Another one bites the dust

I just left another umbrella at a friend's house. That's 3 umbrellas this week I've lost. Crazy. I just can't remember when I leave a wet umbrella outside and it's not raining when I leave! Now I really have to go buy another one. I don't think I'd survive without an umbrella, and after living here, I will definitely never underestimate the usage of this lovely contraption:

• Staying dry--it rains all so randomly and frequently during monsoon season (now).
• Shading from the sun--that sun is killer strong! If I don't use an umbrella when it's sunny:

1. My friends all scold me.
2. I get worse tan lines.
3. I'd sweat more than if I had one...however, when walking outside in the heat, I'm usually soaked to the bone with sweat by the time I reach wherever I'm going anyway, so I don't know how it'd make much difference, but I do know I sweat more without the umbrella blocking some sun.
   

• When I walk past men in the streets who are inappropriately starring at me, I hold the umbrella just low enough to block their stare from my eyes, so I can't tell they're starring.

What would I do without it? Well...buy a new one, I guess...

[Woman with her umbrella ready, working in the tea gardens nearby where I live...]