Rain has started to fall here in Manila…and I love it. I welcome every raindrop like it’s a manna from heaven. And why not? It was a month that I had to endure to the different kind of hot temperature here in Manila. So hot that I had to take a bath four times a day…and even wished my roommates would disappear so I can sleep naked in bed. Hehehe.
But now it’s all different. The pouring rain for the last couple of days has been so bountiful. Perhaps God has realized how thirsty the ground has been for the last couple of months and so he is just trying to compensate it now. The sound of the falling rain has been my favorite waking experience. I would sleep with the site of the lightning, and still manage to enjoy like it’s a grace. And I would placidly sleep with the sound of the thunder like it’s a relaxing lullabye. From my deck I could see the raindrops dripping from the roof outside. And from afar is the gray sky.
Being in a nice weather like this has a bit of bad points too. As for me, it made me a little bit lazy. Just a bit. Why? Oh well, I had to beg for another thirty more minutes in bed instead of waking up at exactly five o’clock. Right after that, I would dash to the bathroom and took the longest shower I can afford for the day. Yes, my morning shower would last for fifteen to twenty minutes. That’s the longest one I can have for now. And just before I could start reading with my scheduled books for the day I have to savor the moment of sipping my hot chocolate. Yeap…you heard it right sisters! I know you know I abhor that in the past. But now, I sip it and take it in…for my own good. Then….there is my jealous paramour- my books!
As this week expires for me I look back to my week with a smile. I am glad because apart from the rainy days and lightnings, I am able to survive to another week without a family beside me and a boyfriend so far away. The rain has brought me late-afternoon-homesick too. But now I know how to handle it. Just before it would even occur, I have already started my minutes of introspections and reminiscing. And just so you know guys, amidst thunders and lightnings, I have managed to be here to drop you another journal. I miss you all!
All my love….
RORIE
