Here Comes the Rain Again
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Fall is Here

"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow." -
G. K. Chesterton


There is something about the rain that makes me nostalgic. The smell of champorado, and the sound of the AM radio with intermittent static updating where the floods are present. I also miss the booming staccato voice of the radio announcer rattling off news if there will be classes the next day.

There is something about droplets on window sills where one can blow hot air from the mouth and make drawings or write short poems. I miss doing those things.

It's mid-September now, well almost. The rains have set and the cold weather has prompted us not to use the aircondition anymore. A lot of changes bringing us back to where we feel we belong.

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If the lyrics of this poem are familiar, it is the song from the movie "Caregiver" (starring Sharon Cuneta). Read on.

Saranggola Sa Ulan
Titik at Musika ni Gary Granada

Naririnig ko pa ang tawa't hagikgik
Ng una kong sinta at kalarong paslit
At ang sabi ng matatanda
Siya ay maalwan, ako'y dukha
Di raw kami bagay at kayraming dahilan
Ngunit si Bakekay ay walang pakialam
Sa aming kamusmusan kayraming palaisipan
Ngunit tatlong bagay ang aking natutunan

Ang pag-asa'y walang hanggan
Pag-ibig ay walang hadlang
At lilipad ang saranggola sa ulan.


At kung ang pagsinta ay di man nagtagal
Ang mas mahalaga natutong magmahal
Umibig na walang panghihinayang
Kahit malamang na masaktan

Kanina lang, sa aking tabi'y may aleng lumiko
At sa pagmamadali, nasagi ang aking puso
Eto na naman ako sa aking kabaliwan
Na sinasabi nga nilang suntok sa buwan
Ngunit hindi hihindian ng tulad kong natuto nang
Magpalipad ng saranggola sa ulan

Gaya ng lagi't laging sinasabi ko
O siya nawa ay siya na nga ang totoo.

Eto na naman ako sa aking kabaliwan
Na sinasabi nga nilang suntok sa buwan
Ngunit hindi hihindian
Ng tulad kong natuto nang
Magpalipad ng saranggola sa ulan

Heto ako, tumatandang
Nakahandang panindigang
Ang bato sa tubig ay lulutang
At lilipad ang saranggola sa ulan


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Thanks to Vangie for posting this very inspiring You Tube video to Facebook. The song from Gary Granada and this one makes me think that anything in this world is possible. That at this mature age, that even in a place that has almost everything, where there is so much freedom, one can still be left wanting and one can still feel nostalgic.

Anything indeed is possible.

Including enjoying the rain.

Enjoy the weekend.

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