Of singing in the rain

"Singing in the rain" is probably one of my all-time favourite songs. There's something about Gene Kelly dancing around a rainy street hugging lamposts that makes me smile at any point. I sing it in the shower, in my car while I'm driving ( no music system so this is entertainment a la me), when I'm sad, when I'm happy.

The funny part is I hate the rain or to put it more specifically, I hate getting wet. Its all good when its pouring outside and you get to sit at home under a quilt...but when I think of Bombay days where I used to have to sit in cold draughty classrooms completely drenched...I shudder to think how I went through it.

But every time I think of these words...

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feelin'

I'm happy again

I'm laughing at clouds

So dark up above

The sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for love

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place

Come on with the rain

I've a smile on my face

I walk down the lane

With a happy refrain

Just singin',

Singin' in the rain

...all I can think is the man's right...there's nothing happier...