RAINING WITH ICE PELLETS!

This afternoon the so sky was dark, a sign that there will be a heavy downpour of rain. I prepare my umbrella and wear my jacket as I was going to fetch my daughter from her school. I was all set and about to go out when It began to rain with lightning and crackling loud thunders. I heard pebble like dropping on the roof. I decided to go out despite of the heavy downpour of rain only to be surprised that it was not an ordinary rain but it was accompanied with pellets of clear ice and I've seen pieces of it right in front of my doorstep. I've been hearing stories of the same thing from other places here in the Philippines, but I was skeptic about it until I see it myself this afternoon. Whoa! it was raining with ice here in Buenavista, Cavite. Well, it lasted only for a couple of minutes but it was a different experience.
I put here some picture of an ice pellets just to give you an idea of the size of those clear ice kernels that I've seen here in Cavite although it is not as many as this.

Below is the actual picture that I have taken myself but unfortunately it melted so fast that right after I grabbed my camera, I've just captured a few melted sleets.

DANGERS OF BEING UNTRAINED IN MOTORCYCLES...

Motorcycles are said to be the best mode of transportation because you can easily beat up traffic and it is in fact the most affordable type of motorized transport. Lately, there have been an increased in the number of motorcycle users here in the Philippines but noticeably have a higher rate of fatal accidents than automobile. Watch the news everyday and surely there would be reports regarding an accident involving a motorcycle. You would probably hear comments whenever accidents happens that it is a pure mishap and nobody wants it. Nope! accidents won't  happen without a cause. Haven't you noticed that the common cause of motorcycle accident is that when the motorist pulls-out or sometimes a motorcycle suddenly turns in front of an automobile and there are also riders who violates the right of way, where they always counter flows to avoid a long line of traffic. I am not against motorcycle riders but what I am pointing out here is the increase number of moto-riders that are untrained and those who are drunk driving. A rider must have a proper training right after they have purchased a new bike. Why not take a safety course first, this is for your own sake. Remember that most people are used to seeing larger moving objects in the streets. Take time to hone your skills. I was really thankful to see that local governments have their campaigns that gives warning to motorcycle riders.





I opt not to put some shocking videos or pictures here for the sake of my minor readers but i found this video from youtube that for me has a given a clear message of the dangers of being an untrained owner of a motorcycle.

Remembering my Hapontukin moments!!

I was LOL when I first saw Enervon's Hapontukin commercial ads on TV because it reminds me of my own sleepy experiences during working hours at my previous job. I also remember my friends teasing me that the reason why most of the time i am sleepy every afternoon at work is because I am the one who is "naglilihi" because my wife was 3 months pregnant to my eldest child when this this hapontukin story of mine happens.  I was working then as a Customer Relation Service Representative in one of the well-known  mall in Manila. Part of my job is to entertain guests and visitors at the information area at the employees entrance. So, my job calls for energy and happiness but I don't know why every afternoon, after eating my lunch which was prepared and packed by my wife, I feel the urge to sleep. Maybe its the feeling of being full and the ambiance because every afternoon this area turns out to be like an empty chapel and I feel like I was serenated by the voice of an Ibong Adarna that makes me wanna sleep. So when hapontukin sets in, I look around, jump and slap my face, Yes! just to make myself awake.  Unluckily, one time my manager caught me doing this stuff as she was going out of her office to go to the selling area, she seemed surprised to see me jumping and slapping my face. She ask me to come over and ask for an explanation. I was really embarrassed and I remember myself repeatedly asking for her kind understanding, she just then smile and ask me to go back to work. Days passed and I am still assigned at this post so a new idea comes to my mind to overcome the attacks of hapontukin, I see to it that I always have a safety pin with me so that when again when hapontukin sets in i just have to prick my thighs so I don't have to jump and slap my face only to be caught again by my boss. (thanks God there are no hidden cameras in the area...hahaha!!!)
Now, I am regularly taking my Enervon Multivitamins to have steadi-energy so that I won't be  hapontukin anymore because I can't imagine myself behind the steering wheel of a car and sleeping, A big NO because that would probably waste all of my energy and my precious happy life. More energy mas happy diba?.