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2008.09.04

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pixeldose

Great job on the imagery ... sure brings back lots of memories for me. I like the fact that your blog doesn't have to be food-centric each time :).

nhbilly

The Epic Odyssey of the mucky torrential dark mucky water. So detail and imaginative brings chills up my spine. I can smell it despite the caffeinated fruity shakes. Pictures are awesome it is well woven into the plot of getting wet ;-)

Cupcake

A lot like KL. 5 drops of rain at 5 p.m. and the whole city comes to a major standstill as a massive traffic jam follows suit.

chewybanhbao

Sure does bring back memories. I sat for 5 hours in a cafe once, watching raindrops bounce off tin roofs and palm trees that plays a heart sick tune. I'm new to your site and am an instant fan.

Annie

It's been a long time since I've been in a tropical rainstorm. Here in San Jose, it's so dry that we go 5-7 months without a drop of rain. Even when we were in Hawaii, they would call rain liquid sunshine because it was so light. I think my kids would freak out if they experienced the kind of rain back in Malaysia/Vietnam.

BTW, like your new picture on top--suits the name of your blog (you even managed to get a cute cat picture in it too ^_^). But not liking the gray side bar too much--reminds me of the rain actually. But whatever you end up deciding on, I'll always love the pictures and the content.

Robyn

Thanks pixeldose - I would say food leads us to a lot of places and situations that aren't food-centric. The blog is a place I can write about those.

nhbilly - thanks for reminding me. That black water did smell!

cupcake - well, yes. Except it doesn't happen most everyday straight for about 3-4 months! Saigon is sinking, BTW...

chewybanhbao - welcome! Glad you like the site.

Annie - don't worry the gray bar isn't permanent. In fact we've decided to undertake a BIG, major makeover, with someone's help. That'll probably happen in about 6-8wks. In the meantime we're stuck with what I can muster from Typepad's design templates.
There is something wonderful about tropical rain, isn't there? I actually used to really love the rainy season in N CA - we were there for the 'miracle March' in '91 or '92 .... something like 28 straight days of rain. Things got soggy but it was great!

Bentoist

Nice story, and great pictures. I can almost imagine the rain and the ickiness having to step into the water.

Tramie

What do u mean Saigon is sinking????? (o_O)

Rasa Malaysia

The best rainy days pictures I have ever seen! I noticed that nowadays, Penang rains a lot more than it used to be. I have been back to Penang for 4 times this year, and it just rains and rains and rains every time I go back!

Stephanie

Yes... easy to wax lyrical about the wonders of monsoon rain when you're a tourist... it's one of my favourite things about Asia... but not so easy when there's no hotel to retreat to. Hard lives...love the smoothies..some sunshine in that day!

Bentoist

Bentoist - thanks very much!

Traimie - Too much dredging for development, inadequate sewage/drainage infrastructure, unavoidable annual rainy season. Our old house, which was near the river, is now unreachable during high tides (yes the river is subject to tides), with water halfway up an SUV at the street leading to it. District 1 now floods regularly during the rainy season (it didn't when we lived there).
New massive drainage system is in the works but things will get much worse before they get better, unfortunately.
(Won't stop us visiting, of course.) ;-)

Rasa - weather patterns have definately changed in the 3 yrs we've been here. It's been nothing but rain this last month, weird, long, all-day on-and-off rains that we certainly never saw our first August/Sept in Malaysia.

Stephanie - thanks for getting it. I really could drink 5 Vietnamese smoothies and 5 Vietnamese iced coffees every day....

Laura Kelley

Wonderful evocative piece.

Reminds me of a time I was in Dhaka and we had just sped up the Brahmaputra - outrunning a cyclone.

Well the cyclone hit Chittagong head on and we in Dhaka were only treated with, well, perhaps the other end.

Anyway, was at a big store downtown looking for a hostess gift before going to someone's home for dinner and my friend told me to take all the time that I wanted to browse because no one was going anywhere anytime soon.

I looked out the window and it was like being behind a waterfall. There were no raindrops to speak of, just sheets of water pouring steadily in front of the store windows.

Like you, we were stranded for at least an hour or two until the waters on the streets receeded enough to venture out.

Dinner was wonderful though and the company grand - even if we were drenched.

Swee-Jin

I love this set of photos.... especially the last one. And I can't believe you're still shooting with film! Awesome! ^^

dena

wonderful photos! thank you so much for getting my mind off the elections!! i'd almost forgotten that there is a real world out there...

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