Walking in the rain

Sometimes, you just have to walk in the rain with your head held high.

Especially at times when you're stranded at your bus stop without an umbrella.

Don't pray for the rain to stop, or someone to bring you an umbrella. If you waited long enough, the rain would probably stop, or you could probably hope for HDB to build a shelter from the bus stop all the way to your door step. The moral question is probably how long do you wait.

But when you decide to go, go.

Don't run, just walk. Don't cringe or try to shelter any parts of your body with your hands or a plastic bag or a file - it doesn't work.

Walk calmly and proudly, as if there's nothing in the world that's stopping you.

As if it isn't raining at all.

Begin with the end in mind - a shower and a hot cup of coffee, and some time in front of your computer blogging the whole incident.

And if the rain stop just seconds before you reach your doorstep, you'll know that luck's not on your side and you should probably not waste any money on this week's lottery.