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This country as an archipelago is wonderfully surrounded by water. We are rich in picture perfect beaches, breathtaking dive spots, and fresh seafood catch. But as if we can't get enough H2O, monsoon rains and typhoons visit too.
It has always been like this for as long as I can remember - cool months of December and January extending sometimes until February. Then comes hot hot March until May. Then just when you get everyone together for a fun time at the beach, wet weather comes suddenly - from late June until November.
I remember that as a kid, my parents allowed me to run and play in the rain with my friends. Not on stormy weather of course, just the usual rain. And you can see all of the kids running on the streets while the adults are inside homes or with umbrellas at the gates, glancing every now and then.
Back then, discarded popsickle sticks from yummy ice buco transforms into imaginary speed boats in rain-filled street waterways! There are no bets made. Kids just do it because it is fun regardless of who wins - and we do it over and over for as long as there are drops of rain. There are different sizes of folded paper boats too, but they sink too quickly.
Rains are made especially memorable as it is also the time when Mama gets to cook the best chicken macaroni soup. Drying up after taking a shower and then soup. Life was perfect then.
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