RAIN-WATCHING

Rain-watching is fun. Everything you see is wet, fresh and alive. Car windows are closed and jeeps are covered with "trapals". You will wonder what is going on inside those tinted glasses and dripping "trapals".

It is possible that holdup men are making their day in one of those jeepneys. Perhaps a sick person is inside that car on the way to the hospital. Maybe some couples are quarrelling or lovers are romancing. It is very interesting to imagine all possible scenarios while I am quietly sitting in my office and looking through my windows.

I like to observe pretty girls in wet dresses, running carelessly as well as young men in their shorts and sandals running wet and wild to different directions.

Umbrellas of various sizes, colors and designs are like those blooming flowers in a newly watered garden, swaying here and there in wild abandon.

Even the garbage across the street look fresh while undergoing the natural process of decomposition. Sometimes it is nice to experience long rainy days. Even the grass looks happy quickly turning from yellow to green. Animals and insects dance and jump with joy; trees sprout new leaves; flowers bloom and fruits ripen. The more positive song for the rain must be: "Rain, rain...stay! With you around the whole world plays!.