LUCKY NINE

LUCKY NINE

9-9-9 is the numerical representation of the date September 9, 2009 but to many old folks ”s’yam-s’yam” (9-9) means 9x9, signifying endlessness when referring to non stop raining like what we are experiencing now, at least here at Southern Luzon due to the passing of typhoon Labuyo.

When it is raining continuously, calamities such as flood, landslide, etc., are experienced in many communities in the lowlands. Lucky are we in the uplands where such calamities are almost nil.

It is pleasant to eat anything during rainy days. Pleasant too, it is to relax and just indulge in daydreaming. More pleasant still is to just observe the surroundings with the trees swaying gently left and right, sometimes wildly in all directions.

Few birds are flying. But one little humming bird catches my attention. It is happily jumping from flower to flower of the bright Japanese Bougainvillea.
I wonder if it could sip from the rain-drenched blossoms. That bird must be too hungry to try its luck under the very dangerous situation or perhaps that little bird is a worried mother trying to get something it could share with its tiny offspring.

Then I see two bigger birds also looking for food. They sighted the ripe bananas hanging at the window of my open terrace. I just allowed them, even took pictures of them while happily feasting on my ripe bananas.

Back to 9-9-9, this is the 40th day of Cory’s death and this is the day Noynoy will make or announce his decision if he is going to run for presidency this coming election next year. As I am writing this he is at Press conference and whatever he shall announce I just hope it will bring much luck to the already too deprived Filipinos.