Wonderful weather and weird behavior

We've been having wonderful weather these past few weeks. What I mean by "wonderful weather" is relatively cool weather for this country: temperatures hovering around the mid- and lower- 20s (celsius) rather in the upper-20s to low-30s.

And I'm saying it's wonderful also because I'm really enjoying this. It's just so refreshing not to sweat for a change after a brisk walk to outside campus to buy lunch. Then here at home I no longer have to strain my ears while listening to tv dialogue while the fan buzzes in the background. And then at work, I don't have to turn on my air-conditioning unit; I just open the windows and set-up a fan next to them to blow in the cool fresh air. The university should be thankful that I'm saving them hundreds of pesos on its electric bill!

Most other people here on the other hand are suffering from the sudden cold spell. I notice that many of my students and colleagues at work have started wearing long-sleeved shirts, jackets, sweaters--and even scarves! Boy, do I feel lucky that I went through four numbing winters while pursuing graduate studies abroad. I still can go about the house wearing my tank top and shorts and don't need to pile on layers to walk outside. I do wear my pajamas though instead of my nightgown when I go to bed as I tend to wake up shivering during the wee hours of the morning when temperatures really drop.

Unfortunately, I have observed some weird behavior at the same time. For instance, staff workers at the main office of my department insist on turning on their air-conditioning unit in their room--and at full blast, too! They end up having to wear sweaters and jackets indoors. I even had one student show up at class and request that I turn up the air-conditioning in the classroom because he was feeling warm. (We still turn on the air-conditioning in our classrooms since the room can get unbearably stuff with all the windows sealed closed.) I looked at him and observed that he was wearing a heavy dark blue-grey jacket over a simple white t-shirt. So I simply told him, "Tanggalin mo na lang ang jacket mo!" (Why don't you just take off your jacket?)

The one thing I don't like about the cold weather is that it's been unusually gloomy because of overcast skies and occasional showers. Sigh! We had a bit of sun this morning but that was short-lived. Ah well. I still prefer this to hot humid weather.