What do Finns ask the first thing they go to a restaurant in the Philippines? For the air-con to be switched off. Because it's always creeping cold inside! The reaction of the Filipinos, who were born and raised in the hot and humid country? Shocked. Or they take it as a joke. And won't turn the blowing artificial coldness down but keep on enjoying the breeze.
It amazes us Finns here how cold it is inside. In the offices, taxis, restaurants, cinemas - the air con is working full time.
When I complain about being cold (a lot) people always wonder how that can be since I come from a cold country. Shouldn't I be used to that? My question is, shouldn't the Filipinos then be used to the hotness? It doesn't work like that. Finns want to avoid being cold since we've got enough of that. Filipinos are sick and tired of being hot all the time, therefore praising the cool breeze.
We want what we don't have. We are fascinated about what we can't have. Air con can create an artificial coldness and heaters an artificial tropic. I'd prefer it warm. Naturally.
