Yes, it’s been snowing here in the UK for the last 2 days and the South East region, where I live, has suffered the most of it with up to 8 inches of snow. Now for those of you who live in continental Europe and other cold temperate regions, 8 inches may not be much but believe me when I tell you that it could do some real damage with the basic services here in the UK. I mean, last year alone, when 2 inches of snow fell, the country was almost at a standstill!
Anyway, I digress.
It was my first, yes, FIRST Christmas away from the Philippines. See, I’ve already been to Manila earlier in December so going back again just for the holidays would be extremely expensive. So, faced with the fact that I will be wearing layers and layers of clothing in time for Christmas dinner was a novelty to me. As was the rest of the celebrations.
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Had the chance to see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe last weekend, which is part of the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis at the cinema. I’ve always revered this series of books and regarded them as far superior than that of Harry Potter (no personal offence, Potter fans!). But this film adaptation left me (and P) with mixed feelings. Sadly, there was no after-cinema excitement and there was nothing that lingered on afterwards.