FUNNYACCENT

Grateful

This year the spring seems to stay longer than it did last year. Light sprinkle here and there, cloudy afternoons and the temperature drops to low 50 when a day before climbed up to 70 are part of spring. The unpredictable weather doesn't stop people to go out and enjoy the wonderful weather that we've been waiting for.

I don't remember I ever discussed the weather in detail, praised the wonderful warm sun or grateful for the breezy afternoon when I was in Malaysia.

I'm sure I was glad I could go out running early on Saturday and Sunday morning at Bukit Dumbar in Jelutong.

Many times I heard Mak's remark how grateful she was as she removed the dried laundry from the clothes lines. Or when she removed the potted plants from the living room to the patio as the rain started to sprinkle.

 If you are a Tapingites you know how unpredictable the weather is. One minute you see the sun smiling from ear to ear at you, the next minutes, you are soaking wet. Fifteen minutes later the sun wink at your wet self and say, "It was fun, eh?"

It is not that the Malaysians do not appreciate the lovely weather, but when you know that the sun will come out tomorrow morning and it would be hot if not humid, we have taken it for granted.

And now let me go out and enjoy the war, sunny and breezy morning while the sun is kind enough to warm us.                                                                    

 

The images are from Lambert Market on Neponset Street. Ginny and I stopped at the market after our Sunday walk.

Bright Side

Two weekends ago when the temp. shot up to 83 F on Saturday and 87F on Sunday, I thought we were getting into premature summer. Unforunately since then, it has been a damp weeks. Two days in a row I went to work with my rubber boots on. The flowers are blooming, the new leaves are sprouting, the birds are chirping and singing and all that, but t sun has been teasing us, sekejap ade, sekejap tak ade.

After sixteen years of living here, I'm still excited as new when  the winter is over, cannot wait to put away all the warm clothes; jackets, sweaters, scarves and thick socks, only the next day I have take them out again.

Last night, after printing out my class assignments, I pulled out all the long sleeves sweaters and double layers t-shirts and put them away in a box. They will stay under the  bed until, late September.

 

Last Sunday, Ginny, Lauren and I were part of the 40,000 walkers in Walk for Hunger, Project Bread. Ginny and Lauren stopped at 10th. mile and finished the 20 mile-walk. Last year we walked in the rain, but not this year.

Despite the rain and cloudy days, I am like most Bostonians, always looking at the bright side of the day. Enjoy the moment I have.