It was awesome. Strong winds swayed the trees and other vegetation outside the house. Rain suddenly appeared and made them dance harder. A fine mist gathered, casting the noontime into an unnatural twilight. To top it off, other witnesses reported seeing a circular wall of wind, bringing with it rain. Meteorological terms define it as [...]
It’s sampiring, not sapiring, not iras.* If you have no idea what I’m talking about then you must not be Bisaya (Cebuano) or Ilonggo. Sampiring, take not of the the “m”, is my city’s word for the critter above. Sapiring is used by those who live to the South and West of us. We are [...]



