Lovely Rainy Days July 15, 2008
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , trackbackThe clouds were dark as night when I got off the bus at the Alabang exit. I predicted rain. HEAVY rain. Luckily, I had already gotten on the jeepney before it actually poured down like the end of the world was near. The plastic curtains that usually kept the inside of the jeepney dry were flapping like crazy with the wind, getting me and everyone else on that jeep as wet as though we were actually under the rain.
Some guy in the front (the jeep seats 2 people in the front, beside the driver) was mumbling about getting wet and the hassles of heavy rain. The old man beside him chuckled lightly, and I couldnt help but chuckle a bit myself without knowing why we were chuckling at all.
“Ganyan talaga ang buhay..” the old man said out loud.
“Uulan at uulan rin. Mababasa ka, pero matutuyo ka naman ulit diba?” he said as he smiled and flashed a wise old gaze to the man beside him. The driver was all the while smiling at the old man’s words, as was I.
“Sa tabi lang po.” The man beside the driver said as we reached a road near Alabang Town Center.
“Naku sorry po, mababasa po pala kayo” he said to the old man who had to get down from the jeep and get under the rain so that the younger guy could also get down.
The old man merely laughed.
“Ganyan lang nga talaga ang buhay. Pag umulan, mababasa talaga tayo.” he continued saying as the other guy walked away.
Then he went on talking. “Kailangan talaga sa buhay ang umulan paminsan minsan. Kailangan yan para tumubo ang halaman. Kailangan rin naman ng init ng araw.”
At this point I could not help but smile at the wonderfully insightful phrases the old man had said. Amazingly though, no one else in that jeep except the driver seemed to think there was something wonderful about this old man.
“Eh kung magrereklamo ka lang ng magrereklamo, aba’y wala ka ring mapapala. Kung ano man ‘yang ibigay sayo, araw man o ulan, eh huwag mo nang hanapan ng iba at tanggapin mo na. Ganyan lang para maging masaya. Dumadaan lang naman ‘yan eh. Titigil at titigil rin ang ulan.” :)
He didn’t stop smiling after he had finished his little monologue. The wind roared even louder and the rain got even harder, but I couldn’t seem to care less.
I reached my destination, got off the jeep, and surprisingly faced the harsh rain with a smile painted on my face. It was as though the cold hard wind, which would have gotten me cursing if I were in my usual mood, was nothing but a gentle breeze, like the wind in the mountains when you’re on an early-morning hike.
A sudden gust flipped my umbrella inside-out the same instant I landed on the flooded sidewalk with a huge splash right up to my knees, and I got soaked to the bone. I was amused to find, though, that I had just laughed it off.
I got home, put on an acoustic oldies CD on my dad’s sound system, turned it up loud, went out, and just stood in the rain, looking up at the sky. I felt like Pocahontas for a minute or two, with the wind blowing in my hair, and the splash of rain on my face. It was the best feeling I’ve had in a long time. I was calm. I was content. I was happy.
Sometimes life hands you a good day. :)
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Napasmile na lang ako habang binabasa ko to. Natuwa lang ako sa insights nung old man. Tama nga naman siya, tanggapin na lang natin kung ano ang nariyan. Actually, natutuwa ako kapag may ganyan sa jeep o kung saan man, natutuwa ako kapag nakikinig ako sa kanila kasi marami akong natututunan. :)
haha ayiene! ikaw na ang number one commenter sa blog ko! award award! :)
and yes, nakakatuwa talaga ang mga ganung experiences. :)
priceless aren’t they? Days like that…
Better than a hearth on a rainy day ^_^
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