This morning I was caught in my first monsoon rainstorm. I had to leave the apartment at around 7:30 to get to my internship on time and not a minute before I gathered my things to leave, the rain started coming down in sheets. As a southerner, I am used to torrential downpours, so I figured that it would be similar to an Arkansan storm. While it only rained for about 30 minutes, I greatly underestimated the amount of water that would rush through the streets of KL, and consequently, into my leather work shoes. I was of course completely soaked from the waist down as my little umbrella could only protect me so much from the storm.
My pants did not bother me, within a few minutes of arriving to work, they were pretty much dry again, but my shoes are still soaked. My coworkers looked on as I stuffed newspaper into my shoes, hoping that it would minimize some of the dampness that will remain with me for the rest of the day.
There are two valuable lessons to be learned here, the first being that I should have called for a taxi to come pick me up from my dorm. The reason I got so wet was because I figured I could easily catch a cab where I normally do, which is five minutes away from the lodging. That five minute walk becomes a raging river during a storm, duly noted. I can bite the bullet, pay the extra ringgit it costs in distance to the Bangsar LRT station and remain a tad bit more dry.
The second lesson is that I need to embrace the sandal. Normally walking into an internship wearing a pair of open-toed sandals I purchased in India would not be the best impression to give my boss, but here exceptions are made for the monsoons.
-Adam
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