september brought the rain

yesterday, it rained all day. and yesterday i thought it was one of the most beautiful rainy days ive had. i just thought so. an entire day of rain. i simply liked it. i wanted to go out but i really had no intention of going anywhere but just enjoy the rain. i really thought that yesterday was one of the most beautiful rainy days ive had. that was what i thought yesterday. i had no idea how bad it was for other residents of metro manila.

would i say that what happened yesterday was tragic? not really. i think what happened yesterday was something i would call...fair. that "imperial manila" must have its fair share of natural disasters. people in metro manila do not feel the kind of impact natural disasters bring when they hit other parts of the country. metro manila is much more "equipped" to address natural disasters.

people here have very convenient lives. and what happened yesterday was more of an inconvenience than a metro wide tragedy. sure, lives were lost and thousands have been displaced but after a few weeks, people will move on and revert back to their lives as if yesterday did not happen. only a few will learn some kind of lesson from this experience. those who will learn are those who will call yesterday a tragedy. and i believe that it is a tragedy..for them. but for most people in metro manila, i think yesterday was a mere inconvenience. a memory that will be used as a story for some social gathering rather than a deep personal experience where a lesson should be derived from. what lesson can be derived from yesterday? i dont know. im only one of the hundreds who merely experienced an inconvenience (hours of power outage and thinking how i can do some work during the weekend with a laptop with a battery that lasts for only 15 minutes).

but then again, im just someone who has high standards. that a tragedy should be something not even an opportunists can easily take advantage of (after watching the news, i thought the heavens might be favoring a presidential candidate by giving him this opportunity). or something that will truly break one's spirit. and once broken, either that spirit stays broken or forces itself to rise and fight back. a tragedy for me is something that will force change, for the better or for the worse. if no change will be induced, i think that tragedy is a tragedy in itself.