Snow bunny!
It snowed! It snowed! It snowed so much that it was ok that I missed the first time it snowed at my place the day I came back. Well, the story then was that the first snow in Chiba was on January 10th. The pile-up of it was pretty good, but it all melted in the afternoon sun, 2 hours before I actually got to see it.
ANYWAYS….
It snowed a lot. As you may have heard from the news, it has been 6-8 years since the East Kanto area had that heavy a snowfall. Downtown Tokyo had a pile up of almost up to 8cm. It started snowing around 5am Saturday morning and lasted till past 8 in the evening. I measured the depth of the snow almost every time I went out. The final pile-up was over 20cm! Just below my calf! Woo hoo!
Everywhere was simply beautiful! The cold weather outside is keeping the snow as it is and the view reminds me of the time I spent my winter vacation in Nagano. The thick white blanket covered almost everything in sight. I had my fun in the snow for close to 2 hours after lunch on Saturday. We built a snowman close to 2 meters tall. It is still standing in the courtyard… slowly melting away. We had so much fun that I was drenched all over. The snowball fights were getting really out of hand and it hardly ever took a pause. Hehe…. just thinking about Saturday brings a smile across my face. I didn’t get any work done on my assignments or graduation theses… but hey! Who can work on a snow day?
However, the aftermath of heavy snowfall was experienced on Sunday. Many of the cars at the parking lot were snowed in. Students from campus who normally go to church by car had to use the train as even if they did managed to get the doors opened, the depth of the snow made it almost impossible to drive without snow tyres. Even I had to walk to the station, as I don’t think it was a good idea to cycle. The past few days was also very tiring to walk around trying to be extra careful in order not to slip or fall. I fell on my way back to my place yesterday… a little embarrassing, but I managed to salvage the eggs I was carrying in my hand. Phew!
This was the best snowfall ever! Normally, everything would be melted and gone within 2-3 days… but it still looks like a winter wonderland everywhere! I did enjoy my walk to work this morning… though being careful not to slip and fall again.
I will upload the pictures soon, hope you will enjoy them!
