Rainy Day in July

July 9, 2009 was a rainy day. Heavy rain poured like waterfall from the sky onto the road. Velocity of the falling rain generated energy which was strong enough to repel raindrops from the earth onto the surface of my sneakers. I wished that my sneakers were those water-proof boots, and then my socks and feet wouldn’t have gotten wet. It was uncomfortable to walk in wet shoes; I could feel water going in and out of my socks every time I lifted my foot and took a step forward.
Out in the rain, everybody looked different than usual. Some looked rather worried with their eyes frowning while they proceeded towards the destination; some looked excited as their footstep seemed lighter on that layer of rain water. Everybody around had their umbrella to protect their head from getting wet as acid rain could make your hair drop gradually. In my country, I never had that concern about hair dropping or acid rain. Perhaps it was because we were lack of awareness. I remembered myself soaking wet in the rain and refused to go under the shelter when I was in secondary school. It was after the fitness class on my school field. I could see myself running with a bunch of good friends under the rain as if we had nothing to worry about; I missed that feeling so much. I missed the taste of freedom.
I just found out on rainy days, the synthesis of some polymers do not work well since the humidity influences formation of the product. Thus, I did almost nothing today as my polymer membrane which I was supposed to use for permeability test broke. I guess I was just not good at making the test cell. I guess I was not Jack of all trades after all.
Rainy day in July, only two hours left to come to an end.