Just saw a raven trotting through snow. Damn adorable. On the bus to Asahikawa 旭川. 09:10, I can no longer make out the horizon between ground and sky. If anything, snow can be unifying. 09:17, Mayday’s 温柔. 09:20, it is so pretty out here. 09:25, it is probably true that the most beautiful scenes are [...]
A foot of snow fell between yesterday and this morning. I think there was a foot. If there wasn’t, well, I just had been wanting to say that. But there was a lot of snow. Too much. At this point, I can safely say I don’t care for another 1/16 inch of snow. I’m hoping [...]
I can now truly empathise with the tourists who flock to Singapore during winter in their respective countries. This week brings a forecast of negative maximum temperatures, and that, I find laugable, because the word ‘maximum’, while still being factually accountable, has lost its relevance. What use is a maximum temperature forecast if it lingers [...]
Heard, with disbelief and slight fear, on the news that it hasn’t even started snowing properly yet. There isn’t a lot of snow in Sapporo so far, but I have seen snow covered roads on the news in other parts of Hokkaido, so I just thought that perhaps the city doesn’t get much snowfall anyway. [...]
Have been reluctant to do some much needed winter wear shopping. I’m headed for Sapporo at the beginning of next month (just a little more than a week away!) and I’m absolutely not dressed for it. It has already started snowing there, and I have: • no gloves • no winter jacket • no cap [...]