Goodbye summer, hello floods and wet socks

Well, the rainy season has officially started here in the Philippines. This puts an end to months of scorching hot weather, many sweaty and sleepless nights and insanely high electric bills because of the airconditioners being on 24/7.

But now we face another problem. With the advent of the rainy season you can be sure that flooding is always close by. And probably one of the things that I truly hate about the rainy season are wet socks. I just hate that squishy feeling you get inside your shoes once the water manages to seep through those small cracks underneath your shoes.

Wet socks can instantly ruin my day. Like 10 out of 10 times wet socks can really piss me off. Unfortunately that's exactly what happened on my way to work today. It was bright and sunny when I stepped out of the apartment, but on my way to where I wait for jeepneys the rain suddenly fell and my shoes and socks were soaking up every drop.

Needless to say I was in a very, very bad mood going to the office. Thank God for bacon and eggs.

Wishing for the rain

Summer has really been hell here in Manila. Imagine spending your afternoon under 36.5 degrees C temperatures. It's enough to drive anyone mad. It was a bit cloudy last night, and there was even some thunder and lightning. There was no rain though, but the temperature did go down to a very comfortable level. Being born under Pisces I guess I am more attuned to water (but I don't really believe in all that hogwash).

I guess one really good thing about this inferno of a weather we're having is that I always look forward to going to work. Spending the entire day in an airconditioned building is one good way to beat this skin biting summer heat.

I know what most of you are thinking. The rainy season also ushers in floods and what not, but at least there's no heat. Honestly speaking, I'd rather walk under the rain than under the blazing sun.

Starting Fresh

Hello all. Thanks for dropping by my blog. This is like the nth blog I've created and hopefully the one that will last because most of my blogs don't really survive that long. I create one, write some articles and then completely forget about it altogether. I'm hoping to change all of that with this new blog. Why start a new one you say? Well I guess it's just my preference but I would rather start a new blog under a new name rather than making changes to an already existing blog. I guess that's just the way I am. As you can see from my url, "everythingallaround" means exactly that, everything that's all around us; which means this blog doesn't really target anything specific. It's a good way of not restricting myself to specific topics, giving myself a chance to be more creative.