In Bali I'm told much use is made of wet sarongs to deal with the heat. Personally I've found a damp (not sopping, for obvious reasons) cloth draped over a desk fan can be merciful, as can pointing a spray bottle at the fan and letting the mist fly back at you. Last summer was too wet for water to be particularly cooling, so I was saved by nudity and vodka. When you're naked and drunk, the heat doesn't seem to matter. Getting things done also doesn't seem to matter though, so it's not the most productive solution. Fortunately my house has a breeze channel, so when the heat got too dire for vodka I slept in the hallway. Perhaps a moist scarf around your head & hair with a fan positioned behind you might make working a little easier. Or taking a laptop and whatever can be done on it to a nice air-conditioned shopping centre and holing up in whatever cafe or teashoppe doesn't mind you lingering all day over one iced tea.
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In Bali I'm told much use is made of wet sarongs to deal with the heat. Personally I've found a damp (not sopping, for obvious reasons) cloth draped over a desk fan can be merciful, as can pointing a spray bottle at the fan and letting the mist fly back at you.
Last summer was too wet for water to be particularly cooling, so I was saved by nudity and vodka. When you're naked and drunk, the heat doesn't seem to matter. Getting things done also doesn't seem to matter though, so it's not the most productive solution. Fortunately my house has a breeze channel, so when the heat got too dire for vodka I slept in the hallway.
Perhaps a moist scarf around your head & hair with a fan positioned behind you might make working a little easier. Or taking a laptop and whatever can be done on it to a nice air-conditioned shopping centre and holing up in whatever cafe or teashoppe doesn't mind you lingering all day over one iced tea.