The Rain God

There are some things in life that are constant and will never change. And one of them is rain after you've just washed your car! It never fails to happen, well to me anyway. Not once have I ever been proven wrong about this. Every time I wash my car, I know for a fact it will rain. The more effort I put into washing it, the harder and longer the rain will be.

We've been having quite a hot couple of weeks. It's that time over here when the dry season starts and it's relentlessly hot all day long with not a drop of rain in sight. It's so hot at times that it saps the very energy from your body. And wifey is prone to the heat more than I am.

It's a nice long 3 day weekend over here seeing as how Monday is a public holiday for us. It's the celebration of Wesak for the Buddhist and we get the day off. We knew it was going to be a hot day, so the moment we woke up from sleep on Saturday, we decided to head out to one of the nearby malls and hang out there. It would be much cooler than staying home.

But of course we couldn't stay out all day and after hours of walking and doing a little shopping, we eventually ran out of things to see and buy. So we headed home, dreading the heat that was going to be waiting to greet us. Worse still, my house faces the evening side of the sun and it tends to make the walls and everything even hotter.

Once we' were back, I decide to do a little spring cleaning in the kitchen seeing as how the weather wasn't going to permit me to take a nice little nap. And while wifey does the laundry, I start with the kitchen cleaning. Pretty soon, we're both sweating away profusely and wifey says to me:

Wifey: 'It's so hot, I feel like I'm melting. I wish it would rain elephants and hippos!'

Me: 'Well, I could make it rain if you want?'

Wifey: 'Don't you go starting your naked rain dance in the yard nonsense now, honey'

Me: 'No, no naked rain dance routine this time, I can make it rain for you'

Wifey: Urmm, sayang, the heat must have really fried your brains la'

Me: No, seriously, let me go wash my car and I guarantee you it'll rain!'

She looks at me skeptically without saying anything for a few seconds and then says she'll even help me wash the car to see if my theory is true or not. So after finishing up with the kitchen and the laundry, we head out to go wash my car. True to her word she even helps me wash it and we have fun splashing water all over the car and also on us. Thank god the boys were in the park nearby or the whole front porch would have been flooded. Besides it was fun playing with water on a blistering day.

But after the wash, the skies were as bright as a fluorescent on steroids. Not a single sign of clouds at all. Wifey gives me this 'told you it wasn't going to work' look but I told her, don't worry cos I'll bet my bottom dollar it will rain the moment we go out. And since we didn't go out right after washing my car, it didn't rain. But I was unperturbed. I knew the rain gods well, and I knew that the moment I drive my glistening and shiny clean car out, it WILL rain.

And true enough, the very next morning on Sunday, just as we were about to go out, we hear thunder in the distance and the skies start turning black and as I start reversing out of the drive way, it starts to pour those elephants and hippos that wifey wanted. I look an her and give her this smug look with 'I told you so' written all over my face! Told you I knew the rain gods well ... hehehe ...

It's always been like this ever since I've had my car. It will always rain after I wash it. It never fails. There are times when I would spend hours washing and waxing and shining my car in the blazing heat. It will be bright and sunny while I'm doing the clean up job, but the moment I finish, keep all my stuff, take my bath and want to head out for a spin to show off my shining and clean car, the darn skies would open up. It ALWAYS happens. Sometimes I even wonder why I bother washing my car.

Well, wifey is a true believer now and she's even prompting and encouraging me to wash my car again ... hahaha ... but honey, there is only so many time I can wash my car in a day, it's already as clean as it can be and my car is so old, it might just rust away from too much washing ... LOL! But since I love you so very much, I'll wash it again for you tomorrow :D

Hmmm, maybe I should offer my services as a rain maker or something. Who knows I just might make more money than doing this assignment on acne treatments ... hehehe! So, anyone in need of some rain?
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