"Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, wait for the only one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you. Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says, "...that's her."

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Parokya ni Edgar is Myx'(s) VJ for the month (or something like that).

I couldnt stop laughing after one of them introduced the song, "We Belong Together" like this:

"Ngayon, eto naman ang "We Belong Together" na kinanta ng utol ni Jim..."

Me: *raises eyebrow* ...huh?

"Utol ni Jim Carrey..si Mariah."

Lol.

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I have another description I can add to my "About Me" list:

I now fear thunder and lightning. I guess it goes with my fear of getting burned alive. (Who doesn't?) The thought of being zapped by this giant line of "electrifying" heat makes me feel like a fly hovering around the blue light (of the bug zapper thing).

But before I venture onto more zapping, I guess we've all realized by now that summer really is over. We all witnessed the sudden shift from underarm-sweating high temperatures to headache-inducing rainy days. We can put our hair down now and put our sunglasses back in the cabinet coz it's our jackets' turn to get used.

I usually like it when the skies start looking gloomier. It gives me this feeling of being enveloped by something so massive that I can't avoid it no matter how hard I try. Most of the time, I revel in the sight of raindrops falling from the rooftop ("Oh baby tell me why you had to go..."), big trees swaying with the powerful wind, people rushing indoors to avoid getting wet, traffic building up in the wet highways, and Metro Manila getting flooded due to the unbelievable amount of trash people manage to dump. (Okay, maybe not the last two, hehe...)

There's just something about the rain that I've learned to delight and indulge in...but this afternoon, I was forced to rethink this liking after I was literally thunderstruck.

I know it's silly declaring my fear of thunder and lightning. It's just that, it made me realize that no matter what situation you pick, what scenario you choose, what parallelism you use, and what philosophy you adopt...something antagonistic, negative, and scary will tag along with the things you love and want the most.

Just like the rain that I've come to love. I dwell on the appealing sights and sounds of drops of water falling from the sky. Not knowing where they'll land, what they'll hit, and where you will be when they do makes it all the more exciting and risky. But with that excitement comes the great risk of being hit by something else. Something more spine-chilling, unwanted, and can even cost you your life. The great power that thunder and lightning possess is too overwhelming for one to even comprehend. And it is something you can't escape once you've been hit.

Whether we like it or not, rain will come pouring down on us every now and then. The skies will grow darker, the wind will pick up, and sooner or later, flashes of light and frightening roars will be heard from afar. The only thing then that we will be left with is that string of hope and faith that we will be under someone's roof, once it all starts pouring in.