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[deetah]

I am without an air-con in my apartment, so my life sucks big time right now! In this heat, everything feels like a stuggle and I have to keep a tight lid on an inner bitchiness that rears it's ugly head in this DAMN heat!

I am spending too much time in the local PC Bang just to escape the heat.

I would much rather contend with a Canadian -15C than this energy draining heat wave.

How are you all keeping cool?

[mateomiguel]

is your apartment hotter inside than the surrounding outside air?

Mine is, and I turned off the floor months ago, and I have two windows on either side to give me a crossbreeze too. I have no clue why its so hot, but I live in a sauna. At least I'm moving next week.

[margaret]

I hate the heat too, especially with the humidity. I have an aircon in the storage room in front of my apartment but I haven't had it installed yet. On weekdays I go to work at the hottest part of the day and this weekend I'm going to the bathhouse soon to cool off in the cold pool. I'll take a book and read
The trouble with using the air con to avoid the heat is that then I never get adjusted to the heat and get sick (nauseated and dizyy) if I go out. So I try to tough it out and get my body adjusted. I open the windows as soon as it starts cooling down and close them when it gets warmer out.
Where I come from in the US its often around 40 degrees but very dry. I hate the summer there too, but we have no air con. I hope it cools off during the rainy season.
I also much prefer winter.
Margaret

[deetah]

My apartment is hotter than the outside air. And I only have one window, so no cross breeze action.

It might sound weird, but every summer I buy 2 or 3 cooler ice packs, wrap them in towels and sleep with them. It really helps. Also, a spray bottle of water, squirted every couple minutes on the skin helps cool things down.

[Captain Corea]

Luckily I live by the river right now and can open up a lot of windows for a breeze.

Honestly, I don't have an AC and am not really feeling it (but when I head into Seoul I sure do).

[peemil]

Nope. Love it. Would your rather it snow?

[white_shadow]

Just go out and buy one of those wall AC units. That'll take care of the heat at home. Lucky for me my Office-tel is paid for as is all bills. I run that AC 24/7.

I hate the humidity here. It's not the heat that bugs me. I take a shower before I go out and when I come back, and I wash my face when I'm out. It's weird some places with AC's don't have them turned on, instead they open the doors and let the mosquitos in.

[mindmetoo]

My apartment came with a wall mounted a/c. Thank god. If it didn't I'd have ponied up the $500 to buy my own. Even if I only had to use it one summer, I wouldn't care. 3.5 months of good sleep is hella more important to me.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

We recently bought a new a/c. All well and good except for the fact that it's not powerful enough to suffiently cool the entire apartment. It won't drop lower than 24 degrees Celcius unless I close the bedroom door, which is where the unit is. Sometimes I want it at 21, 20, or even 19, you know?

Sparkles*_*

[Gopher]

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[FUBAR]

it's raining now. Should continue for a few weeks, maybe even a month I was told. That will make things cooler.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[weatherman]

[matthews_world]

[Gopher]

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