greetings from ho chi minh city (hcmc).

yes, i'm in hcmc for work... was here since yesterday and will return on thursday. but guess what happened today? there's no electrical power in the office.....

so i've to work from my hotel today.

gosh... heard that this happens quite often here... and the different areas in hcmc take turns to go without power. (well, i just hope it doesn't happen to hotels...) and essentially businesses who're affected takes a whole day off. heard that it happens because there's a general shortage of power throughout the country.

why couldn't they inform me earlier you may ask... the thing is, these kinda power outs are usually announced in the papers the day before it happens... but the problem is... no one reads the papers..

right.......

sigh... it happened once during my last trip but not to my office.. it was another shopping area near my office. the traffic lights were out, the street lights were out, shops that're still open are using candles to continue with their business... and the roads were in total chaos. we were stuck at a junction for abt half an hour.

and today, it happened to our office. no day off for me though.. just that i'll be starting work later... after this entry that is...

what an experience.

{ Tuesday, June 19 }