The Wedding

The night of Jo and Simon's wedding was amazing. Me, Mum, Amy, Arwen, Collete and Lauren got to the after party at around 8:00pm and the party had definatly already started! There was a buffet, a DJ, a bar and some drunk people. You can't have a wedding without drunk people! I don't really know Jo and Simon too well, infact.. i don't know them at ALL! Its Mum, Amy, Arwen, Collete and Lauren's Boss. After about half an hour of sitting around and chatting about Jo's dress (which was Lavley!) some performers came up on the dance floor. They did a remix of songs including, Britney Spear's 'Womanizer' and Beyonce's 'Single ladies'. They were absolutley fantastic dancers and some even sang! Infact, one of the girls who sang was 21 year old Amy who got through to the first part of boot camp of x-factor! She even shared a room with Cher Lloyd (who i recon is going to be a star!)! After that, the night just went on to be full of dancing, laughing and drunkness. Especially Arwen who was sick the morning after due to a terrible hangover! Very good night all in all, just wish i hadn't of worn those painful high heels! :) <3 x

Shukurs In Kineton

In Kineton, there is one main attraction, Shukurs. Shukurs is an indian restaurant owned by well-known chef, Shah. Shah has been a celebrated chef in kineton, and out of kineton and he has even met Prince Charles after Shah came across vegetarian meat. Everyone goes to Shukers to have a great meal, great service, and sometimes even great entertainment when Andrew James comes every other tuesday and Gary Glenn (an Elvis impersonator) comes every other thursday. This is exactly where i went on friday when my mum brought home friend Amy from work for the wedding of their Boss and her husband the following day (see 'The Wedding' Blog). When we got there after our brief walk down the road, the vibe hit us as soon as we walked through the door. With the Indian music playing in the background, flowers and leaves gliding across the ceiling, i felt like i had just walked into a completely different world. My mum used to work here as a decorator, so it was a very warm welcome that we had. We were guided to our table and seated almost immediatly, with napkins placed on our laps as soon as we sat down. The first course was poppadoms and a very posh, silver triple-dish containing mint sauce, chilli sauce and onion salad. This came automaticly, and wasn't counted as a starter. The main course for me was Butter chicken, for Mum it was a lamb balti and for Amy it was a fish and chips (Yes, they do english meals!). As soon as we'd finished, a basket of warm flannels were passed around the table. They were a lemon smelling kind, Lavley! For dessert, there was a choice of either one, or two scoops of a selectable icecream and we all shared two scoops of vanilla. The Night was great and i look forward to coming again. Especially to see some of their entertainment! :) <3 x

The Yao Culture

Today, the people from the Yao culture came to Cultural cafe to represent themselves in difference to our every day scene. These people were dressed in long colorful robes, red if they were female, blue if they were male. They wore magnificent hats upon their heads, with dangling baubles and glittery threads. What was unusual, was that they were wearing their own, casual shoes. Being as they are wearing all this Costume material, why were their shoes a mixture of trainers, pumps and uggs? Other than this sidetrack, their performance was amazing. Their voices were so pure and they always smiled when they sang, which made you smile too. Celebrities would be jealous of how clear their voices were, just like they'd been on auto tune. I found it hard to believe it wasn't on a soundtrack that they were sining along to.

They brought some volunteers up onto the stage they were performing on, before showing the un-knowing volunteers what they were in for. These casual, just passing through people, were up to a fight with one of the most professional fighters of the Yao culture. For the the first un-lucky match, the fight seemed impossible and he fell to the ground with shame. Though, for the second, unfortunately for the professional, he braved the fight and won! 

I throughly enjoyed this experience because it was nice to learn about other cultures and hear what the people of the Yao culture had to say. I had never experienced something like this before and i recommend this to anyone wanting to try something different for entertainment!

The Bounty Hunter Film (Homework)

Last Tuesday night, i went to see a film called the 'Bounty Hunter' with Jenifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The film was a Rom-com of a recently divorced ex-police officer who had recently taken up a job of being a Bounty Hunter. Life seems dull and boring for this middle-age man until his boss gives him the job of bringing his ex-wife to jail after she harrassed a police officer. This more than happy man,  thinks it'll be the easiest job in the world until his hard-working wife runs off on more than one occasion to follow the lead of the case she's investigating at work. After more than one attemps, Gerard finally catches her and is watching her every move. They stop on the way to jail to their honeymoon residence from when they first got married, and things start to look like they are going to re-kindle their marriage. This is until Jenifer runs off on her case again and gets captured by the criminals she is investigating. Gerard then goes to save her and then proceeds on taking her to jail. But feeling like he's left her, he then gets himself into jail by mouthing off one of the police officers so he can be with her. They then get back together. A very very good film with funny, sad and romantic moments, some action moments too. I strongly recomend this film! :) <3 x