The day it snowed so much in London

Before I post my "even more meetups" in Singapore, I'm now back in my London home comfortably snug in my duvet with 3 layers of clothes and socks... and guess what? It's never snowed so much since we came!!

when it just started... looks like rain but it's snow with very strong winds

I read that this week's gonna be freezing (once again), apparently a cold wave from Russia and BBC weather forecasted it to be light snow so I thought it might change and wouldn't snow afterall. Boy was I wrong.. it snowed in the afternoon after lunch and then intermittenly throughout and by dinner time, we were shocked when we looked out of the window.

after an hour or so? the slow buildup begins...

By dinner time...

everywhere white!

So nice!! A blanket of thick white snow even on our balcony.. and some people are out snapping pictures! We are lazy (and even more imptly, don't want to appear overly enthu haha) so just took some thru our windows and balcony doors.

I always think snow somehow makes up for the cold we endure during winter. Cynthia said I am supposed to bring some sunshine back from Singapore but seems like I've brought lots of snow instead?!

Weather forecast for tomorrow is heavy snow.. we are seriously wondering how it will be like tomorrow morning when we wake up. Maybe we have to trudge thru the snow to work and I heard there is usually no Tube service when it snows heavily! omg... ironic for me coz I want both!

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Right after typing the above like an excited gal, we saw this article on the BBC. No joke, this is the coldest winter in 13 years and it seems like more snow is expected. It's February now... isn't winter supposed to be over soon? I thought that after my 2 weeks break, temperatures would not be as cold but I think I am wrong once again!

Extreme Weather Warning Over Snow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7863374.stm

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