Dark Clouds = Wetness

It's been three times this week that the heavens have disappointed me. Every time that I am about to reach home, rain starts to pour.

The first time was when I came from Eastwood, Libis at around 3:oo PM, looking for a job. I was seated in front of the jeepney. There was absolutely no signs of rain from where I came from.

The sky was clear.
The sun is in its usual hot self.

Dustin and I parted at Ever Gotesco where the ride ends from Libis. I noticed that there was this big patch of thick, black cloud hovering above our area. Since it was hot and sunny from where we were standing, I didn't mind the rain and picked the Cainta jeepney [rather than the Angono Hi-Way trip] so that I wouldn't have to walk too much. As expected, the trip was quite of a drag since the road is so narrow and the PUV's does a really good job of clogging the traffic.

I arrived at the area where the cloud was hovering over.

The rain started with tiny droplets at first and I didn't worry that much since my trusty umbrella was with me.

It was a bad idea to have chosen the Cainta trip.

"The first casting star of War of the Worlds was overqualified"

Minutes later, it was like the end of the world. It was dark and strong winds were blowing the roof off. A storm must've been passing at that moment.

First few drops of rain were as big as my thumbnail.

And everywhere I go, there's this 3 inch flood of oil, water, and dirt.

I don't want to sacrifice my shoe for it so I just waited until it's "safe" to go home.

I was just a few steps from home and I can't get out of this place because of the force of the rain.

What was annoying is that about 3 minutes after I got home, I was drying myself off and the rain just stopped. Few minutes later, the sun was there again, and it was more sunny than before.

The rain is being a practical joker nowadays.

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The second time this week was partially similar. It was raining furiously just before I get home. It's a good thing though, I got off at a different place which is far from the flooded place. I got home without too much of a hassle.

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It happened again this morning. I was off to Dustin's place to get the PIC Burner which was supposed to be delivered to me. Mr. Poor left off to Davao without him dropping off the burner to me last night. So I decided to walk to his place [which was about 25 minutes at small strides]. The same Cumulus cloud was hovering over Dustin's area.

And then there it was. As I was walking inside their village, the same heavy and tremendous rain arrived. Winds were strong and the water was dripping inside my umbrella. Instant bathe for me. Crappy moment but I enjoyed it. I forgot the last time that I had to walk around with this intense rain pouring all over.

It made me want to take a bath. The intensity of the rain just kept getting stronger. It made me want to just fold my umbrella and walk under the raindrops.

I hesitated to proceed but unluckily, the hesitation came too late. I was already a few blocks before I arrive at Dustin's house.

Good thing the rain sort of calmed down when I was nearing his place.

I took the package and went back.

I thought it was over but then the rain came back with almost twice the power it had when I was going there. I had to stop walking and take refuge at a small store. I can't risk a 700-peso electronic gadget obtain too much moisture, or in this case, too much water from the rain.

I don't know if it was just coincidence or I had the wrong time to leave the house, but it always have to rain when I am not inside the house.

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There's one thing to enjoy though. Those high school students with their thin uniforms are some sight to see. Most of them aren't that skinny and have quite an enticing body figure.

I don't know if it was just too much moisture around the surroundings or it's just that their blouses are getting thinner every time I see them. What a wet view.

One of the few things you enjoy about raining.

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It never hurts to have an umbrella. And you don't have to go for that 400-peso Fibrella and have it blown to destruction by the wind. A good 50-peso umbrella would do.

My doctor told me once: "Okay lang magpaka-jologs dahil nakapayong ka, kesa naman sa magkaganyan ka [trangkaso] dahil hindi ka nagpapayong."

I took the advice and it was very applicable.

Jackets are fashionable but the still can't stop that rain from going into your head, and into your body and giving you a cold.

It's just a hassle sometimes that you have to bring a long and big umbrella with you. Beside the difficulty of having them handheld, you have to constantly remind yourself that you have an umbrella to carry.

Compared with small foldable ones, you just have to let it drip dry and put it in your bag. Goodluck with girls though, you can't quite offer an umbrella moment with a small foldable umbrella.

Better stick with long and big.