ok, so some of you may say this is simply because i am a witch. ;) but really, its just the seoul summer. i often prided myself on the fact that it gets pretty hot in north carolina and i would still play soccer in the summer (often with a little bit of whining) and go outside and not let the heat bother me.
korea is another story...i take that back...kids club is another story....so originally at our school we were told that we could only use the air conditioner if it was over 29 degrees C - roughly being 90 degrees F. and we could only use it for 30 minutes for each class (i still don't know what that means) and it has to be set at 25 degrees C which is roughly 80 degrees F. i still don't quite understand the system or how i am supposed to teach or how kids are to be taught in that condition - so instead of wasting their electricity i just decided not to use the air conditioner. if it was up to me it would run constantly because im always hot.
i dont know if it was the sweat beads running down my arms, or the look of "i could pass out at any moment" permanently plastered on my face or my mentions of "man its hot." but now in every class in the morning as soon as i show up (because i rotate classrooms) the windows are shut and the air conditioner goes on. and in the afternoon classes i dont turn on the "aircon" because i dont know if im allowed to - mr bae comes in and turns it on. so its getting better. but its hot.
did i mention its hot? and yes north carolina is hot but you know those really muggy days when you just can't do anything? i mean some years we have a lot of them in NC but often its just a few days throughout the summer when you just can't move.
well thats what its like here almost everyday. and then imagine not many trees, traffic, cement from the sidewalk and roadside....it just kind of adds up. and yet i am always fascinated how the korean girls can endure this weather and still look good! more power to you!
i know its summer when...
my extra polar ice gum is melting to the wrapper, my purse...to me.
my candy i keep at school to give out as prizes is melted
my hair is constantly frizzy....and i don't care.
all the little hooks in my house that are hot glued to the wall are now laying on the floor.
my cheeks are perpetually a bright pink color from sunburn
i step into my office and break out into a sweat.
ahhhh yes, its summer time and the living is easy. :)
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Have I told you lately that I love you? Did you make paper fans in the class? Or make round faces and put them on a stick to use as a fan? I remember living in Georgia with no air conditioning at all. No ceiling fans.Working on a cement runway on a metal airplane all day then coming home to no air. Sweating when you step out of the shower. No relief in site. Been there done that. Too old to do it again. Won't you be soooo happy when winter comes around again???
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