I never thought that I would miss the monsoon season so much, but I guess that's because I had no idea that it'd be pushing 95 on the mercury, with enough humidity to make my books into scrolls. It's so hot in fact, that the moment I step outside, I start sweating. It's basically like Claremont in the summer, only ungodly humid as well. Our classrooms are air conditioned, but there are a few outspoken people who claim that the air conditioner is too cold and get up to turn it off, even when the rest of the class is in favor of not suffering from heat exhaustion throughout our 4 hour class. I think it's time we vote them off the island(penninsula, I guess).

The heat became so unbearable for me today that I decided to lop off my hair. So, yes, the Norm, Kramer, or whatever you want to call it, look that's been missing in my life is back. I'd share pictures, but it's too hot to look for my camera. Apparently, my Orientation Coordinators were already talking amongst themselves as to how they would force me to cut my hair. There is a "fitting in" workshop next week and they planned on bringing a pair of clippers to do it then and there if I didn't comply beforehand. Now they just need to work they're magic with a razor for the kid Jonah from Minnesota... his mustache is AWESOME!

The barber was hilarious. I showed her a picture to guide her, but apparently all she saw was a fashionable mod style similar to Lil Pat's, but curly. I had my translator express my concern and she thought that my hair wouldn't look anything like the picture I brought, but neither of her other compromises worked for me either. Finally she got something decent, but it's still damn short, which works for me in this climate. But the greatest part of the shop was the old lady and obese man that were in there to escape from the heat. The old lady told me that my new hair made me look handsome and like a movie star. She said that when I came in, I had scared her and she thought I was mean and threatening. The old man kept rambling about Texas accents and Japan, but since I couldn't understand I just kept staring at his boob sweat stains. The old lady also made comments about Jonah's eyes, eyebrows, and eyelashes. She claimed all three were very beautiful and told our translator Susie that she was lucky to be with such a handsome boy like Jonah.

I love old Korean ladies.