It just finished raining. Again. It seems like it’s been raining almost every day lately. That’s what happens when you are in Malaysia during the monsoon season, isn’t it? Rain always makes me feel like settling in with a good book and a hot drink, which practically never happens. At work, I usually get the initiative to walk to the pantry to put the kettle on, but then I walk back to my seat, and forget about the boiling water. By the time I remember, the water’s not hot anymore. At home, I usually can’t be bothered at all, and end up taking a nap instead.

I hope it does rain during the Malaysian F1 race this weekend. Rainy races are always much more fun. And can you imagine a rainy day with no traction control? Accidents galore! It seems rather macabre of me to hope that, but I’m sure F1 fans have to admit that I’m right, and it makes for a much more interesting race. (PS: do you know, I had no idea how to spell macabre and I had to look it up in Dictionary.com! I came up with macarbe, macarb, and they all resulted in no results. It’s amazing, the number of words a person may know the meaning to, but not how to spell it.)

Anyway, back to F1. Australia’s race was quite fun, albeit I only watched about 2/3rds of it. For some reason, I thought it started at 4.30pm Australian time, when it actually started much earlier. Favourite moments of the race would have to be Timo Glock’s flying car, Raikkonen’s numerous mistakes in trying to overtake various people, and Barichello’s pit stop debacle. Poor pit crew! Although it wasn’t Barichello’s fault, the lollypop guy gave him the All OK sign, and Barichello drove off, not knowing that the fuel pump was still attached to his car. He knocked down two guys, I think. You put your trust in your lollypop guy not to mislead you, so Barichello is innocent in this affair, I think. At any rate, if the Malaysian bomohs don’t do their job, there will be rain, and a fun time. 3+ days more to go!

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