It is better hot than cold!

DATE: Thursday November 6, 2008
TIME: 9:25 a.m.
PLACE: Home Computer

I came to this country for the first time a little after Christmas in 1985. I was seventeen and I had just graduated from High School.

I come from Ecuador, specifically from a city located at 15 minutes from the Ocean Pacific. It is hot all year round. There are cities not as cold as New York City, but they're cold. I never liked cold weather that's the reason why I never visited these cities in Ecuador located in the highlands where is cold all year round.

I always say if you can't wear a pair of shorts, a t-shirt, and sandals it means that is cold and you have to cover your entire body. That was the case when I came for the first time and arrived at JKF Airport.

Even though my father warned my older brother and I about wearing a heavy set of clothing all we were wearing was besides a pair of levi's a light weight sweater. Everything was nice until we step out of the airport.

I never felt so much cold in my life. My father was waiting outside of the airport with sweaters and heavy jackets, but even with all those coatings of clothing I felt the cold all the way to my bones. I can't stand cold every since I got to this country.

On the other hand there's the summer time. I try to take advantage of the three little months of summer and I usually spend it at the beach.

I hate the cold so much than I take vacation for a couple of weeks during winter time just to go back to my hometown back in Ecuador and I spend everyday of my vacation at the beach or by the pool. And it's always been like that every since I felt the cold weather through my bones. That's why I always say "it is better hot than cold"