Viernes Diez Y Tres

To be pissed or not to be ...that is the question. Kapag inaalat - napaka-alat talaga!!!! Our airconditioner here at the house just went kaput last Tuesday in the middle of a 90 degree forecast. Then the freezer just died - as in walang lamig. Today is Friday the 13th - Viernes Diez Y Tres. Kailangang magpatawas - kailangang doble ligo. Tanggalin ang malas.
To the kapwa Manang Bidays (Ilocanas) karrajo nga talaga. These appliances are fixtures in our house ( I'm sure yours too). We are so dependent with these non breathing thingies. We take these for granted. Pero kung masira, parang ang bigat ng araw mo (at ng bulsa for that matter).
How did we ever exist then? I kept saying life was simpler then. Pero these machines are supposed to simplify our lives now. Siguro mas magaan ang pagbibiyahe natin sa roads less traveled kung ang bahay ay hindi mainit-courtesy of the airconditioner and we get to horde all of the "sale" na food items at itambak sa freezer.
Pero how was it then without the airconditioner? without the computer? without the microwave? and without the iphone? Was life simpler then? Or have these machines taken over?
But I tell you - I was really pissed.