“No,” she said, shaking the last drops of water from her yellow umbrella. “Because I know the monsoon will come again. And it will read us its letter. And for one hour, we will remember that we are not just a city. We are an island dreaming of rain.”
Despite the name, rain still occurs, but February is historically Singapore’s driest month. It is often breezy, with wind gusts reaching up to 35 km/h. 2. Southwest Monsoon (June to September) monsoon season singapore
As they reached their block, Lin paused. The drains were still gushing, but slower now. The city had survived. It had been baptised again. “No,” she said, shaking the last drops of
“What does the letter say?”