Becoming Taiwanese

When I was ND the winter temps would be a balmy 25F on a good day (you knew from Dec-early March it would not be above freezing). There were a few weeks during the year when the mercury didn't go north of 0. Then there was one memorable day when it was close to -40F with the wind chill.

Sitting in that for 4 years I told myself that if it ever made it to 40F I would be so incredibly happy.

So now I live in Taiwan, a place where the usual temperatures don't get close to 40F but at the coldest hover in the neighborhood of 50F. Given my past experience, this should be a piece of cake.

Nope. I guess I am becoming more Taiwanese by the day since when it hits 50F I bundle up in a big jacket and hat. Either that or I'm just going soft. But, man, it does feel cold.