9:41 PM
went London for the CNY celebrations and parade in Chinatown on Sunday with the Stevenage gang.
It was snowing the ENTIRE day!! nice soft flaky snow!
The entire street was jam packed with ppl as well. loads of tourists.. and it was kind of hilarious coz EVERYONE (caucasians mainly) were eating
charsiew buns and
big chicken paus, walking along the streets! haha. it's like charsiew bun is gonna be the next big thing!
there were lion dance and the dragon dance thingy as well. and some other odd performances. nothing reli exciting.. so we ended up stuffing our face with food instead =)
and yest nite I had the most horrendous train ride EVER! it was a complete nightmare..
I boarded the train from London at 715pm.. it's supposed to be an hr's train ride home.. and due to ADVERSE weather conditions, I got stuck on the train for
6hours!! *(&^&%$%#. everybody was cursing like mad..
1st announcement: there's a trespasser on the tracks ahead.. we can't proceed till given the green light.
passenger onboard, "F*** the trespasser! ram him down!"
-train stopped for an hour-
2nd announcement: the trespasser is now gone, but to ensure safety, we have to carry out checks on the rail ahead to ensure that there's no damage and alright to proceed.
passengersSSS onboard, "what the F***?!!!"
-train stopped for another hour, then crawled 400m??-
3rd announcement: the rails are certified to be fit for use, however, a train in front of us is experiencing technical difficulties due to the adverse weather conditions. we have been given the red light and can't proceed.
passenger onboard, "what F***ing ADVERSE weather conditions?? it is just a few flakes of snow!!"
-train stopped for 2hours!-
4th annoucement: rescue train is coming to rescue the train in front and move it out of the way so that we can be on our way. rescue train will arrive in 40mins.
passenger onboard, "u call that a rescue?? a F***ing rescue that takes 40mins to arrive??! if our train were to catch fire, we would all have been dead and covered by snow by the time u F***ing arrive!!"
-train stopped for 1.5hours-
FINALLY........ we're on our way..
lesson learnt: English people sprout vulgarities when they're seriously pissed.
Good grief!! I boarded the 7.15pm train and got home at 1.30am.. seriously.. how efficient is their train system??!!
anyway, I reckon I muz have been the most calm and least pissed person on the train! haha.. coz I was too amazed by the pretty sight outside to stay annoyed for long.. it was snowing very heavily and everywhere was covered in sparkling white snow!! =)
while trudging home in the snow blizzard...
~gone in a moment.. 
