrain also floated to the surface recently, are we equipped to face any sort of catastrophes? Do we have the infrastructure or the manpower needed; do we have any sort of shelters or warning sirens? A recovery plan? Anything?!

And honestly what is causing those powercuts, a country smaller then a city in the states or the UK, smaller than a town in India why can’t they provide it with electricity it’s needed, why are we doomed to live hours everyday in the dark! Is anyone even responsible for this nonsense? Will anyone be questioned or called by a higher authority to answer to this nonsense?

I guess the water filters and water coolers we Bahrainis we were doomed to buy and use to get the boiling water from the pipes of the ministry even usable isn’t enough, it’s about time we all get generators.. 90 minutes without an AC and in the dark wasn’t very pleasant I tell you..

7 Comments »

ammaro.com said:

the truth is we have no real proactive measures taken against anything. everything is fixed only after a small disaster happens. sometimes, even that isnt enough, and it takes a HUGE disaster to get someone to get up off their butt and do something about it. accountability here doesnt exist, no gets in trouble if something happens and its a “first”

and yes, ridiculous how a country as tiny as this has power cuts all the time. but hey, were screwed and gotta deal with it. its our way of life now.

- 5 September 2007 at 9:14 am

LiB Team said:

You are right, and no we are NOT and will not be prepared for a huge disaster, all it took a major power blackout in which ALL of Bahrain lost power, the black monday, August 23rd 2004, for us to realize how an entire country went into chaos. That was only a blackout. Imagine what a hurricane or an earthquake -God forbid- could do. It will be total anarchy.

- 5 September 2007 at 9:33 am

moodz said:

were screwed and gotta deal with it. its our way of life now.

This is exactly the mindset I am against Ammar, cum’on man.. this isn’t our way of life, I didn’t my childhood through powercuts and blackouts.. and It shouldn’t be!

- 5 September 2007 at 11:00 am

lizardo said:

but hey, were screwed and gotta deal with it. its our way of life now.

and our children . Amen !
u screwed cuz i GUESS u like to be screwed

- 5 September 2007 at 12:58 pm

ammaro.com said:

the truth is, moodz and lizardo; i HAVE a choice. The choice is either go somewhere else to live and work, and probably live in financial bliss, have nothing to do with silly powercuts and ridiculous policies, or stay and live in this country, and have to deal with crap! Unfortunately, i’m an idiot who loves this country with all of its imperfections, so yes, I have to deal with it, and yes lizardo, i’m screwed, you’re screwed, we’re all screwed!

We can try to change things, we can try to push things, we can try to make a difference, and I really do hope we can and do. But until then, we’re screwed!

- 9 September 2007 at 10:00 am

lizardo said:

@ ammaro

3ala ela8al now ur talking right ! stay screwed and wait til ur chance to make differantce ! muah !!

- 11 September 2007 at 3:40 pm

ammaro.com said:

muwah to you too. and i think we should keep a lid on public acts of affection, moodz might not consider it website friendly.

- 12 September 2007 at 8:39 am