You’d think that by now I’d be used to living in a tropical country where rain falls half the year. Drizzles and downpours, I’ve been in them all — in the past few weeks more often than I’d like. It’s pretty sucky to get soaked to the bone walking from one place to another in a shower, only for the rain to stop the second you step into a building’s doorway.
Sure, I know Metro Manila and Central Luzon needs all the rain it can get for water supply and power generation. It would be blasphemous of me not to appreciate the cloud seeding efforts which I assume are the cause of the regular afternoon rain showers.
I just wish the rain would fall somewhere other than the city. I mean, all that water falling on cement just drains away into rivers and ocean (most of our sewers in this city lead there). That, or the sewers get backed up and the water fails to drain away at all, leading to flash floods.
Just today Ade, Peter, and I were at Coffee Bean in Ortigas for a late lunch, swapping stories about rain and flooding in Manila. The conversation starter was the torrential downpour falling right outside that prevented Peter from going back to his office for two hours.
But far be it from me to sing “Rain, rain, go away.” It’s only for a few months more, right?
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But I sure hope that the rain didn’t make you feel worse than you were already feeling yesterday.
Actually, now I have a cold. But I knew it was coming when I got drenched last Monday.
“…come again another day. little noelle wants to play.” Hey, you weren’t the one to get semi-drenched walking to work in high heels!
Aww you sick too? Everyone is sick lately.
thanks for dropping by. it was a very pleasant surprise.
I hate the rain, but on my way to my home club yesterday looking up at the silver sky & seeing the rain drown the world before lunch was le awesome. 😀
I don’t like the rain because I can’t go outside but I also like the rain, as long as I’m inside the house or building or something. Haha. Am I making sense?