Swine flu outbreak. IS that for real? I would rather not talk about it. Silently, I pray for the people around the World.

My third field trip of this semester, this morning, at Ardmore Atmospheric station about 50km south from the city. The morning sky was pouring when my housemate woke me up. It was 8.40am. The transport provided was scheduled to leave at 9.00am. Thankfully I was not going with it. I cursed the rain. A coldfront hit Auckland today, that explains the weather. I checked my alarm, the "bell sign" was still there. It was set to ring at 7.30PM. Geez, clumsy. Still, a friend of mine was suppose to pick me up at 9 too, but he can wait :P I am a Malaysian afterall.

Akash arrived late, he is no Malaysian. The road was all wet. Speed kills on slippery roads. No speeding which means we are going to be late. We cursed the rain.

It was so cold out there. It was all wet. I was the only person silly enough to be wearing shorts. I thought the place was going to be lumpy, did not want to risk getting my jeans muddy. The regret kicks in as soon as I got out there doing field work. We cursed the rain. And the weather.

Today's objective was all about the sun; sort of like measuring the amount of irradiance coming onto the surface at solar noon. We were suppose to be there from 10am till 4pm approximately. Took basic measurements such as the wind direction, surface temperature and the relative humidity of the air. Later did we know that the weather would stay the same. No sign of the Sun. We were allowed to leave the station early, we left at 1.

And so .. we thank the rain. :)