Hating the rain right now

By Toni
@toniganzon (77137)
Philippines
August 18, 2012 4:47am CST
We woke up early this morning for the opening of the Iloilo River Esplanade. It was too hot we didn't stay long to watch the Dragon Boat Race. Then we went home to my parents' to spend the long weekend. We had a plan to ride our board downhill at 4pm. But Mr. Rain just suddenly pour down a minute before 4 and there goes my long awaited moment of riding my board. You loving the weather lately?
7 responses
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Aug 12
So Toni, in your province you also have a dragon Boat race. WE also had our dragon boat race here in Legazpi City just yesterday . Today, the winners were announced. Although i wasn't able to watch today's race, i have seen some pictures of it in Facebook. Dragonboat racing is indeed so exciting. The people were all shouting for their bets. The mall and by the seaside's was filled with people . I think, the Dragonboat race is done in every province. What do you think?
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
It's only for the opening of the Esplanade D! What we have here annually is paraw regatta.
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
Yes D! Lovely colours!
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
Paraw regatta, is those with bancas with beautiful and colorful paraws , right?
@allen0187 (59701)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
since this is a three-week old discussion and i'm late to the party, i'm going to say that i've loved the weather during the past few weeks. i really don't mind the rain. what i do mind are the floods and landslides that happen after much of the rain. i didn't know that there was an iloilo river esplanade. i'm a big fan of dragon boat races. though i don't row myself. dated a rower from st. scholastica manila back in the day so that got me interested in rowing. loving the weather now. not to hot and not much rain falling. i do wish there was snow here in the philippines. that would be a blast!!! cheers and happy mylotting!!!
@allen0187 (59701)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
lol!!! so who grants wishes about the weather goddess? pray tell goddess, pray tell... i've never dated a long-boarder nor a goddess so my bucket list ain't complete yet.
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
3 Sep 12
You making a wish before this goddess??? Wishing for a snow? Sorry, I'm not the one that grants wishes like that. Dated a rower! You never fail to impress me!
@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
18 Aug 12
Wow, watching the dragon boat race is fun. You can visit your father after the rain stopped, right? Don't complain about the weather. But, adjust ourselves to the weather.
@namiya (1721)
• Philippines
18 Aug 12
i'm from NCR and if only we could employ magic tricks to implement a "rain rain go away please come on summer? day" to be able to breath normally and sleep soundly at night again. weeks of rain is almost nightmare to many people in NCR and neighboring places specifically in low lying areas. thanks for this past couple of days we we're able to get a glimpse of the sun again.
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
How terrible. We don't get much rain often here and i'm thankful for that. I was just mad that the rain came on the wrong day.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
19 Aug 12
Well, from what I understand from your discussion, in this case, the rain made ??you uneasy. Above all I know for certain fact that where you live, or in the Philippines, often get strong storms, causing serious consequences. In Italy, at least in my city, rain, do not see it for several months now. In this period of mid-August, it exploded suddenly a wave of scorching heat. I personally now I would like it to be some "drop" of water, as it would reduce the currently unbearable temperature of at least 10 centigrade.
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
Not uneasy. Just mad that it ruined our plan to ride our board. And I couldn't reschedule because i'm a busy person and don't have much time to visit the hill side. It's rainy season here and nowadays the weather is just unpredictable. We can't even rely on the weather report either.
@Rick1950 (1573)
• Lima, Peru
20 Aug 12
Hi Toni, it seems that Mr. Rain didn't want you riding your board, but I think he will allow it the next time. Perhaps a few people is happy with weather conditions. There are places where the people want to have Mr. Rain right now. There is drought in these places and as a result do not grow crops. That is a big problem.
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
The weather is unfair In this country we are suffering from flood and we are still recovering from it. We don't want another rain yet. What I'm so disappointed about was it was scorching hot the whole day and just when we're about to go, it went dark and rain started pouring down. I didn't mind a good heavy rain at nigh, but please let me just ride my board because nowadays i could rarely insert that on my schedule. I don't even know when we could have that chance again. So i just can't help but be disappointed.
• Indonesia
18 Aug 12
in my country right now,the weather is very hot,the rain season has not coming until a few months again.if you ask me if i loved the weather lately i said yes,i think it is better hot than rain because in my opinion rain can disrupt our outdoor activity and i really often experience that at my late rainy season
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
20 Aug 12
Yeah you are right, especially if you're someone who really goes for outdoor sports. Rain could be such a hassle, but not at all times.