“Ah Ma, why does it rain so much here?” Wei Jie asked, his mouth full of green waffle.
As they reached their block, Lin paused. The drains were still gushing, but slower now. The city had survived. It had been baptised again.
As if on cue, the sky opened up completely. This was not rain. This was the full monsoon fury. The world turned white. The sound was no longer a drumming; it was a roar. Water fell in solid, diagonal sheets. The drains overflowed onto the road, turning Jalan Besar into a shallow river. A taxi splashed through, sending up a fan of brown water that looked like a pair of wings.
“No,” Lin said, pointing to the horizon where a pale, delicate rainbow arched over the gleaming towers of the Central Business District. “The sun was always here. It was just waiting for the monsoon to finish its story.”
“What does the letter say?”
This is Singapore’s "winter" equivalent, characterized by cooler temperatures and the heaviest rainfall of the year. It typically has two distinct phases:
“Ah Ma, why does it rain so much here?” Wei Jie asked, his mouth full of green waffle.
As they reached their block, Lin paused. The drains were still gushing, but slower now. The city had survived. It had been baptised again. monsoon season singapore
As if on cue, the sky opened up completely. This was not rain. This was the full monsoon fury. The world turned white. The sound was no longer a drumming; it was a roar. Water fell in solid, diagonal sheets. The drains overflowed onto the road, turning Jalan Besar into a shallow river. A taxi splashed through, sending up a fan of brown water that looked like a pair of wings. “Ah Ma, why does it rain so much here
“No,” Lin said, pointing to the horizon where a pale, delicate rainbow arched over the gleaming towers of the Central Business District. “The sun was always here. It was just waiting for the monsoon to finish its story.” The city had survived
“What does the letter say?”
This is Singapore’s "winter" equivalent, characterized by cooler temperatures and the heaviest rainfall of the year. It typically has two distinct phases: