wassup with the weather?

it's been really hot n humid lately. and it really gets on my nerves, especially when a film of perspiration is perpetually on the surface of my skin. the perspiration's supposed to evaporate to cool me down, but it seems to be stuck to my skin, as though it's reached steady-state conditions. given the heat transfer coefficients i would be able to tell u the thickness of this pesky film of perspiration....

anyway, i've promised to blog abt the rain. i hope it rains, like... now. hate it when the rain teases me. Dark gloomy skies with heavy cumulonimbus clouds stretching into the horizon, makes one wait for the rain to start pouring down. but it nv comes... how disappointing.

i think i luv the rain. not the wussy drizzle, but the torrential rain. luv the sound, luv the smell, luv the feeling of it beating on my skin. still remember when i was around 5 yrs old, when i was still living with my grandparents, i'd stare out of the windows and watch the rain pour down onto the traffic below, soaking in the sights and smell of a heavy downpour. and then enjoy the sight of the flock of birds flying around and making a ruckus like wat they do every evening when the season comes after the rain has subsided.

one of the latest memorable experience with the rain was during ATEC 3 years ago. i had to be a relay station for one mission. and i had to spend one whole nite out on a hill. it was quite an experience, especially when ur alone, somewhat, in the wilderness. the nite sky was great. getting 'stranded' in the wilderness nv felt so good, especially when im far away from all the people and vehicles. it's juz my rifle and my radioset and me-eeeee-eeeeee~!!! hahaha . anyway, it started to pour in the deep of the nite, and it only got heavier as time passed. it was quite uncomfortable initially, but u get to enjoy it when u know u cant hide from it haha. wat twisted logic this is, u might think. but it's true. hahaha. and soon it was daybreak and i managed to take shelter in a scout APC when it passed by my location.

this experience reaffirmed one of my guiding principles in life: if u cant do anything abt the situation ur in, might as well make the best out of it. ^^ i find it really pointless when ppl bitch and whine non-stop when they get stuck in a sticky situation they got no control over. well, i dun really mind the whining and the bitching, but pls be useful. a gd example would be our favourite Oyster~!! ^^