Culture shock: Does it matter if you're brown or white?

[Arthur Little]

Whilst we in use umbrellas to fend off the rain , they tend to be employed by Filipinas as protection against the relentless heat of the in their country.

Having spent 3 months in the Phils during my last visit - and being sparse of hair on top - I refused to wear a hat (or, indeed ... ... any form of headgear) throughout the duration of my stay there ... in the "vain" hope of acquiring the sort of "tan" that, in the movies, at least, looks best on the head of a bald man.

Alas ... I failed to achieve the desired effect that a few hours of hard graft in my back garden on a hot sunny afternoon can seemingly produce.

[Arthur Little]

Having spent 3 months in the Phils during my last visit - and being sparse of hair on top - I refused to wear a hat (or, indeed ... ... any form of headgear) throughout the duration of my stay there ... in the "vain" hope of acquiring the sort of "tan" that, in the movies, at least, looks best on the head of a bald man.

Alas ... I failed to achieve the desired effect that a few hours of hard graft in my back garden on a hot sunny afternoon can seemingly produce.

Probably it's something to do with the almost constant, overpowering humidity of the Philippines' climate ... in marked contrast to the [relatively] rare "scorcher" we're accustomed to in Blighty!