It's been raining in Manila!
As a child, heavy rains may mean two things; cancellation of classes if it's too heavy to go to school, or finally being able to use my Powerpuff Girls raincoat and flex it to my classmates. Of course, cancellation of classes thrills me more than using mg PPG raincoat!
Cancellation of classes means I would get to watch my favorite TV shows without looking up at the clock from time to time. Oh what a joy to just watch Doraemon, Powerpuff Girls (obviously), Sugar Sugar Rune, and many more! I could go on and make an entire list of TV shows that I would love to watch at home when classes are suspended.
Most of the time, rain falls heavier in the afternoon. Now, this is the perfect time for me to ask (beg, actually) my mom to allow me play in the rain with my friends. I will never forget the first time she allowed me to. It was actually my preschool teacher who told her that it's fine for kids like me to play in the rain. I never felt so happy!!! Hearing an adult say that made me feel very heard!
From then on, my mom would allow me to play in the rain with my friends as long as I wouldn't roam too far from our house. Oh what a joy! My friends and I would play patintero, agawang base, bamsak and a lot more. Sometimes, we would even ride our bikes and just laugh about the fact that we're getting lots of flood splashes on the back of our shirts. Good times, right?
Craziest playing-in-the-rain memory I have though is when I REGRETTED not realizing this AMAZING idea I had. You see, in our neighborhood there's this alleyway that gets flooded the most when it rains. I regretted that I haven't thought of SWIMMING!!! in those murky waters when the flood hadn't subsided yet! In my 6 or 7-year-old mind, flood waters is like free beach out on our street! Sayaaang! Bakit ngayon ko lang naisip?! As proactive as I was at a very young age, I invited the only friend I have left with me that morning (most of them went home when the rain weakened) to lay on our bellies in the water and make this water stroke movements with our arms as if we're really swimming! Ewww!!! 😖🤢
Eventually my mom found us and I received a very good pinching all over me. How she found out that we were swimming there is still a mystery to me. Maybe moms are really programmed to sense it whenever their child is performing crazy ideas. I had to behave for a good amount of time before she allowed me to play in the rain again LOL
Now that I'm grown, heavy rains mean possible slower internet connection, heavy traffic, hence, the hellish commute around the metro. It could also mean that I would have a hard time drying my laundry let alone being able to wash it. Don't get me wrong, as an adult, there's still so much about the rain that I love so much but my worries were inexistent when I was young.
When I was young, all I have to think about is making the most out of every rainy day. Now that I'm grown, when I don't let my worries bother me, all I can reminisce about is how amazing those old rainy days are, and how pure my innocence was.
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I used to make paper-boats and sail them into the gutters with flowing water.
We used to that too! ♥
However, we do not need to wait for rains to do so. In my place, there are canals that have constant water flow due to our barangay's terrain.
When rain's really hard, there are areas in our barangay that gets knee-high flood. Creative then-teenagers ride old refrigerators which serve as their floatation device and play around.
Don't you think that served as their paper-boat? LOL
Haha I’ve seen that on the news. You have to admire the Pinoy spirit and resilience on their makeshift boats during times of difficulty.
Same here, same worries hindi matutuyo ang sinampay ko babaho ito mga ganyang thoughts pag tuloy tuloy ang ulan, pero noong bata pa tayo hindi natin yan naisip hahaha. Basta masaya maligo sa ulan at mag laro ng patintero kasama mga kapit bahay na bata.
Sarap maging bata!
Simplicity and innocence talaga ang nami-miss ko about my childhood eh. My worries then were nothing compared to what worries me now. Akalain mo yun @dpmeriam, totoo pala ung sabi ng parents natin noon na mami miss natin yung mga simple at normal lang sa atin noon ano?
Sobrang totoo talaga sis hihihi.
Di ko rin naisipan mag swimming sa baha noon, mainly because walang baha 😅 Ang meron lang is yung shower from the alulod 😂 Ang gross ngayong na-iimagine ko hahaha Good old days!
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One of my unforgettable experiences is showering in the rain, it's nice to reminisce those days.
Sarap po nuh? Mukhang mag uulan na naman, makaligo na nga ulit sa ulan hehe
Nakakatuwa maligo sa ulan talaga noon. Mga kabataan ngayon, nandidiri eh. Or di pinapayagan ng magulang. Pero gumawa ako ng rule sa bahay namin ngayon na pag malakas ang ulan, lalabas kaming lahat para maligo sa ulan. Pero syempre hindi magsi-swimming. haha. Bukod sa scary eh gross din. haha.
True @romeskie!! Dami nating experiences noon na nami-miss out ng younger generations. Wouldn't blame them din naman na mandiri (sa baha lang) kasi mas maburak na talaga ngayon hehe kahit ako ayaw ko na now sa baha kahit bet kong swimming-an dati eh 🤣
True te hehe. Siguro hindi ko talaga masyadong naenjoy kabataan ko kasi di ako naligo sa ulan hahahahaha. Lagi kasi akong nasa bahay hahahahhaha. Ang masaya lang talaga sa bagyo is suspension of classes. As a college student, sobrang saya sa feeling na walang pasok lalo na kapag natapat sa quiz time HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. Don lang ako masaya pero hindi for my dog kasi di ko siya mapapasyal kapag maulan panahon.
Ugghh!! Bakit hindi ka naligo sa ulan @iamboring huhu Di pa naman huli ang lahat, pwede pa now pero wag sana sa mabahang area coz eww (kala mo di dumapa sa baha noon eh nuh?)
Huyy ayan din talaga ang joy ko nung college days! Sarap sa feeling pag may class suspension! Pero one time nung first year college ako, (forgive me for I came from a medyo old generation na), wala pag Messenger group chats and late ang announcement of suspension, so nakarating na muna ako sa school, basang basa sa ulan tapos sabi ng guard sakin Iha, suspended na. Di mo ba nabalitaan? 😭😭😭
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