Bisdak Babbles

“I prefer winter over summer” or “I’ve had enough of summer“. These are my usual answers when some Japanese acquaintances ask me about winter. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate summer. I just don’t like sweating. But at the peak of winter, I often take back these “anti-summer” words. Literally, winter chills me to the bones! So far, I’ve survived three winters with just my little heater and layers of clothing. This winter, I’m thinking of adding some “winter survival tools”. Maybe this time, I’ll finally use the kotatsu, a low, wooden table frame with a heat source underneath.  I’m also planning to buy heated mattress pads and a new thick blanket.  Above all, I should think of energy-saving ways because I’ll be alone for three whole months. Luanne, my flatmate, is staying in the Philippines from November to end of January. So I don’t have anybody to share the electricity bill with.