on rain, writing, and price hikes
It's been raining a lot the past days. And although it can't be denied that the rain makes travelling by commute—or by private car, if you think about it—more stressful and tiring than it already is, I still love the rain.
When it's raining, my creative mind tends to wake up. Maybe it's because the rhythmic sound of raindrops outside. Or maybe it's because, when I was a kid, rain equals floods equals no classes, therefore a rainy day equals grabbing a book and reading in some corner of the house. I think that's it, really. Read full post...Now, when it rains, I...
Now, I love that kind of weather, but on certain days it could get problematic.
Like, say, on a workday.
Like that day after that rainy night. It was such a snuggle-licious morning that I woke up late. As in, like, so late that I did not have time to get ready, and that very minute I was supposed to be on the train on the way to work already. Yeah. That late.
But since I consider myself rather hygenic, so I used a technique I learned during my college days that enabled me to take a bath, brush my teeth, get dressed and ready, all in 15 minutes. By 9:30I was ready to go. Problem was: I was still in Quezon City. My work was in Fort Bonifacio, which was one and a half hours away. Oh, joy.
But still I charged forth! I got a cab to the train, took the train to Makate and then got another cab to the office, the whole time ignoring my watch and my cellphone so that I won't get any more stressed at how late I already was.
I got to my office in one piece.
And at 10:00 AM.
Hu-WHAT?!
"Sarah, it only took you thirty minutes?!"
Yes, it did. Until now I still haven't figured it out. At first I considered that maybe I just got the time wrong, but my mom verified that I indeed left the house at 9:30.
Weird, I know.
My Plurk friends tell me that it's because of the price hike recently. Gas is SO expensive nowadays that people want to leave their cars. Therefore there's lighter traffic on the road, therefore travel time is faster. Well, I guess may be true. I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
Ha. So I guess that's one good thing about the price hike, eh?
When it's raining, my creative mind tends to wake up. Maybe it's because the rhythmic sound of raindrops outside. Or maybe it's because, when I was a kid, rain equals floods equals no classes, therefore a rainy day equals grabbing a book and reading in some corner of the house. I think that's it, really. Read full post...Now, when it rains, I...
- tend to write code faster.
- tend to want to drop my work and write, instead. ...Which leads to the writing of this post. Heh. (For the record: I'm not at work so I have guilt-free writing time right now.)
- tend to want to snuggle under the covers and just dream.
Now, I love that kind of weather, but on certain days it could get problematic.
Like, say, on a workday.
Like that day after that rainy night. It was such a snuggle-licious morning that I woke up late. As in, like, so late that I did not have time to get ready, and that very minute I was supposed to be on the train on the way to work already. Yeah. That late.
But since I consider myself rather hygenic, so I used a technique I learned during my college days that enabled me to take a bath, brush my teeth, get dressed and ready, all in 15 minutes. By 9:30I was ready to go. Problem was: I was still in Quezon City. My work was in Fort Bonifacio, which was one and a half hours away. Oh, joy.
But still I charged forth! I got a cab to the train, took the train to Makate and then got another cab to the office, the whole time ignoring my watch and my cellphone so that I won't get any more stressed at how late I already was.
I got to my office in one piece.
And at 10:00 AM.
Hu-WHAT?!
"Sarah, it only took you thirty minutes?!"
Yes, it did. Until now I still haven't figured it out. At first I considered that maybe I just got the time wrong, but my mom verified that I indeed left the house at 9:30.
Weird, I know.
My Plurk friends tell me that it's because of the price hike recently. Gas is SO expensive nowadays that people want to leave their cars. Therefore there's lighter traffic on the road, therefore travel time is faster. Well, I guess may be true. I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
Ha. So I guess that's one good thing about the price hike, eh?
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hahah yeah, you're right. there's always a silver lining, and that's one of them. I just hope that there's a lot more to that than just lighter traffic.
nice post. :)
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