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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
I miss Hong Kong
I started this blog during my time in Hong Kong. Far away from everyone and everything I knew, the two of us embarking on a whole new chapter to our lives. For the moment the UK seems to be grounding us, in more ways than one. Having lived on the other side of the world, suffered loneliness and emptiness at times, it is only when you look back you realise how much you have achieved while living away.
The world really isn't as big as it used to be, its easy to know what is happening in everyones lives no matter what country they're living in. I miss the innocent and unfamiliar minds of my HK friends, the exploring somewhere new everyday, the tests that we set ourselves and completed day to day, the outdoor lifestyle and the ways we treated our bodies.
Hong Kong is a place where everyone wants to do 'business', keen to succeed in life and make money. It is fast paced, hard, mean and lonely. Recently I have missed these attributes... I am determined to return to Hong Kong, there is still a part of me that wants to conclude our 12 month stay there, I therefore have six months remaining.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Vintage Fair
I recently visited Manchester's Triangle Vintage Fair,and it was really good. I managed to bag a pair of furry ankle leather boots and a little 20s striped dress. Very affordable, and lovely too.After some research, I see that Liverpool is hosting one on Saturday September 18th. Whose in?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Too soon for Christmas?
I've thought about Christmas three times today... it's only August! After the rain poured and poured and the grey skies got darker and darker, my mid drifted to autumn and then winter... snuggly clothes, fur scarves, snow filled skies and cashmere cardigans. Maybe this year we'll be part of the icy mornings, I'll ride my bike around the frosty gardens? Rushing into our warm home, candles burning, hot vimto we can drink!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Sunday housewife
Tomorrow CC intends to make this for her family
Mmmm
Pics to follow
Sunday, the day the of the roast
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It had disappeared off the plate too quickly to snap,
so here is one that was made earlier, in some other household...
I did get the thumbs up from my family, in fact, I even
got a "hou sik" from the eldest family member!
Definitely worth the three hours of cooking
I am a housewife and I like it
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Two new things for my summer time
Elderflower and pomegranate jelly
A new scent by Yves Saint Laurent: Parisienne
Ah, pretty perfume adverts...
Friday, August 6, 2010
yellow_polkadots presents
Monday, August 2, 2010
Colour makes people happy
Last week it was Leo, this week it is London that get's my love.
After a long weekend in the capital, celebrating sister's birthday, shopping, eating, drinking and dancing, we stumbled across a lovely enchanting place! I have since spent my time, trying to explain just what this special shop/studio/home really is. All I can say is that I loved this space, as soon as I saw the colourful clogs hanging on the walls and dangling from the ceilings (as aeroplanes) I was hooked. The beautiful bicycle parked up outside also threw it for me!
In we went to be greeted by an array of clogs, everyone a different colour, every pot of paint you could imagine, some made from milk, some were magnetic and my favourite one "dog biscuit" (as it was that exact colour).
Personal wall papers, each designed specifically for a client (one girl is opening a bike shop so has her very own bicycle wall paper), red telephone boxes, the double decker bus, all typically English things.
Another thing I loved were the birds sitting on top of buildings, perched on TV ariels, these too were wall papers.
We even got a sneeky look through the door, where we got a little tour of the rest of the building that went on for what felt like forever. A striped blue narrow path way that opened up into an arched space (currently under renovation). The transformation of a new kitchen space was AMAZING! Bright colours, little arch ways, tiny windows, 50s kitchenette.
I LOVED IT ALL.
I definitely recommended a visit to this place, they specialise in eco-friendly paint by Dofine, but do so much more too!
The new Dofine shop in London
Bringing you colours by Siecle and much more!
OPEN NOW!!
53 Grove Vale
London
SE22 8EQ
Telephone 0207 207 1120
E Mail simon@sieclecolours.com
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Flower fun at Tatton
Monday, July 19, 2010
love for Leo
The last two films I have seen, starring Leonardo, I have loved. Last night I went to see Inception. It was truly great. I left the cinema dying to get home, so I could fall asleep and enter into my own dream world.
Shutter Island is the other of the two, this I also loved, maybe even more. The twists at the end, the worlds that you're pulled into for over 90 minutes...
Some people are complaining that Leo's last two characters have been somewhat similar, but the stories surrounding these performances play out in totally different ways.
Yep! Both of those films get a thumbs up from me!
Here are some clips...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Back to Bikram
Clear my mind
Stretch my body
Make me smile from within
Mr Bikram do me proud
Help me lift my torso off the ground
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