A SHOWER OF BLESSINGS

More often than not, it rains on my birthday. I would most probably wonder why it did not rain rather than the opposite. So yeah, that's how often it rains on my birthday. I really don't mind the rain. Old folks say that when it rains on your birthday, it's a blessing from God. So I suppose during my 18th birthday I was extremely blessed because there was a typhoon on that day and the rain was extremely hard it was like being rained on by tiny arrows. I suppose that's to be expected because I am after all, born on a rainy month; a month when the monsoon hits the country and a month where rain fall can be so unpredictable.

I never wondered about my friends and classmates who celebrated their birthdays on the summer months. It was only when I was older that I thought, "So does that mean it rarely rains on their birthdays?" I never wondered about it when I was younger because for me, my birthdays and rain were a normal thing. I suppose I should be glad that I receive a lot of blessings from God on my birthday even if some of my birthday guests don't show up at the party because of the rain. =P

I sometimes see myself in the rain. I sometimes feel like Laura in Men in Black (played by Rosario Dawson). Remember the conversation at the end?

Agent Kay: "When you're sad, it rains."
Laura: "Lots of people get sad when it rains."
Agent Kay: "It rains because you're sad, baby."

I think I could be the goddess of rain. No, definitely not like Storm from the X-men but just the goddess of rain. Yeah, I think that would be a cool job. It would be so right for me. Anyway, going back to the real world... Today it showered when the boys and I went to the mall. Not too wet to need an umbrella but just enough to feel the spray on your face and skin. I still don't know if it will rain later on but if it does, I will welcome it for sure. =D