A Cold Summer

Is it just me or is the weather getting colder these days? Last Saturday it drizzled here in Cavite. The damp roads glistened under the light of the passing cars. The air had the after-smell of rain on it and from time to time a refreshingly cool breeze passed by making you shiver the chills away. On Sunday, the sky was bright and blue, with a few patches of white on them. Looking to the north, however, one can see that the horizon is blemished with dull gray clouds. It must be raining on Manila that day.

I know it's supposed to be summer here in the Philippines, but everytime I go outside I would feel the winter air of December. It's really weird because a few days ago it was really hot and our ACs were on most of the time (patay pag dating ng bills). The weather can really be unpredictable. Who among the UAEnians could forget the day it snowed in Ras Al Khaimah. After living under sunshine for so long, no one would have thought that white flakes could possibly fall down from their sky. Although it never snowed, there was a time when it reached a minus degree on Saudi Arabia - which is according to a friend who happened to live there. And now in the Philippines we see a sudden change from the unbearable heat to the refreshing cold. Freaky isn't it.

But before you start thinking of global warming, changing weather patterns, and The Day After Tomorrow, let me just say that the change is inviting, however weird it is. It gives us a short time of relief before the blazing summer sun comes back again. Maybe the earth is just cooling off itself to balance things. This certainly won't last for long but I do wish it does.

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