storm – The Diary of The Deranged Writer

XXXIII: The Deranged Writer’s Stories During Rainfall I

The rain has been pouring nonstop since Friday, July 18. Sometimes it’s a drizzle, but most of the time it’s a storm.

Today, staying at home is safer. And while I’m at home, let me share bits of life stories that happened during the rainfall.

Rain I

I don’t want to walk
And brave through the angry rain
Good thing there’s shelter

Rain (Poetry Series): I, II, III

Header image: Rodrigo Jubram of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2022.

10-Minute Warning XXIV

Well, what can I type here in under 10 minutes?

Today was productive. I finished a contract I have been working on since last Thursday. It took a long while because I was copying multiple paragraphs and tables and pasting them into 1 document, which sometimes made my Word and Excel slow. Thank goodness I’m done with that.

Speaking of last Thursday, there was a storm and because of that and the clogged drainage, there was almost a feet-level flood outside our home. Take note: the then-upcoming typhoon (named Betty) still has not reached the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR); there was only a localized thunderstorm. The flood only lasted for an hour, but the fact that a flood happened just because of a localized thunderstorm made me worry about Typhoon Betty.

But the person in our home who got more than anxious because of the flood was Father. How? Even if the flood has not reached our home yet, he instructed everyone to bring up upstairs all the things that can be affected and destroyed by the flood. It may be too much, but somehow I understand Father’s anxiety. The last bad flood we experienced, the monstrosity that is Typhoon Ondoy brought a hip-level flood that lasted for a month and killed our pet dog.

Typhoon Betty arrived at the PAR last weekend. There is no rain or flooding in our area yet, and I hope it stays that way. But if the worst happens, my family and I will be ready. And I hope and pray for everyone’s safety.

And time’s up.

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