下雪了下雪了~從聖誕節前就一直期待有個White Christmas可是一直盼不到,天氣常常冷到零下卻小氣到一片雪也不肯降,為自己老是受寒而卻沒有雪景可以看而感到委屈~

從上星期五氣象就開始預告星期天起就會降雪,而且會維持三四天,滿心期待的我,即使星期一要交第一份ProjectBook,還是帶著愉快的心情期待著,倒數著,去年2008十月份,倫敦也下了一次早雪,不過也才短短幾個小時,不壯觀,這次真的不一樣!連看過好幾次雪的我,也瘋掉了

 

一面update氣象資訊,一面望著窗外,手邊又繼續切割著模型卡紙,一邊煩著我的book要怎樣手工裝訂,走來走去,望來望去,直到二月一號星期天快中午時,飄下第一片雪,yeah~

但是不到2小時後又停了……好失望

後來上帝可能要獎勵我如期把作業完成,晚上入夜後開始降起大雪,很大~好像是台灣的颱風大雨,卻又輕輕巧巧的飄下來,一下子窗外的街上車子,已經被白雪覆蓋。

(前一晚 / 隔天一早)

同學們互相msn詢問書本進度的同時,大家msn/Facebook也都不約而同的換上新的狀態”snowing…”也說好星期一去學校hand-in book後要一起拍照,打雪仗(如果雪夠厚),我帶著興奮又緊張(很怕一醒來雪都融化了)的心情入夢鄉。

隔天早上八點半不到,ring ring ring….我們那組的組長打電話來,

Hi~we don’t need to hand-in our book today, it will be extend to next Monday. Could you pass this message to anyone you know and in our group 3B”我才被他電話聲吵醒,還朦朦朧朧,只回了聲”okay~no worries I will pass the message, cheers”連問他為什麼都來不及,對方就跨斷了,一開始滿腦子疑問,快速爬起床開機上網,check Facebook(我們班聯絡網的唯一路徑),就收到Luke老師寄來的信:

RGENT URGENT Project extension

Hi Everyone,Due to the adverse weather conditions, it has been agreed that we will extendthe deadline for the project by 1 week.We will obviously update you later on exact details etc once we've worked themout.College will probably be closed today anyway., please check Blackboard fordetails.Please can everyone come in on Thursday at 10am for a briefing etc.Obviously if you want to hand in prior to then, you may do so, but maybe usethe extra time to research materials etc.Or just go and make a snowman!In fact we may have a competition for the bestone..Post your pictures up on our group page.

是外國老師太幽默嗎? 叫我們乾脆去堆雪人?!~老師都出題了!能不趕快”聽話”抓緊放假去玩樂~念設計真的是太愉快的一件事了!!玩樂中學習阿~!!趕快通知完同學後,過沒多久,g-mail信箱也馬上收到學校寄來的通知:

10509A311_Q08-09: College closed

Due to the adverse weather conditions college is closed today.

Projectdeadline extended by 1 week. Please all be in on Thursday for a briefing.

(我窗外的積雪~)

學校今天因為雪太嚴重,決定今天學校關門~
整個UAL都不用上課,
我心想,挖~有這麼嚴重嗎??
記得我在美國也有遇過這個厚度的雪,
可是堂姊堂妹也都正常上班上學?去博物館時還看到很多學生在戶外教學,於是查了一下BBC NEWS才知道!原來~這場雪不簡單

是倫敦18年來最嚴重(下最多最厚)的一場雪,往年一年中倫敦下沒一兩次雪,也都不厚,不至於影響到日常生活和交通,因此不擅長處理大雪日子的倫敦這下可好了,一下雪,交通癱瘓,道路因為駕駛不習慣在冰上開車滑到路另一邊,造成嚴重大塞車,或是走路有人跌倒,有的沒有的狀況!

BBC NEWS 影片請點我

South-east England has been hit by the heaviest snow for 18 years, causing buses to be cancelled andairports to be closed.

(Photography by London CH)



在窗前堆雪人不夠過癮!後來又和同學一起去Hyde Park打雪仗!真是美呆了~

 

 

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