Scotland Trip

Apparently we’ve all been deceived by the brief snowfall juz now..wut appears to be a brief snowfall turned out to be an opening to wut we called the worse winter since 1981..well, this subject had managed to gauge my interest n therefore managed to do a bit research on the history of winter in the UK..n here’s the summary..records begun in 1914..this winter of 2009 is the coldest since 1981..before that there were this ‘the great freeze of 1963’..but nothing beats the notorious winter of 1947, where snow falls in certain areas everyday from January till march..

Alrite, enough of facts..let’s get to business..here we r in the midst of winter 2009..so cold n guess wut..the damn water heater is not working..dun need to talk bout the heater..never work at all..when we reported it to the warden,always the same answer..which is ‘the intended spare part will arrive next week’..we had to scream everytime when we answer the nature’s call since the water is freezing..bout having our bath, we had to rely on kind neighbors to do so..

Since the weather seemed disastrous, I had not planned any trip for the winter break..juz planned to stay at home..but then, one of my fren blurted out this idea of going sumwhere upon seeing the huge map in my room..that sumwhere turned out to be Edinburgh n Glasgow,Scotland..i was like..wah,going to the north during the winter?..dat’s crazy..juz imagine..going north,to the coldest place in the midst of the coldest winter?..it’s suicide..but hey..it’s cool..after a brief discussion with our travel group,we decided to get on with it, especially when there’s an offer on the airline ticket..less than 20 pounds for the return journey..dat’s a gud deal for me..

N so we went..early January..4^th mayb..the final week of the winter break..i knew that this trip wouldn’t be easy..but it’s fine since it would be gud for me to gain new experiences..which turned out to too much for us..flight delayed..it was due to the closure of the airport in Scotland due to heavy snow..luckily it’s reopened..otherwise..phew..then, the room was not nice..well,it’s a cheap room..but still..n then..the weather..freaaaaaaaaaaking cold..heavy snow n else..during our last nite there at the airport, I remember waking up from the sleep due to the coldness that crept into me in the middle of the nite..my fren told me that the temperature at that time was -16 or -22 degrees..omg..there’s this one restaurant owner in Glasgow who even said that we juz picked a wrong year to come..he said the previous years the weather was not as bad as this..haha

but to tell u the truth,Edinburgh was amazing..the buildings..the scenery..covered by snow..it’s juz toooooo amazing..n beautiful..couldn’t be described by words..hav to see it to believe it..

Well, people might say that we r crazy coz we went to the coldest place during the coldest winter, but for me, it’s dealing with the extremity of a situation that makes it truly memorable=)