air-conditioning is for suckers!

ahhhh... today the temperature is such that i can open my windows and sit around wearing a t-shirt and short pants almost comfortably. usually, i'm all about rushing home to turn on the air-con and change into shorts and a tank top. it's sooo nice. we're having a week of overcast weather that should include a fair amount of rain. monsoon style rain.
yesterday, dennis and i had our saturday afternoon class - cross-cultural comparative managemnt... we met in the lobby at the specified hour and the rain was pouring down torrentially. dennis suggested that attendance might not be mandatory during a heavy rain alert but i insisted that we should go. way to go, me. my umbrella managed to keep me dry from the shoulders up, but by the time we got to class, the rest of me was drenched. it was really fun while we were walking - the streets were rivers, the rain was warm and the thunder was crazy! dennis, of course, thought i was an idiot and kept warning me that i wouldn't be having fun once we got to class. unfortunately, three hours into class in an air-conditioned room i had to concede that perhaps he had a point. i was freezing, denim was sticking to me and my feet felt super gross. the only remedy - the mall! got changed and headed out to buy some school supplies at muji. i loooooove muji. got dinner - pork chop with mustard sauce, rice, watermelon juice and a whole tower of broccoli! man, i was so excited to see such a quantity of dark green goodness all for me!!!
today has been pretty chill. slept until 10 - unbelievable! i think it's the change in temperature... i wasn't sweating profusely when i woke up.... gross, i know. went for brunch and started my readings. somehow, i all of a sudden have a ton of reading to do! one of my profs assigns us 3-4 chapters of the text each lecture! yikes! thankfully, the first chapters of all my textbooks explain chinese culture. easing myself into the semester. ooh - in one of my classes, we're doing a case on haier!!! and right now, we're doing intel. i'd better not find walmart on any of the syllabi.