on weather

the japanese have an obsession with the weather. i cant go one lesson without a student pontificating on the humidity of nagoya because of the mountains in gifu or the estimated commencement of the rainy season. they just love talking about it and love hearing weather comparisons of what itd be like in vancouver or prague at this time of year. i think i could be a climatologist (is that a word???) or at least a local news weather man upon my return to canada based on the knowledge ive picked up here about geography and its relation to weather patterns.

to be perfectly honest, though, the weather here is a little bad. were in the rainy season right now so its raining 3-4 days a week pretty hard, and will be for another few weeks. the humidity is very high right now too, but apparently were not even in summer yet. summer begins when rainy season ends, so itll get about 10 degrees hotter (it averages 25-30 C right now) and more humid from mid july through to the end of september. which means riding my bike to work in a shirt and tie is going to be a pain in the derriere. at home at least we have a great air conditioner that cools the entire apartment...we have it running 24 hours a day which is killer for the electricity bill but necessary for our sanity, especially at night.