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1.
See load shedding as an opportunity
hey’ve taken our NikNaks, put restrictions on
for you to eat all of the ice cream in
our water and brought darkness to our light,
the freezer. A simple excuse, if
yet again. Ladies and gentlemen, guess what? Our
caught, could be,
long-awaited friend, who always manages to pop
it’s gonna melt.”
“But mummy,
up at the right time, is back. Please give a round of applause to our friend, we know it, we love it, LOAD
2.
SHEDDING.
Alone in the
dark could be de-
Ahh yes, the dark time. The time for you to lay on
scribed as one of those ro-
the ground (in the dark of course) and question
mantic moods, so invite that
your entire existence. How much longer? Did I
special
pillow
and
blanket over and why not have a cuddle?
charge my phone? Do I have data? Is this what my life has become?
Load shedding is the perfect time for some of these
3.
Download
a
movie
in
questions to infest your brain during these dark stag-
advance, play it on your
es.
pre-charged laptop, grab
For some, it might feel like travelling back to the past, back to the era of our grandparents. Yes,
some
snacks
and
have
some me-time.
those days where they communicated using bricks, took selfies by staring into mirrors and sending mes-
4.
Having trouble warm-
sages via pigeon. This was the era where something
ing your food and, unfortu-
entertaining to do would be to clean and clean
nately, do not have a gas
and clean.
stove? An easy solution to this problem is simple, have
But luckily for you, my 21st-century youth, I have 8 ways for your light to keep shining.
some patience and wait.
