Survival kit in Hong Kong summer (Man, this could save your life.)

For the last few days, it's been crazy hot, humid, stuffy here as there's a typhoon nearby. People got heat stroke. A dog died in the heat. 

Hong Kong is crazy hot and humid in summer (June to August). The temperature is often over 30 degree Celsius and the humidity over 85% - which makes your body think it's about 40 degree Celsius!* No one, not even local HK people can bear this... 

To save yourself from getting a heat stroke - bring the followings:

1. A hand fan - you can buy a Chinese-styled hand fan (great souvenir by the way) easily in HK for $20HKD 
2. An umbrella - for the summer rain and the punishing sun
3. A lot of water and some isotonic drinks - keeps you hydrated and keeps your body temperature low
4. A water sprinkler - cools you down and when your skin is covered with sticky sweat, you'd die for this! If you think it's weird to take this around, get a water gun.
5. A handkerchief - Sweating is useless in 85% humidity, sweat won't evaporate to take away your heat. It just makes you sticky and soaks your underpants.

A few more practical suggestions.

1. Stay indoors. Shopping malls, restaurants, subway, buses, anything that has air-conditioning. It is indoors where you find HK's winter! And it is when you get back out, that you feel how hot it really is in HK. (Hell I hate that moment...)
2. Wear less and don't wear black. But you should take an extra piece of clothes - you can get sick from the crazy indoors/outdoors temperature difference.
3. Be extra careful when you do sports.
4. When typhoons come, it's extra hot and stuffy. Be extra careful. 

Reference:

* http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/heat/index.shtml#heatindex