Nature’s Joke

Our jokes session in the 'dungeon'... sorry, China Hut

Arun Patil was right about the attendance today (see yesterday’s post). Extended Bakrid celebrations robbed us of the numbers, raising our total complement marginally by three or four. It was nice to have Yusuf Rassiwala and Nahid Siddiqui, among others back.
Another issue is the rain. Just when we thought that the worst was over, we are being treated to a protracted and somewhat whimsical monsoon that ruins our exercise routine. This has been our bane for the best part of July and August.
Today, when we arrived at the Garden, the sky looked clear – although the sun was not yet up. It was typically a sunless dawn. So from the China Hut, we moved out in the open to take in some fresh air. But midway through the exercises, the heavens opened up and we ran for our lives back into the China Hut.
Barely had we settled in when the rains stopped and it was once again, cool and breezy outside. Now we were caught in a quandary -- whether to move out or continue like fools inside the China Hut. We chose to stay fools. And funnily, the moment we wound up, the sun burst out in the sky!
At this rate, it would appear that nature is playing a joke on us, at our expense.