tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654392592557084511.post405392651154360222..comments2023-03-27T19:25:34.474-04:00Comments on alok: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!alokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05266355991845340559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654392592557084511.post-80719713529887973412010-01-13T12:24:41.037-05:002010-01-13T12:24:41.037-05:00well, i have a also wanted to witness snowing but ...well, i have a also wanted to witness snowing but have not really seen any. I went to sikkim in the middle of winter in 2005-06, hoping will see some snow..but in 7 days we stayed there it never snowed. it was very cold but no snow. <br /><br />Now staying in Dubai certainly is not going to help. forget snow, we dread for even a glimpse of rain.Madhvendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07120706238289033633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654392592557084511.post-23308418748340839102010-01-12T18:22:53.938-05:002010-01-12T18:22:53.938-05:00I recall my initial days in Toronto in year 1998. ...I recall my initial days in Toronto in year 1998. We had been put up in a motel near the airport and our room was the corner most from where the main roads were quite visible. Initially we were on orientation and it was around early December that I was in office and around 2:30 in the afternoon we saw ground becoming white with cotton like substances. I was later told that they are flurries and many of the words which were only "read" were being realized. Very quickly we learned why people keep asking about weather here. Also, it started making sense to tell how much is the temperature and how much it feels like, when you account for "wind factor". A cab driver turned out to be real wealth of information for us. He ducated us that "you should always cover your head, chest and hands here and when it is windy it takes away heat from your body so your body feels more colder as blood has to circulate faster to keep body temperature normal....and you should always remember that in this country three "Ws" change with pre-information...Work, Woman and Weather.." He probably took liberty to explain all these since our sense of dressing had explained to him enough that we were new in Toronto. Later one morning when I got up, I found mountains of snow on the road and in less than 6 hrs the whole landscape had changed outside our motel! Te cleaning staff later was educating us that we should wear special snow boots and in next 2-3 years we had become so used to that all what we had studied in geography and physics, we could explain to everyone - such as what is a black ice, ow car skids and when it skids one should not apply brakes else it will skid further, how should one shovel like there is an angle to apply effort else back may hurt and likes... Good that we moved to Atlanta now and are away from snow, just a different perspective.."Haves and Havenots?"Sanjay Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943567562610484448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654392592557084511.post-27513434216857984842010-01-08T17:06:28.729-05:002010-01-08T17:06:28.729-05:00I have travelled widely but have never touched sno...I have travelled widely but have never touched snow. Rain, yes, cold, cold rain in London, but not a single stupid snowflake. It's a plot I tell you!bevinda collaconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654392592557084511.post-18466849357312256242010-01-08T16:35:48.341-05:002010-01-08T16:35:48.341-05:00Like I said on Twitter, I remember when you came i...Like I said on Twitter, I remember when you came in to the hotel that night .. I think that was the first time that I told you you could go into the kitchen to grab the cookie that was still cooling :)Earl Gendronnoreply@blogger.com