Okay, It's been raining almost nonstop since Wednesday and hat day was no laughing matter. Since it was a school day, I have to go to my PEONEPF class on 9:20 AM to take my finals, meaning making some weird choreography of "high-impact" aerobic steps and blah, blah, blah. Earlier that day, I asked my bunso if I could borrow his I-Pod and take in its content some danceable O2Jam tunes. He's okay with it so I ended up taking out almost 500 MB worth of songs from his I-Pod and there remained a qaurter of what was left of it. Just to be sure, I also borrowed my dad's "AEROKAEBO" vcd which stars Pia Guanio so if ever we'd be allowed to do some aerobic thingies from a vcd.
I was on my way out when I noticed that the clouds oustide are getting gloomy (makulimlim) so brought with me not only my handy-dandy umbrella (from my sponsor Penshoppe) but a hoodless La Salle-Dasma jacket. I got this when a firend of my mom gave it to her and since she don't wantnit, she gave it to me. I already have a hooded Lasalista raincoat but it's too impractical for me to wear because of its large size.
Well anyway, but the time I arrived at Monumento, it's still gloomy but it's not yet raining. I ahd tis feeling that it going to rain hard. I was by now inside the LRT train when Lance called me up from my cellphone. He asked if classes in CSB is suspended. Asking him why, he replied that their place in San Juan is already flooded so he may not be able to go to school. When the train was already past Bambang station, I overlooked the windows and saw from myself flooded streets. Just as we crossed Pasig River, it began to rain really hard that I can quickly see from the windows that streets are immediately got filled with water. I couldn't imagine what would Taft Avenue would look like by the time I arrived at Vito Cruz Station.
My mind couldn't get any better, the whole Taft Ave. is bloody flooded and people going to CSB and those from La Salle U are stranded. Thos going to La Salle can't walk their way since the sidewalk is flooded while those going to CSB found ti difficult walk across the flooded Taft. Good thing that I hitched a pedicab ride with a fellow CSB schoolmate. I was shocked that the pedicab driver is charging me 20 Pesos for crossing Taft! I can't believe that these people are charging innocent passengers even if the regular fare is really 5 pesos. I find them more scrupulous than the more honest ones from back home.
Anyway, i only had a few 1-peso coins with me and a whole 500 Peso bill so the driver can't do much but to accept the nine-pesos I gave to him (he thought it was 10). I got in, when inside the school bookstore and bought myself a pair of slippers worth 220 pesos. When to the fourth floor finding that class was about to start. Outside was Czarlene and her friend while Jisney was somewhere out there.
To make the long story short, we were dismissed 30 minutes after class started, many who attended got good final grades and told not to go to next week's class. Mikee just arrived but was shocked that she was late and had to take the final exam next wednesday. Gilbert and friends just arrived and where told of the same thing. Genesis arrived but didn't bother to go insde thus he was late. Jisney and Czarlene was marked not present and classes were finally cancelled, yahoo!
I took the LRT back to find Monumento still rain-parched, I made merienda at Araneta Square, it rained by the time the jeep I was riding went past Acacia, and by the time I arrived to Arko, it was flooded so I took a pedicab ride (with a reasonable charge of 5 pesos), came home, ate lunch, and took some siesta time for me to nap.
So the rain fell on the next few days and class were suspended and we lived happily ever after.
THEN END
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