What gives me joy? Some of the joys for me includes an interesting read, flying machines, the stormy weather and Jollibee! The dreary weather - thick dark clouds and strong breeze of wind - sometimes gets the better of me; the pitter-patter of the rain may literally nail me down in bed making my pluviophile-self anticipate the lucid petrichor. Imaging the dry thirsty earth kissed by a strong-willed raindrop and sizzle like a virgin! It reminds me of my simple days in Baguio where I get cozy beside a window facing the garden, waiting for a lightning to strike and tear the foggy sky for a millisecond and be amazed and yet terrified again and again especially right after what comes after it- the roaring thunder. I imagine nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere react with the heat of lightning and forms nitrates in the sky that diluted in water rain and falls like fertilizers for the earth. And when I’m satisfied imagining mushrooms pop up in a secl...