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Friday, September 30, 2011

I bet you have never seen me in uniform!

On Saturday, it was Mill Hill's Foundation day so we had a lion in (just learn that :D) and enjoy some delicious lunch. After that we went out to London Dungeon for the first time in order to celebrate Sonya's birthday!

That is me with a plate of cheese!
Definitely don't like blue cheese very much...

On the cab to London Dungeon

Tried to take a picture inside the Dungeon...

Party in the cab on the way back!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Saatchi Gallery




Here are some of the exhibition that are on displayed at Saatchi Gallery at the moment.
The gallery is a beautiful building, located near Victoria Station and surrounded by a lovely park. It held around 20 different smaller galleries inside. The type of artworks ranges from paintings to sculpture and lighting. I strongly recommend visiting the top few galleries upstair which are showing Prudential's sponsored artworks from Philippines. These are astonishingly beautiful and many have deep meaning in them.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Back in London

Starting school and already I feel so tired!
I have decided to join the swim training on Monday and Wednesday (to learn front crawl again) which I enjoy most of the time. Then there is jazz piano that should be finalise anyday now. Art activities on Tuesday... Gosh! So many things to do!

I came to Art horrified because I had no idea what I want to do for my new project, apart from the few artists and some ideas I jot down on the plane. My teacher had no idea how to help me either. Finally, I found Fred Kennet - a pen and ink based artist who produce exceptional detailed drawings. I want to do something similar to that. I want to depict the modern world today as being too industrialised and polluted with cities filled with skyscrapers and car honking on the busy road.

I thought it would be amazing but right now, with the load of work I am doing every night. I just find no inspiration to do anything. I am drawing buildings from photograph I have taken around Central London but it is so hard to sketch them out. I just don't know how artists can do this, sketching amazing buildings on a piece of paper. I am helpless.  Oh I need help!

Despite all these works are depressing me, I did went to see an amazing musical "Billy Elliot" at the Victoria Palace Theatre last week. It was part of our Drama course - to write a theatre review. The musical was fantastic it its set, lighting with the most talented young actor and the most moving plot. It was a magical night for me because this was the first proper musical I have seen. On Saturday, Mandy, Sharon and I went to the Saatchi Gallery where we found some amazing students sketching what they see in gallery. There were many artworks that were simply astonishing and some were at the average in my opinion.



This thursday, I am going to head down to Walton on the Naze in Essex for my Geography investigation. That should be fun!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Life is Awesome - Let Creativity Fly

HMMM! HERE IS PROOF THAT I DID LITERALLY PAINT MY SUITCASE RAINBOW!
Before, it was a dirty, broken handle suitcase with no desire to be taken with anywhere.
Now, bright and colourful, fulfilling the heart of the traveler!

Sometimes, all you need in life is a little makeover!



I'm leaving tonight, back to school in London. Sad!
I painted my old suitcase rainbow just to uplift my mood.
I miss my family so much already!
Here is goodbye to the awesome food, the stream of fruits and the hot sun on my skin!

"Yêu Sàigòn lắm! Sàigòn ơi!"

Monday, September 5, 2011

Spaghetti in warm fresh Tomato and Teriyaki sauce

What do you when it's 3 o'clock in the morning and ain't no sleep coming to ya?


I cooked all the pasta I have left with fresh tomato teriyaki sauce.
This dish was deliciously served with some homemade hot pachattis bread.
I'm not that bad as a cook!

(Could not finish it so now it is chilled in the fridge lol xD)

Sleepy hour for everybody.

I tried to get a cat down from a high wall and failed. I'm sured that it was the old cat I cared for when I rescued it as a new-born kitten a few years back.

I had a great time with the old gang today. They are all growing up so fast haha. Watched Long Ruoi and Friends with Benefits!

With the intention of buying cupcakes in mind, Giao and I went to a little shop called Shin on Nguyen Trai. Ate a red bean ice-cream wohooo!!!

Though I did made a big mistake of shopping on the holiday! Got myself some food to stack up in my suitcase. London likes to burn my pocket!

3.9.11

Where life has taken me