It’s not quite summer here, where it is constantly hot and humid. I don’t want to run my air conditioner too much, though I admit there were nights in May that I had it on for a while to cool my place down. The days and nights where the weather is decent leads me to want to open my window (I have a screen). However, lately there has been a dog that barks incessantly, and usually at odd hours, like say 4am. It wakes me up and the only way to get back to sleep is to shut my window. I’m a sensitive sleeper…I need it to be quiet! Then there is my neighbor. She loves to belt out songs and she sounds like the quintessential clip from American Idol auditions where Simon is cringing. She seems to love songs that are generally performed by African American women, which in her case doesn’t suit her vocal chord abilities very well. Then there are the loud motorcyclists in this city. They seem to love making extra loud noises with their vehicle of choice, but it certainly rattles my walls and wakes me up. One night I think a whole posse was zooming around here, because it lasted for several minutes and was incredibly irritating. I guess this is what it means to live in a city of 10+ million, huh? I could be in New York and hear someone’s dog being deprived, or an aspiring singer cracking her voice, or loud vehicles making a fuss with their engines, but since I’m in Seoul, I just have to say, “Damn you, Seoul neighbors! Be quiet! Don’t buy a dog unless you plan to take care of it! Quit locking it in the bathroom all night while you go party in Gangnam! Quit singing songs loudly unless you have a good voice! And stop trying to show-off and prove your masculinity by driving so f*cking loudly!”
I feel a smidge better.
