2011年4月29日金曜日

ケイトじゃなくなったキャサリン妃

号外を早速手に入れたニック。





街中がお祭り気分。


チャイナタウンも。






Betty Everettの”It's in his kiss"で踊っていた男の子達。

お祝いのダンスなのかな?




いたるところで青空パーティが開かれていた。



ソーホーなんて、えらいことになっていて、通り抜けできない。


天気が良くなって良かったよね。

ゲイのメッカだけあって、もともとパーティーだらけのソーホーだけど、やっぱり王室の結婚式ともなると、ガーリーなお祝いだけに男の子達がきゃっきゃきゃっきゃ言って、とても嬉しそうだった。











こんなことになってまっせ。






















ハイドパークのトイレ達。
一体全体、昼間はどんなことになってたんだ?

つくづく、お祭り騒ぎ真っ只中に来なくて良かったことだよ、、、と思った。


パーティーの余韻を楽しみながらクイックリトルピクニックをするために、グリーンパークを通り抜けてハイドパークまでてくてくてくてく歩いた私達。


すっかり日も暮れかけて、すっかり疲れた顔した人達でいっぱいだった。












気が付けばもう8時。

4月29日ももう終わりかぁ~と、なんとなく淋しい。

朝から結婚式の生中継を見ようとテレビの前でスタンバイして、やっと見始めた途端に、

「そーだ!! 今美術館に行ったらきっと誰もいないよ。だぁ~れも!!」

と思いたった。

そして街に出かけた私達。

案の定、バスは私とニックのたった2人だけの乗客。貸し切り状態



着いた美術館はもぬけの殻。

こんなことってこのロンドンであり得んわ~!!としめしめ1人ほくそ笑む私。


もちろんその後、結婚式の雰囲気を楽しみたいからと街中を歩きまわった。

本当にみんな嬉しそうで楽しそう。


王室に対してはものすごく風当たりが強いこの国だけど、やっぱり嬉しいニュースには変わりないよね。


大体、最近こんな明るい話題なんてあったっけ??
恐れていたテロもなく、本当に良い一日で終わった。


ところで夜、テレビのトークショーを見ていると、キャスターが、「なんちゃらうんちゃら、and Kate...Oh, excuse me!! Katherine. Katherine said....」と言っててなんとなく可笑しくて笑えた。


もしかしたら笑う所じゃないのかもしれないけど。


でもおかしーよね?


2011年4月26日火曜日

Mum Cary, Toddler Oscar and Baaby Zevia




This is when Adam took me to see Cary and her kids, 2 year old Oscar and 6 week old Zevia.

Last time I met Cary was 4 years ago when she was single.

What a big big change!!


2 human beings are now here!


She made this delicious soup for lunch.



Ad was always telling me how good a cook she was, and it's true!! She is an amazing cook!!!!!



I was soooooo happy that I could finally have her food!!!!!!!!!!!




I like the expression on Oscar's face here!!


Quite a grown-up look.



Looking at the stars on his shirt reminds me of the movie "the little prince".


His blue and red coat would look perfect on Oscar, I'm sure!!












It was a lovely house, full of light, with a big beautiful garden.


There were pink roses at the front door, and they smelled gorgeous and the flowers were perfectly shaped. In fact, I've never come across roses of such perfect shape or perfume outside a flower show.







Cary's way of dealing with her children was just amazing.






The way she talks to them, listens to them, feeds them, everything she does as their mother was so so good, I even thought "Gosh!! I wish I had mum like her!!!".
It was really enjoyable to watch them, and I think I learnt a lot.







Another good photo of them.




I always remembered Cary as a beautiful woman, but now, I can see her beauty growing in her, it is almost like a shining kind of beauty!!


Having kids must be an amazing thing........




Or.......




Maybe it's just Cary, it's more natural for me to put it that way.




Anyway, hope to see you guys very very soon!!!!!!!







Newborn Baby Jaya

Ad took me to visit his friend who had just given birth.
Baby is 8 days old!!
Lucky me to have the opportunity, thanks Ad!!

Jaya was soooooooo cute, I was speechless.............



2011年4月25日月曜日

Easter Dinner




Roast duck with orange sauce, my favourite!!

Nick made it really nicely, just the way I like, very orangey, very fruity, very juicy.





The green stuff is spinach; it soaked up all the flavours of the duck and the sauce, so when I bit in, all the juice came out and spread around the mouth. Wow!!










When I came back from the bathroom, this was sitting on the coffee table.
Nice surprise!!







Happy Easter!!!!!!!



By the way, the movie on the TV is "Rising Sun".
Still can't figure out why on earth they made it...
Scary early 90's.........

2011年4月23日土曜日

Easter Friday

Beautiful Easter egg with beautiful gold ribbon from Adam.


It's from the chocolatier in Highgate. Ou lala! good taste.

Too beautiful to break into!!







Had Friday-night dinner at Ad's parents'.


And it was just few days after I was invited to the passover dinner!!


I felt sooooooo lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Mel, his mum, is a great cook, so to eat her food is always a wonderful treat.







The main dish tonight was turkey with potatoes and broccoli-like veg (Was it "Nanohana"?? I must ask Mel...) .

And of course, I finished eeeeverything!!!












This is Sasha. Don't really know how to spell it though.





She is Adam's brother's fiancee's brother's fiancee's dog.


Still following?







She spent quite a long time making the bed for herself.


It was funny to watch.


And it made me feel like having a dog!!






PS; Later, when Ad, Jojo, Papa Manny and I took her for a walk she did a little poo.



Then I remembered what Maki had said, "Big dogs do big poos and small dogs do small poos, so even though I like big dogs, I will have a small dog"



Looking at Sasha's little poo, I thought, "Yeah, a small dog for me too!".





2011年4月22日金曜日

映画『ザ・ファイター』 ;The Fighter 


Mark Wahlberg +David O. Russell = I loved it!!!!!!!

+ Christian Bale = A bit of madness.........

Good fun movie that sucks you in and spits you out 2 hours later!!



ところで私、マーク・ウォルバーグ好きよな。







We had dinner before at our favorite restaurant "Beijing Dumpling" on lisle st..



This time, we tried a new dish - the vege dumpling soup.









I guess the Japanese word "sappari" describes this perfectly.



The vege inside had a nice crunchy texture. Oishi~!


この緑がいいな!





In Leicester Square.






This guy was playing a traffic cone, a medley of classic tunes.








Quite a funny picture, don't you think?



But he really played beautifully!!






London is great!!!!!!!








By the way, now I've watched The Fighter, he just looks like Christian Bale from the movie...



It means,,,,,,,




Oh, no..............







2011年4月19日火曜日

月光浴: Full Moon Bathing

I think I've got the best flat for moon-watching!!




It looks like the moon is rolling along the rooftop.

Can you see?

2011年4月18日月曜日

229 pound garden furniture!!

It's arrived!!!!!!



And Nick busy gardening in the background.



2011年4月17日日曜日

Sakura Namiki

Sakura st. reminds me of Japan.

2011年4月16日土曜日

しゃぼんだま






私もやりたーーーーーい!!


あれは全て手作りなのだろうか。。。


是非やってみたい。

2011年4月14日木曜日

Feeling Down

The catch on the battery cover of my camera has just broken.

If the camera itself breaks, well that's bad.
But the catch?!!

That's really annoying!!

Funnily enough, I got this Sony camera exactly two years ago, which is of course the unofficial lifetime of any Sony product...

Not that it's Sony's fault. This time, it's mine.
So I'm feeling down......

2011年4月13日水曜日

トルコ料理レストラン『HALA』

Lovely salad. I don't think they got their vegetables from TESCO.




Vegetable Pide.




Spinach pancake.


Turkish tea.


Turkish delight.




11.50 for all this, plus coke!!!!!!!!

It's just nice to have this kind of place nearby.

Finding more and more good places to eat out and getting more and more fond of this area.


Viva downtown!!