I visited the Saatchi Gallery 2 weekends ago to see their latest exhibition, The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today. I enjoyed this exhibition a lot. It is much more interesting than the previous exhibition. I would highly recommend a visit.
It has been a looong time since I really like a tv series… CSI (the original version) has always been my all time favourite. Then came along House which I’ve stopped following ever since the original group of doctors disbanded. There was also X-Files which was also a favourite when I was in secondary school (Remember Joyce???)
I just wanted to share some of my new tv favourites. Who knows, maybe you’ll like it too.
The week is passing by too fast! Last week especially… the social calendar was packed! I had something to do every night after work except for Monday. Here’s a summary of what I did:
Tuesday – Dinner at Wahaca
Dav arranged a dinner with his colleagues at a Mexican restaurant in Canary Wharf. The food is quite good. The restaurant even give away chilli seeds to grow at home (to be exact, it is Serrano chillies. A kind of Mexican chillies). We actually went and got ourselves pots and compost to try and grow chillis. Last year, our Aussie friends gave us some tulip seeds as well, which we have not tried to grow. So we thought why not grow everything at one go. Let’s see whether we’re successful.
Wednesday – The Misanthrope
My office was selling subsidized tickets to this play last year, which has Keira Knightley in it!! I didn’t manage to get the tickets but luck was on my side on Monday when I saw a colleague selling her tickets. It only costs £27 to see this play! I managed to get 2 extra tickets so I invited NB and AA to come along. It was definitely worth it. Keira was good… she’s damn skinny as well! LoL.
Thursday – Megan Mullally and Supreme Music Program
A colleague saw an ad in the Metro newspaper (daily free newspaper available in the train / tube station) for this concert. In case you’re wondering who she is, she was the annoying character in Will & Grace with the squeaky voice. Yes, she can sing, even with that voice! Apparently she acted in the new version of Fame (which was a flop). Since we manage to get discounted tickets, I thought it was worth a try. It’s always good to discover new music. She was quite good but not amazing. Will I see her again? Maybe not.
Friday – Chinese Grocery shopping at SeeWoo
We decided to invite our friends and colleagues to our house for a CNY gathering. For this gathering, we needed to buy Chinese snacks and food since it is CNY. Instead of going to Chinatown, Dav wanted to check out the Chinese grocer, SeeWoo in Greenwich. This place is HUGE and had lots of variety. The only down side is that it is so far from our house but relatively near to Dav’s office. I dont think we will come back unless we have to get alot of asian good like for this gathering.
I bought discounted tickets to see ‘The Sleeping Beauty” ballet in the Royal Opera House yesterday night, courtesy of BAT corporate membership. It only costs £48 to get orchestra stall seats which normally costs about £110. I managed to convinced Dav to come along as we have never seen a professional ballet performance. Plus Dav promised to try everything once.
Some background to this ballet (thanks to the ROH website):
One of the most lavish theatrical events of all time, the original St Petersburg staging of The Sleeping Beauty in 1890 was a spectacular illustration of the Russian Imperial style at its zenith. Today it remains the cornerstone of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Ever since 1939, when Ninette de Valois first had the ballet staged in London for her young Vic-Wells company, it has become the emblem of British classical style. It wasThe Sleeping Beauty that was to reopen Covent Garden in February 1946, when the Company moved from Islington to the West End. It was also the debut performance for the Company’s very first tour to America. The opening night at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 9 October 1949 was such a resounding triumph that both Time and Newsweek put Margot Fonteyn on their front covers.
The current staging, by Director Monica Mason in conjunction with Christopher Newton for the Company’s 75th Anniversary in 2006, pays homage to that famous 1946 production. With its huge cast, fairytale settings and glorious Tchaikovsky scoreThe Sleeping Beauty remains the very essence of classical grandeur.
The performance took 3 hours (yes, that long) but with 2, 20 minutes intervals. The ballerina costumes were so sparkly and pretty! On the other hand, man in tights is not a pleasant sight (esp for Dav, LoL). The tights they wore were sooo tight that it looks like they are not wearing anything! You can see their well sculptured leg and bum …. hahahahaha if you’re wondering how I saw that, we were seated 3 rows from the stage. So we had none obstructed view seats.
I would love to see Swan Lake or Nutcracker next… most likely will have to see it with my friends.
As the weather got better on Sunday, we decided to check out some photography exhibition in East London as it is the Photomonth this October and November. I got to know about this festival through my teacher. I was told that this festival takes place every year.
We visited 2 galleries:
If you have some free time, I would really recommend these 2 galleries.