This post has been inspired by Aindri's blog.... I'm moved enough to carry on the rant I began when I replied her post....
You know... every year in December when the weather gets cooler and everyone is in a much better mood and Colombo is a much nicer place to live in, I get a tad depressed. Because at the back of my mind I know that the year is ending and we're moving into April again. (it was my biggest issue on 31st night infact) You know... April should come with its own menacing sound track... or perhaps the sound track should begin in January... an almost unnoticable ochestral background which reaches its crescendo in April.... accompanied by the sounds of wails and moans and sound effects of bodies falling heavily onto concrete floors.
Its already getting hotter... its at that point when having a wash and stepping out of the house is proving to be a counter productive and futile excercise - unless you have the luxury of stepping from one air conditioned environment into another... which I certainly dont! And i know its only going to get worse.... and its depressing....
I can already see ahead to the time when we'll all be walking around in states of severe heat inuced inertia ad when tempers will be short.... and sweat and body ordour will be the normative. aaargh.... WHY WHY WHY???
And to all my friends who live in cooler climes... please dont expect any love or affection or even communication from me from April up until late September. I hate you all already.
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Ayeshea - how dare you?
what people here wouldnt give to see the sun! if you think stepping out into the HEAT is depressing, try waking up every morning in NEGATIVE TWENTY DEGREES in a room that isnt even heated, taking a shower in water that can only be described as frigid... FRIGID i tell you!!... and then getting dressed in 5 (yes, 5!) layers of clothing, only to walk out into bitterly cold wind that literally burns any exposed skin on your body, and then trek all the way across campus in two feet of snow!!! all the while trying to fight back the tears that can only be caused by parents callously emailing you pictures of themselves on THE BEACH the day before. i dont know why i came to the east coast, or why global warming hasnt done its job in Massachusetts - but let me tell you this: i am not going to last much longer. this is my first and only cry for help, but tell my mother what when i freeze to death midway between my econ and political governments class - she will have only herself to blame.
ok Kanya you win. But dont be too triumphant as you tell me your tales of woe... there is every possibility that I too might perish on the way to work as I trudge through the melting tar roads in an effort to catch a pervert ridden bus back home ( 2 buses thanks to the goddamn one way system.)
I can just see it now - my feet getting stuck to the melting tar and me getting struck by a huge 138 bus whose driver cant control it because his tyres are melting and are rapidly morphing in to a part of the road.
But right now I'll admit you sound like you have the worst of it... I shall lobby for a ticket back home for you NOW and make sure that you get here in (wait for it... the evil music must build) APRIL!
you know what - after reading this i feel warmer... and oddly enough im mad at you for bringing this up because by now, even though i am typing only the second line, i feel alot warmer, and i know its psychological..... So in conclusion im mad at you for messing with my brain and making me feel warmer than it already is....
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