In case you’re not from Manila, yes, it rained yesterday. Hard. If my brother didn’t tell me to go home right after work, I would’ve been stranded at Robinson’s Galleria. Thank God for good timing.
In the shuttle on my way home yesterday, I listened to the water fall down heavily on the roof of the van. I closed my eyes everytime a flash of lightning comes and automatically start counting after until I hear thunder. I was worried that we might have no electricity at home because of the heavy downpour — I still have to charge Captain Tal and my service unit for work. I wondered if I might have to spend the night in the darkness with no cellphone and only Triskal1 to keep me company.
I got home safe and sound and soaking wet, and as I was eating my dinner, I suddenly remembered why I (used to) love the rain: when it rains hard enough, no classes for the next day.
Haaaay. For the nth time, I missed being a student again. Last night I found myself wishing that it rains really, really, really, really hard (but still no power outage, of course), and the government would announce no work for private and government offices. I would wake up to the cold weather, learn about this, sigh and go back to sleep. Ahhh.
Asa pa. I wish. As if that would happen. :-<
Remember that Nescafe commercial a few years back, where there was these guys who live in a dorm and are preparing for their day when one of them turns on the radio, listens for a bit and then runs to the hallway and yells, “WALANG PASOK!!!”2 That was one of the best and most relaxing commercials I can remember. The rain last night also reminded me of the cold days at the dorm when we’re stuck because it was flooded outside our unit. I remember those days we’d cook up warm soup/noodles to eat during rainy days, or play Monopoly, or watch a DVD…sometimes my roommates and I would just talk.
Hay, nostalgia. But I can’t go back, as much as I want to. Such is life.
But don’t get me wrong, I loved the rain last night. I used to love the rain back in high school then disliked it when I started commuting in college. Now I think I’m starting to like it again. :) But the rain made me think of things that as much as I want to think about, I avoid because it makes me sad and want to go back and then I feel bad even more because I know I can’t. Did that make sense?
Anyway. Tonight, it threatened to rain but it didn’t pour. Yet. It’s payday today too, and because of that and Triskal, my brother and I went to Metrowalk and loaded on TV goodies, i.e. Prison Break Season 1 (please tell me the DVD ripper has it wrong and it’s reading only 14 eps but it’s really 22!!! Please?), Supernatural Season 1 and 2 (It’s my first time watching this. I bet I’ll be scaring the willies out of me but my curiosity’s got me :P), and Heroes Season 1 (Peter Petrelli! ♥ ). I still have some CSI:NY to wade through before I get to the others. Marathon na to!
Speaking of, I still want to borrow a DVD of CSI Seasons 1-6. Anyone? Or does anyone have AVI files and is willing to burn me a copy? *bats eyelashes* I’m such a cheapskate; my pocket hurts at the thought of buying an entire set of only one show…unless I head over to Quiapo. But if there’s no CSI, Veronica Mars would do. ;)
Before I go, I want to give a big thanks to Noemi, who owns Protagonist Webhosting, for upping my bandwidth this month, thus the comeback of Refine Me after exceeding my bandwidth the other day. :) Thank you, thank you! >:D<
Off I go. Mac Taylor and the rest of CSI:NY awaits.
Ohh i used to love rain too. I think I still do, but gaah. Sometimes they just make me too emo, and I hate it like that. It’s as if the rain has this power to make one feel all sorts of emotions. One moment you love it, the next you want it to stop. And lookie, it’s the rainy season once again. Does that mean our moods will start to swing back and forth, here and there, and everywhere, for the next months or so? Yay.
See here, just reading this particular blog post about the rain makes me emo na (and it’s not even raining now!!) GRR.
i sooo love the rain! kaya lang nkktmad pumasok sa office hehe! i bought heroes dvd , sabi 1-22..pero wala yung 22 wahhh…
I loved that Nescafe commercial! Definitely one of my favorites ever, because I think it was able to fully capture how it felt like waking up on a rainy day, anticipating that declaration and the fact that you could spend the whole day at home. Aww, I miss that feeling too, because we don’t exactly have storms here so classes never get cancelled.
But then, I also miss being happy when it rained, because since I came here, I don’t anymore. Maybe because it’s also I commute here as well, haha, but it also rains here differently, e. Less intense, I guess, we don’t get a lot of typhoons actually, but I actually find it more depressing. Haha ang weird, but yeah, I miss being happy when it rains. I hope I’ll get that back again someday.
Ang daldal ko, hahaha!
*Maybe it’s because I commut here as well..
Sorry, typo!
Wala nang mas sasarap pa sa suspended classes. Nyehehe.
Trip ko naman tuwing umuulan ‘yung kapag kumakain ako ng basang kanin, tuyo, itlog, toyong may kamatis at kalamansi, at kape. RAR.
Nu’ng bata ako, trip ko ring magbasa ng Yellow Pages. From cover to cover.
Sa ngayon, kapag umuulan e mas nabubuhayan akong magsulat.
Pero malas talaga ‘tong lugar namin kapag malakas ang ulan. Tipong pati ‘yung barko ni Noah e lulutang sa baha. Parang isang napakalaking swimming pool ang buong street namin. Rak on.
Ang sarap talaga ng suspended classes. :)
I love rain. Pero siguro pag hindi na ko student hindi na rin.