I was not very bothered by the monsoon season once it got started but now I see why people dread it so much. The mosquitos are in full force, the dampness is everywhere growing lovely black mold, and the monsoon humidity and smog is entirely suffocating. This weather is so insanely miserable that you can not do anything outdoors. Just walking too and from work is an awful 10 minute commute so I can't imagine if I had a long way to go how I would deal with it. I would rather have 100 degree sunshine heat living in the South of the US rather than this intense thick cloud I am suffocating in in Asia. I honestly don't know how people deal with it year after year. The heavy downpours are more tolerable than the humidity that hangs in the air when it is not raining. I never thought I would prefer torrential rain as my Seoul weather rather than being able to close my umbrella.
The air is so thick it is hard to get a good breath of air, and if you walk into a store for some 'fresh air' you sometimes find the store doesn't even have their AC on. This air is the worst and it seems like you can reach your hand out and grab a handful of it because it's so thick. But the AC air that comes on in many local stores is not much better as it is laced with black mold which is a frequent inhabitant in the local AC machines. I find myself wishing I was in my own apartment breathing in the mold infested air because at least I wouldn't be dripping with sweat as I could control the temperature. It's a catch 22 when I am at home as I am given relief from the heat and smog of the season, but breathing in mold spores that make my throat hurt and nose run.
Do not even get me started on the mosquiotos. I swear I must have the most delicious tasting blood to them because I have bites all over me. I have put my mosquioto net up around my bed so at least they can not attack me while I'm sleeping! I walk around my apartment clapping my hands trying to kill any flying bug I see! I look totally ridiculous but feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction when I end one of their miserable blood sucking lives! They come into my apartment through my drains and will bite me 5 times before I can even catch them!I'm hot, itchy, and feel totally disgusting.
Nevertheless, I am trying to deal with these frustrating new realities as the season moves forward. But I will be so incredibly glad when the mosquitos, mold, and mother father monsoon are gone. (mother father is from Psy's new song, fyi! a nicer way to say what I really want to say about this horrible time of year!)
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