Crazy, Stupid, Love

#movietime

Halloooooo there!

A midweek blog post for yah. Another movie I enjoyed watching :)


2011
Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Steve Carell,...
Length: 118min = 1h 58min
Family proof
Genre: Comedy, romantic

Emily announces that she wants a divorce. Cal, her husband, is devistated, but moves out anyway. One night at a bar, he meets a real ladies men, Jacob. Jacob decised to teach Cal the robes of picking up women in bars. While Cal is working on himself, his teenage son, Robbie, is having his first crush on the babysitter. He is a vast believer in true love. Jacob meets a charming young lady, Hannah. Guess how it’ll turn out. 

Get your girls together and enjoy Ryan Gosling's sixpack. Even if you are a dude, this film is acceptable since the main theme is comedy. The feel good romantic aspect is actually more a side story. 


The perfect movie to see when you don’t have a clue in what kind of mood you are. You want to see something funny, but not American Pie or Harold and Kumar funny. You want to see something romantic, but not Nicolas Sparks intens. You want to see something feel good, but not the main stream feel good. You like something different but you don’t know what. Well, this is it. Crazy Stupid Love.

A lot of my friends were like: “you have to see it! You’re gonna love it!” But when I saw the trailer I was like ‘meh’. I just didn't feel like it. When I rewatched the trailer a couple of weeks ago I decided to give it a go. And it was exactly what I needed. Funny yet romantic, but absolutely NOT the cliché version of the romcom. Steve Carell is hi-la-ri-ous, as usual. Ryan Gosling isn't disappointing either when it comes to the funny side. A lot of plot twists as wel. I was genuinly surprised with the last 15 minutes of the movie. And that doesn’t happen often when you are dealing with a romantic comedy, right?

Quote
"Will you take off your shirt... fuck! Seriously? It's like you're Photoshopped!" - Hannah

Trailer

Source
IMDb and YouTube, of course.

Paddington Trail and the Hunger Games: Mockingjay: part 1 premiere

Halloooo!!

I hope you are all very well.

My week started with a Saturday indoors. It was raining and I just couldn't find the courage to go outside. On Sunday however, I thought to check out Temple Church.

Temple Church. Well, not really...
Well, thinking of being able to just go and have look at Temple Church was wishful thinking. Sunday turned out quite different then I expected.

In the small street leading up to the main road where Temple Church is situated, was a queue. At first I didn't know what for, so I just followed the queue to see where it would lead and how long it was. By the time I turned the corner I had a suspicion that it was a queue for Temple Church. I knew that they work with timed ticketing (or something like it) but that queue just blew me away. Temple Church lies behind some buildings and you have to go through a gate to be able to see the church. Of course, you had to pay at the gate... So I didn't even got to catch a glimps of the temple... Sad.

So instead I bought lunch and sat on a bench in the sun next to St Paul's Cathedral. After my lunch I took the metro to Oxford Circus, as I had to be there anyway. I wanted to take a picture of the Christmas lights to add to my previous blog post :)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1 premiere on Leicester Square
On Monday 10 November was the premiere of the 3th Hunger Games movie. I've seen a few premieres during my stay here in London and whilst I thought the crowd for The Amazing Spider Man was huge, this crowd was HUGE. And the amount of screaming when Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks or Jennifer Lawrence got out of their cars, insane.

 

Of course, that morning I decided to leave my camera at home (don't ask me why). So I had to film and take pictures with my smartphone. Not the greatest quality, my apologies.

See here the trailer for Hunger Games: Mocking Jay part 1

Paddington Trail
This week I also started looking for the Paddington statues more actively :) These two are on my way from home to London Victoria. But be sure you'll see more bears on my blog in the next few weeks :)

Golden Paws, Green Park. Designed by David Beckham

Parka Paddington, Carnaby Street

These bears are designed by celebrities and are situated all over London. They are for the promotion for the Paddington film, in cinemas 28th November (UK). But also for a much greater purpose. They have linked their commercial promotion to a charity. Afterwards, the statues will be auctioned and the proceeds will go to NSPCC. It's a charity that helps to rebuild children's lifes after they've experienced abuse. Here's the link to their website.

To name a few designers: Benedict Cumberbatch, Emma Watson, Kate Moss, David Beckham, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Bear Grills,...

Enjoy the trailer of Paddington :) I am really excited. This bear was a small part of my childhood :)

So, that is it for this week blog post :)

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara

Christmas Lights Switch On event Oxford street 2014

Halllooooo!!

This week was exciting becauuuse... On Thursday 6th November it was the Christmas lights switch on event for the lights on Oxford Street. My very first ever switch on event and back stage at that as well!

The weekend started and ended quietly, as like previous weekend. I went to St James's Church on Saturday afternoon, just because I've past that church so often and never set foot inside. On my way home I bought my first hot chocolate of the season and well, it is safe to say I kick started the autumn/winter season officially on Saturday 1st November.

St James's Church Piccadilly

So Thursday evening was the switch on event for the Christmas lights on Oxford Street. Media Circus helped organizing the event, so I had to work a little longer on Thursday evening. I was positioned backstage next to the tents where the interviews and waiting "rooms" were for the artists before they had to go on stage. Neon Jungle, Rixton, cast from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Jess Glynne were the artists to perform and also a girl who won the competition Talent Starts Here. Cheryl (Cole) was the lucky one to push the switch on button.

I was very excited to see my first switch on event so up close. I went to a couple of meetings, so it was cool to see everything in real life what was just a plan 2 weeks ago.

I kept my eyes and ears open at all times, before, during and after the event. And man, I learned a great deal :)

After the switch on, the team went for a drink and dinner. Sort of team building :)

I don't have any pictures of Thursday evening because I was working, but here are two picture of the Christmas Lights on Oxford Street :)

One GIANT VIP ticket

So that was the exciting event this week. Next Sunday 16th November is the Regent Street Christmas Lights Switch On event. Which will be on a whole other level, because we are looking at a traffic free shopping day with activities on Regent Street before the lights get switched on in the evening. Shall be a very exhausting day! But I am looking forward to it. I've also been involved a bit on that event, so it'll be cool to see that come together as well.

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara

#100happydays, challenge accomplished :)

Hallooooo!

I wrote a weekly blog post about the Chronicles of Narnia, Waterstones, prince Harry and unexpected family visit.

But do you remember that blog post I did about me accepting the #100happydays challenge? Well, today is the 100th day and well, this blog post is my #100happyday ^^  Might look stupid, but I am so glad that I was able to stick to it til the end. 100 days are a lot of days. Here are 27 pictures out of the 99 :)

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara

the Chronicles of Narnia, Waterstones, prince Harry and unexpected family visit

Hallooooo!!

I am afraid nothing really exciting has happend this week. But on the bright side, that means that this won't be a very long blog post ;)

Weekend 25/10 and 26/10 was spend very quietly. After 3 crazy weeks I just wanted to catch up on some sleep and enjoy the fact that if I wanted to leave my bed, it would be because I choose to.

Saturday afternoon I went into London. Bought myself a sandwich and sat on a bench in Green park, enjoying the sun and watching people whilst eating my sandwich. I love autumn. After that I went to Waterstones to find some books and take the time to read as well. I am currently reading the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis and I am trying to read them all before the 15th November. Why the deadline you may ask? You'll see in time ;) But I'd like to get myself in the proper mood by then and I don't see that happening whilst I am still reading in another world (that was kind of a hint). Anyway, I am currently reading the 'the Silver Chair' and after that I have one book left in the Narnia series. Should be fine to read in two weeks time.

So, Saturday Waterstones and Sunday editing the video that came with the previous blog post. That was my very exciting weekend, but I genuinely enjoyed it.

The week (and therefore work) went the same as usual. For me anyway. The colleagues are getting a lot more stress because two big events are coming up and as we all know, the few weeks before an event are insanely busy! I just try to help where ever I can.

Thursday evening was a lovely surprise. The aunt and uncle I've visited Oxford with were back in England! So we met up after I finished work and went to Masalla for some dinner. It ended up in an all evening chat :) Catching up on family news, their advise on things and talking about books :)

So as you can tell, a pretty quiet week, but that was a good thing. Next week and the week after are going to be a bit busier! Enjoy the quietness (is that even a word?! x)) whilst it last :)

Oh, yeah, I saw prince Harry on Thursday on my way to work. Let me know if you can see him in the picture. Hint: he's standing with his back towards the gate and is talking to a militair.

That was my 13th week here in London. Can't believe it is the 13th week already :)

Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara