Temperature drop!!!

I have been looking at the weather forecast for Tokyo over the last few days and am a little worried. The temperature there has been averaging in the low teens (centigrade). It is not so much the cold itself that worries me, more the drastic drop from experiencing temperatures averaging in the high 30's for the past month and a half, to an coping with an over night adjustment of almost 30 degrees.

Also, I have only really packed for mild autumn weather, thinking that I might find some more serious winter wear along my travels, but of course, Thailand being the tropical mecca that it is, there is not much in the way that sort of clothing. I did spy some woolen jumpers in some of the stalls on Khoa Sarn road, so I will have to pay them a visit before I leave Thailand late on Thursday night.

One thing that I have found to be fortunate though, is that the hostel that I am booked in at in Tokyo -- Sakura Hostel -- is right near the sporting, camping and hiking store district know as Supotsu Yotengai. So I am sure to find what I need there, but with stores like North Face and Patagonia I am likely to end up paying through the nose. Any how, I think it will be good to get a bit of a change of weather for a while.

The one main thing that I learnt in Singapore is that I need weather, and differentiation in temperature or else I start to go a bit loopy. My 12 days in Singapore seemed like one long day as there was very little temperature difference between day and night as well as between days. I found myself looking back with affection at Melbourne and her cool changes and general mixed bag of conditions. Malaysia and Thailand were much more manageable as the nights were noticeably cooler which helped in terms of subconsciously defining the days.

Well, now on to longer nights and shorter days, and the job hunt...