Rainy morning (26 Sep 11)

Woke up to a cool Monday morning.

The laundry that we put up for drying last evening got a second wash by the rain... Mr Tofu and I decided not to do anything about them till we come back tonight

Went on the usual morning routine and got up the shuttle bus to work.

The journey today was smooth, I could see the elaborate setup for the F1 race left "as-is" on the viewing decks. The decorative balloon lights and flood-lights were still switched on. The white-clothed tables and chairs were still scattered on the deck. I could almost picture the 'gentlemen' and 'ladies' mingling with their white wines in their hands. Probably the rain last night was so heavy that the workers weren't able to carry out their work.

After entering the area near to our office, a familiar song on the radio sets everybody in a pleasant mood. Usually only Ms M sings to the radio. But today it's different, everyone sings along...

Such a feelin comin over me

There is wonder in most everything I see

Not a cloud in the sky

Got the sun in my eyes... ...

Are you in a happy mood today?

Real Snow

10 Feb 2011, 7.12am

I was woken up by some noise akin to workers shoveling sand in a construction site. Today's the eighth day of the lunar new year, and the sky was still dark, what could it be?

I drew the curtains and peeked out of the window...

Weee!!!! It's white, the whole city has turned white. It had finally snowed last night! We have waited all winter for snow, but none fell till today. I couldn't contain my excitement and SMS-ed Vincent who's in Singapore right away...

Snow on the windowsill..

Look and feel... hmm.... it's like ice kachang!! ^^

Looking out from the window, five men were working hard to clear the snow from the walking path before the residents start their day. I was impressed with the condo management's efforts to clear the snow from the pathway....

Someone has gotten up earlier than me to express her love for her idols, Wu Zun (吴尊 - cute guy from Farenheit） and Zhang Yi Shan （张一山- i've never heard of this guy）. ;)

Following Yi's advice, "今天很美，赶快穿美美照相留念哟!" I charged my camera and dashed downstairs for some photos.

In the garden, kids would first collect snow in their arms, announce in

a loud voice "下雪了！" (translate: It's snowing!), and scatter them onto the floor.

The older girls were competing to see who could
throw snow higher in the "下雪了!" game...

The youngest child followed suit and squealed with delight 

when the older ones scattered snow onto her.

 

 The girl in pink theorized that the tree must be covered with snow,

so everyone helped to put snow onto the lower part of the tree.

A quiet moment - the girls found sticks and tried to draw in the snow.

Perfect snowflakes! (^___^) b

 

"今天很美，赶快穿美美照相留念哟!" ~ Yi

Yahoo Weather and BBC Weather were both right about today's snow. So, we shall be expecting snow in Beijing again on Sunday morning. ^^