If you can’t stand the heat…

Posted by admin on May 10th, 2010 filed in Culture & customs, Expat life, Living here

The weather in Thailand currently is such a blistering temperature it makes it difficult to do anything at all. Going outside for lunch is an enormous chore, whilst any sort of exercise is foolhardy and could actually lead to serious overheating. Even my favourite pastime of swimming is becoming too much to bear, with the intense sun beating down upon one’s head unpleasant in the extreme.

And the extra costs incurred are serious too. For someone who works from home, the air conditioning has to be blaring all day long for any chance of entering a productive mindset. This extravagance lead to our electricity bill breaching 3,000 baht for April, and I cannot envisage it being reduced much in May

The only solution to the heat seems to be to try and embrace it slowly. Being in artificial cool all day doesn’t seem to help matters as you never truly grow accustomed to the prohibitive temperatures, and fry like a fish in a frying pan as soon as one step is placed outside the Samsung-induced sanctuary. But knowing what the right thing to do and actually doing it, are two very different things.