From the first working day of the year 2010, a real heavy snowfall attacked the central regions of the Korean Peninsula, leading to paralize almost the entire national public transportation system in the greater Seoul and its vicinities, except the subway system.
The snowfall actually began around 6 o'clock in the morning of January 4, 2010, shortly before the morning rush hour, and continued until high noon. And the aftermath of the snow was terrible for most drivers and pedestrians, as well, because they had to crawl rather than driving and walking on their way covered by more than 20cm high snow by exercising extreme caution.
Weathermen announced the snowfall recorded as the highest for the last 100 years in this region, believe or not. In the past, before my village was not urbanized, however, even the heaviest snowfall didn't matter in most cases because most residents, farmers and their school children simply didn't need to go out of their houses since it's their slack season and winter vacation period. They were able to enjoy their comforts by staying at ondol rooms all day long with family members, relatives and neighbors, eating sweet potatoes and playing the game of yut, a stick game.
