Drastic Weather Change

Powerful adjective but that is how I could describe our Philippine weather these days. Being a tropical country, Philippines have summer and rainy seasons.  For several days we had warm weather and I was to blog about the sun shine.  The other night it rained, last night it rained real hard. Manila, Philippines is on storm signal number 1 as strong typhoon Ofel visited some areas of the country for the past two days. Several air and sea commuters were stranded as their planes and ships were not allowed to travel. Despite the dismay of some passengers, authorities are careful for safety of all travellers. 

The good news is, we will have fine weather over the weekend and on All Saints Day. All Saints Day is a feast Filipinos observed yearly. We visit our departed loved ones at their resting places offering candles and flowers. To some they offer prayers. It is the time of the year when families gather together. Memorial parks and cemeteries are on festive mood from the 30^th of October to the 2^nd of November. I will visit my parents on the 31^st of October.

Better Late Than Never

To those you took time off from their busy schedule just to greet me on my birthday.

Folks 22^nd of September, is my real date of birth. But on papers it is the 30^th of October. My father registered me late.  I do not want go to the rigorous and tedious legal procedure of changing my date of birth. I decided to leave date of birth issue as it is. On my legal docs like employment records, passport etc, it is the 30^th of October.  I celebrate 22^nd of September as this is my real birthday.  Yay! I am posting late again..