Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
HAPPY New Year! Welcome 2025, the Year of the Snake! As I write this column, I can smell the nice aroma coming from the kitchen. Everyone is busy preparing for the coming of the new year but it seems we will welcome 2025 with umbrellas and raincoats. It has been drizzling since early afternoon and may turn into an honest to goodness rain. Not to worry. My grandmother used to say that rain symbolizes blessings. Rain is most welcome by the farmers and their crops. Kids like the rain, too.
Much later in life, I still like rain, but I also now worry about it — rain may develop into a strong typhoon which causes floods, destroys property and plants. Insurance people like me are like weathermen. We monitor weather events and worry about the insurance protection that our clients may or may not have when these events occur.
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