But the rain would make the whole garden wet and fresh-looking after. In grade school, I remember walking through floods along Santa Mesa to get to our house in Pureza from Ateneo. As a high school student, I remember walking up and down our street in Cubao during that big typhoon Yoling. Torrential rain was pouring but that did not stop my brother and me from going outside to play. “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” This gem comes from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Source: Philippine Star July 20, 2019 16:00 UTC