Just a quick note to anyone skulking here that though I might be MIA from Malaysia, I'm still not dead. :)
Been really busy lately, getting things settled and there is not much time left I'll be here in Aberdeen! Still haven't gotten to really see this place much. Anyway I've got this long blog post on Aberdeen stuff, but it's still in the works.
Instead, lemme just tell you the most extreme weather I've ever encountered - today on 3rd April 2012 in Aberdeen!
So the last week has been unusually sunny, reaching almost 22 C (a record and unusual weather! gasped the locals). The weather then turned back to cold and wet over the weekend, and today I woke up to around 0-1 C. No snow, just cold.
Then around noon it became really sunny, like probably around 9-10 am sunny in Malaysia, though still very cold. Such a paradox, I was sorta trembling near the stairs area (which has some open windows) and looked out to the sun shining.
Later around 4-5 pm I was in the lab and noticed that it was really cloudy, wind howling, and snowing! Seriously, that was my first time seeing actual snow. I ran to grab my phone, but alas the winds stopped and there was not much snow left - very fine and little to be captured on camera. :(
Anyway, I carried on around after 5 pm in the office and saw, guess what! The sun is out again. and shining brightly probably like 6-7 pm sunny in Malaysia. And yet it was snowing just a moment ago!
Well I left the building around 6.40 pm and it was still bright and sunny outside, but yet still very chilly and strong winds. After a while, I felt some small specks on my hair, and looked around and lo, it was snowing! Really tiny though, just a few tiny specks on my coat that turned to water the moment I touched them. That was probably the biggest contrast I've experienced, touching specks of snow while standing under the evening sun!
Hopefully in my next post I will have worked up enough motivation and time to post the Aberdeen stuff. :P And please, stop complaining about the weather in Malaysia! You ain't seen nothing till you go outside!
