Wednesday 25 July 2007

the dragonfly days of summer

that's right, dragonfly, not dog. don't think i've mentioned it, but the dragonflies are out in full force. it's pretty incredible to see hundreds of them just floating through the air above you. haven't taken a picture yet because i haven't had my camera with me and they probably wouldn't shoot that well, being as small as they are, but i'll see what i can do.

it's been hotter than hell of late... hovering around 30 C, plus humidity, which brings it to something like 50 C (okay, might be exaggerating a little) which is kind of nice on some level, but i am praising the fact that i have air conditioning in my apartment. i don't know what i'd do without it sometimes. it's one of those really nifty ones that has a remote and all kinds of controls. i'm not sure what most of them are, (the remote is in korean) but as long as it keeps spitting out cold air, i'm ok.

the coolest part is that i can adjust the temperature. if i want to leave it on when i sleep i can leave it on warmer so that i don't wake up in an ice box (not to mention that it can't be good for you to sleep in the freezing cold of the aircon, can it?).

anyway, we're in high summer here, and i've had the afternoons off all week, so have been heading up to the roof to work on my base tan. it's coming along very nicely. got a bit of a burn on my legs yesterday, but they're fine today.

the heat is also good for an excuse to not go to the gym, i mean, i'm melting anyway, right? been getting there as often as possible, but they don't have the luxury of a working aircon (korean for air conditioning) so sometimes it's just too hot to work out for very long.

eleven days to thailand. and 39 days to home. those are some numbers that i can live with! (as opposed the million degree heat).

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