Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Weather Challenges

     I often and people around me complain about the hot sunny weather in tropical Leyte, Philippines, coupled with high humidity, except for the last two weeks where it has been relatively cold and damp due to the intermittent rain. I know that foreigners from countries with winter long for and love this kind of weather. When I was still working with a Norwegian paint company, I found out most of them have no air-conditioning in their houses, and they avoid car air-conditioning, instead they have heaters in their cars. It was a culture shock for me to be heaty inside the car, uncomfortable for me but the Norwegians relish it as an escape from the extreme coldness outside.

     A friend of mine in the US sent me an overnight snowing of his car in St. Louis, Missouri. It was shocking to see the thick snow deposit on his car roof. It simply shows the hard work he needs to do upon waking up to clear the snow debris and be able to use the car. This confirms there is no good thing in everything extreme wherever part of the earth you are.Snow covered car

     

Friday, January 3, 2025

Beautiful Weather Has Come

     The beautiful tropical weather is back after several days of raini since few days before Christmas.Lovely skies 

     It feels good to finally the sunlight, after all the cold and laundry not drying properly. It's time to hang out those still wet and damp laundry. It's comforting to see the beautiful weather proving truth to the proverbial saying there is always clear skies after the cloud and storm. 

     This is fitting to the new year, a new beginning, signifying hope in the better days to come in 2025.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy New Year 2025

     Another year has begun, this will be my sixth year in rural Philippines. I've completed five years and now starting my sixth year since I came back for good after my fateful stroke in Singapore. Happy New Year 2025

     Despite of the rainy weather for almost two weeks now, we tried to celebrate the coming of a new year with a simple family dinner. I was not awake at the strike of midnight so I had no idea of the joy and gaiety in the community. I had no chance to see the fireworks and hear the noise barrage of the local folks. May the best of 2025 happen to all of us amid the uncertainties and problems!Watched CNN's coverage of New York's ball drop