I just remember

While thinking what will be my first blog, something hits my mind and it goes just like this.

In a rainy day approximately Aug - Sept. 2006;

I arrive at the college building around 7 am as usual, listen to lectures and as a typical student just want a day to end and just want to get home, sleep and hope for something different and more interesting subject tomorrow.

Around 4pm the sky was dark and the clouds pour rain all over manila, the class ends at 6pm.

We stay at the nearest Internet café, hoping for the rain to stop.

7pm: Rain becomes stronger and we decided to walk our way through it.

When we reach the main road, we were shocked it’s a near to a knee deep flood.

We aboard a public vehicle hoping to get us across to the other side but all alternate ways are flooded and the only way is to walk.

My friend took off his shoes and socks and decided to walk through the flood.

My other friend took off his shoes and socks as well, thinking I may have an open wound in my right toe I decided to walk with my socks and shoes.

We aim to reach the crossroad where public vehicles can pass and there is no flood.

We are 6 blocks away from our destination, it’s the longest walk ever with the flood beneath us and rain above us but I what popped into my mind is “ this is something different “.

as we pass the first block we noticed that the water is getting higher from a knee deep to a leg-deep but we still move on.

We passed the fourth block and we saw a car got stuck in the middle, the flood was waist deep and thank God that was the deepest.

In the fifth block we noticed a man got caught in a hole, we helped him get up and we continue as we are near to the road.

The final block were flood free and we decided to stop by a restaurant for us to clean up.

I get rid of my socks in the bathroom and wash my face, the walk was unbelievable.

After that we took our separate ways and went home

the next day we talk about what happened to us and end up as a laughing matter.

This story is simple but one great experience that’s incredibly unforgettable.

For a Normal day turned to a Walk in a flood and a shower in the rain.

Well for my blog, this is one of the thing " I just remember ".