Thursday, 5 June 2014

4 seasons

This is my first experience
living in a country with 4 seasons
especially after 30 years in the hot, hot and hot singapore

my experience of winter
was to constantly wrap myself up with layers of clothes
and the freezing wedding
so, I was looking forward to spring (about march to june)
where i can wear lesser layers
and made use of my singapore clothes

sadly, spring disappointed me
it is still cold!
the average day temperature may rise to 17degrees with sun
but the morning and night were back to below 10 degrees
i am embarassed to admit
that i wore my winter coat a few times
because it was too cold...
okay, i managed to wear 1 layer less than winter
and kept 1 thick blanket away

May / June is better
with more sun and average day temperature of 20+degrees
but i dread waking up in the morning and in the night
where temperature drops to about 10 degrees
now i understand why everyone may be in tee-shirts
but holding a jacket 
when they are out
it is difficult to dress up with 10 degrees difference in a day!

initially i was very fearful of summer
husband has been scaring me that it is hotter than singapore
and can reach 38degrees!
so being kiasu, i went and bought a small fan for our apartment
at anytime ready to blast some needed wind around

the fan has been home for 1month
i have only used it 3 times
first time ... to try
second & third time.. was during the night there was no wind and the room was stuffy,
the fan was blowing at level 1 and not directed at us
-.-"

and it does not help that sometimes it can rain the whole day
and reduce the day temperature to average of 17degrees
anyway summer is due to start 2 weeks later to September
im unsure how i will be able to handle it

like now, even when it is really sunny
the cool breeze makes me put on my cardigan
i guess my body is bad at adapting at the changes in temperature
at least now, is lesser layers of 1 top and a light jacket to go out
but still need to wear stockings for skirts, shorts and dresses...

i know everytime when i complained about the weather
the singaporeans will remind me how grateful i should be
hmmm is a tough choice..
singapore being hot and humid but freedom of clothing and plenty of air-con areas
paris being hot and dry but limited choice of clothing and most malls/ shops have no aircon
that i literally was shopping in sweat..

i shall see how summer will be
and im definitely looking forward to the summer sales that is starting soon!

ps - the day is so long now
sun rise about 530am ( feels like 6.45am in singapore)
sun set about 10pm (feels like 6.45pm in singapore)
i dont look forward to the longer days to come...
my body clock feels strange...

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