Ironic isn't it? Not a few weeks ago, i had been complaining about the cold cold weather and the constant rain. Now that it's all hot hot sunshine 15hours a day, with not even a single cloud in the sky, I suddenly feel the need to whine yet again.
I'm whining because having lived in Ireland for the last 3 years, i have never once tasted the super-duper heat of summer here. I'm whining because having never tasted summer, i have come unprepared for it. I'm whining because having come unprepared for summer, all my clothes are tailor-made to make me sweat. I'm whining because having clothes that make me sweat, I am forced to buy a whole new closet of clothes just for summer. I'm whining because I can't buy any new clothes because all they sell here are summer dresses exposing either my belly button or my arm pits, neither one of which i wish to make public (just yet).
And so, my whining is justified.
Now, you're gonna think i'm childish and spoilt. You're gonna say i'm stuck-up. You're gonna think "Gimme a break. You're from Malaysia, Izzy!! MALAYSIA!!! Where it's 40 degrees out on a good day. So what's so bad about a little heat. It's not like you're not used to it!"
That's where you're wrong.
1. Unlike Malaysia, air conditioning is non-existent here. As are ceiling fans. And you definitely won't find any of those fancy fans with little water sprinklers like the ones they have at mamak stalls. Nothing like that. Yada!! All they have is heaters. (But what good is a heater in the burning heat of summer??) =S
2. Being a poor and constantly broke student living on a measly allowance, i do not own a car. Nor do i have enough money to call a cab every time i step out of the house. Besides, the store where i do my grocery shopping is a mere 15 agonizingly hot minutes away from my house. Hence i walk. And i do not walk under the cooling shade of an umbrella. That's the exact epitome of uncoolness. So i bear the heat. It makes me dizzy. But i have an image to protect. So shuuush!
3. I like whining. It makes me........... ME! ^___^
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