The hot water tank broke at the place I'm renting, we've had no hot water since yesterday morning. Realized the tank was overflowing, so we turned the tap off and the power. That was with the help of a chatty old neighbor, who couldn't get over how upset his South Korean daughter-in-law was over her exams, so he told me all about it. Then it dawned on him that I was Asian and there was a chance that I might also be South Korean, so he stopped mid sentence after "I can't believe she cries every time she gets lower than 95---"
So yeah I took my first cold shower last night, and found it to be one of the most unsatisfying things in the world. I started hyperventilating because I gasped for air every time the water hit my trunk- and I didn't wash my hair. I contemplated not having a shower tonight because of how miserable I became last night, but I felt really gross and remembered I didn't wash my hair last night.
As it turns out cold showers are more tolerable if you dive in head-first. Since I decided I had to wash my hair- I did that and then the rest of my body just randomly became de-sensitized to the freezing water. I might also mention that it's late autumn here in Australia, but the temperature where I live is definitely reaching winter levels. It was cold af but I had a proper shower, but it felt like it took forever to get the shower gel off my skin.
After great suffering of this second-world tragedy, I surmise: cold showers are comparable to most other miserable things in life; you dive in in head first and hope you don't catch pneumonia.
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