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Meralco electric bill April 2010

Community issues

The most awaited electric bill for the month of April 2010 arrived yesterday*. And unlike other people’s rants that I read where their bills doubled, ours was just increased by a thousand pesos. Of course, it’s still too high if you think about it. Meralco is telling everyone that the increase was brought on by the El Niño phenomenon and the numerous breakdowns of the electric plants. You know, they are charging us for the repairs and maintenance and other miscellaneous items that I am sure go directly to the officials’ pockets…

I have a beef against that reason given to us by our electric provider. See, they knew beforehand that an electric crisis brought about by El Niño would happen. Meralco knew that every summer they experience a surge in the use of electricity. Why can’t they be ready beforehand? Why can’t they prepare the power plants so there will be lesser break downs? Always the unprepared…

Anyway, how’s your electric bill? Did it cause you to faint when you first saw it?

*This was supposed to be posted last April 29, 2010 but due to schedule mixes, it was only posted now. Sorry.

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Weather in Manila today…

Community issues

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It’s slightly better than yesterday. The weather here in Manila as of 6PM today, April 14, 2009, is 31°C. It feels like you have a flu. That’s how hot it is right now. Taking a bath won’t do that much. It will just make you feel the heat and humidity more. Even putting the electric fan on steady so the air will blow directly to your face and body will only cool you down a bit.

Imagine the electricity shutting down! Meralco knows that every summer, people need electricity more than ever. As always, brownouts happen every now and then. A few minutes ago, electricity was down in our area. Tsk tsk

Maynilad Water is also pulling a stupid stunt. Shutting down water supply and just giving us an hour or two every day to fill our water drums. My dad has been calling up Maynilad Water’s 24/7 hotline 1626 asking them to do something about the water supply in our area but they are stubbornly refusing to do anything about it. My dad told the CS he talked to two days ago that should a fire break out in our area (wag naman sana!), residents wouldn’t have any water to use to put it out. What without water even dripping in our faucets!

So I am here in my corner at home right now, sweating even with the electric fan on steady in front of me, fuming mad because we don’t have water supply so I can take a shower to feel a bit cooler. Aargh!

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