*Fan
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
May 5, 2017 6:21am CST
Hello there my friends. How are you this hot Friday?
The electric power outage began at 8am and it is so hard to be in a sweating environment. I am wearing a loose duster of my late mother. I guess this is better than the shorts because my thighs might sweat profusely.
I told my son to switch on the generator; he did that when we had our lunch, but only for an hour.
Since it was so hot (but gloomy now), I had to use this hand fan that I bought when we had nearly 2 months of power blackout due to typhoon Lawin last October. This fan is giving me the wind that I need to cool myself. Of course an increase in water intake is also necessary to keep myself hydrated.
I printed my name with a heart on my fan. It is my personal property. My sister and my son have their own.
Power was back at exactly 6pm.
Do you have this kind of hand fan? Or do you have that miniature fan that is powered by 2 double A batteries?
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22 responses
@allknowing (137554)
• India
5 May 17
I have a few such fans that have come in handy sometimes. I remember picking one from Singapore.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
there are different kinds of fans, but they serve the same purpose: keeping us cool.
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@allknowing (137554)
• India
6 May 17
@ridingbet But they have to match our attire. When we are travelling and the trains fans do not work then our fans come out. They should be fashionable and pretty (lol)
I had one made from sandalwood and one from cuccus grass roots which smells great.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@allknowing the smell of the sandalwood is so good; i have not smelt a fan from a cuccus grass.
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
6 May 17
Ever thought of buying a battery operated fan? not sure if they sell it over there.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
the fan is like a miniature floor fan that is in a box. it is battery-operated. it is usually sold in the sidewalk.
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
5 May 17
Hi Ingrid, glad power is back. Hand fan is always helpful in times of need. We have two which mostly used in summers.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
is it similar to the fan that i posted, and that fan i placed in my comment with @LadyDuck?
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@Shavkat (140102)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@ridingbet I am not sure. Is it not "abaniko" (belamcanda chinensis)?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
i think the fiber used for this hand fan is the sinamay? please correct me my friend, if i erred.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@Shavkat oh, i did not know that the 'abanico' has a scientific name, or is that the kind of leaf used for the fan?
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
6 May 17
@ridingbet Those I bought in Spain are very similar, then I had one very nice at a Japanese expo.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@LadyDuck there are so many fans of this kind that we have here, but then, they are damaged in a short time because... well, if i use it, i tend to move the fan so fast to produce a strong wind. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
me too, my friend. hand fans are usually what my big brother brings home as tokens for me and my sister. i will post one a bit later.
here it is.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
5 May 17
I do have a fan powered by batteries, but rarely do we have power outages, and the heat is still on here it's just not warming up around here.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
the battery-powered fans are used by my students during case presentations. maybe they are 'lazy to use their hands to hand fan?' haha!
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
7 May 17
@ridingbet oh yes it is made out of wood but this one I have has no fragrance
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 May 17
those a beautiful hand fans. is that one on the top made of sandalwood? it is fragrant, right?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 May 17
@Nawsheen oh, like that one i posted a picture of. no perfume, no fragrance. the gand fan made of sandalwood (my mother's) i think is with my sister.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
5 May 17
I don't have this fan in the house right now. I use a fan made of bamboo. My father and one sister has the miniature fan that is rechargeable
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
9 May 17
@ridingbet Bamboo strips with cloth stick to it. I haven't seen a fan made with sandalwood
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 May 17
@averygirl72 check out the picture that @Nawsheen posted here. the upper picture is like a fan made of the sandalwood. it has no cloth, but it smells so good.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
by bamboo, you mean, it is not woven with a cloth? i remember a hand fan made from sandalwood, which emitted fragrance everytime it is used.
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 May 17
@ridingbet , I like that you printed your name with a heart on your fan :) a nice personal touch. I hate such long power outages! I hope you'll have a good weekend.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 May 17
@ridingbet , oh no, that is disappointing! I hope they will try to sort that out as quickly as possible, so you can get cable TV back!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
@bluesa our cable TV comes and goes, my friend. like now, it went again. it has an interval of 2 hours.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
thank you. well, we have electricity now, but it is also disappointing because there is no cable TV relay, as always. there is no power disruption in the area where the cable TV is situated, so we thought maybe the areas between our locality and the cable office is having brown out.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
8 May 17
@ridingbet I know some generators can make a racket! Lol!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 May 17
the generator indeed provides us with cool temperatures in the house. but my son opened it only for an hour last Friday because our neighborhood will be so noisy;3 started the generators.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
5 May 17
My power went out too this morning. But it isn't hot here. I used to have a hand fan.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
9 May 17
@ridingbet Yeah we do when there is major storms and gusty winds.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 May 17
@JESSY3236 okay. i think i read a comment somewhere that they don't have power disruptions.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
oh, i thought you there in the US have no power disruption.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5037)
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10 May 17
You mentioned about the generator. I have been planning to get one but do not have any idea where the best place to buy generator. @ingrid
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5037)
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10 May 17
@ridingbet yes,right now we're not in the Philippines . I have been hearing from friends about incessant power outages there this season. Also,I have experienced power outages during typhoon months. I want to be able to run our a/c when there's blackout because of my toddler.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 May 17
@Iam_jauntyjen having a young kid at home is a main reason why the a/c should be turned on, especially this rather hot climate we are having now.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 May 17
i guess you have to search a good electrical store when you buy one. but you are not here in the Philippines, right? maybe if you are here, then we have that store named DIY?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
yes it did, yesterday. today, we have our fan cooling us.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
maybe it is not so hot there in your place now?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
when we were in our elementary grades, we would make paper fans during our Art Education subject. a piece of cardboard was what we used, and lengthwise, we would fold the carton at half an inch thin and fold them front-wise and backward.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
7 May 17
The fans powered by batteries are not as popular and the ones powered by humans @ridingbet
No one enjoys the outages, but you seem to have more there than we do here.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 May 17
yes, power outages here should be just at least 2 to 4 hours only. having power interruption for 12 hours is already nerve-wrecking. i worry about the senior citizens here because if they cannot tolerate the excessive heat, and no fans to cool them, they might suffer from heatstroke.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
hand fans are also good. they can also be decorative when attached on a wall.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
13 Dec 17
I prefer the hand fan much better than the battery-powered ones. I don't carry it everywhere I go, though.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Dec 17
i have a folding hand fan and i usually keep it in my black shoulder bag.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
5 May 17
I remember the hand fans shaped like this but made of palm leaves.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
yes, like the one @nomus24g just posted and where you too left a comment?
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
5 May 17
Here it is now so cold that I have to turn on the heater. 
the last time I have to use a hand fan was when we went to Church on Christmas Night. Lucky I always keep a hand fan in the car so I took it with me to be used in the Church.
the last time I have to use a hand fan was when we went to Church on Christmas Night. Lucky I always keep a hand fan in the car so I took it with me to be used in the Church.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 May 17
is it so cold there now that you switch on your heater?
i bring my folding hand fan when i go to church; sometimes though i bring this red one because it can act as my umbrella to protect me from the sun's rays.
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
7 May 17
@ridingbet Yes, it is getting colder. We are in the last month of Autumn.
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