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[Freakstar]

My damn AC is broken...need to get it fixed first thing tomorrow. And I just woke up itching...the worst thing about Seoul is the summer humidity and the mosquitoes. Having lived in a dry climate for most of my life, I can't stand this summer heat and the mosquitoes. October can't come quickly enough.

[yingwenlaoshi]

That's too bad.

[Kikomom]

Avon's Skin-So-Soft was always good for warding off skeeters. Noxema or Vick's vapor rub might shoo them off too? Actually, all the garlic in the kimchi should do the trick.

Man that one bug sure can be annoying...One little mosquito slipped thru a hole in your screen may have come seven miles at the smell of your blood! That's how far away they can sense it.

[Jeaves]

The worst is when you'd get the bites on the joints on your hands and feet. I'd never been in that much pain from bug bites before. Then again, Southern Oregon isn't exactly known for its humidity (next to none) nor mosquitoes. It'll pass, you just gotta roll with it and not let it get you down...

and sleep with as many fans turned on as possible. Sure, you might die, but its worth it ;p

[ReeseDog]

Mom's right - skin-so-soft works pretty well. Also, if you eat the heads from a couple of matches, they won't come anywhere near you. Old army trick. Just DON'T eat more than two - three if you're a big fella.

[WoBW]

Fans going full bore help to keep the mozzies off. It's quite satisfying laying on the couch watching TV while a mozzer keeps trying to get on me and suck my blood, but repeatedly gets blown away by the fan.

I sleep with a thin blanket covering me up to my lower chest, then a fan blowing over my upper chest and face. Not saying I haven't been bitten at night, but only a couple of times.

[Faunaki]

Buy yourself a bamboo summer mattress - probably costs 40,000. Looks uncomfortable but actually it allows air to pass so that any sweat, etc. doesn't stick to your body.

I used mine last night for the first time and I slept like a baby.

[jkelly80]

[Draz]

I can't sleep because if I close the window I don't get the nice breeze, but if I open the window I have to listen to drunks yelling at each other into the wee hours of the morning. My place is basically sound proof, but only if the window is closed. sigh.

[sojourner1]

[EricaSmile84]

I slept through the whole night last night with the help of nyquil. I've been waking up either with bites and sweat or freezing and dried throat/nose. I couldn't take it anymore so I shut the windows, turned off the a/c and drugged myself. It was the best sleep since June.

[IncognitoHFX]

I've become a master at swating them in my sleep when I hear them buzz past my ear. Woke up the other morning with five mosquito bodies in my inner palm!

[MollyBloom]

[jkelly80]

[MollyBloom]