Sunday, April 30, 2006
Spring Party Dismayed by Shower
Today is the day which Lund, or maybe the whole of Sweden, celebrates the arrival of spring. However, the weather is not cooperating with the people's joyous season celebration; it showered and drizzled from late morning to evening today*.
I have high expectation for the Spring Party which was held at the State Park. My course mates and corridor neighbors told me how crowded and happening it will be: thousands jamming the park plus a whole day of partying and drinking at the park. Not that I'm a partying dude but it makes a great event to cover photographically. Too high expectation... high disappointment.
I woke up late at 1100 and thought I had missed the start of the most happening event during my SEP. I was about to leave home when it started to drizzle. Sucky weather dampened my mood to give a photographic coverage of the Party; I just went back to my room to nuah. Well, I thought the rain will stop after a while but the rain drops just kept falling from the sky. I ended up with surfing the Internet for the whole day and backing-up my data on DVDs.
I got a craving for 炸酱面, so decided to cook it. Bad techniques, the ingredients weren't correct and the taste was totally off from the authentic noodle. The consolation is that it still tasted quite good. Weird: it kind of looked like Chinese spaghetti.
Evening's weather was not too bad: cloudy but with a little sun's golden ray showering the land. I took the opportunity to snap the exterior of Delphi.
*According to The Local, this year's winter was the toughest for southern Sweden since 1971. Snow cover was perpetual in March and the cold weather lasted 2-3 weeks longer than historical weather records. The shower that was here in the afternoon was pretty much expected since spring is a season of extreme weather: the spring floods from melted snow (which is wreaking havoc in Czech and Germany); and the meeting of warm air from the lower latitudes with cold air from the polar region. Be prepared for any kind of weather: sunny (15 degrees) to chilly shower (4 degrees) if you happen to visit Sweden during spring.
I have high expectation for the Spring Party which was held at the State Park. My course mates and corridor neighbors told me how crowded and happening it will be: thousands jamming the park plus a whole day of partying and drinking at the park. Not that I'm a partying dude but it makes a great event to cover photographically. Too high expectation... high disappointment.
I woke up late at 1100 and thought I had missed the start of the most happening event during my SEP. I was about to leave home when it started to drizzle. Sucky weather dampened my mood to give a photographic coverage of the Party; I just went back to my room to nuah. Well, I thought the rain will stop after a while but the rain drops just kept falling from the sky. I ended up with surfing the Internet for the whole day and backing-up my data on DVDs.
I got a craving for 炸酱面, so decided to cook it. Bad techniques, the ingredients weren't correct and the taste was totally off from the authentic noodle. The consolation is that it still tasted quite good. Weird: it kind of looked like Chinese spaghetti.
Evening's weather was not too bad: cloudy but with a little sun's golden ray showering the land. I took the opportunity to snap the exterior of Delphi.
Exterior of the Block H where I stay (Somehow Flickr is ruining my pics colors; it looks dull in Flickr when it looked vivid in PS)
*According to The Local, this year's winter was the toughest for southern Sweden since 1971. Snow cover was perpetual in March and the cold weather lasted 2-3 weeks longer than historical weather records. The shower that was here in the afternoon was pretty much expected since spring is a season of extreme weather: the spring floods from melted snow (which is wreaking havoc in Czech and Germany); and the meeting of warm air from the lower latitudes with cold air from the polar region. Be prepared for any kind of weather: sunny (15 degrees) to chilly shower (4 degrees) if you happen to visit Sweden during spring.
# posted by William : 9:32 PM
