Temperamental typhoons and "winter" weather

Just an update on the weather: Typhoon Mina/Mitag did hit the northern tip of Luzon Sunday evening, bringing with it the usual wind and rain.

Over here, it got windier toward later Sunday evening. And then as I was preparing my bed for sleeping, the room suddenly went dark. A brownout! Good thing I had gotten dressed for bed and had put away all my things! But I no longer had my electric radio/alarm clock to wake me up early the next morning so I had to set both my battery-operated desk clock and my cellphone to go off at 6:30a.m. the next day (Monday).

The winds had died down and power restored however by the time I woke up: the digital display on my electric alarm clock was showing 3:38a.m. so I figured that the power got back on around 3a.m. In a way, I was relieved that I could go on with my classes that day and not worry about having to schedule make-up classes. (There was just a short power interruption soon after noon that briefly interrupted my lecture that time.)

With Mitag finally out of the picture, I thought there was nothing else to worry about the weather. But I was wrong: there was a typhoon which had days earlier passed through the Visayas and was on its way to wreak havoc on Vietnam when just like Mitag, it paused just before hitting land. Then it did something that I've seen only one or two typhoons in my lifetime do: it made a u-turn and headed back toward the country! This time it headed for Mindoro . So when Tuesday afternoon came along the rain began to pour here again. The bad weather lasted through the night as well (it was nightmare driving home in the pouring rain from work that afternoon) and abated by Wednesday morning whereupon then my 8am class fell victim to a 30-minute power interruption on campus. Ah well. At least the brownout didn't last all day and it got sunny again later in the day. That evening, temps here in my room got back to around 27c.

But the weather wasn't done with its surprises: Thursday turned out to be an unexpectedly gloomy day: The sky was overcast and no sunshine broke through the clouds all day. Consequently, temps "dropped" (I'm putting it in quotes because it's not the same as the way temps really drop in the temperate countries) and by evening, it was 25C again my room--and "dropping". I subsequently had to put on my long pyjamas aside from my nightgown to stay warm while sleeping overnight. I also got to drink warm apple cider! Mmmmm!

Friday was even cooler although the sun was out for short periods of time. Temps here in my room hovered around 25C during the day and "dropped" to 24C in the evening. Wheee! It's never been that comfy here before. Online weather websites showed that temperature readings outside were probably two or three degrees lower than that.

And today was just as cool; just the perfect weather. I hope it continues until the coming Christmas holidays!