it started to snow 3 days ago, and continued to fall intermittently over the next few days. this morning, a quiet saturday morning, after a breakfast of pancakes and ham and cheese omelette with green tea, i sat down at my table and drew my blinds. and there it was again. the fluffy light snow falling from the sky. at first you'd think somebody is throwing styrofoam bits from the roof as a prank, because it was so faint. with time, you'd realise it's real snow, in its subtle beauty. and yet it brings much inconvenience to the locals. gerri's place just 30 minutes away was buried in 8 inches of snow. she had to shovel her driveway just to get her car out to meet us today. her husband couldn't get to work. the ground was filled with snow that melted into water but soon turned to ice and became all slippery.
okok. pictures pictures. continuing from where we stopped. dated 5th jan to 11th jan.
this is the place for basketball. the NBA game that we went to only cost us USD10 because we bought it in school. the game was seattle sonics vs new york knicks. those of you who know, obviously the new york knicks won. key arena is just a stone's throw away from the space needle. it was raining buckets that night. but everyone still braved the rain and attended the game.
because we were early, they allowed us to go to the courtside to hang around as the players warm up. so we happily snapped away. sua ku singaporeans. from left: me, xianqi (bioengineering major), yanru (aerospace engineering and my tj oboe junior!) and alvin (don't know what engineering).
i assume the man in blazer is the coach of new york knicks. talking to some fans. the size of the arena is comparable to indoor stadium, but the central area is smaller.
as we grabbed dinner, the seats are slowly filling up. that giant hot air balloon like thing on the right is remote-controlled and it drops vouchers as it flies around the arena. we have no idea what vouchers they are but everyone frantically waves at it when it comes near, hands outstretched to grab any falling piece of paper.
in between the game. during one of the many time-outs. time-out entertainment include dancers, breakdancers, the mascot walking around and giving out freebies which gets everyone excited, competitions for "best kiss" and "best dance" where the camera zooms in on people or couples in the audience and they gotta give their best kiss or dance their best dance and it's projected on the giant screen. it's really funny. from left: me, suhui, yinyin (also engineering major and former basketball captain of hwa chong JC)
the game in action. everyone is tall. tall beyond words. yinyin was very kind to explain the entire game to suhui and i. including the 24 seconds to shoot thing and scoring system (2 points, 3 points).
ok. this is the street outside my house, where i arrived home from grocery shopping and snapped. most shots were blurry 'cos i couldn't find anywhere to put my camera. but it was beautiful.
the morning after. the sun rises! the person you see behind the car, he/she was shovelling her driveway. snow was everywhere except on the roads. i wonder why.
on the way to school. white and more white. =) it was so pretty.
if you remember i posted a picture like this, except it was all green.
on campus grounds. this area is right outside the students' union building, called the husky den (the husky is UW's mascot). where all the yummy food, meeting rooms, events, bazaars, pool tables, bowling alley, games room, tv lounge are located. in front of the building is this sprawling green grassy land.
my school is very near to the lake. this is a part of lake washington. more residential houses on the opposite bank. the ducks were swimming around. during my breaks when i'm free, i'd always come here and sit by the window and do some work or surf the net, with a nice hot cup of coffee or tea.
don't ask me why there's a ship docked here. i think it's the school of oceanography/marine studies. they probably take this ship out to the ocean to do research.
the sun! the sun! i know singapore got no sun. here it is. don't you miss it? i miss it too. so i'm very excited when it comes up. it really cheers me up.
the building next to the lake. i have no idea what school this is. but to the right of this building is the UW medical hospital. it's connected to my school, and very near. and that's the nearest place i can eat lunch. sometimes i look around the cafeteria and wonder if the doctors will carry the bacteria on their scrubs/white coats and infect everyone. haha.
dusk is falling. and the shades of color it casts on the brick-red buildings of UW campus is just beautiful. and as human traffic decreases, it gets really nice and tranquil and quiet.
the snow. is still everywhere.
everywhere except the places where people walk on.
you can't see it from here but the pond is frozen. just a thin sheet of ice. the ducks are confined to one corner of the pond where there's no ice. poor things.
i like how the strands of grass pops out of the snow, contrasted with how the snow decorates the shrub. so cute.
i could see mount rainer from here, but i guess it's too white for it to contrast against the sky. but it's beauutifulll. =)
parting shot. =)
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