Sweltering afternoon in this “reactive” (never proactive) & most of the times vindictive environment. Juice or beer?
Am many years over half century.
Since I became aware of surrounding, way about 3-5 years old then,
I always hear my parents & relatives talk about how warm, humid and hot it is during summer
(Philippines’ summer starts mid March or early April & ends mid May to about June thereabouts)
…while floods turn every street of the metropolis into an open sea on rainy season
(June to about October).
With it goes the “never ending questions of”:
why do dams dry up in summer breaking necks of government officials to call AN ALL OUT
water consumption austerity to prevent shortages…
and dams over-spilling in rainy season, again breaking necks of those officials,
calling for residents of the dams’ water ways to evacuate and jump to higher grounds
as they RELEASE water from the said over-spilling reservoir.
WHEW!
No solutions done?
Since I was 3 years old to now?
This makes our country unique from the rest.
Other nations are pro-active.
We are reactive.
In fact, a lot of times vindictive of the last admin.
Always reactionary no-brainer-simple-minded solutions. Never lasting.
Oh hell.
While this besets me every now and then…
to be more productive than whine by the corner, might as well tinker and decide
under this sweltering 35degrees Celsius reading this pm,
what will I share with Pangs tonight as we attack dinner at home:
Since I became aware of surrounding, way about 3-5 years old then,
I always hear my parents & relatives talk about how warm, humid and hot it is during summer
(Philippines’ summer starts mid March or early April & ends mid May to about June thereabouts)
…while floods turn every street of the metropolis into an open sea on rainy season
(June to about October).
With it goes the “never ending questions of”:
why do dams dry up in summer breaking necks of government officials to call AN ALL OUT
water consumption austerity to prevent shortages…
and dams over-spilling in rainy season, again breaking necks of those officials,
calling for residents of the dams’ water ways to evacuate and jump to higher grounds
as they RELEASE water from the said over-spilling reservoir.
WHEW!
No solutions done?
Since I was 3 years old to now?
This makes our country unique from the rest.
Other nations are pro-active.
We are reactive.
In fact, a lot of times vindictive of the last admin.
Always reactionary no-brainer-simple-minded solutions. Never lasting.
Oh hell.
While this besets me every now and then…
to be more productive than whine by the corner, might as well tinker and decide
under this sweltering 35degrees Celsius reading this pm,
what will I share with Pangs tonight as we attack dinner at home:
Time to head home.
I’ll tell you in next post what happened. Meanwhile…
I’ll tell you in next post what happened. Meanwhile…
That melon juice must be so refreshing on a sultry summer afternoon!
You bet it’s really refreshing. Thank you Liz. Am a fan of your blog.