Hot, Hot, Hot! 02/06/09
I just had my last exam this morning. I think I did well overall this semester (expecting A/B grades), apart from the fact that I managed to completely forget to attend an oral presentation and now have to chase my doctor for PMS-related medical notes. According to the exam chair, PMS is a valid mitigating circumstance. Girls, remember that one for when something slips your mind at that time of the month!
I know, I know, I still haven’t written about Japan yet. And I’m not going to this post, either. Instead; I’d like to talk to you for a bit about England and how bloody hot it has been the past few days. It’s absolutely gorgeous! Only a few whispy clouds in the distance and temperatures of up to 27 degrees celsius! I sat out on some grass by the Houses of Parliament after my exam, did the sudoku in the Metro and read some of a new book I started earlier; Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. (I thought it was going to be a little mundane, but it’s actually turned out to be quite the page turner – relatively morbid!)
Snow Day! 02/02/09
So, as predicted, it snowed heavily (by UK standards) all night. We awoke to about two inches of it. OK, so not as much as was expected in London, but enough to go out and play in! We were out of the door by 10:40am. Me, dressed in a pair of Justin’s (extremely long) trousers. I hadn’t packed any of my own, you see. I only have a few pairs; I usually wear skirts. Like I said, the weather was fair when I arrived here.
Snow in the South East 02/02/09
So, it’s predicted that up to 15cm of snow will fall overnight in the south/south eastern parts of England. All London bus services have been withdrawn due to dangerous conditions on the roads, and many flights from the capital have been cancelled. (See Heavy snow causes travel problems.) I’m still in Milton Keynes and I was due to travel back to London tomorrow in order to attend my lectures first thing Tuesday morning. The ‘bad’ weather is expected to continue until then. The debate is; should I risk going back, or should I just stay in Milton Keynes and hope for the snow to continue so I can spend the day making snowmen in the garden with Justin?