Hello ba! So, after talking to you, I couldn't get to sleep so I watched The Empire Strikes Back for about half an hour. Just as I was getting hungry, my roommates decided to go down the street to McDonald's for some lunch. First meal of the day at noon? Winner - I get to save some money, yay!

"First winter of your life, eh? You're in for something special."

Frankly speaking, it wasn't my first - I've seen snow in Japan and Korea before. However, I already had this sense of foreboding after receiving all kinds of emails that this department and that school were going to be closed due to the blizzard.

William's girlfriend, Christina, is from Russia and he had already received 3 texts from her saying that it was bad. When the Russians say it's bad, it's bad.

So, I jumped into my layers - all of them - and we headed outside.

When the Russians say it's bad...

The first thing that hit me was the snow - literally. The wind was blowing it sideways into our faces so we couldn't look straight ahead. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I now had an excuse to look down and take care where I was stepping. The snow was about 4 inches deep and my boots were sinking into the ground. Bless you and ABC Mart and Ikebukuro for convincing me to invest S$80 in a solid pair of boots. My socks were kept warm and, by extension, my feet.

William and Ben (both left) ahead of me.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't that cold. It was just the strong wind that kept us on our toes.

We walked across the side roads, where there were no cars at all, and turned the corner to McDonald's. You can always count on Macky-D's to be open when you need good food, and they even have the all-day breakfast menu here! There's a new God in town and his name is Ronald.

Obligatory scruffy selfie at McDonald's.

I bought a Buttermilk crispy chicken meal for USD 8.60 and changed the drink to a medium black coffee as usual. We then headed back to Lafayette.

As we walked back, I realised that there were still a few cars out on the main road, but they were moving slowly in the slippery snow compared to the hustle and bustle of yesterday. Chinatown was also eerily quiet.

I love this picture. The house would belong in the Potter-verse - concealing spell gone wrong on this one - with a snowcapped roof and flanked by 2 serious, formal office buildings.

Time to finish The Empire Strikes Back hehe.

Edit: so, I finished The Empire Strikes Back AND The Return of the Jedi. And I also created the bare bones of my website at clementyou.wordpress.com. I'm going to start putting up some art soon!