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Winter and snow used to give me the impression of a very romantic and cool season to live in but somehow I think I am very wrong for making assumptions. It reinforce my believe on not to assume on anything, NEVER. Last year winter when I was based in Manchester there was little snow , I bet I could find more snow@shredded ice at the Ice Kacang/Cendul stall along Penang Road in a year compare to a year in Manchester during last winter, thats how sacred snow is in Manchester last year.

This year things are a little bit different, I know we are all facing global warming everywhere but somehow it is making UK colder. UK might be experiencing the coldest winter ever in 100 years, it was snowing in London like a week before Christmas and normally it doesnt snow during December. Snowing is more like a late January and February thingy.

Dont get me wrong , the scenery of a natural white carpet covering the whole Earth does fascinate me but at what price ? Unlike Russia or Switzerland , UK is not particularly a snowy place. Maybe in the 60s or 70s snowing is quite a norm but it is no longer the case lately. There are winters that passes by without a single drop of snow in London so we cant really blame anyone when we are not that well prepare for a long and cold period with heavy snow and icy surface.

Well I am sure it is fun to have holidays in snowy and cold places but having to go through those difficult condition in order to go through your daily routine seems like quite a heavy price to pay for a beautiful scenery. Basically snow are dangerous and icy surface are VERY dangerous. Basically your life will somehow got affected if you wake up looking at inches of snow or worst a couple feet of snow in front of your house and then to make things worst you know that your local authority are not really prepare for it even after paying all those taxes.

As time passes those snow starts to melt while the surroundings area remain cold so indirectly it causes the snow to be icy. When roads are icy it will cause car to skid when car skid it might call accident when accident happens it causes more problem for everyone. Not only that, people might slip when walking on icy surfaces and thats not so nice because people might get hurt real bad from it.

Alot of things might come to stand still , business might get affected, people might face black out , travelling become difficult, flights got cancel, people got stuck, got strike by snowball from unknown places and yadaa yadaa yadaa.There worst thing they have to postpone the football matches due to the snow. In short, shit happens when it snow heavily when you least expected it so if you think snow is cool and romantic , give it another thought.

And Happy New Year 2010 to all you people out there, may you have a blessed and exciting year ahead of you.