Back from Singapore…and what a shock!

12/01/09 23:44 Filed in: JET
Wow… what 3 weeks of vacation will do to you. I was very happy to arrive at Narita Airport. It was cold but it was great to see clear roads with no snow. Just wet and rainy.
And then I arrived at Chitose Airport. Boarded the train and was rather taken aback by the freezing cold!
Oh well. I reached Sapporo Station, took the subway to Higashi Sapporo and dragged my 25kg luggage through the snow covered walkway. Unbelievable. The snow had piled up till about waist to shoulder high. Thankfully the walkways are cleared daily.
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Ice tractors

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Carrying away the ice to the snow dump.

I wonder where the truck load of snow are being brought to.
Went to Daiei for grocery shopping the next day. Its just about 80o metres from my apartment. But with all that snow and ice, the walk took a little bit more time.
The sides of the walkways looked like its been walled like an igloo.
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Picture taken the next day when I had to go grocery shopping

 
Check out this car which has been buried in snow. The owner is probably on holiday. Well its a long weekend because Monday (today) is a national holiday.
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Check out the car on the top most side of this picture

Well anyway, was pleasantly surprised when I reached the lift lobby of my apartment that night. I check my mailbox and found this:
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New Years Greeting Card

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Given by Uncle Ben from Spiderman Movie!

The Principal of an elementary school sent me a New Years greeting! That made my day! Thanks Uncle Ben!

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