snow...

Snowy Shanghai.  The snow hangs around and not melting.  Yikes.  I thought I have escape the white stuff.  Brrrrr......  When it was falling, warm.  But then..... Brrr.....  I took this picture as we walked out of the airport.  Snow started to fall, just like the first snow in Regina.  

When we got home, the apartment felt like a giant fridge.  We started turning on our normal "appliances".  15 minutes later, fuse blew.  20 minutes and 5RMB later, power was back on.  Then 10 minutes later, fuse blew again.  I called again to the property management company.  They were surprised.  The guy came back and change the fuse again.  Again 5RMB.  This time, we watched.  He said we consumed too much.  I counted all items that were powered on.  Told him.  So I started unplugging things and he watched the meter.  Wow.. It was the new water heater our landlord replaced.  He couldn't believe, so was it.  

We ate out tonight.  Couldn't afford to get the water heater and the rom heater on at the same time.  We had both on all the time before this last trip.  Not surprise that the fuse blew.  Too cold.  The sudden surge of power through the little fuse just couldn't take it.  Snapped, then snapped.  Good that the only thing not affected by the inflation is the property management house call!  Still 5RMB!  No, surcharge, OT charge....  

The link shows today's snowy picture around Shanghai.  Ignore the Chinese.  The pictures said a 1,000 words.

O yeah, temperature: -2C right now.  With the snow tonight on the ground, -6C just like in Vancouver.  But in YVR, we have indoor heating and good insulation.  Not much in old buildings here.