I tried to cook rice and ended up with one week's worth of porridge for breakfast lunch and dinner. I will try again once I finish the porridge.

It snowed today. I was having a lecture at King's Manor on the second floor. The window was behind the lecturer. When it started to snow, everyone just stared happily outside the window and the lecturer thought that we were suddenly all very interested in what he had to say about Cultural Resource Management. But sadly, it was too warm for it to remain snow on the ground so there were just puddles of water where there should have been snow. We were very disappointed.

I had a fun time cycling back though. Imagine little bits of ice smacking your face as you cycle uphill whilst trying not to breath so as not to fog up your glasses and be rendered effectively blind. And the howling blizzard wind threatens to blow you into the path of a truck. I felt like a cycling icicle. Have I mentioned how big trucks seem to appear from nowhere behind you on the coldest, wettest days and how car drivers seem to think it is necessary to be reckless on such days?

Sad times for Jun and Wen. My condolences. And a big hug that reaches across land and sea, from Britain to Singapore.