Today I woke up early. Like before-the-sun-comes-up early. Normally such a thing would be unthinkable, especially on a Saturday. For some reason or another, I just happened to be awake and looking for a bus. Everything was as it should be. It was cold and dark. But there was something else, something I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I snapped a photo to analyze the scene…
But wait a minute, something was different. After looking at the above photo, taken without a flash, I decided that I would turn the flash on and shoot again. This time, when I looked at the photo it struck me what was different about this scene. It was snowing by the bucketload!
As I was in Singapore when it snowed last time, I was happy to see the 2nd showing of snow in Seoul. It really fell down fast. It almost made me want to strap a board to my feet and lasso a passing taxi. Snow is more of an aesthetic change in Seoul because it’s rarely ever a hindrance to one’s activities. A little heavy sprinkling leaves a white coat on things for a few days, making the place look nice.
As I was up so early, I made good use of McDonalds’ new breakfast menu, which seems to only exist in Itaewon. I usually have a cream cheese bagel and coffee in Dunkin Donuts for breakfast, but an egg and cheese mcmuffin with a hash brown and coffee is just so much better.
After finishing breakfast and returning home, I noticed that my poor bike had suffered a coating. It’s been so good to me, but Winter is not kind to riders, the air hath tiny daggers of cold which find their way through your multiple layers and into your soul. Couple that with ice on the road and that’s good enough reason for me to catch a bus.
Marking your own bike just doesn’t seem like as much fun
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It’s blinking hot here in the deep south- the land of OZ. Bairnsdale had 40 + two days ago 11/1/07 and we are steadily climbing up the thermometer again. I wouldn’t mind the odd bit of snow ! Keep warm