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Q: Snowing where you are?
Last 2 years it snowed on November 11th. This year it started this morning and folks! It hasn't stopped! That's 15 hours of snowfall. For an Aussie this is unmitigated joy and for me as an added bonus it covers dirty China with a blanket of white. Anybody else lovin' it?
Ahhh... snow. I love it, too. Don't get much of it in QD, but I do miss it especially around Christmastime.
I was watching on the teli: '30cm in Heilongjiang&Jilin, overnite'.
We're OK for now here around Urumqi. -5*C, no snow.
I dislike snow, because I hate 'water in my shoes/boots, while walking' 
Ahhh...brings back a lot of childhood memories! ...from making snowmen, licking icicles, riding toboggans, to having snow fights(the painful way), football, ...and frostbites!
Still T-shirt weather here in spring city Kunming!
royceH:
Hey Rin, thinking of going to Kunming and surrounds during Spring Festival....what's the weather like around that time? Coats and scarves required?
Any cheap bars you can recommend? Decent tucker?
Rin:
January is the coldest month here, you will need a jacket and maybe a scarf. For cheap bars, go to Moondog and The Mask. Decent food.. ton's of it. Salvadors and the French cafe are owned by foreigners so standards are high. Cacaja if you are after Indian food and Cacao for Mexican. Sorry no recommendations on Chinese food.. I have hardly eaten any since I've been here. 
little cool here in the BEST city SZ,,, lol,, lite jacket at nite,,, but honestly could wear a t-shirt,,, just gotta get the value outta the jacket sometime. the funny-ass thing is,,, some of the locals are dressing their offspring up like they are living in Yellowknife or somesuch...
mArtiAn:
You're a diver in Shenzhen? You must know Karl. Owns (or used to own) a diving shop. Tell him mArtiAn said 'hi'. If he doesn't get who that is (which he won't), we've got the same birthday and he put me up for about a week eight years ago. He's a smart bloke, I reckon he'll get it. That is of course, if you even know the bloke. But he's a Muhrican like yourself, so you should do. All Americans know each other, right? Never been diving myself, except with a friend of his called Hui, but that was muff-diving. Much more fun but you need to come up for air more.
diverdude1:
actually I had heard of a guy named Karl who was somehow affiliated with some diving business here in SZ, but I regret to say I never met the fella.
mArtiAn:
You should pass by his surf-shop and say hello, it's in ding bong dong lu. Or is that wing bing ding bong dong lu? Nope, wait up, I remember, it's in bong bing ding dong bong pong lu.
diverdude1:
that reason, among others, is why the youth are flocking to the English language. East asian languages are just not keeping up with the times....
pictographic languages suk 'nads
We had a decent snowfall on the 8th. A bit of a shock as it didn't seem cold enough.
Anyhow, it was lovely.
I'm in north Xinjiang.
I'm in the Philippines, if I never saw snow again, I'd be happy. The only good thing about snow is that I don't have to mow the lawn. But it takes the same amount of time to snow blow the driveway.
Here's Shenyang... it started today and even though it's no more than 4 cm. yet, traffic jams have immediately quadrupled. As have accidents, I suppose. That's the good thing then... lots of cars off the roads for a couple of days.
And the peace & quiet in the community. No more children playing outside having their shrill voices echo from the buildings. No more dancing to that stupid music in the evenings. And the sound-dimming effect of the snow itself, of course.
But in general I feel it's the starting sign of 5 months of tremendous suffering. Muddy waters in buses and buildings, treacherous areas of ice on the sidewalks and the omnipresent grayness of concrete and dirty heaps of snow that'll turn into heaps of frozen-in garbage with the onset of spring. No escape for me this year either.
andyinshenyang:
Yup, here in Shenyang it was, quite frankly, hilarious today. Cars were skidding and sliding all over the place, it's like the locals' driving ability had slipped to a whole other level of idiotic.
On the bus ride back from university this afternoon I was in hysterics as people seemed to think it was wise to attempt to climb up a snowy, icy overpass in their lovely, expensive, rear-wheel drive cars rather than take a slightly longer yet flatter route. Even the bus driver was laughing as he meandered amongst the stranded fools who were trying to exchange brute force for grip.
I love winter in Shenyang!
I hate snow...had to endure so many cold winters back home (down to -20). I go home only in the summer now, so not planning to see snow again anytime soon. 
diverdude1:
sounds like a fella who has seen the reality vs. the fairy-tale.
*from your friend who grew up in scotland and alaska....
three days of it... my university is in xincun, daqing, and the snow was like two feet deep in the square... i have to cross this to get to my classes..
DaqingDevil:
It's awesome here Paul. And I still haven't caught up with you for a drink BUT I have had a beer or two with your students!
three days of it... my university is in xincun, daqing, and the snow was like two feet deep in the square... i have to cross this to get to my classes..
I am in Shenzhen and still nothing... 
but we will wait for it
I doubt Zhuhai will ever have snow. Temperature rarely gets below 10C. (I think 7C is the lowest ever recorded in the city's long and glorious history)
