From the Sky

Sharing a few pictures birds view from the airplane Quang Binh back to Saigon. Luckily, I got the cheapest ticket.

Enjoy!

Mời cả nhà thưởng thức những tấm hình chụp từ trên cao nhé!

Adventure is Calling!

I decided that it was time I get out there and explore London a little more! (and Sharon needed to take primary sources of buildings for her art project)
Fascinating!

I woke up quite early and arrived 45 minutes earlier than the time Sharon and I were going to meet. So, I walked around, go through the street from London Bridge station and saw beautiful view of the bridge when there weren't many tourist. I let the wind blow on my hair and took some fantastic picture with my iPhone. They really take care of the river here - with the clean up boat going around at 9.30 in the morning.

I walked down further along side of the bridge and met a man whose job was to keep the grey stone tiles under my feet neat and clean. He has worked and lived in London for 9 years and enjoyed the view of the river very much.

Sharon and I met up and we reached Southbank. We got lost walking around as tourists with a camera and hand-drawn map which did not help much. Though we did get a free book...

A little extract from the big poster at BFI (that's my dream!)

I had no idea what Southbank Centre was until I saw it. It was a theatre, an art gallery and the BFI - British Film Institute. That colourful stair right there pump water up to the Southbank centre! And of course, the exterior of the three buildings were decorated with several projects. Awesome stuff inside and we bought postcards in agony of stopping ourselves buying more!

Hungry stomaches, rumbling so we tried to look for good but cheap food at Waterloo station. McDonald it is... To be honest, I was not looking forward to this because I dislike McDonald. But wait, we found a very "Captain Jack" store with yummy looking pastry. Jaw dropped and I went straight into buy my very first West Cornwall Pastry's mushroom cornish pasty. I indulged myself with every crispy bite of it.

Moortage was our next stop. Hmm... sound exciting eh? It was good for Sharon's primary sources for her art project but, the place was creepy! You know that urban image of the world with people walking around only going to work. Well that is it! Hundreds of workers going in and out wearing suits, getting lunch, on the phone... walking in small streets of many many tall buildings!

Our last stop of the day was Canary Wharf. Interesting buildings and very quiet life. It is almost like a private district where you live in a luxury apartment with stunning views and have your life being easily taken care off. To us it was more like a maze because we got lost inside this huge area, walking endlessly and cannot find a way out.

We did, eventually and to conclude our adventurous day out in London, it was an AWESOME! Although, unfortunate things happened such as I nearly died twice thanks to Sharon stopping in the middle of traffic to take pictures or losing oyster card or one person got on the train while the other stand back and wait for the next... Oh the Adventure! xD

The City at Night

For today is the painting of the city at night.

A copy from my favourite artist- Georgia O'Keeffe- oil painting on canvas

(It looks a little different from the original too of course- I'm not a master of this kind)

I guess most of you guys know that I used to take some art classes and this is what they trained me for... This took me a whole MONTH or two (I don't remember) but it was really tiring! Though I really do like the painting I will not ever be able to do another one.

MUAHAHHAHAHA... XD Yes guys I've gone crazy now to announce you "HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL" is printed into cards and I'll passing them out soon :D for the guys that have been working hard of course :D yeah yeah yeah *dancing around in stupidity*

So finally I am going to Cambodia with the group. Meeting today with the BOSS was fine. The BOSS has a very wise knowledge of Cambodia of course because the BOSS little cutie aritist is from Cambodiaas well. The last time I've been to Cambodia was just to visit some famous tourist place and I was young to really understand the life there. It was like Vietnam 10 years ago, from what I remembered, may be worst than that. But I have to say, it's really hard to really have empathy for them. Of course you may have sympathy for them but I know it is hard to really have a real empathy of what they are experiencing after their bloody leader- the Pol Pot years... Anyway, I really hope to go there this time to gain a fuller understanding of the history there.

Oh btw, guess what!?!? Tomorrow is the arrival day of costumes!!! I will bring my camera to snap some pictures... Though I haven't been sleeping well not worry about how the costumes would look like and if it's ruined what will I do!?!? So I'm really scared... I hope they would come out well, because if anything happens I WILL ONLY HAVE BLOODY ONE DAY TO FIX IT!!! T-T

Good night it's already late :)