Maximillian & Us

Sigh.. I’m having serious monday blues.

Now when I was watching SATC 2, I was pleasantly surprised to see Liza Minnelli singing ‘All the Single Ladies’ ! I totally love her cover version of Beyonce’s song.

Today I read on PerezHilton.com that Sara Barellles also did a cover version, more jazzy and folkie.. which I also like.

Enjoy all you single ladies out there!

Where have the time gone? It has been almost one year since we last picked blackberries from Wimbledon Common.

Dav and I have been hoping we could pick more this year and thus we have started going to the Common every weekend to check the progress… For the past 2 weeks, there was barely anything and the blackberries were either green or red (i.e. not ripe). Yesterday we were more successful. Although there’s lots more bushes where the blackberries are still not rip, we did find a few bushes with very big and black berries.

My father in-law was very excited and we could hardly stop him!

We managed to get a container full of berries. Hopefully that would make one jar of jam. We are already planning to go back again next weekend to get more.

Anyone interested to come along?

Blackberry plant. It has lots of thorns which makes picking slightly more difficult and sometimes painful.

One container full of blackberries.

If you do not know who that is, please go and watch SATC!

To be honest, I’ve never been a big fan of the HBO series until I moved to London and got close to AA. Since then, the series’ creator has made 2 movies. I enjoyed the first movie very much and was very impressed by how there was a twist to the story line. Now the second movie came out earlier this year and I noticed it has a bad review. I didnt have a chance to watch it with the girls in London due to all the business trips I was on. Plus Dav would never go and watch it with me.

Few months after the movie premier I totally forgot about the movie until I saw it in HMV yesterday. So I make a note to remind myself that I must watch it! So finally today I watched it for the very first time.

My verdict, I totally LOVE it!

The reason why I like it is not because of the fashion or the drama. But because I can totally relate to Carrie, for the first time. I totally agree with her on how it is up to you and your partner to decide how to make the marriage works. Whether it is 2 days off each week, live apart with occasional visits or maybe sleep in separate rooms!! I personally feel that society has pressured a lot of us into living a certain way and get frown upon when you’re not following the normal path / trend.

Dav and I have been true to ourselves in having a marriage the way we want it to be. We create our own tradition and make changes as we see fit.

As Carrie said at the end of the movie, “You have to take the tradition, and decorate it your way.”

Last Wed, a colleague decided to arrange to go for afternoon tea after work at The Wolseley. Now this is the second time I’m going to afternoon tea in a week. It’s never enough really… hahahaha

The food is served in a 3 tier tray but cant be refilled. They have really cute tea pots and the atmosphere is great. I would definitely recommend this place. The price is really reasonable too!

Love the macaroon dipped in chocolate.

My tea set.

Another cute little tea pot. Can’t believe they serve teas in different types of teapots.