How to Keep Your Cool at Summer Time in the Philippines
by: F.C. Irorita
Under this hot searing heat of the sun, it is a no-brainer that the air-conditioner in your room should be left on. All the electric fans will surely be directed at you, and yet you perspire a lot and feel so hot. You take a shower three times a day, but the moment you leave the bathroom the drops of water you bathed in quickly become beads of sweat.
So you ask me, what else can I do to keep myself cool during the summer? Fortunately for you, my friend, you asked the right person. Here is how you could cool yourself while you are enjoying your vacation in the Philippines.
Let’s start first with the hard stuff. To keep everything in high efficiency and in good order, you will have to clean up everything in the house. The dust that accumulates in the house blocks the airways, making the house hot. You might think that cleaning the house would just make you feel even hotter because of the work you’re doing, but once the house is clean you will feel a lot cooler because of the freer airway.
Another thing that you can do is to clean up the filters of your air-conditioning system and to remove all the dust in your electric fans.
This will make them more efficient in cooling the air around the house.
You should also turn off appliances that you are not using as these heat up, and also turn lights off that are not being used because they also emit heat. Open doors and windows so that the hot air would be able to come out and the cool breeze to come in.
Wearing light clothing is also advisable, and loose fabric is ideal for letting the air pass through to your skin. If you need to go out, you could wear a cap or bring an umbrella to block the sun. Don’t forget to wear sunblock to protect your skin from the sun if you’re wearing sleeveless clothing.
Sometimes it’s even more advisable to wear long sleeves if you will have to stay under the sun for a long time to protect your skin, but you could always just wear loose-fitting ones so that the air could still pass through.
I could also not stress enough that it is important to keep yourself hydrated. Drink water every time you feel thirsty to cool you off. Refrain from drinking hot drinks and eating hot food. You could try eating ice cream, popsicles, slurpees or cola floats. Cold soup noodles can also be a good meal. Cakes, leche flan and halo-halo are also good food for the summer.
And importantly, always have a cool head! Having a hot temper actually makes your body temperature increase, and it makes it hard for your body to cool down. So while you’re here enjoying your vacation in the Philippines, the best thing to do is this: chill.
Under this hot searing heat of the sun, it is a no-brainer that the air-conditioner in your room should be left on. All the electric fans will surely be directed at you, and yet you perspire a lot and feel so hot. You take a shower three times a day, but the moment you leave the bathroom the drops of water you bathed in quickly become beads of sweat.
So you ask me, what else can I do to keep myself cool during the summer? Fortunately for you, my friend, you asked the right person. Here is how you could cool yourself while you are enjoying your vacation in the Philippines.
Let’s start first with the hard stuff. To keep everything in high efficiency and in good order, you will have to clean up everything in the house. The dust that accumulates in the house blocks the airways, making the house hot. You might think that cleaning the house would just make you feel even hotter because of the work you’re doing, but once the house is clean you will feel a lot cooler because of the freer airway.
Another thing that you can do is to clean up the filters of your air-conditioning system and to remove all the dust in your electric fans.
This will make them more efficient in cooling the air around the house.
You should also turn off appliances that you are not using as these heat up, and also turn lights off that are not being used because they also emit heat. Open doors and windows so that the hot air would be able to come out and the cool breeze to come in.
Wearing light clothing is also advisable, and loose fabric is ideal for letting the air pass through to your skin. If you need to go out, you could wear a cap or bring an umbrella to block the sun. Don’t forget to wear sunblock to protect your skin from the sun if you’re wearing sleeveless clothing.
Sometimes it’s even more advisable to wear long sleeves if you will have to stay under the sun for a long time to protect your skin, but you could always just wear loose-fitting ones so that the air could still pass through.
I could also not stress enough that it is important to keep yourself hydrated. Drink water every time you feel thirsty to cool you off. Refrain from drinking hot drinks and eating hot food. You could try eating ice cream, popsicles, slurpees or cola floats. Cold soup noodles can also be a good meal. Cakes, leche flan and halo-halo are also good food for the summer.
And importantly, always have a cool head! Having a hot temper actually makes your body temperature increase, and it makes it hard for your body to cool down. So while you’re here enjoying your vacation in the Philippines, the best thing to do is this: chill.
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