Here comes the snow (once again) !

I can't quite understand our infactuation with snow and I guess its probably due to the fact that we are not embraced by it back home. Nevertheless news of snowfall generally excites us and why not ? After all who would miss the chance to hit the streets, play like a kindergarden kid, pelting snow balls at one another,skipping office and having hot snacks at home.

It was sometime Feb last year and all the news channels were going beserk with severe weather warnings. You generally get to hear phrases likes "This is the coldest day of the year", "The worst weather in 10 years", "Its gonna snow first time in UK after so many years" so on and so forth. As the rate of predictions grew gradually from every day to every hour our anticipation increased too. It was around 7 or 8 in the night when I caught the first glimpse of bits of ice dancing down from the skies. Within a few minutes there was happiness and excitement everywhere and I could see many people dancing out in the streets.

The next morning I woke up and went towards my window which gives an amazing view of the entire street. It was as if someone has painted white everywhere, the cars, the driveways, the trees each one of them had all been given a shower.But no the fun didn't end here.We couldn't drive till the office so me, Sowmya, Junaith, Vineet, Ashok, Prashanth started to play on the streets. It was quite funny actually to see grown up software professionals dressing up each other in snow and after 10 to 15 minutes the cars in and around us were stripped off their white coat..




Junaith's less than impressive aims, Ashok's perfect cricket throws and Sowmya recording all our misadventures was a memorable sight. As usual Prashanth Shivashimpi took some time to choose and wear the perfect costume for the occassion, but he came out nonetheless. As we were enthralled in the snow fight, I could see Nandeesh and Pooja coming towards us and they had plans of going to office. I am not sure if one could be so dutiful :-) But being who we are, we made sure that both of them didn't land up in office for the next couple of hours and Nandeesh's hair was shampooed in snow and Pooja's face was religiously pampered with a cold white face mask..
All in all it was one of the highlights of last year...

Fast forward...Its January 2010...And I heard the same news yesterday .."Worst weather in 60 years". Severe weather warnings!And yes it did snow overnight. I went for a walk around 4 in the morning and I still can't believe I actually did this ? I woke up early morning but this time I didn't feel like watching through the window. After a while when I did look outside it was more beautiful, it had snowed more heavily this time. But as I gazed on the view before me I didn't feel that excitement and I am not sure why ?

I can't say I missed them,
Nor can I say I wished they would be here,
But something in me didn't let me to enjoy the snowfall this time...

As every day passes by,
Thoughts and feelings seem to fly.
I realize you won’t be so nearby,
With me, to laugh, or to cry.