How to store 35mm film? (first time using film)?

I've recently caught interest in photography. To start, I got a Nikon FM2/n just a bit more than a week ago. I'm about half way through my first roll of iso100 film(that the store generously gave me for free), so I got 2 packs of iso400 film(fujicolor superia x-tra).

Now, the question is how should I store the two packs of iso 400 film?

Here's some information about where I'm

I'm probably going to open one of the packs in within a week or two, and I'll probably start using the other pack within a month, and definitely before two months. I also live in southern Taiwan, and the temperature is just starting to get hot, like maybe up to the 80-90 Fahrenheit range(around 30 Celsius). The humidity is pretty high at around 70-80%, and even more when it rains.

Should I just keep the store the film in drawers, or is there a need to refrigerate the film?

Refrigerate as a precaution.

As soon as I buy film (usually 10 rolls at a time) its goes in the refrigerator. I keep it in a sealed plastic bag inside a storage container with a tight fitting lid. I take it out a couple of hours before I plan on using it and let it warm to room temperature.

These were made in Oct.of 2009 with ISO 200 film that had an expiration date of July 2007:

100mm lens @ f11, exposure of 30 seconds.

200mm lens @ f11, exposure of 30 seconds.

Needless to say the film had been refrigerated since I bought it in 2006.

Modern consumer film like superia is surprisingly robust. However you would greatly increase the shelf life if you keep it refrigerated. Once you've shot a rol it's also best to store it cool until you can get it processed. (tip, fold over the end of film that sticks out of the cassette when you've finished with a roll, that way you will never get confused)

In your case I'd seriously consider getting a plastic sealable container like those tupperware style things for left overs. Get a few packs of silicagel, the kind you can regenerate in a microwave. Put one of those baggies in the container with your film.

If you store your camera it would also help if you can seal it with some silicagel. The conditions in which you live are also the kind of conditions where lens fungus thrives.http://www.squidoo.com/diy-dry-box should give you some ideas.

It's always best to keep film refrigerated. I've known people to freeze it before now but putting it in the fridge is enough. The same goes for any kind of film too.

Store them in a refrigerator. Since you live in such a hot and humid environment, let the film warm up in the plastic container for at least 15 min when you go to shoot. If you take it out of the container you risk condensation.

The bulk of my films go in the freezer with one or two of each type in the fridge. I live a couple of hours up the River from Chongqing and the summer temperatures become stupidly hot, 47C last summer. I have to keep the films cool until I want them, at those temperatures, who knows what could happen.

I even chill exposed film until it's time to develop it.

Maybe you should experiment (keep one in the drawer and one in the fridge) and see if there's any different after you shoot and develop the film.