Take the pressure down

Does anyone else remember that song from the 80s/90s? (See blog title). That just about sums up the weather patterns here in the last week. We are having some typhoons sweep across the area (so far not a direct hit) and as the weather changes the barometric pressure changes suddenly. This can have range of strange effects on how we all feel. When the pressure drops you can feel tired, grumpy, lethargic, even a bit sick. Headaches and dizziness have also been reported. So far not many of the Filipinos I have met admit to feeling any of these symptoms so I may have to conclude it's a foreign visitor phenomenon.
Typhoon Mina was supposed to have hit a part of the Philippines badly over the weekend but thankfully changed course and we only had a bit of wind and scattered rain. I'm secretly disappointed because I wanted to see what a typhoon looks like but I suspect the millions of people who still have their houses intact are quite pleased.