Coincidentally...

I've been meaning to mention this for days, but if you're looking for a good movie to watch, frig, rent The Painted Veil. It's with Ed Norton and...Naomi Watts (?)and oh man it is a seriously excellent love-story. A REAL love story. It's amazingly redemptive considering it came from Hollywood.
Anyway--go rent it. You'll thank me.
So, I've been here over a week now, and as I suspected the time has flown and crawled by. I feel like I just arrived and yet already been here for months. It's not a good feeling. And the heat--oh-my-lord--you haven't experienced a heat like this. I don't care who you are or where you've ever been, you have NOT experienced a heat like I have the last week. But finally! it rained today. Friggin rained mang. It was so heavy it looked like it would hurt if it hit your skin. And was coming down so fast it created a strong wind. It was sweet. AND thundering! It was thundering for quite a while too. An overall satisfying day.
Now all you can hear is the loud bass of the bull-frogs, the crickets, and the occasional tricycle. Oh, and the screaming baby. Whoever said newborn cries aren't annoying was wrong. They're just wrong. It can get annoying. Trust me.
That baby out there is just SCREAMING and has been for about half and hour because its mother won't breastfeed it. Why? I don't know. Hindi ko elam. But I'm sure it's come excellent reason such as 'there isn't any milk' or 'the baby has a fever'. Of course, as EVERYONE knows, all contraindications to breastfeeding.
Man.
So the pictures today, my little SkyFlakes, are 'what the heck am I going to do tonight?' pictures. I hope they delight you.


You know what's coincidental about the rain today? It was interesting to note that I've been waiting for one week for it to rain--one whole week. Asking everyone daily "When does rainy season start?" when I know bloody well that it starts in June. Each day I look up at the sky and say "Oh, it's going to rain today for sure--I can feel it. Can't you feel it?" But it never did rain.
Finally, today, I heard thunder (which can be, and has been, mistaken for a motorbike...) And sure enough, it rains; rains like God is trying to float an ark. And here's the funny part--today I had my first little cry after hearing some unexpected news from home. I had my own little thunderstorm, if you will. I'm so in tune with nature, clearly.
Anyway--I'm meeting up with an old classmate of Mercy tomorrow--very exciting and, here's that word again, coincidental that she's working in Antipolo too! It IS a small world after all.