There's always a time in every year that you have to take those rubber shoes and those low cut school shoes off. And about the same time, the rain shoes and rain boots will again reign the streets.
Rainy days are here again. Well, it has been raining for almost a month now, but it is the time where the 'tingling' starts. Its time for heavy rains and storms are saying hello.
Because here in Asia where school starts almost about the same time as the rain starts to fall, the kids are still sitting pretty and worry not about school. In many countries, with Indonesia and Philippines in particular, the first few weeks of school is actually called the 'Irregular Days'. It's because these weeks are the most visited by storms making it dangerous for young students to go to school.
But for some reason, college students are mostly exempted from school cut offs. Maybe the head of the government thinks college students are old enough to take care of themselves in the middle of heavy pouring rains. IN that case, students are forced to put their rain boots and shoes on, even if it means ruining their 'sense of fashion'.
When I was in college, I used to wear rain boots during the rainy months. I'm really not the type of person who cares much for how I looked like. I mean, I don't care if I wore boots, the important thing is I can go to school safe from the slide-y roads and not wet.
Though nowadays, I'm seeing a lot of stylish woven boots and 'fashionista' rainy shoes being sold in every shopping malls.
Aside from the protection it could give your feet from the high rain waters, rainy boots and shoes are actually a safeguard against comon rain diseases such as 'cold feet-cold stomach' and the 'eeewww' leprosy from the urine of animals specifically rats that goes with rain waters.
So next time you see the cloud preparing to shower you with heavy joys of love, do not hesitate to bring or wear boots. It's good for you. Believe me.
