Ignorance is bliss

My daughter and I, including my father and my brother, have been living here in Tayum, Abra for approximately one year and five months. Tayum, Abra is a small, quiet and laid-back town. Internet here is also slow and quite difficult, but we manage one way or another.

The central town, Bangued is usually just 15 to 20 minutes away. Unfortunately, due to a major road construction, going to Bangued now takes 45 minutes to one hour. This discourages us to go to Bangued to buy our groceries and things we need for the house, this includes buying the newspaper.

No daily newspaper and with the slow internet, my father and I have become ignorant of what is happening in Manila, the major headlines and other news in general. If we ever do get news, days or even weeks has already passed since the news broke headlines. We do have a television, but we rarely watch news because the time of the news is the same time as dinner time.

Ignorance is bliss. "if you do not know about something, you do not worry about it." - Google Dictionary

It's not intentional, though I can't say we are also doing anything about it. It feels we are cut-off from the world but we're not.

Do I despise our current situation? No, not really.

Do I feel guilty about my ignorance? A little.

Does it bother me? Not everyday.

Am I doing something about it? Nope.

I like where I am right now. I have some doubts in my future plans, but a the moment, I am content with what I have.