Frigging cold!

!!!GENERAL ALERT!!!

Hong Kong temperatures ARE below 20 degrees Celsius! All citizens are advised to stay indoors and wait for this change in climate pass. A fresh to strong northeast monsoon is affecting southern China and the northern part of the South China Sea. Weather forecast for today Cloudy. Bright periods during the day. Fresh northerly winds, occasionally strong over offshore waters.

Outlook : Becoming fine over the weekend.

When I woke up this morning, my apartment was cool. I don't mean it was cool like a new pair of sunglasses and wearing an overcoat open, and posing in a way that your one knee is slightly bent and you're leaning back a little, which a cool smirk of a smile. No, I mean the other cool which is the one step before 'cold'.

Super-duper hot; hot; warm; ok; cool; cold; freezing. That's how it goes.

For the past few weeks we've come from 'warm' to 'ok', and now we are about to step over to 'cool'. This, of course, means only one thing:
JACKETS! Oh, godly super awesome jackets!! I can finally wear them again! After being in Finland this summer I have not worn a jacket on a single day (wearing a jacket with a suit not included)!! This is just so damned ultra-mega sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!!

Of course this means also, that general population of Hong Kong will start dressing up like Eskimos, but I don't really care. I can wear my jackets! I may even have to buy a few more.

The cold brings one problem, however. The Hong Kong apartments (like I've mentioned in my old posts) are not built to retain any heat (or cooled air for that matter) and this means that if it's 10 degrees outside, it will probably be 13 degrees inside. This means it's actually quite cold inside!

I mean, in Finland, even if it is -30 degrees outside, the houses are still kept warm in a nifty nice +21 to +23 degrees. So, if you choose, you can stay inside and keep warm. That is not an option here by default. I need to buy a radiator to ensure good night sleep as the apartments don't usually have in-built heating systems. They do have AC's for hot weather, but nothing to save us from cold! I seriously can't understand the logic but then again, this is probably yet another thing that I can blame on the British... those sons of bitches.

Below is the 7-day Weather Forecast from my pals at the Hong Kong Observatory.



So, anyway, winter is coming to Hong Kong too. I know it doesn't sound bad, but I can guarantee that it is a lot colder than what it sounds. I will remember to bitch about it often enough to make the point.