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Heavy rain and thunderstorm during a monsoon season in a Southeast Asian country would seem to be more treacherous than what I have seen in

Japan

. Of course, when the news coverage includes overturned trucks and footage of people holding on to railings while struggling hard to maintain their balance and foothold would make one be wise enough to stay indoors after getting news about a typhoon coming their way. I wonder what was I thinking staying outside on a day like Saturday.

Ching Boi mentioned that a typhoon might hit us when I was spending the night at her place on Friday. I was thinking "Well, it was going through Okinawa Friday morning, it might have diverted off during the day. Even if it does come this way, there is a possibility that it might pass us during the night. Yeah, it will just be another rainy day… that’s all…" Man, was I wrong!

I woke Sunil up on Saturday morning. Since it was raining, we cancelled our breakfast date. I was up around 10 and made plans on what to do as I wait for my afternoon grammar class. Since I was low on cash, I took a walk to the post office and arrived at the Dining Hall rather wet. I thought I just had damp clothes and hair but soon found out that even though the umbrella was helpful, my shoes and pant legs were wet, so was my hair. It is a rainy day. There is no big deal by getting a little wet.

Matthew and I went out for coffee after lunch. The wet surroundings and the rain and wind conditions made us arrive at the mall with squishy shoes, wet pants and slightly bent umbrellas. It would have been nice if we could dry our feet and footwear while sitting at Starbucks, but I do not think that it will be a good sight.

We were at the mall for a while and I walked Matthew to the station. By then, the rain was pouring down and the wind has picked up its speed. There was no use for an umbrella for we were soaking wet and the umbrella was deformed within minutes. After seeing Matthew off, I thought to myself that it would be rather silly to walk back to the mall just to come back out in the storm an hour later as I move on to my next agenda for the weekend. Thus, I decided to go to Denny’s instead. As I walked, my umbrella gave way within 15 meters of the station. I was a really wet sight when I step into Denny’s and all I wanted was to remove whatever that was on my lower limbs, soak my feet in warm water then dry it in front of a stove and put on warm socks! But once again, since I was in public, I had to live with my soaking wet jeans, socks and bloated Nikes. 

Instead of going home immediately after my grammar class, I met up with a friend for drinks at Omotesando. My close to 3.5 hours at Denny’s did little help and I was wet again after walking to the station from Denny’s without an umbrella. My feeble attempt to make myself presentable did a good fix up, but I was still nothing but cold and wet. I really wanted to just go home and sit in the bath for hours. Nevertheless, I enjoyed a rather nice evening and barely made it for the last train back. Finally, I was home around 1am and got out of my wet clothing. I was tired and all I did next was just sitting in the hot bath for as long as I could remember. 

I almost was late for church yesterday and now, with the lack of good rest, I think I am catching a cold. Ahh, I remember the days when I used to be out in the rain playing all afternoon, or having to go for extra classes after school wet and cold from the rain. All was still good then. It is age! Hmm, I wonder whether there is any cold medicine lying around in the office. I sure hope that there is so I can have some before I go home.

*SNEEZE!!!* Oh no! The cold is here!

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