The Heaviest Snow in 18 Years!

• "Record snow cripples the capital. LONDON was paralysed by the heaviest snowfall in 18 years today - with more to come. / All the capital's buses were withdrawn, the Tube was badly hit and mainline trains and flights were cancelled. / Hundreds of thousands of commuters either stayed at home or took hours to get to work, many trudging through the six inches of snow that fell over-night." (Free Lite, London, Monday, 2 February 2009, p.1)
• I was waken up from my nap by the noise outside around 5pm on Sunday 1st February. My room faces the Square in front of the dormitory. Every night I can hear someone talking around there over cigarettes late at night. Smokers are not allowed to enjoy themselves inside the hall. So at first I thought that they were just excited about the subject of their chatting. I was in a bit bad mood because they had disturbed my sleep. Then, since couldn't go on any longer, I got up and started preparing for my dinner. Even after I finished eating, their noisy conversation louder than usual was still annoying me. So I opened the curtain to make sure what was going on. But what I saw first was the scenery I had never expected. Yes, it was the snowy Square. Although I had been aware that it would snow on Sunday through the weather forecast, I didn't take it seriously, or I think I didn't believe in that information. That's why I was really impressed with the heavy snow. Then, I could understand why they were so noisy; the vociferous fellows were playing snowballs fight outside! Probably, the spectacle snow scape soothed me. I didn't care about their cries after that.
• On Monday morning, I went out with my camera so that I didn't miss this rare opportunity to shoot snowy London. I saw lots of weird snowmen at Hyde Park as well as beautiful landscapes. They were not like the one in the photo above. I was really satisfied with the stroll of the day because I could take some interesting pictures, which I'm going to upload in later entries. For now, here I'd like to leave the weather report of BBC Breakfast news this morning.