so it is the raining season in the philippines. since our arrival we have been told time and time again how much it rains and floods during rainy season. of course i had no reason not to believe them but i have been here for over 2 months and hello i must be an expert and i had yet to see this rain and floods.... YET being the keyword.
last evening my roommate jen and i ventured to the mall of asia to pick up some IMAX tickets and have dinner. (side note on the dinner... wonton soup with siopao eaten entirely with chopsticks!!! yes be impressed...:)) anyways i digress... so while we were eating a thunderstorm rolled into manila and it was raining hard. after dinner we wander over to the taxi stand and jump in a taxi to head home. on the way home there was a bit of flooding but our expert taxi driver was unfazed hence we didn't think anything of it. THEN about a block away from our apartment building we were stopped by a traffic jam. now traffic jams are old hat in manila so jen and i didn't even think twice about it but then the driver turns around and says...."ummm.. i can't go any further because the street is flooded and the cars can't get through." i look out through the windshield and find kids playing in the street that had quickly become a knee deep lake. ha. so jen and i jumped out of the taxi and waded through the shallow part of the lake (only mid calf depth) through the floating plastic bags, cockroaches and any other trash that was caught on the street when the rains started. we were laughing. we were giggling but best of all it created a good memory.
so does it rain in the philippines... most definitely. it rains like it's not going to rain tomorrow but then it rains again tomorrow. :)
blessings.
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