Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. I am giddy like a kid. Not many times in my life snow flakes fall where I can reach.

Clearly snow removal equipment is not a familar concept here. People try to clear away the snow with the most basic tool - sweeper. These two guys have been sweeping the same pathway for half an hour when I took the picture. When they reach the end, they walk back to the beginning and start again.

Like all cities that experience snow less than 10 times a year, Beijing is paralyzed. In 45 minutes, I advanced less than a mile on the highway and passed 2 accidents. When the radio reported 30 accidents in the hour started from 8:30am, I decided to turn back work from home today. Not that I may get into an accident myself, I won't reach office before noon at this speed.

Working remotely with a VPN connection and attending "meetings" over phone forwarded to my cell, I certainly realized, "This is not much different from in California." In fact, without looking out the window, this feels pretty at home.