Swan Lake Ballet

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I always want to see ballet performance in London, so it did have an amazing Swan Lake of English National Ballet at London Coliseum. I asked my girl friend Nicole to join me and we were right on time to … Continue reading

Hot Sunshine in London

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It has been so hot in these days, but with some breeze, not like China, it was incredible humid. Sometimes I enjoy my scoop of the ice-cream from the ice cream man or some drinks in a cafe to have a rest.

It was shock to hear that Michael Jackson was passed away and he was a legend to a lot of people. Although I am not a fan of MJ, I remember one of my cousin used to play MJ’s songs when I was young, that’s all the memories I have for MJ.

Recently we run out movies and TV series, however, we don’t have much time in the evening. We have been thinking where to live in next year or what we will do in next year. We might move out city of London and live in the country side even though we both love living in the city of London so much. However, it’s another step to achieve something in our life. We will see…Wish us luck!

伦敦7月的热天

这几天进入夏天最热的时候,伦敦地铁没有空调的,因整个地铁系统已经有几百年历史,虽然热,但凉风阵阵。有时候天太热,街上有‘冰淇淋车’ 可以买冰淇淋吃,或是坐在cafe外面喝杯东西,享受着阳光,这就是我工作之余的休息方式。

前几天听到迈克迅过世的消息蛮让我惊奇和觉得可惜的,至少他象麦当那一样是80-90年代的传奇。虽然我不是他的歌迷,给我他印象最深的时侯是我表哥在我90年代老放他的一张成名碟,那时侯还是放大碟的时期,现在都mp4的时代了!

不知道怎么的,我们找不到很多电影我们想看,也看完了很多一直追的电视剧,不过因为我工作的原因,我们也比较少时间能看电影和电视。最近我们在商量下年的打算,想搬出伦敦市中心,或许住在伦敦郊外,或是住在别的城市,体验下其他城市的生活,存多点钱买房子!虽然我们两都超爱住在伦敦市中心,但伦敦实在地贵物价也贵!我们在没有最终决定中,为我们祝福吧!

Summer time

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I do enjoy the sunny day and hot temperature in London, and it is hot, but as humid as China. I asked friends to come to my house and made some cakes together before they fly back to HK and Japan. We bought so many ingredients and made the pumpkin pie and chocolate trifle cake.

Vicky and Miwa enjoyed making cakes and we had so much fun, even though Vicky had some flower everywhere, and Miwa dropped an egg on the floor, it’s part of the fun and experience with friends. After 2 hours hard work, we ordered Papajohn’s pizza and watched some girl’s movie – He is not in too you. Then drinking and chatting until 1 am.

I enjoy the quality time with friends here in Summer day, cool breeze, hot sun, summer clothes, cool beer, good food and good accompany, then what a happy weekend. Here are some of our latest pictures.

I have been working hard to find a part-time job, had 2 interviews yesterday, but we will see the  results and I have work harder hunting on Monday. Tonight we will see Keane and Ladyhawke’s concert in Shepherd  Bush, I am so looking forward to seeing them.

一个休闲的夏天

喜欢伦敦夏天的阳光,大大的太阳,感觉很热但风是凉爽的。虽然热,但不至于流汗,不过市中心因人多,汽车多,所以就超热,但没有广州那么潮湿,干爽天气。下周大家都快回各自的国家了,所以我叫泳棋和美和,来我家齐齐动手做蛋糕和派,我们买和超级多材料,做我们之前做过的南瓜派和巧克力莫丝。

泳棋和美和一起搓面粉啊,切南瓜,虽然他们都是第一次亲自烤蛋糕,泳棋把厨房搞得到处是面粉,美和把蛋掉到地上,这些都是开心的片刻,和他们一起享受生活美食的经历。经过2个小时的辛苦准备,终于完成了我们的派和巧克力蛋糕,然后我们叫了papajohn的pizza,一起看电影,甜点就是我们的派和蛋糕拉。

我十分享受夏天的凉风,热太阳,夏天的短裤,好朋友一起吃喝一起笑,轻松的夏天周末就这样过!这里是我们的最新照片

我在努力找兼职呢,昨天有2份面试,不知道成不成功,英国兼职很难找啊,很多欧洲人来竞争,加上金融风暴,好在伦敦到处都是机会,周一再接再厉。今晚去听Keane 和 Ladyhawke的演唱会,约翰喜欢ladyhawke,等待疯狂的激情的夜晚终于来了。

Sex and the City Movie

Sex and the City Movie

As a big fan of Sex And The City, I have have been waiting to see the movie. London was chosen to host the premier, and all members of the cast showed up in Leicester Square on 12th May 2008. It’s a pity that I wasn’t arriving in the UK until the week after and so missed the chance to see them. Never mind, the movie opened to the public while I was there, and I did get chance to see it.

Love is complicated…

The movie is a continuation of the last season from TV, and begins by filling in the gaps of the time immediately after the close of the TV show. All the actors are very professional and give skillful performances in the movie. The movie contains different elements which will touch and break your heart, as well as give you joy. I will not say too much about the details of the movie, but you will find out when you watch it. Actually I was in tears several times for the humorous conversation, heart-breaking moments, happy unions, and especially the understanding of different kinds of love in the movie.

I enjoyed the movie so much and there are many moment I felt so connected. I guess the movie is also the end of our legendary story of Sex And The City series. Like the movie says: there are always perfect ending in fairy tales, but in reality, there is not always a perfect ending in our lives.

I gave it 4.5 stars of 5.

作为Sex and the City 忠实fans,我们期待已久的电影版终于上映了,虽然我赶不上12号他们来伦敦的首映,但上周末去电影院就让我一饱眼福了。

爱是复杂的…

电影的主题是关于不同的爱,也是续最后一集连续局接下去的故事。有我们期待想发生的,也有我们不想发生但却发生的故事。每个演员的倾力演出让这部电影更加有味道。电影有很多触动人心感人的场面,有幽默的对白和场景,有伤心落泪,幸福的喜悦和女主角们的坚固友情,这都在短短的2个小时里呈现出来。我不能说太多关于剧情,大家到时候看了就知道。感情十分丰富的我,都被很多场面感动得满面泪水。

Sex and the City 就象是陪伴我们一起长大的故事,2008年这部电影也是对这部连续局10年来划上一个句号。象电影里面说的,童话故事都有完美的结局,但现实上不是每个人都有没有完美的结局,但当然我们还是要保持生活的积极态度。我们会想念这个传奇故事的连续剧,我们也会想念他们的服装,更想念曾经陪我们一起走过的岁月。

Dexter – The dark defender

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I’ve been watching “Dexter” a lot recently and have to say that it’s become one of my favourite TV series. It’s based upon a novel and Michael C. Hall (of Six Feet Under “David” fame) plays the lead character so smoothly and perfectly that the accompanying stories grab your attention from the start.

The story is a little bit bloody, creepy, quirky, dark, and constantly gives you surprises; it’s an emotional and a psychological struggle. Unfortunately it’s only been released on American TV so far, and the story may be a little too risqué for TVB Pearl or ATV World. However, if you get chance then don’t miss this amazing show. I’m definitely looking forward to Season 2.

The story is about Dexter, a blood spatter specialist in Miami who investigates murders during the day and commits his own murders at night. Dexter isn’t just your typical serial killer though, he’s a vigilante killing those who seem to deserve it. At the beginning of the film Dexter tracks and violently murders a child molester. It makes it hard to hate him for his acts because he killed someone who deserved it.

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Breaking Tradition

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More people are getting married during ages between 22 to 25 in Shantou. Like my Mum usual told a girl that when she is under 25, she can choose what man she wants to marry, because men are prefer young girls generally. However, it is a tradition that women reply on men and being passive. It is like hundreds years ago in the West, and it still exists that women grow up as a passive images to be chosen by men. As silly as my Mum, they don’t see women as intelligent as men, as long as women can find a good husband.

Nowadays, female have equal education and occupation choices and they don’t have to reply on searching men to get married because they are ‘young’. On the opposite, there are many failure marriages because of marrying too young or married the wrong one. When they are young, they have not experience enough and made a rush choice to be with someone. People should know whether they have ability to create a new family. It does exist that people are too young to marry a wrong one. Of course I also see many people had their happy marriages. I do think women are smart and capable to choose what they want, and whether they want to marry or not, regardless the age issues or social pressure either judgement.

Different people have different ideas about the issue. despite age or gender issues, this is about breaking tradition. It’s different valuation to choose. if something you choose for sure, keep walking on to search your happiness without complaining because it is your choice.

The reason inspired me to write this article is the movie Mona Lisa Smile which showed women were try to break through the tradition. The main character was a teacher, and her personality was influenced her female students. Instead of getting married after graduation, the female students can do whatever they want to achieve in their life, not just focus on marriage. Ideally we hope women can be a good wife and be successful in their career as well.

打破传统

在汕头,很多人22-25岁就结婚生孩子。就象我妈妈常我们说,一个女孩子在25岁之前就可以选男人,25岁之后就是男人选你了。因为男人永远喜欢年轻的女孩子,年轻就是你的皇牌!这让我觉得为什么女人永远处于被动,男人总是主载女人的权利,就象几百年前西方国家的生活一样,传统的男人为住,女人为附,而我们在重复着他们的步伐。

现代社会,女人和男人拥有一样的教育权利,有机会一起在工作上竞争。女人有更多选择的空间,毕业之后,不止是为了结婚生孩子,因为为了乘年轻嫁个好老公。相反之中,很多人嫁错郎因为年少无知,父母要他们乘年轻结婚,结婚之后才知道两人不合,太冲动而结婚,没有能力组织一个新家庭。当然,组织新家庭并不容易,我也见证很多成功的婚姻。我相信女人和男人一样聪明,有能力去主宰她们的生活。女人是否几时结婚,不需要以年龄,或社会的压力来决定,是她们自己决定她们想和她所爱的人成立一个家。

不同的人有不同的意见吧,女人们能打破传统,突破年龄问题或是性别歧视或社会的压力是很不容易的。生活价值的不同观决定人不同的命运,假如你选择了一条你自己决定的路,不要后悔,勇往直前走下去,不要抱怨,因这是你选择的道路。

我有这个‘打破传统‘的想法其实是自己的性格就比较独立反叛,看到电影(蒙娜丽莎的微笑)讲着一个女老师能打破传统,因当时的社会毕业后就结婚,她选择了她想要做的事情,而不是传统的结婚生孩子,而这启发了她很多快毕业的学生。电影简单感人。理想中我们希望能做个成功的妻子/妈妈兼优秀的事业女性。

Breakfast at Tiffany— Think of it

Tonight I saw “Breakfast at Tiffany” again. I have watched it for third time now. It is based on Truman Capote’s 1958 novella of the same title, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961), is the story of a woman on her own making her way in the big city. The novel has a completely different ending compared with the movie. The movie version has of course got a happy ending. It’s such a classical movie and most people have watched it and love it.

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S is quirky, funny, bewildering, serious, sophisticated and bittersweet — and as movies go, great entertainment.

I love all the dresses in the 60s.

Audrey Hepburn always got her typical hair style and dress. There is a fatty ginger cat who doesn’t have proper name, and is just called “cat”. It is so cute and really fat. I also love the theme song “Moon River”, when Audrey is singing it with a little guitar. It’s very romantic and peaceful. Nowaday, we can hear Jazz version “Moon River” all the time. It reminds me of this movie every single time I hear it.

The last conversations in the movie make me think all the time:

Are people really afraid to get married or settle down in one place, because they don’t want to be tied up. Of course not everyone does, but some of us do.

Are we called a free spirit or wild thing because we are terrified somebody’s going to stick us in a cage? Maybe we are in a cage we build ourselves. No matter where we go, we just end up running into ourselves.

Like Paul in the movie said and answered it —life is a fact, and people do fall in love. People do belong to each other; because that’s the only chance any body’s got for happiness.

Yes, I think so. We will find our soul mate and the right person in my life. What do you think?

Well. It’s quite right about it.

Tiffany 的早餐—令我陷入沉思?

今晚我再看了(Tiffany 的早餐)这部经典的电影,由奥大莉 * 赫本主演,故事讲—-在这部高雅而又风格独特的社会讽刺和苦乐参半的爱情故事中,奥黛丽-赫本成功的扮演了一个追逐百万富翁,亿万富翁的迷惘的姑娘,霍莉-戈莱特丽经历着人生的颠簸流离,努力寻找自己的位置,渴求属于自己的“理想的归宿”,然而现实是残酷的。在物欲横流的社会中,她绮丽的梦想一个接着一个的破灭消遁了。她的人性是矛盾的,既纯洁善良,但又时常近乎轻佻虚荣,她诚笃情痴,但又多愁善变,她既祈望未来,却又回顾止步。

它是一部经典的美国电影,全世界的人都知道这部影片,10个中有8个喜欢并列为必看与珍藏的影片。“月亮河”就是从这部的主题曲到现在的爵士乐版本。

它故事最后说到,常常让我思考,是否每个人都很害怕结婚和安定下来,因为那样就意味着被束缚在一个人或一个圈圈里?当然不是全部人,少数人而已。

我们都希望有自由的灵魂或狂野的心去闯荡一番,因为我们害怕陷在一个框框里,也许我们已经在那框框里,因我们自己把自己捆起来,限定在一个位子里,无论我们到那里,最终都逃不出着框框。

象Paul 在故事中说的好,也回答了这个问题,生活是现实的,总有真爱的出现,彼此可以属于彼此,因这是唯一的东西让他们感到幸福. 我也觉得总会找到你的soul mate (真心人).

你们觉得呢?