Earlier this week I mentioned a walk home in a deluge without the protection provided by an umbrella. As it turns out this was the begining of the “rainy season” (or “monsoon season” as comedians Tommy Davidson and Joe Torry refer to it on AFN) here in Korea.
For those of you on the outside Korea has a rainy season (장마철 in Korean) that lasts from the end of June to the middle of July (roughly three weeks). For me this is the most obnoxious weather pattern ever.
The thing I dislike the most is the fact that the rain is not constant, but there is always a constant threat of rain. This leads to a lot of pointless carrying of umbrellas, or a lack of umbrellas when umbrellas are needed.
Last night I was headed over to the corner store to get some brew and right as I walked out of my building it started pouring. It was the kind of rain that was hitting the ground with such force that the drops were bouncing upwards. I went back inside, up a flight of stairs and grabbed my umbrella. By the time I’d gotten back downstairs the rain had completely stopped (I was inside for roughly 30 seconds), but I did not leave the umbrella at my house, since that was only asking for trouble.
Testing some junks…please disregard this.
Comment by Wyatt — December 26, 2005 @ 23:32 pm