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| 29.10.2013, 02:13 - fenpxsli - Pfeifenkopp - 205 Posts Useful tips regarding how to cope with the cold abroad A Malaysian Abroad By LIM AI LEEN It's midMarch and snowing as I write this. Spring is nowhere around the corner. The heating remains firmly on high. Cleaning you say? Whenever you fling open the windows to allow in some fresh, flowerscented air? Don be daft, you can let precious heated air escape like that. Reality is not a Timotei shampoo ad. Ever ask yourself why the Brits in many cases are cold, reserved, grumpy even? And obsessive about the weather? Unsurprisingly,parajumpers jakke oslo, these traits are connected. In case your arms and legs haven seen sunlight for six months, you snap at the tourists too. Who cares which way Big Ben is when it too chilly for any river cruise and too grey for photos? And when youe anything like my pal YF and me, whoe been acclimatised by 40 years of tropical heat, the suffering is severe. There grounds they refer to it as SAD (seasonal affective disorder); issing the sun's rays?for you and me. so fed up with layers,?YF moans, as she counts them off. hermals or tights under my jeans. Uniqlo Heatech camisole under longsleeved Tshirt under wool sweater. Sometimes even under skiwear,?she says. She resides in Norwich, which gets icy gusts in the North Sea. How to proceed, besides complain? Here are a few survival tips: 1. Obtain a padded coat Forget about looking trim, sleek and elegant, this really is about staying warm in subzero conditions. here no such thing badly weather, only bad clothing,?declares S, another Malaysian friend. She stays snug in her own Canada Goose parka, with furlined Eskimo hood, despite it being 20 in Toronto. 2. Get a dog If youe a an beat them, join them?person, get a dog. Come snow, sleet or hail, your perky little mutt will haul you out of trouble of bed and in to the park. The exercise will not only raise your mood,www.newcastlesc.ca/?paged=3, it will give you painfully numb ears, fingers, nose and toes. When you finally go back home,canada goose oslo, youl be so grateful to be indoors that youl forget to change on the heating. Which mug of tea will be the tastiest ever, with your fingers warming around it. This mindtrickery can last about 30 minutes. 3. Make hay as the sun shines We'd ONE day of warmish (14, like Gardens Mid Valley) weather this month, and so i went for any jog. Only wearing track bottoms, a Tshirt and hoodie. I even perspired! Ie never been so pleased to see sweat. Remember those ad mat sallehs?who remove their shirts and bare their legs in the weakest glimmer of sun? Maybe theye not so crazy after all. 4. Make curry laksa start feeling colder towards lunchtime,?says YF. appetite, to ensure that my body system has enough fuel to burn. And it has to become a hot lunch.?Unfortunately, the default lunch here ?throughout the year ?is really a cold sandwich, whereas the weather calls for a steaming bowl of soupy carbs that fogs up the spectacles. So why do we get hot and bothered total types of laksa in equatorial KL but shiver on the salad in London,parajumpers jackets canada? 5. Escape Finally, you can always try to escape to sunnier climes. My buddy spent 10 glorious days lying on a beach in the Canary Islands, while we struggled with mud and rain on our Xmas day walk. |