I guess i spoke too early when I kept on telling people that winter this year isn’t too bad. For all I know, the worst is yet to come. This week, the temperature forecast says that temperatures may dip as low as -30C. Whoa! Back in the Philippines, I thought 20C was already cold. Back in California, I thought 15C was already cold. Geez, I have yet to experience what -30C feels like.

Together with this cold climate is very dry air. I always have to turn on my humidifier and always make it a point to moisturize Jakub’s skin and my skin whenever we go out or whenever we wash up. I’ve had problems finding the right moisturizer because the brand I used in the US is not available in all the stores. I keep on trying several brands in search of the right one.

Recently, I found a variant that uses Cannabis as one of its key ingredients. Out here, you don’t just smoke it, you use it to moisturize your skin. A very interesting thing though: As the label says, “……it encourages the regeneration of hands.”  I am not sure if that was a typo or simply just the “cannabis effect.”