Between two extreme (temperatures)

I've noticed that every single house in Austin are equipped with air-conditioning (AC) for short. Call me ignorant but I never realized that even though I watched countless Hollywood movies. I know that they use it for heating the house during winter but didn't thought they would also use it for cooling. The AC is usually left on the WHOLE day, even when you're not in the house!

It's like having two weather here; one is a cooling 75 Fahrenheit (around 24 C) and the other, a blistering 100 F (38 C) - it sometimes goes up to 40C or worse! I feel too pampered by the cooling AC in my house; I'm afraid that I might not stand the outside heat once I get out of my comfort zone... I'm a sun-lover, I can't be scared of the heat can I?

Tell you a secret; I sometimes push the thermostat up to 80F (27C) and switch on the ceiling fan to save on energy. We're a bunch of Malaysian, why are we scared of the heat anyway? Call me a Green freak if you want...