How many of you Indonesians make it a habit to check out the weather forecast everyday? I don’t. Because I don’t think it really affects me whether it’s raining or not. If it’s the rainy season then I’ll always bring my umbrella with me. If it’s the dry season then I won’t. It’s always been that simple. Back in Indonesia, it seems to me that the weather has always been out of the picture when planning something, or anything for that matter (even when you’re holding a wedding party, cause most Indonesians will just hire a pawang. lol).

However,  during one of my conversation class (the one I described lovingly in the previous post :P ) we were having “weather” as the topic and I was asked one question, “How does the weather affect your lifestyle?”. I was like, “Affect my lifestyle? How CAN a weather affect my lifestyle??”. And Michael (for those of you who forgot, Michael’s the teacher’s name) was like, “Are you telling me you have never been affected by the weather all your life? Didn’t you consider of what the weather would be while making plans??”. I answered with a simple “No” and then he had this incredulous look on his face. He said, “For example, where I come from, the whole town could shut down because of a snowstorm. And when you open the door you see that snow has blocked your doorway up to the roof.” So I answered, “Well, Indonesia has only two season and they are not very different. The only difference is the amount and frequency of the rain. Which means you have to bring umbrella during the rainy season. That’s all. We don’t have four seasons, where the weather goes to the extremes.” And he had this you-guys-have-it-easy-there-huh look on his face that all the Indonesians (merasa dianggap remeh :P ) quickly replied,

“But during the dry season it gets really hot.”

“How hot? What’s the highest temperature it gets in Indonesia?”

“Umm 34? 35 degree Celcius?”. And then I added, “It was so hot that I’d get headache”

“In Canada, during the summer the temperature might reach 45 degree Celcius.”

And we were all like, “WHATT??!!” and were so embarrassed for saying 34 degree celcius is really hot…   :oops:

So, moral of the story, bersyukurlah kita, orang Indonesia, berada di khatulistiwa with its moderate climate. Musim kita gak aneh-aneh. Gak ada musim dingin yang dingin menusuk tulang ataupun musim panas yang kayaknya betul-betul bisa bikin mati kepanasan. Dah gitu gak ada angin topan, tornado, hujan badai. Tapi kalo gitu berarti Filipina kasian kali ya. Udah cuman dua musim, sering kena topan pula. Huehehee :D