THE COLOR OF RAIN

THE COLOR OF RAIN

There was typhoon and there was heavy monsoon rains. Likewise, as always, there was brown-out and there was nothing really much to do. There was boredom too. The only next good thing to plan was find something to do. So when the rains temporarily calmed down I went out of the house without any specific destination.

Though the surrounding was dim, wet and windy, I found it very colorful. Everyone was wearing his favorite jacket or other cold-protecting garment. It was as if the rainbow was cut into pieces and scattered all over town to students, pupils and other rain strollers. They looked like beautiful flowers in a grand garden.

It has been a very long time ago when I last saw so many jackets of all sizes and forms and colors. This was complimented by equally colorful umbrellas, hats, headgears as well as 'bandanas' and neckerchiefs of all designs. The enchanting plays of colors cover, seemingly, the existing poverty and many other national problems.

Colors bring joy and joy carries with it positive vibrations that projects peace and calm to everyone. This is possible because of so many OCWs sharing their incomes to members of their families. There are also “Ukay-Ukay” stores in every corner selling quondam quality products at very low prices.

Together with these expensive and colorful personal items are equally expensive cell phones, i-pods and what have you. It takes a typhoon to let me see these treasures and I realized that we shouldn’t be complaining.