it rained hailstones in clayton

today, chris came to pick me to go to dandenong market to buy vegetables for ivy and ida. bought cabbages, cauliflower, pak choy and mandarin oranges. chris bought a kilogram of assorted nuts for bel in singapore. as it was raining quite heavily, we waited it out by having a cup of coffee at a cafe.

as i needed to get some stationery for ida, chris drove me to ikea at victoria gardens, richmond. it is just like the ikea back home: they have a restaurant that serves swedish meatballs and cheap breadfast. got ida a set of file holders, a corkboard and two pieces of plastic for her table top. we did not have lunch in the ikea restaurant; instead, we had it at the food court.

after lunch, chris dropped me off at lantana. at about 2.30 p.m., i heard the sound of objects hitting the roofs of the houses. i looked out and saw pellets, the size of a pea, on the road. i realised that it was raining hailstones. hailstones can range from the size of a pea to that of a golf ball. it can be a very painful experience to be hit by 'golf ball sized hailstones'.

about that time, ida came back from her lectures at the university. she had her umbrella with her, otherwise she would have been hit by the white peas.