Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Babies!

Hey guys, sorry it's been so long..
On behalf of the team, I hope you had an excellent Christmas and expect you're all looking forward to New Years Eve.. We are fo' sho'!
The majority of us ..being Saj, Raj and Yours Truly ;), will be hitting Digbeth for the Rainbow NYE Festival.. And no Karen, not the gay pub on the 45 route..
Seher will be having fun funs in London somewhere.. She still ain't told me where exactly.. but expect a blog from the beaut.
Jen..I'm sure will also report back on her plans, so expect to see a few essays after the New Year..
Tell us what you get upto YUH HEARD?!

oh and I've wanted this for a few too many months now, thought the desire would fade away but its still fully there.. so anyone wanna buy me it, :) seriously..no, it's ok, go ahead.. i'll send you my address.

Peace and Love Little ones..

Boxing Day Madness

I've never really been a Boxing Day shopper, after quite determinedly stuffing my face each and every Christmas day, it always seemed way too much effort to drag myself around a shopping centre with 100s of other desperate shoppers, tryna to find anything that would justify the extra effort for the outing...

But this year, I decided to. Maybe it was the lack of presents on Christmas day (two) or maybe it was due to the fact that I had seen so much that I wanted while Christmas shopping for other people earlier on, but I decided to do the deed.

Was quite a hilarious experience actually. I was in Birmingham City Centre for 9am in the morning. The most part of town was shut, and wasn't going to open until 10am, but Rackhams was open, shame I couldn't find anything...

I've never been in one of those positions where you queue outside a shop for the opening, to see whoever/whatever is drawing the crowd that day. But as me and my brother worked our way through town, silently making our battle plans we saw more than one shop with a decent amount of people queuing outside.

This brought a sense of panic to me, "why are they queueing outside THAT shop? am i missing out on something here? maybe i should be queuing outside there as well!" That tense sales mentality, where you just HAVE TO COME BACK WITH SOOOMETHING!

But anyways, I held my patience and got to New Look (I had checked on the website the day before to see what badboys I could pick up) only to find a queue outside there as well.

The atmosphere was so tense, everyone's waiting for them to open the shutters, inching themselves closer and closer to the door, it was like waiting for a bus, but EVEN MORE tense. But when you think about it, it's so dumb, what's the likelihood that the lady standing next to you with the slight limp is going to grab the EXACT same bargains as you...c'aaamooorrrn. What kinda foolishness...?

When the shutters opened up, everyone surged forward as if they were getting everything for free, then promptly stopped to congregate around the racks about 5 feet into the shop. I was hihgly irritated by now, but I managed to pick up exactly everything that I wanted. First picks is definitely worth getting up early for...

Along with some beautiful bargains, I managed to pick up these sexy (but full priced shoes)...I now stand at a comfortable 6'2" :D



I managed to come away at 12.30pm, unbruised, with my sanity and health, and still with some money in my pocket.
I didn't get everything I went out for - which reminds me, top sales tip MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, that way you will not get sidetracked, way-laid or end up spending too much on something that you didn't really want or need in an effort to justify your attempt at sales shopping!! - and I still came back with some notes in my pocket.

My first attempt at real Boxing Day sales shopping has been a success, I'm proud of myself.

Now it's back to the food, cake and icecream...

Happy Christmas and & Merry New Year to you all...

Does Music Really Sound Better With You?

We think so!

Very recently, i have found this tune becoming very big again... club after club, those disc jockeys are throwing this record on... It's good to know music survives! 

P.S. Doesn't this video rock?!?

NYE 2008!

It's that time of the year again... but the question is "Where are you partying to celebrate new years?"

Well let me recommend you some parties...

If you happen to be in Birmingham, then I guess the only place I can recommend, which looks very prosperous, is

The Rainbow: NYE Street Festival (9pm-5am) 

Rainbow holds long legacy and tradition of defiant independence hosting some of the most talked about events and parties in Birmingham over the last 10 years. This year Rainbow features 7 Arenas hosted by Birmingham's favorite party brands including...

BELOW in the Rainbow Courtyard

HOT DATE in the Warehouse Garden

BIGGER THAN BARRY on the street (heated marquee)

WOBBLE VS CRUNCH in the Rainbow Warehouse

ENID BLIGHT-ON in the Rainbow Bar

CUSTOM MADE in the Oasis Marquee

UP2NOGOOD in the other room.

Covering Disco, Dub-step, Electro, Hip-hop and House, everyone will be pleased. In my opinion it is a night not to be missed if you are around in Birmingham

Tickets are still on sale @ £20 plus £2 booking fee... This is definitely going to be a big night so to avoid disappoint I suggest you mofo's buy tickets online now @ http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10005511&ref=FBMo

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And if your in London, boy is there so much s**t going on! These are my personal recommendations in brief...

secretsundaze NYE @ Village Underground, Shoreditch (10pm-6am)

Nicknamed "The Rave Shed" by Terry Farley, this venue is a beautiful Victorian warehouse with original features, exposed brickwork and a 10 meter high skylight studded ceiling. Feedback across the years has proven this to be the one of the favourite secretsundaze venues.

Starring...

Omar S (FXHE/Detroit)

Johnny D - Live (Oslo/UK Debut)

Giles Smith (Dessous)

James Priestley (Simple)

This party will be highlighted with a fine selection of Detroit House/Minimal/Techno and soulful grooves.

For tickets & more info-

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=300123&referral_id=nye08

NYE 2008 @ The End & AKA, Between Tottenham Crt Rd & Holborn St. (9pm-6am)

Main Room & Lounge: Lauret Garnier, Layo

AKA: Freerange feat. Jimpster, Milton Jackson, Pash Ostovar, Matt Masters

Again, this one is going to be big, plus its at one of my favourite venues in London - "It is a nice!"

If you are not aware of the above artists - I suggest you get on myspace.com and check out their styles... totally top end house vibes!

Tickets are on sale @ £40.... Early Bird tickets £35 have already sold out... obviously get your tickets soon if you wish to attend.

Tickets -

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=301260&referral_id=nye08

And finally...

BRICK BEAT PRESENTS CAFE 1001 NYE 08/09 (31st Dec - 2nd Jan)

For the third consecutive year, Brickbeat and Cafe 1001 join forces to bring you another cutting edge NYE/NYD entertainment marathon.

Doors open 6pm on the 31st and close and midnight on the 1st

3 rooms of music with the last tendencies in all styles

house/techno/minimal/techouse/dnb/dub/hiphop/soulful/chill out

From my experiences at 1001 - there is always good music and a good crowd - a night that doesn't disappoint!

Tickets on sale at cafe1001.com + www.ticketweb.co.uk

Adv tickets (limited) £15 and £25 on the door.

Gosh, don't these parties just sound the the shizzle... I'm not sure yet where I am heading myself... most likely to be the Rainbow in my hometown.

Have a top new years whatever you guys get up to!

PLACE YOUR BETS NOW!

Peace & Love.

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RIP Woolies...xxx

Me and my friend Ari went to Woolworth's today to check out the *MASSIVE* sale that was going down today...
doing my bit to save the British economy and what not...spend spend spend baby!!

I really do feel sad about the whole situation to be fair, I bought my first single, album etc from Woolworth, as well as endless amounts of sweets and fizzy drinks on any given Saturday morning of my youth...it was there that I first experienced the joy I got from my stationary obsession as well as my first forays into fashion and styling (the Ladybird range - you dun' know!!)...my heart is torn at the present circumstances, not torn enough to buy Woolworth's for a £1 and work my out of three-hundred-and-a-ridiculous-amount-of-money-pounds but still I'm torn...

So back to the story...we go in there, and I'm determined to pay my final respects to such a beautiful institution, while Ari is just looking for bargains (she's from Bermuda, so I'm guessing she doesn't have the same emotional ties like me)...and I dunno what I was expecting, but there was nothing dignified about Woolworth's today, empty shelves, stock haphazardly thrown about the place, people wandering around with dazed/anxious expressions clutching at whatever items they happened to find, no staff to be seen (because they were all frantically scanning goods at the till). I really couldn't understand it.

UNTIL I tried to my own bit of shopping...well it would of been smash-and-grab if I had found anything to grab...

The first few shelves were empty, BARE!! Then I turned a corner and found the maximum amount of those Christmas chocolate selection packs...



After 5 seconds of contemplating whether I had any use for this in my life, I realised no, so I moved on...

Next corner I found the Brattz section, miraculously untouched...it was like finding Pompeii, so serene, so empty...I spent some time trying to find a Brattz doll I wanted to buy...yeah I know Brattz are kinda like Barbie's nympho/Lolita stepsister, but I did want one at one time (Brattz Diamondz Sasha - for obvious reasons), but I wasn't really down for lugging a Brattz Winter retreat house with real jacuzzi etc etc across London. By now I had lost Ari in the madness, I encountered stressed pregnant ladies, sullen fathers, it really looked like a funeral wake, except more depressing, with a strong whiff of hopelessness wafting about. I also realised why everyone looked so vacant but anxious - there is supposed to be A FIFTY PERCENT SALE AT WOOLWORTH'S! WHY THE HECK COULD I NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT I WANTED!!!

In desperation I picked up two of those JML products, one magni-tweezer thing, then I realised - I get my eyebrows threaded by professionals...I NEVER touch them, except to smooth them over in the morning. The other was that MagniReader Credit Card thing, for my mother, then I realised she would be thinking "why the heck did you buy me this??" so I put it down and waded through the ridiculously long queues that snaked around the shop (WHAT THE HELL WERE THESE PEOPLE BUYING!! I COULDN'T FIND A BLARSTED THING!!) to the media sections. I mean, good old Woolworth's should have some trusty DVDs and CDs...

NO. NO. NOOOO. Out of desperation again I started picking up 90s complication CDs and really old DVDs like X Men and such...I mean I love X Men, but I'm waiting for the boxset!...I came to my senses and put them back on the shelf (in a different position - I was loosing hope). Finally I made it to the back of the shop...SALVATION!! The homewares section...I realised that I needed bedsheets...couldn't find a decent bedspread set that I liked, so I settled for a black fitted sheet (I've been thinking about the whole black thing on my bed for a while...and fitted sheets are so much easier to live with)...and THANK GOODNESS I found the decoration-section, and bought one of those collage frames things...a massive one...so breathing heavily with relief I traipsed over to join the rest of them in the queue...you'll be pleased to note I managed to find Ari in the end (after phonecalls and GPS co-ordination).

Someone in the londonpaper commented that it felt like rifling through the pockets of a corpse...and it really did...I wanted to give Woolworth's a dignified farewell, but desperation and the consumer mindset got the better of me...I'll see how much us riflers managed to raise tomorrow morning on Sky News with Mr Holmes...

It's a sad day in British history...but Woolworth's is officially dead...even if they find a buyer I doubt I'll set foot in there again...the final memory was too horrible, I didn't even say goodbye properly, by then I was too relieved to get out of that soul-destroying place...

Goodbye Woolworth's...I'll always (mostly) have fond memories...

Goth is the New Black...

Something that I've been observing for a while...so don't think I'm late to notice, I'm just late to post(-ice, wanted to make it rhyme...)
Autumn/Winter seems to have a gothic option, for those of you who enjoyed The Dark Night and want to explore the 'darker' side.
On the catwalks we saw almost everyone (who is anyone?) dabble with a bit of "black magic".
We're talking the likes of Lanvin, Dior, Balengcia (did I spell it right, can't be bothered to check), Gareth Pugh (of course), Vivienne Westwood (surprise surprise), Chanel, Yves St Laurent...need I go on? Just know that it was all over the gaff!



Yves Saint Laurent ^^^^^

SO.

Me being slightly obsessed with the darker side of life for a few secretive years now, added with a slight obsession for make up and Japanese Fashion Culture, orchestrated two photoshoots around this thing...then we add another slight twist...fashion-conscious black models because I have never seen a black goth...soooo when I tell you the series is called "Goth is the New Black" you will get the double pun (or is this when I use double entendre?).

Here are a few images from the shoots...

Art Direction & Photography - Myself!
Styling & Make Up - Myself, Tasha, & Mary
Models - Tasha & Mary









If you wanna see more of the shoots, www.myspace.com/jeni_diamondz and check the photo albums...

I <3 Candy Cakes.

Hmm, candy cakes cup cakes. YUM. Last night, weirdly enough, I had a dream that I bought tons of cup cakes and ate them all by myself. Despite the fact that I would probably go crazily fat afterwards, I had different shaped and coloured ones and it really made me smile. So when I woke up, I suddenly remembered this cake shop me and Nandini visited some months back!

This is a dream come true for cake lovers. The display looks absolutely amazing, and it makes you feel like you want to eat them all! They come in all different colours and flavours which make it even more tempting, (well if you’re on a serious diet, do NOT go.) When me and Nandini randomly walked past, it was like ‘WOOAAH HANG ON, WHAT WAS THAT?!’ It was so lovely and colourful :) ahhh CAKES :p

Candy Cakes initially started up in 2004 with the aim to make cakes fun (like they weren’t already!) They have a delicious range of mixed flavours and ensure that each individual cup cake is made from natural ingredients. They even do orders so when placing an order you can specify certain preferences like gluten free etc, which is great because they’re obviously trying to cater for everyone. And trust me, one look at these cakes and you’re like ‘I WANTTTTT’.

As we’re so nearly approaching Christmas (YAY), so for the festive season they have brought out a Christmas cup cakes range. The most popular is the marshmallow snowman cup cake which looks bloody awesome and I’m sure it tastes grrrreat!

I think everyone needs to visit this place! The one we came across was in Covent Garden, ground floor of the Covent Garden Piazza. It’s really easy to find and in a good location, so make sure you pop in for some tea and cakes and you’ll keep on going back!

BPM @ Club Kinetic


Don't you wish you were there? Raj and I do.

xx

Gosh, hello there.

Sorry I've neglected the blog, haven't wrote in ages..

Girls been busy kids, busy busy.
But I'm gonna rustle up a proper blog v.soon and will leave you with a mint tune from
Hot 8 Brass Band, It's Real, here goes..
http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/inc/files/02%20It's%20Real.mp3

Peace and Love,

Love and Light.

xx

Jendella goes WEST!!

Clap for yourself if you understood the humour...

SOOO. Westfield shopping centre opened nearly a month ago and I hadn't been yet...

1) Because the money situation has not been consumer friendly, so there's no point tempting myself by going and mooching around shops and coming away with nothing but deflated dreams and legs made of lead.

2) I really was not THAT bothered about it, there was none of the excitement that came when the Bull Ring opened in Birmingham back when I was in year 10 or 11 or whenever that was - thought honestly this could just because of 1).

But today I decided that I was going to buy my new MacBook Pro (glitter should fall from the ceiling here...) and I thought it would be a perfect excuse to go to Westfields and purchase one from the Apple Store (or the Mac Shop as too many people seem to want to call it...), especially because OXFORD STREET IS CRAP. Too many people pushing you into the paths of oncoming traffic, and too many (of the same) stupid shops, who needs 3 "Surprise Surprise" stores within the space of a 10 minute walk!?

So after church me and my dear friend Sam went (after I had made a phonecall ahead...no disapointments like last time I went all the way to Regent St to find out that every single MacBook Pro was sold out in the whole blarsted country!!) and it was *quite* an adventure.

FIRSTLY. It's ma-hoooo-ssive. I went there all ready to be biased to the (good old) Bull Ring, but unfortunately the Bull Ring's parade go royally POO-ED on, because Westfields is just BIG. And the array of shops is credit-crunch busting. As in when you are in there, you forget about this supposed "recession" that we are apparently meant to be spiralling head first into, you just wanna play Dale's Supermaerket Sweep. Except instead of rushing between isles of baked beans, you see Miu Miu on your right and Louis Vuitton on your left...De Beers is right infront of you and directly behind is House of Fraser.

If this sounds to depressing for you (because this is NOT Sex in the City), then turn the corner and you will find H&M, and all your High Street shops looking absolutely glorious. To be fair the only shops I went into was Apple Store, Paperchase (to feed the stationary obsession), Carphone Warehouse and Desigual, because the money situation is still not on top...but it was a nice experience, enough open spaces to save you treading on the back of strangers shoes and what not.

So yeah, the Desigual shop was the highlight (apart from buying my beautiful MacBook), I think Sam was slightly scared by the loud prints and wierd music but I was in Jendelland (another word for Wonderland tee hee).
But the accessories were just tempting me, I'm a bit of a bag fiend to be honest, but the arm candy on show was just ridiculous. My last treat was some Barry M white nail polish, this time I think I'm gonna have to up the budget and do something really amazing that I can be proud of so I can justify buying myself some Desigual loveliness. And I saw some drop crotch trousers that were just calling my name...to be fair, I haven't really been backing the drop-crotch trend because for some reason i think being tall it just won't be a look my mom would be proud of...but I *might* just change my mind...

I would post some pictures...HOWEVER, I'm still getting used to this trackpad business (yes I'm bloggin on the new 'BookPro), and I'm a bit baffled, because I'm not one for these touchpads, gimme a mouse any day and I will use it with my laptop, no questions arsked!!

On another note, I wanna be a Waggamama's waitress (or a Wagamama's Mama...).

Good night.

Get yahself over HURRR.

If you're into this shit then get yourself down to East.

this was good. very good. cheap things.. LOADSA cheap things. and i managed to grab hold of a lot of good stuff :)stussy tees sweats hats bags, supreme {UGLY HOODY} stuffs etc etc. for myself and sarrj {which i hope he likes}. it's always good to know when these sample sales are happening because it's SO worth getting stuff for cheap ;) NOICE.

oh YER.

Monkey : Journey to the West

So I've been moaning for the past 1-2 months about how much I wanna go and see this in theatre.. Looks like me and Karne may be going very soooOOOON! Ahhhh! *dances*

I'm getting well excited just looking at the seating chart!

Blog soon come on it. YA HURD!

CAYG - Croydon Asian Youth Group.

CAYG – Croydon Asian Youth Group.

Initially started up by Muneem Muzamdar and Muzzy Syed in 2004, CAYG is a group created especially for the youth of Croydon and encouraging young people around the area to get involved within the community.

The aim of this group was to attract many teenagers living in and near Croydon to get involved in many activities and helping arrange events which would lead on to raising money for charity. Many talented and skilful teenagers got the chance to get together and express their views and opinions of things going on around them. It originally started with 4 people, and now with over 100 members, the group is growing strong and moving onto a brighter future!

Every year, CAYG organize a show which involves various different performances by talented teenagers, including a fashion show sponsored by local boutiques. The show gets better and better each year raising even more money for charity. In November 2007, the show was taken to another level with professional equipment hired, makeup artists brought in making the show worthwhile with an even bigger crowd.

27th October at Fairfield Halls is where this year’s show, ‘Breakout’ took place. High expectations from last year attracted most of the crowd this time round. With a bigger and better location for the show, over a 100 people were expected to be there. This year’s show was in memory of Damilola Taylor and raising money for the trust. Stopping gun and knife crime on the streets of London is something we all need to work towards to make everyone’s future a positive one.

The show started off with the hosts of the show, Amz and Divya, making an entrance. Venus TV’s show ‘Ek aur Ek 11’ Salman and Farouk were probably the highlight of the show. With their hilarious jokes and wacky dance moves, the certainly made the crowd cry with laughter. The show carried on with an amazing dance performance by Fusion. The routine was great and got the crowd dancing too which was fun! Damilola Taylor’s father, Richard Taylor made a moving speech explaining the purpose of the trust he has set up in memory of his son.

The show continued with talented dancers and singers performing which takes guts I’d say! The whole show was wonderful and so well planned. The people participating in the show were so enthusiastic about it and took so much time out to rehearse for it too.

I hope CAYG continue to organize such great shows year after year and carry on raising money for charity. This not only helps the teenagers of the community getting involved in a good cause, but also helps to send out a positive message all young people!

Bill..

Remember The Cosby Show??? Found loadsa episodes on VHS! I remember dancing to the theme tune.."O.G."
My 2 favourite openings were the tropical one and the apollo one...
Ah memories.. Found this one on youtube, but can't seem to find the apollo one :(




#
xx

= X

A good good few months ago, one of my closest introduced me to Dyme-A-Duzin.. He's a young musician, and has a nephew called Isaiah who makes the videos with him.. Makes me chuckle. He makes me wish I had a vid-cam at college, and uni. Check him owt.




Enjoy.
http://www.dyme-a-duzin.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Dymez513

Definitely Worth Staying Up For.

Pardon my absence, my fellows, but here I am. So in heavy anticipation we sat, because really and truly it was going to be a mad encounter. Here's the facts, not boring in Calzaghe's case though:

Joe Calzaghe, UNDEFEATED Super Middleweight Champion/Light Heavyweight Champion. His record is pretty sick.

Fights - 46
Wins - 46
KO's - 32.

Roy Jones Jr. This guy's pretty much won everything at least once.

Fights - 57
Wins - 52
KO's - 38
12 Rounds. Let's go.

Jones using his infamous technique of holding his left hand below the waist; he's notoriously known for coming in on the right and killing off opponents with his left. It's no wonder considering his knockout record.

But Calzaghe comes with 'a barrage of punches to spark man unconscious'.

Jones would've given a much better performance had he not been cut so early in the fight. And he might have gotten too excited after getting a first round knockdown. But let me not spoil your fun. Check it out.

Gee Whiz Norma

I just cannae ('can't' in Scottish dontcha know!) seem to keep up with my fellow 25th bloggers ya kna ('you know' in Londonish - broad Londonish). Sorry abouurrriitt ('about it' in Nigerian Pidgin English).

Yes people I'm quad-lingual...how ya like them apples!!

Anyways. When I scrape together enough pennies, I wanna head east-wards to Tokyo. Like pronto, because the Japanese are blumming geniuses. Not just because of technology and all that malarky, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Yamaha, Yzuku (I mighta just made the last one up...but sounds legit ennit!!) - whatever mayne! They're genuises - or "geni" (someone told me that was the plural form of genius) - because they have the best blarsted gameshows in the world.

The games are just amazing, nothing short of an artform. So despite the wierd obsession that business men have with young girls underwear or suttin such, and despite the Sailor Moon schoolgirl outfits (do they still have them?), Japan is the bombdiggidy. Their array of jumpsuits is quite impressive as well, conformity at it's most lovely jubbly.

So here are some videos for ya, never fails to brighten my day, or night, when I should be in bed but can't get to sleep because I haven't spoken to that certain somebody...cheez. God forgive me.




LOL. You see the problem here? And kudos on the stripy pyjamas...




I wish I knew what they were saying...




How's that for endurance. He's in a suit as well. He's like Agent Smith from the Matrix. Are they falling in flour at the end??
But where else would you see Agent Smith, a geisha and your Japanese grandad doing hurdles on a treadmill - JAPAN! That's flaming where!



No words are necessary to describe the emotion.



If you haven't seen this you've been hiding under a rock. With Patrick.


That's all for our cultural lesson for the day. Konichiwa!

The Lion King Production - By Shamzy.

The Lion King at Lyceum Theatre, Covent Garden.

Disney’s Lion King was released in 1994 and the theatre production at the Lyceum has been running for quite a few years now, since October 1999. I think, currently it’s the longest running production.

Okay, so i've been wanting to see this since I remember and absolutely everyone who I know who has seen this has loved it, no one has had anything bad to say about it and many have seen it more then once. I think I shall include myself in that category. I saw this on 5th November and I have nothing bad to say about the production. Everything was just amazing. The characters, the setting, the stage, the colours, the music, the singing, the dance, the costumes and the performances. Everything was just spot on. There were even a few additional scenes that were not related to the actual movie, but that didn’t matter because it still just fitted in perfectly. The beginning scene was so amazing, I’m probably going to say this so many times, but that’s exactly how it was, amazing. It brought tears to my eyes. It felt as if everything was real; you’d just forget that these were people performing on stage and not real animals. But that’s part of the magic of the show – how the audience becomes so drawn in. It’s just… so spectacular the way it’s been organised it’ll just blow you away, it’s breathtaking. I feel like I’ve taken a part of this with me and it’s always going to be there. The songs are still stuck in my head!

Transport wise, well it’s pretty easy to get there. Covent Garden is the nearest Tube station and it’s about a 5mins walk from there and well if I can follow directions and get there then YOU can too. Something about the prices, they start at £60 and I can understand some people thinking that that is way too expensive but I can guarantee that after watching it, it would be sixty pounds well spent. Now, I didn’t spend that much and my seats were further back but I would definitely watch it again, and pay more to get closer. It's just worth every damn penny; in fact I think it’s just one of those things you could never get bored of.

Anyone can enjoy this and at any time, whether you go with your family, friends, children, or your partner it doesn’t matter because you would have just the most fantastic time ever. The advertisement posters say something along the lines of ‘come and experience it’ and I can say that I have, and adored every single moment. I’d recommend it to everyone.. :)

GET YUH SKATES ON.

Now come on, let us admit it. We all love a bit of ice-skating. Well, those of you who DO know how to skate must love it, the rest are on my team.

The festive winter season has begun and what a way to start it with the grand opening of the Natural History Museum’s ice rink. The winter ice-skating season has definitely begun as many people were storming in through the gates of Natural History Museum’s ice rink. With its beautiful surroundings and bar serving warm hot chocolate and mulled wine, a trip to the ice rink is the perfect way to get over those winter blues.

If ice-skating is your thing then you’ll definitely love this. I’m sure there are a lot of people out there struggling to wait for this time of year! But then again, it’s even more hilarious watching people fall flat on their ass and literally cry of embarrassment.. Or maybe pain? Hmm, I DONT WANNA JINX MYSELF.

Okay so I’ve picked out a few places which I think will be the best year, as per usual in London town. Get down to at least one of these ice rinks and you’ll have an ace time. Take a whole bunch of friends and end up with crazy stomach aches after fits of laughter watching each other fall!

*Somerset House, Strand
When: 19th Nov – 25th Jan
Cost: £10.50 day, £12.50 evening
Tube: Temple

*Natural History Museum
When: 6th Nov – 18th Jan
Cost: £13 peak, £11.50 off peak
Tube: South Kensington

*Kew Gardens Ice Rink
When: 29th Nov – 4th Jan
Cost: £11.50 peak, £10 off peak
Tube: Kew Gardens

*Tower Ice Rink, Tower of London
When: 22nd Nov – 11th Jan
Cost: £12 peak, £10 off peak
Tube: Tower Hill

*Canary Wharf Ice Rink
When: 22nd Nov – 22nd Feb
Cost: £12 peak, £10 off peak
Tube: Canary Wharf

*Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
When: 22nd Nov – 4th Jan
Cost: £12.50 peak, £10 off peak
Tube: Hyde Park Corner

Goli Maar

Now, this blog is for Raj a.k.a Toastman,

(Normal Disguise)

(Toastman Disguise)

A good friend and soon to be blogger of 25th, probably the number one fan of the Indian Thriller look/dance/song..

And for those who haven't seen it yet..

Oh and recently he modelled for OZWALD BOATENG at the Africa Rising Concert at Albert Hall

Stay cool Raj.. Let your Soul Glo Baby..

Eventful Daze.

It all started with Nandini telling me about the Vice x Tiger Beer free party, in Chinatown. I was promised ladyboys, a marshall arts display and free beer.

What I got? Some fucked up transexual.

Upon taking the picture shown, he/she/it said, 'ooooh not that one delete that one'. What a wank. And his/her/it's karaoke was giving me some creeps.

The night fizzled on, not that many people arriving, a lot of the people already there seemed to be enjoying themselves. It was 'their' kinda scene.

A lot of the younger heads reached at Naked Lunch, at the Rainbow on Digbeth. I didn't. So that's the end of that embellishment!

Nandini couldn't get enough of the beer:

I forgot to wash the fake blood off until several days later:

I got home and was pretty beat. But onwards and upwards, the next few days were literally a daze, it's hard to recollect events after certain other events took place.

Dogs lookin' bigger.

Woof.

Tights Glorious Tights.

So theres this company specialising in some of the hottest tights I've seen..

http://www.bebaroque.co.uk

Check it out, tres sexy.

Here are some of my favourite..