It's winter right now as Jan. is one of the coldest months but being born and raised from Iowa and now living in a tropical climate like Taiwan, my definition of cold isn't like that of Taiwanese people. Many Taiwanese people, including my coworkers think it's insane to wear a shirt when it's Jan. in a indoor building. Yes, it would be if it was actually cold! The past couple of days have been pretty warm and at times I would even be sweating walking outside. Even my students asked me today if I was cold since I was wearing a shirt. But then if we were playing a game, they would want me to put the air conditioner on since it was too hot in the classroom. Drew got the flu and today everyone was asking him why he was wearing a shirt and not a jacket or scarf.
I will admit that there are some days here that I would actually be cold and there is no insulation in most Taiwanese apartments so my room can get pretty chilly. But I just sleep with a sweatshirt and sweatpants and I'm fine. I haven't had to use a heater and it's not like below freezing like Iowa. I don't know, I don't mind the cold but I'm not looking forward when it gets humid and muggy. It was really hard for me to deal with it last summer and there is only one more month that it will be "cold" until spring comes.
It's just annoying when people think that if you don't wear a jacket or a scarf that you will get sick. They also think it's crazy when you eat ice cream when it's cold outside because you will get sick, btw Drew and I ate Coldstone tonight lol Taiwanese girls wear puffy jackets, high fur boots, BUT wear a skirt with leggings or no leggings which doesn't make sense since they are afraid to be cold but they can show bare skin on their legs? People look at me and my coworkers that we're crazy for wearing so "little" when we look at them because they are wearing too much! However it's about lower 60s and Taiwanese people are wearing puffy winter jackets, ugg boats, and wool hats!!!
-Chihchat
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