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    Well, it's raining again. Has been for the past week. We're getting hit by storm after storm here, and mother nature's not pulling any punches. In all the years I've lived here, I don't recall having such persistent precipitation.

    I doubt Tibet had the same kind of weather problems we suffer from here in the tropics. Their rain freezes before it hits the ground, as I recall. I'm not exactly sure of the exact climate situations they have there, but I'm more interested in their history; I've got a group report due on that country, and it's going to come even if it has to walk through rain, sleet, or snow.

    The apostles would've had that same attitude in delivering the Word of God throughout the land if, indeed, their land was bombarded from the skies by either of the three weather phenomenons. Kind of like ancient Mediterranean mail men. Yet another group report due on the call to discipleship, and this one's the reason I braved the storm to get here in the Rizal Library. Sure, Tibet has its good points that warrents it worthy of going through the same thing. But in this case, God beckons, so He comes first.

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    I woke up today, and an hour later I realized why I got up so early (6:30, and my first class isn't until three hours after): The sun was up again.

    If you read the previous entry, you'd see why this morning's event matters. A couple typhoons rocked our skies for the past two weeks without interruption, and it's been raining at least a little bit every day since. I didn't catch the forecast so I can't be sure, but I think the storm's over.

    Still a little foggy out, but already I can feel the heat rising. Rain's gone and done with, so now it's the sun's turn to shine.

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    The skies are still blanketed in clouds up to today, which means sunlight hasn't poured through the haze for over two weeks now. The first typhoon passed our borders a couple days ago, but it was closely followed by the current one - so says the news. So far, one and a half days of college classes have been suspended due to this weather, and it's already upset enough of my schedule to be considered a bigger nuisance than reprieve.

    The attached picture was taken today from the 3rd floor of Berchman's Hall, one of the buildings at the aforementioned college. I tried to get some of the sky, but the shot from my cameraphone doesn't look so great. That gray hue is uniform all throughout the sky, from my school to my house, and probably further. Gives the atmosphere a kind of surreal twilight feel, doesn't it?

    I should be rather used to this weather by now, one would think. Down here in the Philippines, it's like this every year. Still, there's some sort of poetry in the air that justifies a paragraph or two dedicated to this natural gloom.

    Let's see if this baby works. Drinks on me if it goes through.

Edit [19.07.2006, 4:36 PM] - Well, whaddaya know. It works. Looks like I've got quite a tab to pay.