Rain like you wouldn't believe.

so it has been raining A LOT in sydney the past few weeks. and when i say rain, i don't mean the usual pissy drizzly feathery rain that sydney is famous for, but the actual heavy almost-torrential kind of rain. and this rain, it went for HOURS. one day, it rained for a solid 30-hour stretch and i thought the Great Flood was coming upon us again.

[side story: i wouldn't have been surprised if it DID turn out to be the great flood seeing as the world is about to end on Dec 21, 2012 - why shouldn't natural disasters manifest themselves sooner than that?? which reminds me, i have to wiki/google Planet X - thanks Tam.]

all that rain reminded me of the monsoon seasons back in malaysia. during my last summer holiday, my mom, cousin + potential cousin-in-law and i went for a trip around the east coast; big mistake. anyway, one day i was walking out of my apartment when i passed under this 'christmas' tree (i'm calling it a christmas tree because i don't actually know what it is but i guess it's actually a fir tree, who cares) and there were all these little droplets of water hanging off at the very tips of the leaves/needles. it brought back memories of how when i was a little kid, we'd go to Fraser's Hill for holidays and every morning, the dew would condense on the trees to turn it into a crystally sparkling thing. and then someone showed me how to make little 'diamond rings' on my fingers by cleverly transferring the dew from the leaf to the base of my finger.

and something as simple as that would keep me amused for the rest of the walk as i would try to fit the largest 'diamond' i could find on my tiny little fingers. i guess i'm just easily contented.

anyway, it's stopped raining now for three days straight and i am happy! it's super sunny outside, albeit a little cold. non-wetness is awesome. non-muddy lanes and non-sludgy leaves and non-puddles are awesome too.