It's that time of year in Aden when the hot summer days fade into the hot autumn days. Ah. If there were leaves on the trees, I'm sure they would be changing into fiery reds and golds and oranges. Typically, the time of seasonal transitions back home bring runny noses and sore throats - and, depending on your opinion, yucky or yummy cold medicine - but Adenese and those in the Gulf face a greater challenge with the common cold, one that is not confined to the change of seasons.
Cold medicines in the Gulf are advertised not for the change of seasons but for people who work in buildings with powerful AC systems. In TV commercials, you see a man come out of the hot sun to sit at his desk right in front of an AC unit and come down with a terrible cold. (The terrible cold is a saw blade spinning in his throat. Bad news)
It's true. Some buildings are kept COLD while the outside is affirmatively HOT. If only I could remember the name of the cold medicine...
oh! is it lime? that stuff has to have medicinal properties (plus the spoonfull of sugar is already included).
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