::A Geek in Korea::

This morning I got up early and watched an English language weather report on Arirang TV. There wasn’t any intention on my part to watch a news cast from Korea, about Korea in English, but I happened to catch their prediction for the weather today: Rain in the afternoon, with a chance of snow (in Northern areas), and the first warning of yellow sand from China that I’ve heard this year.

Since yellow sand makes me sound like a two pack a day smoker after a hard day of classes if I have to walk outside, their prediction stuck in my mind. I passed on my warning to my wife, who packed her umbrella just in case the other part of the prediction about rain became true. I forgot my umbrella at work, so I only needed sunshine until I arrived to escape the rain.

When my coworker and I went outside at 5:30 to go to dinner, it had yet to begin raining. My coworker was only grabbing a quick snack, while I was going for a sit down meal. We both laughed about the weather prediction, as the sky showed no sign of changing from overcast to rain. When I found out I would be eating alone, I actually returned to school, grabbed a book, and headed back out to the restaurant. I left my umbrella behind at my desk, as it appeared I wouldn’t be needing it.

As soon as I ordered food into the restaurant, I noticed people running around with umbrellas or seeking shelter. Not only did it begin to rain, but it was actually a fairly heavy downpour seemingly out of nowhere. Of course the weather would change after I mocked the forecast and had left the office without my umbrella. Damn karmic justice. I had a nice little jog back to the office through the rain after my meal. At least the yellow sand, if it was in the air, didn’t bother my throat yet, but if I wake up raspy and hoarse, I’ll know their revenge was complete.