Ordinary Gweilo

Yes, I know this is a bit of a taboo subject, so if you are easily offended please don’t read any further.

Look, here’s the thing – a little bit of rain never did anyone any harm. The human body is cunningly designed to be water-resistant (otherwise taking a bath or a shower would be very hazardous). So it really isn’t necessary to use an umbrella when we are experiencing what the Irish charmingly call “soft rain” and everyone else calls “light drizzle”.

Honestly, it won’t do you any harm to get a little wet. This is Hong Kong in September, not Moscow in February, so your clothes and your hair will quickly get dry. Put away the umbrella, please!

The one benefit of today’s rather pathetic excuse for rain is that the swimming pool was completely empty (of people, I mean, not water). Well, obviously one doesn’t want to get wet when one goes swimming.