Blackout

You know you live in the tropics when you wait for a blackout to clean the ceiling fans. I'm just pleased I'm not in the middle of cooking dinner or trying not to set my finger nails on fire lighting candles. As a teenager I thought candles were cool- now that I occasionally have to rely on them in the evening as my only source of light (and have pondered more than once the possibility of using them to finish cooking dinner) I think they suck. I would much rather be watching telly while boiling an egg and curling my hair.