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[wylies99]

Yes, the heat was on this morning on the #3 line and the #1 line. There was even a teen Korean girl wearing a winter coat, scarf, and gloves while heat was on! Get ready to bake, fellow foreigners!

[redaxe]

LOL, the indoor temperature regulation is not one of the things I miss about Korea

[Ruthdes]

"indoor temperature regulation" is an oxymoron in Korea! I remember when I first got here it was January. On the way back from immigration on the subway it was so packed on line 2 that I didn't have room to move and take off my coat. I think I almost baked through during that ride! Thank god I don't have to take the subway to work every day.

[Son Deureo!]

You are clearly mistaken. It is now October 10th. That means it is getting colder and colder outside. So you should be careful.

[balzor]

Ummm... Welcome to Korea?

[Louis VI]

It's 25 C this afternoon here on Jeju and the temperature inside E-Mart was about 27 C. I was sweating just walking around the store. Somebody turn on the friggin' A/C!!!!

But it's not unexpected. Korean beaches empty out September 1st despite 32 C days still. I shouldn't be surprised that 25 C October days are met by a heater!

It's a cultural thing.

[Kimchifart]

[JBomb]

because temperature is according to a fixed schedule. Kind of like no white shoes after labour day.

[eamo]

Yep. It's that time of year again .........it becomes pleasantly cool yet Koreans start behaving like the next ice-age has set in.......it must be a group thing. 'Let's all show we are 우리 by overreacting to slight temperature changes in unison'.

[flakfizer]

[cdninkorea]

Yet women wear miniskirts year round (God bless 'em).