week9-Information/ Communication Technologies in the Snow

As an international student who comes from a sub-tropical island, I was amazed by the first snow in my life.

Expecting the snow for several days since I had known that there will be a snow from the weather forecasting software on my desktop, which was downloaded from Yahoo. I was studying in the library and hearing at the KPLU radio online when the snow fell. My friends told me about the snow in words through the MSN Messenger. I run out of the building to feel the memorable moment. At the same time I made a phone call to my friend who lives in San Deigo and told him about the great news.

When the snow became smaller, I went out to take some pictures with my digital camera. (I mentioned above that I had expected the snow for several days, thus I bring my camera all the time.) People were shrieking and playing snowballs on the street. I guessed that people were as happy as I was.

It happened that I have a friend who is coming from Washington D.C. and was stuck by mechanical problem. I was worried about the big traffic jam when he comes back near the midnight. Because I have no TV in my place, I read Seattle Times and Yahoo News in stead. There is a great function provided by Seattle Time. People can search his/her own place or location and see the volumes of traffic.

Next morning, I got my father’s Email from Singapore with great concern about the heavy snow. He said that he saw the news about the snowstorm and black traffic. I used Skype to talk with him and my mother in Taiwan, describing the snow in Seattle. Then I uploaded some pictures about the beautiful and unforgettable snow to my album.

One day after, I woke up and found that I got a bad cold. Thus, I emailed to my boss and told her that I could come to office today.

It was a wonderful snow, but was being bad to my health. :P