About two weeks ago, it was raining almost every day, cats and dogs and cows. My mom would be in her room screaming, 'DAMN IT! All the dirty clothes going to pile up! GAH!' My brothers would be cursing at the fact a huge storm implies all systems down on the computers and television. My dad? Dad wouldn't be at home. He'll be stuck some where in a bumper to bumper jam, getting stressed about work with his grouchy grumpy face that looks like a small boy who just dropped his ice cream. Me; I'll in my room relaxing and listening to the storm outside whilst daydreaming or most probably cuddled in my blanket, fast asleep.
Ever since I was a kid, I loved the rain. I loved listening to it. I loved walking in it. I loved looking at the drops fall. I even like songs about the rain. My rain anthem was Hilary Duff's Come Clean. 'Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams, let it wash away my sanity, cause I wanna hear the thunder, I wanna scream, let the rain fall down, I'm coming clean.' Recently, it rains more at night. (HEY! Maybe that's why I refuse to wake up early! It's always too comfortable cause of the rain!)
Anyway, it stopped raining! And I miss the rain. I really do. Yeah, yeah. It may cause traffic jams and floods and technology especially Astro won't work and maybe a few accidents happen. Okay, the rain sounds depressing but in the rain's defense, accidents happen cause people drive too fast in the rain.
The rain is so freeing. I remember once, my best friend back then and I went dancing in the rain for the first time when I was about 17. I felt all my stress go away. Plus, I felt sexy since for some reason, many think girls dancing in the rain is sexy. The day we buried my grandmother this year, two of my brothers and Sharm, my closest cousin went back to my place and just stood in the storm till we were drenched. It was a bittersweet moment for all of us.
The rain makes me feel relaxed and emotionally better. Some people get depressed when it rains though. That's sad. I enjoy getting a nice cup of tea on a rainy day with close friends or maybe in my room alone with a good movie. Don't be freaked but if I'm having a really bad day and it rains, I use to cry to just get it all out there. Or maybe just stay in bed the whole day.
Plus, the rain makes me think a lot of good times and maybe broken friendships and lost loves. Stuff like that. It gets me all reflective on life and maybe a bit more appreciative. It strips away everything we distract ourselves with. Technology, going somewhere, watching something. We're so simple when it rains. Oh, and the rain reminds me of times spent with special people. I might get a dog and name it Rain.
But two exceptions, I can't drive the way I usually do when it rains. All fast and sexy. And I DO NOT like the Korean singer, Rain. He's... annoying.
xoxo,
Jules
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