SKYPUMPE

A newsletter published only when its raining hard

Issue 08:04:11

in theCloudspast few days and we can't help but wonder how to make it stop. Of dirty laundries, wet shoes, slinky umbrellas, coughs, jump far as you could colds, mosquitoes and whatnots, oh, snatch me not from one may think everyones 9th cloud Photo by smallislander growing tired of it all. Not drenched and running quite. In a survey done with bout a sample population of forty (24 females and 16 males) through Facebook, Filipinos from different countries like Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US were asked Do you like it when its raining? Why or why not? Fifteen answered yes, while 25 answered no. Some of the reasons why they don't like rainy weather include Photo by tomato.tomaaato difficulty with public transportation and all the mess that the rain brings everyone and everything gets wet, it hinders them from doing outdoor activities like riding a bike and going to the beach, plus the gloomy feeling it gives them that makes want to do nothing but sleep instead of being productive. Those who love the rain said that they love it only when they are indoors, but definitely hate it too when they have to walk through it or do other activities. Rain makes them want to stay in bed

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and chill out like read a book, watch a movie at home and cuddle, while some like the reflective mood that it gives them. Others complain that they have difficulty sleeping when its sunny their jobs apparently require them to stay up all night and sleep in the morning.

Real Men Dont Carry Umbrellas

In a survey done in Facebook on July 28, 2011 with thirty respondents (11 females and 19 males) from different countries were asked Why do men hate/dislike carrying umbrellas? Eighteen people said it's too much trouble to carry, five said I don't mind carrying an umbrella because it has a concealed sword in the stem while four of them said that they're not as bothered with the effects of the sun on the skin as women are, while three of them said that it diminishes their macho look. Source:
Concert in the grounds of Belvoir Castle photo by Julian Dowse http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2483534

Rain, Rain GoAway!

Teru Teru Bozu, which literally means shine shine monk in English,
is a rain amulet. It is a little doll made using white papers or cloth, a string and a black marker. Hanging it right side up is praying for good weather, while hanging it upside down is wishing for rain. Japanese hang it by their windows and sing a song (composed by Shinpei Nakayama and published in 1921) asking for a clear weather today, tomorrow and every day. The bald head of the teru teru bozu is associated with the shiny bald of Buddha. This tradition became popular in Japan during Edo period and is still being practiced today.
Source: LylesBrother (2009). Emily Teaches us how to make teru teru bozu. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/PdfmJ Wikipedia (2011). Teru teru bozu. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/4Vh3O
Photo by gaelx

About the Author

Sunshine is taking up Bachelor of Elementary Education at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Although shes naturally drawn to anything with water, she thinks rainy days are sad, lethargic and messy. Shes been wanting to play in the rain again, but the frogs are getting in the way.

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