chilling experience

the first sign was the email received at 2pm, sent by the school to inform everyone that all exams later that afternoon has been postponed due to heavy snow forecast.

hard to imagine, cos the campus was open even when this was the sight that greeted me in the morning

i really don't have adequate footwear to deal with snow, so i was already practically skating from the bus stop to the library.

and it's gonna be worse?!

it got dark and i rushed out of the class once it ended, hoping to catch a bus before they decided to close off the road.

thought i got lucky when i managed to board a bus just before it left the bus stop...
but minutes later, my worst fears came true when the driver told everyone to get off as the road has been deemed too slippery for buses to safely pass through.

i just followed the crowd, until they all walked so quickly i couldn't catch up without risking falling flat on my ass.

as it is, at my tortoise pace, i was this close to slipping a few times but managed to catch my balance at the last second.

i was quite desperate to keep at least some of them in sight in case i fell and broke something, but the angmohs were walking so fast!!!


after a while, i got quite terrified when i started wondering if i am even heading toward the right direction cos i didn't remember the bus taking so long to travel down the slope.

now, i know i should pass a Tesco if i am on the right path, but how come i havent seen it even after walking for almost half an hour on the slope?!
AM I EVEN WALKING DOWN THE RIGHT SLOPE?!?!
WHAT IF THIS IS BRINGING ME FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM HOME?!??! WHAT IF NO ONE FINDS MY BODY?!?!?!?!

and i can see the reports wondering why in my final moments, i was walking away from the hostel instead of towards it.

told myself to calm down and contemplated between
1. asking passers-by if this is the correct route to the city,
2. turning back and walking back to uni to check if i did in fact miss the turn
3. sitting down by the road and cry


chose to just continue walking and hope that i am on the right path.

btw, those are not rain drops. snow was pelting down like i was directly underneath a giant ice-kachang machine.


decided to take some more self photos.
in case i dun make it. at least someone will find my body and the phone so can pass to her. then someone can make a movie out of my last moments.


yes, i am drama like that.

after a long long walk, i finally saw the Tesco!!! i am on the right path!!!

so worst thing that can happen now is that i fall and break a few bones, instead of dead and frozen by a ditch far far away.


so happy to see a landmark i recognise! the church behind is Bath Abbey!

i'm gonna make it!! i'm gonna make it!!!!!!

after an hour, by the grace of God, i reached home, alive. =)

thank you Jesus, for the miracle of life.



i'm so gonna buy a pair of decent shoes for walking on snow the first chance i get.