Ten on Tuesday - 4

It’s time to say bye to winter, and welcome the spring with warm open hands and hug. 

That's when I thought why not write about winter….    Winter itself reminds us of short day light and long nights, which is a great excuse to be lazy :D

10 things I love about winter

Extra layer of clothes:  I like the winter accessories like scarves, boots, wrist warmers, fuzzy socks, and boots.  I do enjoy wearing extra layer of clothes to get the nice warmth throughout the day and night.  

Need of warmth: Come winter, the gas and electricity always soar high.  The need for heat, getting into the comfortable warmth is the primary need, especially when you just came from outside. That is such bliss to sleep tight hugging each other under the warm rug on the chill winter evening!

Love for hot food:  Hot food reminds me of maggi noodles, masala chai, masala vadai, a cup of hot pepper or garlic rasam.  The taste and satisfaction it gives is totally inevitable.

My birthday: Needs no explanation.  The kid in me still loves birthday, and keeps counting the days when the next one will come :)

Snow: The fresh flakes of snow and playing with snow in building the snowman, getting drenched in the snow with small flakes all over the hair is fun. This is the season for ski lovers.  Much to my regret, I had leg sprains every time I try my hands on skiing! But I totally enjoy doing snow-tubing and sledging like this!

The unplanned leave: How much I long for heavy snow so that we get paid leave.  This DEC was the best. I would go to office at 9.00 just to know that the office is not yet opened, or that it will be closing at 10.00 due to heavy snow forecast…How much I enjoyed those days of OB adichufying at appice..

Festive decorations: Come winter, it brings along lovely aroma of candles, colorful lights and decorations for Christmas and looking forward for a new beginning.

Lots of holidays / Vacation time: Should I say more on this?? Just taking 1 or 2 days of leave will give us a bulky 15 days of holidays, fun and frolic.  Most of the memorable holidays are planned during this time.

Boxing Day sale and shopping: I love shopping.  But that does not mean I wake up at 4.00 AM and wait in the long que and do shopping on Boxing day…nay..that isn’t my idea of holiday shopping. There is generally good sale on clothes, handbags, shoes, electronic gadgets. I love going around shops to just see the crowd that looms around, that simply reminds me of crowded shopping streets in India.  

View of naked trees and Nature: They say that trees without leaves are lifeless.  I don’t accept that.  There is still subtle beauty when the trees shed their uniform. The rivers and lakes that gets frozen is yet another beauty to watch.

Although I like so much about winter, I equally dislike it.  And I pretty much have contradictory opinion on some points mentioned above.


1.Wearing extra layer of clothes can be as irritating as ever.  Now this means it takes nearly 15 minutes to get dressed and undressed at any point of time.  Even to buy some milk from the nearby shop or dropping the bin bags demands full clothing.  This totally annoys me.

2. Itchy skin - That deserves a eeks...Yes...it does become itchy during winter because of wearing too many layers, and getting exposed to artificial heat.

3. The dryness in the skin is yet another annoying factor.  Applying loads of loads of moisturizers consumes a lot of time. 

4. Dry hair and dandruffs are yet another common problem in the winter. Regular hair bath does control dandruff, but it increases the dryness in the hair. 

5. Snow and the aftermath - ice! I have a horrible sense of balance.  It totally scares me to walk on ice for the fear of falling.  


6. Traffic chaos and delays because of snow.

7. The chillnes that get into your veins.  

8. The unpleasant wind               

9. Sickness, running nose and soar throat

10. Shorter days that leaves us just to spend most of the time at home.