Rain, Rain Go Away

It’s been raining for days now and though I love the cooler temperature that the rain brings, I also dread the flood that brought about by continuous raining.

Flood makes life miserable for almost everyone … the danger it gives to people’s lives and the damage it can do to properties are just enormous that people are now anxious once rainy season sets in.

Yesterday, Metro Manila was once again flooded because of the monsoon rain intensified by typhoon “Falcon” which was hitting northern Luzon.  Many major roads were flooded which resulted to heavy traffic and a lot of commuters were stranded on the road.  Public utility vehicles were scarce that one of my friends even went back to the office and spent the night there.

I was caught in the traffic for two hours and once again I waded on an ankle-deep flood waters (I’m still blessed because I saw on television that others were wading a chest-deep high flood waters).  In as much that I don’t want to wade on flood waters because of the scare of leptospirosis that hit me just a few weeks ago, I really have no choice.  I just hope and pray that I won’t have that flu once again which prompts doctors to treat you as leptospirosis case once you tell them that you have waded on flood waters.

Anyway, I reached our home safely and immediately I took a warm bath and drank salabat (boiled water with ginger) after.  It’s one way of keeping my body warm after being drenched in rain water for some time.  

Today the weather is not yet okay so hubby and I decided to just take a leave for the day and I’m happy that we did because heavy rain still falls from time to time and for sure it will be hard to commute once again.

I hope tomorrow would be a clear day so that flood waters will subside especially in low lying areas which were greatly affected by the flood.  So please, rain, rain go away …in as much that we need you, too much of you doesn’t serve us good as well.

It's A Cloudy Day Today

It's March and it's supposed to be the start of the summer season but today it doesn't feel like it.  It's cloudy the whole day and it was even raining in the morning.

I was supposed to jog around our place and do some hoops at the basketball court (just practicing for our coming basketball shooting at the office) but it was showering early in the morning so I just contented myself by jogging around the parking area at the ground level of the condo building we are residing.  At least I was able to sweat it out today.

After breakfast hubby and I went to the wet market because our refrigerator was already empty, we don't have anything to cook for lunch.  We can actually just go for the canned ones but I was craving for some beans so even if it's raining, off we went to the market.  Boiled beans really tastes good when the weather is cool.

We found the beans I wanted but instead of cooking it for lunch, hubby cooked the mussels and shrimp instead.  Haaay .... Anyway, it was long ago since we ate mussels so I still enjoyed our lunch and also the children they really enjoyed the shrimp ... their favorite.

Outside, the weather didn't change.  It's still cloudy with light showers from time to time.  It's kind of gloomy with this type of weather so after lunch while hubby and the children were watching tv, I went to our bedroom to do some dropping and adgitizing.  Inside the room I smelled  a sweet smell of flowers so I looked where it came from and I discovered that the mango tree just outside our bedroom window was already full of flowers and the scent was just so wonderful.  I enjoyed watching the birds hovering around the tree and it's really amazing how such simple sights uplift my spirit.

Have a great weekend everyone.