28 JUNE 2001 UPDATE
SUMMER IS HERE AND ALTHOUGH THE HUMIDITY IS CRUSHING LITTLE PIKA'ZILLA LIKE A STYRAFOAM CUP, ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN, AND THE COOL BREEZES BLOW, IT IS QUITE NICE. PIKA'ZILLACHU SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAY IN AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT, SO FOR MOST OF THE WORKING DAY, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS NOT A CONCERN...UNTIL HE GOES HOME. THEN COMES THE SMELL, OH GOD, THE HORRIBLE SEOUL ODOR. IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A SMALL ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS. THE ROOM IS KEPT AT A BALMY 90 DEGREES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE ABOVE 80%. NOW LETS COLOR THE AIR INSIDE THE ROOM, SAY A SICKLY YELLOW,GREY,ORANGE, DUN. ADD THE EXHAUST FUMES OF ONE THOUSAND CARS, AN OPEN SEWAGE TRENCH, RAW FISH LYING IN THE SUN, AND AN UNDEFINEABLE PETROL-CHEMICAL-DRY CLEANING FLUID ODOR. NOW YOU TOO CAN EXPERIENCE SEOUL IN THE SUMMER WITHOUT LEAVING THE COMFORTS OF YOUR HOME.
TO BE TOTALLY FAIR, IT IS A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN IT WAS IN 1986. THE KOREANS ARE THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. IN FACT, ON THURSDAY CNN REPORTED THAT THE KOREANS WORK AN AVERAGE OF 55 HOURS A WEEK. THEY WERE NUMBER ONE ONF THE LIST. THE FRENCH WERE THE LAZIEST (NO BIG SURPRISE THAT).
ENJOY THE PICTURES!!!
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