Monsoon season rolls on, but today we have blue skies and smiling Korean faces. Tonight we're going to barbecue some weenies on the roof and drink Kool-Aid. You damn straight- Summertime is calling.
Song of the Day: ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" covered by Rock Onic and Bob
If the song does not play or reports an error... just click right here to can hear it on their Myspace page.
Mokpo is in the middle of the rainy season and we are pretty excited when the sun comes out- even if for only a few minutes. Man, the seasonal depression isn't supposed to hit until Winter.
To cheer me up- and maybe help you through your own Summer doldrums- here is a cat video that amuses the hell out of me every time.
Cat In Aquarium - More bloopers are a click away
BTW: The rest of the Seoul pictures were boring, so I decided to renege on my promise to post more of them. Too bad, eh?
One of Rachel's students told her it would rain for the next month or so. Hyperbole? That's what I thought, until I did some research. From Asianinfo.org:
The rainy season over Korea, the so-called changma season, continues for a month from late June until late July. A short period of rainfall comes in early September when the monsoon front retreats back from the north. This rain occurs over a period of 30-40 days in June through July at all points of South Korea... and accounts for more than 50% of annual precipitation at most stations... The southern coastal and its adjacent mountain regions have the largest amount of annual precipitation which is over 1,500 mm (60 inches).So, a little math here: in one month we'll get half of the country's annual rainfall? That's just peachy.
From one to three mild typhoons normally strike the south in the early fall, with a severe one occurring every two or three years.Rachel's reaction, minus the flash-flood of profanity, "I guess I'm not getting a bike until October."
