The Ugandan Power System

Luckily, the US government considers our dad important, otherwise, well...there would be power only about 50% of the time. The government provides us with many things, including a house, education tuition, and, of course, a generator. It's almost like a schedule. Almost every other day, especially in the rainy season, the power is cut off, and everything that you were doing at the time, just goes off, and doesn't come back on.
At night, our guard always turns on the generator right away, because he has to have complete vision of the plot to protect us. However, during the day, we usually have to tell him, and then the power will come back on full force, and restore our electrical devices. Most people at ISU just have to live with it. For example, they do simple things like keep the refrigerator shut, make meals early, etc.