rain, rain, rain

As I write this post the rain continues to fall. For a week now it has been raining. We are in the midst of a typhoon, or perhaps we are encountering several, one after another. Streets are flooded. Schools have been closed. Even where we live, which is relatively high up in Quezon City (above sea level), several streets are flooding with the rain and drainage back up. It’s the first time I have experienced such consistent rain and I can’t help thinking of a song I learned when I was young: