Rainy Season
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Stephanie says it is raining every day and she feels like she is in a 찜질방 all of the time. I am not sure if she likes the weather in Korea or not but she is not complaining about it. Sometimes she mentions that she would prefer to live in Korea. She is getting better at teaching English and the children like her a lot. They like her so much that someone made off with her shoes the other day. I understand that this is a common problem at this particular school because everyone wears expensive shoes. Hers were Converse. She was happy to get the opportunity to go shopping. She picked up some Adidas shoes to replace her Converse.
She admits to having caught 공주병. She says we won’t like her when she comes home because she is so spoiled… She has three more weeks to go… She has settled into a routine that includes some late-night studying of her own. She has been studying Korean quite a bit (I sent her with a mp3 player full of KClass lessons). When she IMs with her mother her Korean typing is pretty good. It makes me wonder how much texting she is doing in Korean…
She had the opportunity to go yachting last week. I don’t think that is helping her with her condition (공주병) but it sure sounds fun. I wonder if she got seasick. She didn’t say. It was probably a nice break from the rainy season weather though. The humidity is the worst part of rainy season. I recall times when it was sunny one minute and before you could get your umbrella up you were wet from the rain. But then the sun would come out again and heat up all that moisture on the ground and create a sauna. Yes, that is Korea in the summer time. Life sounds interesting for 우리 공주님.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I absolutely hate the rainy season because it’s constant rain. And you can’t get anywhere without having your feet get soaked (something that really irritates me, and I’m sure everyone else, too).
But what I do like is what you mentioned. When it rains, and the hot glaring sun comes out. It’s refreshing to get hit by the rain, and then dry off with the sun.
One thing though, my friends used to be worried about getting hit by rain because of the pollution in the air. They said it would really mess up my clothes. But more recently, it seems as if not so many people are concerned about this. Wonder what happened.
June 24th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I always hear complaints about the rainy season. Most people especially complain about the humidity. But actually, Korea can be quite beautiful during the rainy season. I would go as far to say that I kind of like the rainy season…wow - I really should not have said that out loud
June 25th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I wish I could get someone to clarify WHEN the rainy season actually is in Korea. I mean, we’ve had some rainy and then very warm days recently here in Gyeonggi Province, but I’m not sure the rainy season’s actually started… I seem to remember last year August being the height of the rainy season, when you could really get the 찜질방 feeling.
And it’s too depressing to think that the “rainy season” is from June until August… that’s the whole summer! :S
June 29th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Oh - and in case anyone was wondering, I was told that the rainy season should end by mid to late July.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I hope that it is mid July when it stops, as we will be there for 2 weeks starting 12th July!
Does anyone know if umberellas are cheap?
My daughter and i want one of those pretty ones!