anguished sentinel is framed!

remember how i bought a painting from not keith? it is now framed - check it out!







it was the best i could do without getting glare off the glass. my landlord framed it; he even put a little window at the back so one can see the note not keith wrote for me! the painting's going to hang above my bed; i'll post more pics once it's in place.

i love it!

CET :o)

pink cab, pink banana

some pics of quirky things along commercial street and great eastern street, shoreditch:



a very phallic-looking pink banana.



i wonder if people live up there?



looks like a character from a video game or cartoon.

CET :o)

holla for hellas

hey hey party people!

loveliness: my friends and i hopped into a black cab during the lunch hour a few fridays ago, the day before our school's spring ball; we were making the short trip from our school to the hotel, with party favours and decorations filling the space in the cab. our cab driver was a lovely, white-haired man whose birthday was that very day - 70 years young! - and who filled the short drive with details of his birthday celebrations that evening. he also informed us of him and his wife's upcoming 40th (or 50th?) wedding anniversary. he positively beamed as he told us of his surprise for his wife: a trip to barcelona where their kids and grandkids would be there to surprise her. so sweet! i wanted him to stop the cab so i could hop out, run over to the his window and kiss him right then and there. HE'S the kind of man i want, definitely.

at the end of the short journey we got out of the cab and he said the ride was free! we insisted on paying him though and tipped him generously for being so unbelievably positive and sweet. my insides could not stop squealing - this man was so lovely - for a good long while afterwards. nothing gets me more emotional than:

a) war veterans,
b) war memorials, and
c) old people love.

he had old people love in spades.

spring ball: it was a success! i'm so glad, because it was bloody hard work to make it one! the evening unfolded smoothly and glitch-free, except for the part where i almost could not zip up my dress! here's a couple of pics:





needless to say it looked smashing on me. ;o)

a bunch of us girls spent the night at the hotel and it was pure girly sleepover fun! no, no, no you dirty-minded people, we weren't having a pillow fight in our underwear, we instead catapulted ourselves on the beds in all ways one can catapult oneself; we gossiped about the people at the ball (best dressed, worst dressed), viewed all the pics we took with our plethora of cameras, and generally refused to sleep until the wee hours of the morning. GOOD TIMES.

bhangra: oh dear jeebus and fellow readers, pray for me! we've had two practices so far - just two - and the show is not too far away. we're suppose to start practicing "intensively" starting with a session this thursday, followed by daily practices after the end of easter break; i'm going to need every second of practice i can get! i'm seriously starting to shit bricks over this now, as i'm the only "non-indian" dancer in the troupe so i will stick out like a sore thumb; if i suck, it's REALLY going to show. eek.

greece: only a few sleeps away until i'm basking in the greek sunshine! i absolutely cannot wait. i have a week there with canuckian and we're hoping to hit an island (or two), visit the oracle at delphi, and perhaps partake in the greek orthodox easter holidays. we'll be staying with a friend whom we haven't seen in six years! should be a memorable time.

london burlesque festival: on friday my friends and i attended the newcomers' competition, where i finally saw glamourpuss perform! i also got to meet her after her performance and that was a real treat, though we didn't speak very much; she was so tired after performing (and so soon after surgery too!) that i'm sure all she wanted to do was lay down and rest. i don't blame her. she is so glamourous in person too - her pseudonym suits her very well!

alright, time to crack on with my assignment. sorry for being MIA this past month!

CET :o)