Winter is a time for 'giving out electricity' (My Mandarin translation of static electricity). This term has a funny or colloquial meaning back home. In Mandarin, it means you are interested in somebody. Chinese comedies would often show 'lightning bolts' coming out of the eyes of someone trying to seduce another.
As this was my first winter, I had no idea what is static electricity until I accidentally brushed my colleague's hand. I literally got a shock. It was not painful but uncomfortable. At another time, while getting up in the middle of the night for nature's call, I saw sparks coming from my finger tips the moment I touched the light switch. Amazing!!!
Now, there is a whole new literal meaning for me when I said I am 'giving out electricity' to another person.
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