Well this is the conclusion I've come to after only a few weeks of wet season: whoever said there's no time like the present to do something never had to contend with the wet season. Every day around 3ish the Yogya sky opens up and wherever one is is wherever one is stuck until it closes again. Seriously, I've never seen rain like this before, probably more in one downpour than Australia's seen in a long time. It's useful to carry around a book and a stock of small talk and make the best of it :0)
Some useful vocab for the wet season includes kilat (lightning), kehujuanan (see title of post), hujan deras (heavy rain) and puting beliung (cyclone - a small one hit campus last Friday afternoon, trees and roof tiles everywhere but the rest of the city seemed not to be affected!).
Not much else going on this week, have taken up a few opportunities lately for voluntary english language teaching/conversation practice, and finally finished mid-sem exams. What a goose I accidentally anwered all questions on one exam (7) instead of choosing 4 as the paper clearly stated. No language excuse, it was in big bold letters and quite simple vocab. D'oh.
Went to the Dieng Plateau with Tom last weekend, it was very beautiful if cold (yes, cold!). I'll post some picutres once I find a computer that will let me.
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