Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ABC KID]

Do you prefer the scorching Korean summer or the freezing winter?

Please give reasons for your choice...

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Both are made so much worse by Koreans having so little conception of interior climate control, but all in all I'd have to say I'd take freezing winter of scorching summer. Then again, I flee freezing winter in Korea to go some place that has scorching summer heat. Ask me again in winter, perhaps I'll have changed my mind.

[Gamecock]

Korean winters are mild...It's actually only "freezing" a couple weeks a year. Late summer can suck with heat+humidity+concrete jungle+pollution. Fortunately we live in the modern age with air conditioners so we suffer relatively little.

A bunch of whiners around here.

[Easter Clark]

Summer here is more tolerable than what I'm used to back home. As Yu_Bum_suk said, though, they don't seem to know how to control the temperature inside. Always a matter of extremes, to the point that if it is actually "comfortable" inside, many will complain that they're "feeling sick!"

(sigh) I guess they'll start using the air conditioning at school once late September gets here, which will stay on until November, then they'll decide to turn on the heat sometime in late February. I hate the winters here because I have to teach in my coat--I've never worked anywhere where I could see my breath in the classroom before.

[Temporary]

Winter freezing.. Are you joking???

[MissSeoul]

[Otherside]

[huck]

I choose summer....

The frigid wind kills me in the winter, and in the summer, I can play at the pool most days.

[caniff]

Even though I'm ripped like a cheetah and have an amazing body that I can show off to all the fine ladies, I find Korean summers a sweaty nightmare. This is made worse by the fact I work at different companies during the week and I have to go in and out of the aircon, making it even worse.

Plus I like to ski. Winter is better for me.

[aka Dave]

I don't mind heat, but I can't stand humidity. Last summer it was fine because I had a good air cond. in my apartment. This summer I have a swamp cooler that barely works.

So I much prefer winter.

[Young FRANKenstein]

Winter.

It's easy to put on a sweater if you're cold. Can't do shit when it humid.

[jackson7]

I'm from Alaska. 'Nuff said.

[sjrm]

Summers really aren't that hot. I've lived in Vegas, where it regularly hit 120-125 every year. I now live in Texas, and Korean summers are very mild compared to them.

[WoBW]

I prefer winter, it isn't THAT cold most of the time.

When it's cold you can wrap up warm, wear gloves etc. You can't take your skin off when it's hot and humid.

Plus winter is often clear and sunny. Summer is more often overcast and dull.

[JustJohn]

1. Winters in Korea are not cold.

2. You can always put more clothes on, but you can't always take more off.


The choice is obvious.