V&A

I popped into the V&A museum after CNY open house at the Malaysia Hall, enroute to HTB.

Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft Exhibition

Glass lungs

Europe 1600 - 1800

What's that smell?

My fav: An ivory carving

Culture vulture

On impulse, I spent an hour or so at the British Museum today after class. It was SO packed!

Poor teddy looks a little down.. found him opposite the Brit Museum

Chinese performers at the museum

Lovely Jasper teapot

A little bit of CNY

Some baby cranes I made for the apt...

Musicals

Wow, just thought about the ones I've seen and which my favs are:

(in no particular order)

1. Phantom of the Opera *fav*
2. Les Miserables *fav*
3. Miss Saigon
4. Starlight Express *fav*
5. The Lion King
6. Fiddler on the Roof *nothing to do with fiddles but very cute and humourous*
7. Chicago *don't waste ur time/ money*
8. Cats
9. Buddy Holly
10. King & I
11. Fame
12. Joseph & the Technicolour Dreamcoat

Others I'd like to watch or watch again:
1. Mama Mia
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. Les Miserables
4. Mary Poppins

Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake performed by the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre with Irina Kolesnikova as Odette (her feet have an amazing arch!) was absolutely, absolutely amazing :))). Such a beautiful ballet.

There's going to be another version performed by the English National Ballet next summer... see here.

Now I wanna watch The Nutcraker Suite too!

Ps. I wouldn't recommend arena seats in the Royal Albert Hall.

Guy Fawkes

Tonight, London's skies are alight with displays of fireworks... all going off almost simultaneously! There're 3 or 4 flashes in different areas at any one moment in time.. lovely!

Sights over the past few days

My first homemade sandwich! The first of many.. haha

Crazy amount of ppl at Liverpool St after work
The Old Curiosity Shop (immortalised by Charles Dickens) is just round the corner from LSE! It's been there for more than 400 years.
View of Canary Wharf from Surrey Quays

Kids sailing on the quay

Paper Tower Bridge - games during the International Students welcome session at All Souls