The weather is a crock

How ridiculous the talk of weather is in this country. The Bangladeshis claim that they have six seasons in the year. What a load of rubbish.

Summer was supposed to be April/May (and by golly they got that right, although they failed to mention the following 4 months as well), the monsoon was supposed to be June and July. We’re now in October and it has only just started raining properly. August, September and October are supposed to be Autumn! Fat chance!

November and December are called “misty” – yet to find out what that means, but it probably just means more humidity, scorching sun and a few showers. “Winter” (if it ever actually gets here) is supposed to be January and February.* So far, I can confirm that we’ve definitely had ONE season: Stinking hot and Stinking humid.

* Please note that the word for winter in Bangla is “Shit-kal”. I wonder whether this has any connection as to the quality of the pending winter.