A Rainy Summer

Life is full of ironies. And one proof is that this year's summer is going to be rainy.

PAG-ASA earlier announced that La Nina will be bringing irregularities this summer season. The weather these days is hot and humid in the morning and rainy and wet in the afternoon. A perfect spoiler for beach-goers.

And on many days when I leave the house at 4:30 in the morning for my dragon boat training, I find the streets soaked and the dark sky drizzling. I feel cold as if it is December. But at mid-day the sun is up and scorching hot.

Life is full of ironies. It is like getting a two-piece chicken joy for a meal, and realizing after that what you want is a mang inasal's pecho. Okay, malabo 'tong example. Or it is like booking a flight to Boracay three months earlier and finding out a day after about a new promo that cuts the fare by 50%. Ouch, my pocket hurts.

Life is a perfect irony. We live in a world that never meets your expectations. Some people tend to expect too much, dream too much, and fall miserably.

Life is an irony, it is hard. And this year's summer is going to be rainy.