Hello lovelies! 🌸 Welcome to my personal narrative series entitled 𝓛𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓛𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂. You will get to know me better about my real-life whereabouts and inspirations in my own nutshell and adventures. Last time, I’ve written about things I am in for Spring 2021. Reading it made me reflect and be also aware of what season of life I am in. With that, it brought awareness on what is essential for me at the moment and more I can do, when still my country is under what they call granular lockdown.
What happened to Summer 2021 ☀️? Sunshine is a reality for most western countries and down under the continent. As I am in the tropics and near the equator, we are experiencing storms and more rainfall – June, July, and August. Due to climate change, it even extends to the -ber months.
Stormy Noons, Showering Inside
The rainy season is one cozy experience as I stay home. It may be a bit weird for others (or a common thing) but the sound of raindrops is therapeutic. The best thing on a rainy day is sipping a hot brewed coffee while looking at the rain falling. This is an ideal scenario of life being homebound because of this cool breeze.
Problems come in when thunder is starting to roll and bang in the noontime. Heavy rainfall is not a good idea at all because it welcomes an inside shower in the living room, kitchen area, and bedrooms. It only reveals the secret of our house: it screams for roof repair!
Nerve-Wracking Online Engagements
Online engagements comes usually with exchanging emails, updating a task application for your team, google meets, webinars, and synchronous presentations. The latter of them all brought a nerve-wracking event in my life lately. As a writer, it’s been two years already I am not having this everyday public speaking activity. Haha!
With that, having myself speak again to present felt less of myself than before – on how I was confident back then. The situation here is more intimidating because of being in front of an A-team of intellectual critique/mentors. The feeling was like your liver was taken out of your body and being brought back after. Instead of butterflies, there were caterpillars in my stomach. The fact that I am finished already with that stage brought slight comfort – just slight for now.
At the moment, I am working on myself in this particular area.
Asking God to bless me with wisdom, courage, and diligence to do so. Onegaishimasu!
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A dopamine boost from Marvin Gaye
Despite the storm and caterpillars, something brighter than sunshine came into my life lately – yes, he brought summer. To shake me up from these caterpillars, I indulge myself in listening to Michael Buble’s songs that led me to discover deeper who Mr. Lightbulb is as an artist, music producer, and a person. (If you follow me on Twitter, you will easily understand the reference.) Also, it brought me to a singing platform/app for our duet – a newfound hobby.
I promise myself not to get involved in any fandom or fangirling activities because it does not suit my age anymore. Seriously, I cringe looking back at my fangirling photos 10 years ago. But in fairness, the approach of admiring an artist for me now has matured a lot, is it? haha! I am just grateful for the music he does and his existence because it acts as a comforting best friend for me at the moment. Distance-wise, we have this huge gap but some invisible energy just pulls us closer together. Hope to meet you one day my fellow 1991 baby! Thanks for the dopamine boost!
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“It only reveals the secret of our house: it screams for roof repair!”
I love this line! 🤣
Hahaha, oh well. Who does not need roof repair at times? 🤫
This is a very good post. I like your writing style. I hope you are feeling better now. Pls take care.
Hello there Fadima!💖 Thanks for appreciating my writing style.
Love this! I actually really enjoy hearing raindrops too, haha – something about it is just really soothing! Thanks for sharing x
Hahaha! Finally, there is now my mutual. 💖 So true right!
There are some pretty impressive storms here too, but probably not like the ones you experience. I find the ones at night quite calming — unless there is that one massive clap of thunder than startles everyone awake, haha!
Hello Molly! hahaha. Thunders are indeed scary esp. at night. haha. so true.
I love your writing & enjoyed reading the post.
We get a lot of rainy days in the UK, even in summer months. I can totally relate to listening to therapeutic rain sounds with a hot coffee.
Thank you so much for enjoying my post! 😀
Raindrops are really therapeutic. <3
I love the rain because it makes me feel so cosy inside! Lovely to catch up with you x
Thanks, Caroline x Yup, the rainy season is cozy.
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You are correct; the nicest thing to do on a rainy day is to enjoy a hot cup of coffee while watching the rain fall. Because of the chilly air, this is a great condition for being confined to one’s house.
Yes, so true. 🙂
Thanks Life Simile. 🙂 True, coffee tasted best when raining.
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