04122007; Miss Little Sunshine

Such a sunshine I've got from this film today.

Basically, as the time was given, it is about the travelling to participate the girls' beauty peasant in California in the US.

Each individual figure in the film; so Hoover's family, has their own characteristics, which is very very very very very interesting, but which is really truthful and warm.

On the road for the beauty peasant for Olive (a girl), a lot of episodes were made; breaking down the bus, death of the grand dad who ate too much heroines, Olive dad's biz break down etc. But the hope wasn't gone at all. every each time Olive has been a genuine miss little sunshine all the time.

I think this movie has a crucial point to look at from the people in general.

That is the requirement of the commercial and homonised expectation of the society to the people, particularly to the children.

On the actual stage of the beauty peasant, where olive stood up, Olive was not distinctively beautiful from others, but she has her own passion to be the little miss sunshine with such a innocent passions she has.

She wants to be herself, and she has her own freedom to express what she wants to do.

She wasn't be expressed by her parents and by the pressure of the requirement of the society.

But she is such a lovely child to be herself and she exactly knows how to do so.

In some stance, I think the moive has a criticism towards the people in general, and let the audiences show how to be myself through Olive.

Even though Olive and her family were treated as being insane, but I think it's such a damn right thing to do, and give a shot to the aggressive people who made their own standards to demand others to do like them.

Anyway, Olive, I want to say, You are the Miss Little Sunshine for a genuine title of it.

11.Nov: reading the Little Prince and walking along the riverside, norwich

Today, it's sunday.

and, it's 11th of november, and it is my 2nd time to remember the people who died during the 2nd world war in england.

Since I have moved into England, I have had a curiosity about the paper flower badge on many english people especially in late october and november.
at first I thought it was just a simple thing, but for the decoration purpose. I thought it was kind of the thing for charity or donation the money to the children in the bad condition.

But it was not such a definite fact. So I asked to the manager where I work, and she told me that it's for remember the victims by the attacks of bombing at 11, in 11th of November during the second world war, in England.

and when I attended the mass in the morning, I had the time for remember the people who couldn't be expected to live longer, but be ghosts during the 2nd world war.

Then, I left the cathedral, then went to the bookshops to look around the books I was interested in. Most of them were the travel diaries. But I didn't find something very attractive to me, but some books like a woman in 60, she travelled with her own bicycle accross the globe, and it was interesting cover, and I am willing to read that book later on.
and some books about the photo icons of London, and I saw the picture of the Peter Pan's status in Hyde Park in London as well, I want to visit there with my sister in winter.

Afterwards, I stepped forwards to Costa on the London street, and Had a time with a medium caffe latte and an almond croissant.
But more crucially, was being with the Little Prince.

It's my 4th time to read the Little Prince. Once in my mother tough, 2nd, in English translted one, and 3rd time to write and draw the same little prince book to gife to someone else, and it's my 4th time then.

Every time I read the book, I feel and find something new inside. This time I read the book after I read the book about the interpretation of the works by Saint-exupery. So It's like I read the book for the first time.

And, There is a story which The little prince talked to the crashed pilot in the sahara desert; Antoine, an author, himself, The most pleasant thing he likes to do is seeing the sunsets on his plant, sitting the chair. and Once he saw 44 sunsets in a day, with moving his chair.

Well, before I want to go further for decoding the meaning 44, I want to emphasise on it; it's entirely my own opinion and thought.
I think the number 44 means a lot of things to Saint-Exupery.
In his book, 44 means, the times of seeing sunsets to the Little Prince, and it was such a magnificant pleasant, and the memorable day to him.
and 44 is the age which means the author closed the stage of his life in the sky in his own plane,
in 1944.

Personally, 4 is not a good number in my culture background.
This is because 4 means death in Korea.
So some flats don't have the 4th floors, and 4th gates.

Ofcourse I think it's kind of superstition, but it's like the 13th Friday in the western countries.
So it's quite bad thing and bad luck to many koreans.
But, the little prince helps me a little bit to overcome, no to think the number; 44 in a bit more positive way, not such a davasted way which I have been accustomed by the cultural influnence for last 2o years in my life.

So Thanks to my dearest author; Antoine De Saint-Exupery.

Ok, Now I want to write something different.
Today I walked along the riverside of Norwich for the first time since I have moved in norwich from manchester.
Well, to be honest, it was not such a splendid walk side like River avon, or Richmond, but it was ok for a walk a bit to drench myself into the walk path.
Even though the weather was very clumsy to slap my hairs and cheeks again and again, I was ok to walk apart from soaking myself a bit in the rain.

I saw the ducks and the swans, and it was such a good thing to have the view of the Norwich cathedral from the walk path of the riverside.
and I saw very pretty houses along the riverside, and also saw some people who did fishing there.

Anyway, This Sunday wasn't bored with the helps from my discreet companies!

Death at a Funeral

Tonight, I laughed at the screen for nearly 2 hours long without tiredness.

Such a truthful and frank black comedy like the name of the director of the movie; Frank Oz.

The movie starts with the British Humour; something slightly simply fun thing without any exaggeration. But Really heatlhy Smile or laughing you could on your own. Very natural laughing you can give to the screen at the very beginning.

Then this plesant emotion has been evolved gradually during the releasing the film for nearly 120mins in the drak space.

Independent, seperate characters appear differently without any cohesion, but all different episodes related to the movie will be tide up, and made up indeed perfectly.

But, it is seen a little bit like out of control a bit; the plot as itself, like the elements which cause the problems between people; drugs, black mails, etc.. those two sources were the most laughing things to me!!! brilliant!!

However, in terms of visual techinque, I felt like I was watching the British Television Soap, rather than the film. I mean the colour tone of the film wasn't something very distinctive trasparent, but seemed to absorb a lot of water from the actual physical place where the film had been taken in somewhere else in England.

Woo...I can't be further detail on it; the visual thing, but it's definately different the colour tone from Hollywood. Anyway, I don't want to say something more about the film technique things now, to be honest I don't know about the above thing very much.

OK!! What I want to say is it's really worth seeing and feeling them; very nice national movie to reprent of England and furthermore to attract the audieneces in the way of they are doing on the film. :)

Healthy Laughing you could have :)

How often do you find the right person?
Directed, and Written by John Carney (2006)
Starred by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Ireland Film

The Prologue was very Irish; the accent, and the street singer with the broken Guitar, and the street drunken begger, hidden by 'the Guy', who tried to mugthe guitar bag of the money.
The first glance of the film was already attractive to me, then it went further to make up the story line which is really truthful without any heavy snubby and ridiculous ornaments.

It is based on the love story;
'a Guy' who has the broken heart by his ex-girl friend, and works in his father's hoover fixing store, and frustrated about this musical talent, then just sings on the street without particular aims, but reflect his depression and the blame on himself on his written music.

Suddenly, an immigrant girl from Czech comes along infront of him, and gives him a compliment about his music with such an innocent face, without any shame, and any hesitations.But actually who has the most sadest face hidden by the bright shinning smiley appreance she makes upon her reality.

But most importantly, the songs they created, and performed in the movie, time by time were really treasurable and even after the end of the movie. Then I would like to do keep the emoitional happiness to remember of the film again. So I went to the record shop right after the movie, then bought the OST of Once.

It's not something very spectacular, very stimulant love story. But it's very trustful and very Irish indeed, and also really honesty film which doesn't require to the audiences to chase up the pattern of the movie, but just let us to feel them, and to think about the moment; Once in our lives.

Such an well-made independent Movie from Ireland, and was given the prize of Audience of Sundance International Film Festival.

As the Poster caption proclaimed, this movie is not the one to see only once, but more than once.

Marketa Irglova

Glen Hansard 's Guitar in the film

04092007; April Story

2000, directed by Iwai Shunji.

The duration time of this movie is rather short, so it is classified into the mid-length movie rather than short or long length movie.

This is because it lasts only an hour.

As the movies he (Iwai Shunji) has made, the scenes of the movie is picturesque.
The long path with cherry blossoms with flying petals of the flowers from the trees of the sides; left and right. The way of lighting use of the movie, is not exaggerated or over-used, but very gentle and femine as he used to get it to make all kind of his movies.

As I mention some of the plot of the film, it is about the girl who has just entered the university in Tokyo, called Musasino, from her hometown Hotkaido in Japan.

The girl is very introvert and shy but the reason she applied the university is clear; becoz of her first love, adorable senior student in her high school.

She doesn't talk a lot, the screen is full of the images of her and her surroundings.
And the audiences could feel April of Tokyo with the sunny weather and the cherry blossoms everywhere in Tokyo.

It's just like a short lovely break you could have without any tension.

It might be very boring without spectacle or suspense plot or the wave of the story, but it lasts only one hour.

But personally, I think the films like this, which is very monotous and requires nothing to be evaluated or critisized, are needed to show up to the audiences in the modern society.

Coz the audiences, generally suppressed and under controlled by gigantic hollywood films,
need the break, the pause to feel the lack of innocence and the reality of the film.

200807; Moonlight Express

Directed by Daniel Lee, Hongkong 1999.

Last week, I saw the film; Happy Together by Wang Kar-wai, then I became too much attracted

by Leslie Cheung.

He committed the suicide 3-4 years agon on April Fool's day in HongKong.

At that time, I was such slightly shocked then I didn't realise how the great actor he was while

he was being alive.

So from that time; I saw Happy Together, I have become crazy to search his video clips and the movie which he was on. Then finally I found this movie then watched it 3 times already.

-Plot-

Simply it is about Love.

To be a bit more specified, it is a bit tragic love story crossed the borders with some thrilled action pictures on the film. ah,, and I think it could be explained as sort of National movie as well; Back ground of the movie is in Hongkong.

A Japanese girl (Hitomi) had such a nice relationship with her fiancee in Japan, and they promised to get marry soon and moved to hongkong to live on.

However her fiancee (Tasuya) was killed by the car accient; personally it was a bit weird, he made the mistake by himself to grasp the mobile phone on the back seat in the car while he was driving on the road anyway.

Unfortunately, she lost her fiancee, then such got stucked in the memories of him after she

was soley survived from the accident. Then she flew over to Hongkong to step on his previous

life in the new place by herself.

Very very cinematically the man; Kar-bo was turned up infront of the lift in the hotel then she

was being malfunction temporarily to just stare at him due to his appreance is exactly ressemble of her previous fiancee. But Kar-bo is another person, not her

fiancee, and more dramatically he was the undercover spy to dig out the secrets and the hide

finances etc of the mafias in Hongkong.

Another Love story between Kar-bo and Hitomi was films on in the movie.

-Opinion-

I guess the age of Leslie Cheung was nearly 45 at that time in 1999 when he was in the movie.

But looks gorgeus, still so attractive.

Even though he acted the solitary person as the spy and also very violent and blunt, but his own

characters; lovely, cuteness was not gone at all in any movie he was performed.

Plus, very modernised and priceless places in Hong Kong as well. It was another impact to make

the movie much more sophisticated in terms of aura.

Even though we can't see the new movie which Leslie is going to be performed.

But his left works were such a gracious and treasurable to keep watching again and again.

Well, the movie as itself was not that fresh something very revolutionary in terms of artisitic

aspects etc, but the attraction of two actors, expecailly Leslie Cheung,, the impact of him was

so huge and gigantic to spread on the film.

170807; The Bourne Ultimatum

I didn't mean to go to the cinema to see this movie on last Friday.

However, Noot wanted to see the movie suddenly, then we searched the internet to get the

information about the movies and the times in here, Norwich, Odeon.

Anyway, It was ok.

Personally I didn't see the 1st and the 2nd series of the Bourne Series; it sounds like 007; James

Bond? :)

Anyway, I could see the movie as the typical CIA American snubby spy movie and very old

less attractive Mat Damon. whew... he looks quite old with quite deep winkles on his forehead.

So far, at last it reminded me Tureman Show which Jim Carrey acted on several years ago.

Anyway, it was just for fun to release your tensions or stresses with watching abundant actions

scenes.

150807; Happy Together

directed by Wang Kar-Wai.

Simply to say, this movie is about the Gay.

The fans of the movie director; Wang Kar-Wai, know that he is the movie maker with such
an unusal plots with very complicated visual effects and very nice and suitable musics on the films he has directed.

Well, I remember that it was very old movie, coz I think it was made in mid-1990s, so I think
at that time I was might be an elementary student.
Now I am old enough to see the movie which is about Gay without any judgement from others.

At first, the first scene of the movie was fade out and it was filmed in the black.
The most importantly, the content of the first scene was such a shocking to me.
I think it was kinda his; the director strategy to attract and keep the audiences to concentrate
on the film more afterwards.

This is because this is phychological impact to attract people mind to keep watching, normally
the viewers; the audiences expected even a little of the sex scene between Poi and Wai; 2 male
actors in the movie.

But the first one was the most shocking one, and I didn't find such a shocking scenes after the first scene anyway.

The content,,, is the love of the two males in Argentina.
The masculine male figure; Wai, Tony Liang.
Rather more femine, male figure; Poi, Leslie Chang.
There is another figure who Tony met in the chinese restaurant where he worked as the part time kichen staff to earn money in Argentina; Chang; Chang Chen.

However the third figure which I indicated above was not directly related to the two male protagonists, but it is like the friendship anyway between Wai and Chang.

As I describe a bit of the movie; Wai and Poi are the gay couple, however Poi loves Wai, but very independent figure, so he leaves Wai when he thinks he doesn't need Wai anymore to feel the sexual satisfaction. On the other hand, Wai is rather more serious figure to give him of all
to his half; Poi. That's why he works hard and be blunt towards him and also has the role to be
the masculine male figure anyway.

Well the content is simple to understand, however the complicated sources of the movie are
the use of the black and white, and the colour films; the intersections between two different scenes confuse me to understand the movie a bit.

The first scene was films in the black and white, and when the place of the filming was changed to Argentina, it turned to be coloured. Yet, when Wai drove his car to go to the Iguasu Falls, the road was seen as the black and white.

Such a disorganised and the short frames and shots and long shots of filming the natural things
; falls and the roads, are described the typical methods of the directing the film by Wang Kar-wai.

But the music of the film was really nice to hear and absorbed altogether as the perfect mixture.

The two different figures; Poi and Wai love each other wants to feel independently, doesn't want to be trapped by only one figure but back to the person who he really loves when he feels disaster; Poi and another one who loves only one and don't want to wander like his partner, very isolated whenever he is. want Poi stick to him all the time.

Whew.. That's the Happy together.

27072007; Sheringham/Cromer

Last week, I made an appointment with Noot and Nuchy to go to visit Sheringham.
And it was my first time to go out of Norwich to see the broadband; the Northern Norfolk
area.

We took the train for Sheringham at 11.45 in the morning.
And the price was very reasonable to travel there and also the duration for spending the time
on the train was good as well.
The price for an adult is only 6 pounds for the return ticket (with Young person's rail card is only 3.45 or a bit more) and the time on the train is around 56 minutes to get reach there.

Norwich Train station, waited infront of the flatforms.
The Norwich station is small and it has only 6 flatforms. But the roof is very high to look upon
of them, sometimes the dirty doves fly into the station, but it is nice anyway.
So far the train for Sheringham reached at the Flatform 4.

Pi Nuchy and Noot on the train.
Mustafa on the train.

We had a pleasant time on the train with the French Muffins which I bought at the Cafe;
Vava voom, downstair of my lovely musee.
It was very nice doh, and very big. anyway, we had a lot chats each other and we made
a noise, but fortunately there were quite few people on the train, so nobody gave us the glance
of the annoyance. :)

Exactly 56mins later on, we got reached at the Sheringham station. It was such a small town
than I expected.


The town of the Sheringham.

Bytheway, Sheringham is located in the further eastern part from Norwich.
and the town has so many fish and chips restaurant and also hand crafts shops and also chocolate and the fudge stores , open-sea-food shops and so on.

I bought the 8th bracelet in Sheringham. But I guess it is from Thailand or somewherelse
in one of the Asian countries. So far, it was nice and I like it.
The town is full of small shops and if you go furture towards the end of the town, you could find
the seaside.
Nuchy and Mustafa in Sheringham
Noot in the Sheringham

Sheringham
If you go further, you could find the sea side like the above photo frame.
The difference between the Galway beach, the bay is covered with pebbles, not with the golden sands.
But it was nice doh, because of the sound of the pebbles.
when the water comes over to the bay, then it goes away backwards, and you see the white bubble which the water makes then you can hear the sound which the pebbles and the water create. That was really nice, such I can't explain it as a word or an adjective. but it is like
the music without lyrics.

At around 4ish in the afternoon, we took the train to go to Cromer which is closer to Norwich
rather than Sheringham.

So we took the train to Cromer.

Then reached at the Cromer like 15 mins later.

I think the city centre of Cromer is bigger than Sheringham, but it's like just city centre.
Anyway, in terms of the beach, I prefer Cromer.
coz I could walk down on the sand bay.
It was nice as well.
Cromer

Today I had such a nice time in the new place near the sea side; Sheringham and Cromer with such the nice persons I've got :)

27~30062007: Republic of Irealnd.

Emer in Galway.

20th Birthday at Emer's.
Eireand. is the originial name of the country.

So far, I had my 20th birthday in Ireland with lovely people surrounded by lovely and greenish

nature for the last 3days.

27.06.2007: From the Stansted Airport to the Dublin International Airport.

I met Emer in the right place finally and it was very nice to see who has been expecting after the

flight.

Anyway we had such a big hug each other and went around Dublin.

First of all, Emer and me took the bus to the city centre; O'connell street and she explained
some symbols of Ireland such as the 3 leaf clubs. ; means the holy father, and the son and the holy spirit. See? Ireland is one of the traditional catholic country in Europe.

And we passed the So many places in there and also I saw the big spiral as well.

it was really huge.

The spiral was built up by the british architects, and many Irish people don't like the silly needle in the city.

Anyway, it was the millenium project of Ireland, and you could see such a long and gigantic needle in everywhere in Dublin.

and we asked people how to get to the Guiness Brewery.

Guiness, Such a nice name and good design of the symbol and everything and also the ball inside

the can which makes a lot of creams and the bubbles in it.

The Original Guiness with Smile!

The entrance fee is 9 euros, I think that's quite expensive doh.

barley roasting and so fourth, there are so many different steps and very complicated to brew

the beers anyway, and the brewery was 7-staired-building.

and at the top, you could the taste the real Guiness :) very nice indeed. and also you could see

Dublin from the rather higher place as well.

And we went to the Emer's Hometown, Ballingasloe.

Ballingasloe, and the symbol of the town.

28.06.2009; Lovely weather!: of course the paradox. it was very bad to go outside anyway because of the drizzles and the wind.

and it was chill. So far, we got stucked in the Emer's giant house with her siblings and her boyfriend; Paul.

And I saw the lovely donkey. it was my first time to see the animals and the natural beauty in my life. I think Ireland is full of green grass and the trees and there was no mountain to block the eyesight. The ground was just plain and very wide to see all around Irealnd without any

huge mountain. so I felt that I could touch the cloud and the sky if I pointed out the sky with stretching arms.

it was really lovely view :)

So far, we drank too much bailey, it was my first time to drink bailey, but it was very sweety and so nice to drink.

But the problem was that night.

I broke the glass of her shower door by the accident.

Such a bloody stupid I am! I always do something very stupid everywhere I am.

Why my creature is like this?

could you answer it?

Anyway, the thing was solved out a bit with her and her family helps and the smile as well.

very appreciate to them.

29.062007; my 20th Birthday

went to Galway.

The Assumption of Mary into the Heaven

and the St. Nicholas cathedral in Galway, and established in 1966.

Inside the cathedral

Salt.. something beach. Galway
Galway Port.

and such a lovely sea side I've never seen before.

I've never seen the beach in the reality.

The Irish river is full of sands and the seaweed on the sand.

Even though the wind smashed on my face and hair, but it was very nice to see the beach and

the sea.

The name of the beach was salt something... woo.. I forgot the name.

anyway, emer explained that the end of the salt something sea, there is the US.

So I could guess that many Irish people crossed the beach to immigrate to the US in 200 years

ago, escaped from the Potato Femine.

And on the way back, we popped up the Supermac's. The 100% Irish Fast food shop.

and I tasted the Curry cheese chips. and it was not bad doh.

at Supermac's Galway

and hanging around the city centre of Galway, and Emer told me that many people around

west side of Ireland go to Galway to shop.

Ah! and I bought 3 jams and Emer bought me a chocolate; Irish coffee truffel flavour, and

the Irish Breakfast Jam as well.

I was very happy to imagine that I would taste it in Norwich.

But all my jams had to be taken out of my bag when I checked in at the airport.

What a stupid regulation they made!

Do you think I would terror in the flight with 4 jams?

Anyway, I got annoyed very much.. but at that time was very happy when I purchased those.

and we went to the night club and the pub as well. and Paul and Emer treated me too much

alchole; 3 pints of Guiness and Fat Frog, and some weird Irish small shot, the colour was red.
and they told me that I should drink to celebrate my 20th birthday, but I couldn't finish them.
coz it was really strong.

30.06.2007 the last day of the trip.

I just said good bye to Emer and her family. Such a nice host I had in Ballingasloe.

and went to Dublin and on the way of the airport, I just stopped Dublin; specifically the O'connell street and bought some souveniers for my friends then travelled and took some photos of Spiral.

I don't know why, but I really liked Spiral then came back to Norwich.

Nice Nice Journey and Such a nice treatment I received in there with Lovely Irish accent;

St. Patrick cathedral

The Spiral on the O'connell Street

Thanks a million!

21062007; Cafe Lumiere

"utterly ecstatic...glimpses of ephemeral beauty" Film comment

Yo Hitoto; Yoko in the film.

The film, which I picked up in the Library in the Forum, Norwich; Cafe Lumiere.

I liked the coverage of the DVD and also the actor attracted me ; Asano Tadanobu.

But later on I got realised that the movie is really Japanese and the director is the Hou Hsiao-hsien from Taiwan.

Bytheway, in the movie, the mentions of Taiwan, and the realtionship with the country Taiwan

is very often in each shot so far.

Cafe Lumiere in Japanese DVD coverage

All I can say about the movie is really Japanese.

That's why I like it.

I mean, I am not the person who is very ardent to Japan, and the cultures of that country.

but just feel and get the glimpse of the country from this film is just very Cool and exotic to me.

Nothing very special, but a small shots and the monotous shots and the narratives of the movie

is such a good model of the national movie which represents the modern Japanese youth generations and the Tokyo life style.

Hajime; Asano Tadanobu in the film.

He is my favourite actor from Japan. THe first time when I saw him and know him is from

Iwai's film picnic. nice face, nice sense to give himself into the movie as well :)

Just coooooooooooooool as himself.

He is the Culture.

the nice shot in the film.

I like this shot which shows her as the visual sense in the film.

very nice to see this film.

not very chatty but very possesive movie.

not very demanding to force audiences to understand and love the movies.

but it's very lifestyle.

just..,.. it's from Japan.

that's all the movie talk about.

Feel it. just feel it such a general glimpse of your life pattern.

that's all I can do feel from this movie and feel about me as well :)

nothing could be exaggerated :)

27052007; the 7th visit to London

Sun, 27052007 London.
The weather; ultra annoying, bloody cold and crappy shower whole day with such a gloomy
greyish clouds
The photos; Oxford Street, the shopping centre area, the Ipot exhibition, and the Charles
Chaplin, the British Comedian actor, in the covent garden, near the Piccaddily Circus station.

Soho, Piccadilly Circus station (Underground)

This time when I visited London, it was 7th time.
However, I went to the many places where are known as 'the tourism hot spots'.

So far, it was very nice.

Normally, I really don't like to pop the places where are known as the toursim attractions. Coz for me it looks just silly; taking photos, then showing the others,, So I used to go to the streets

and the small paths where I could be crused on by chance.

However, this time cheered me to change my thought towards the traveling.
So I think I will make the plan to visit some famous and popular places with the tips and the helps from the travel books. Then also find out the treasured cafes around the spot, and the memorable paths and the streets where makes me very happy to step on.

This time, the london traveling was very worthy. :)

-Photos-

Telephone booth on the Soho street, Tube on the Finchely Road station.

Crepe Affaire cafe on the street between Oxford Street and Soho

Tiki cafe at Finchely Road (London Zone 2)

The Fair Trade Poster in the Tiki Cafe
Les Miserable; Piccadilly Circus, the theatre.

The China Town, Soho
The composer, the pianist, Chopin, on the way for the oxford street

Millenium Bridge, which connects between St. Paul Cathedral and

Tate Modern Gallery. 2000, by Norman Foster. it's also known as the wobble bridge due to the shakes. :)

16052007; nice small journy with such a nice person :)

Today is full in terms of feeding my stomach with such a fancy food anyway. :)
First of all, I planned to go to the city with Nora at 11ish, but both of us woke up a bit late,
then leave the village at 12ish insted.

Fortunately, the weather was very nice, so we walked along the Earlham road to the city centre, and talked about the cars in England, Hongkong and Korea as well.
Finally reached at the city centre, and I showed my favorite street in Norwich ; Uppter St.Gile's Road, accross the bridge, then find the cafe; No.91. Also we loooked around the organic food shops and the frame shops as well. Then we passed the Church of England; St.Gile Anglican Church, and I saw the plants; Lilac coloured one, and I forgot the name of the plants again.

However, we popped up to the norwich market; oriental food shops, and also the handcrafts one; Evolution in the city.

Then went to the first place for having a nice lunch; Pinoccio on the St.Benedict street in Norwich.
It was also my first time to try the food in there, I've ever looked around there, and looked around the menu outside. But everytime whenever I saw them, it looked very gorgeous in terms of the atmosphere of the cafe; especially the paintings.
Even though there is the franchised the pizza restaurant; Pizza Express besides Pinoccio, Pinoccio attracts me more than the Pizza Express for me.

Anyway, we went there, but the door was locked, and also there was no customer.
We were the only customers who had the late lunch.
It was very nice we ate Florentine Pizza which was topped with loads of the olives, and also the riccotta cheese, spinach some parmesan cheese, and also the half cooked eggs as well.

Florentine Pizza. And also we ate the mediterrian style pasta. It was quite oily, but not bad. I enjoyed them both. In addition, there was very friendly waiter who doesn't know the meaning of the name of the restaurant; Pinoccio. - Nora asked him why the restaurant was given the name; Pinoccio, but he said he doesn't know why it was named due to his has worked for only 5 months. :) So he promised that he will let us know the meaning of the restaurant later when we will pop in there again.
the Waiter at Pinoccio
Nora with the natural smile :)

Then hanging around the city in the rain.
We were drenched in the rain to think in a positive way. :)
Then went to the camera shop to ask the price of the printing out the photos of the digi cam.
But it takes quite long time as we've been told by the shop owner, then went to Boots to get the information. But it was much much economical and also faster. So she will do at Boots. I think :)

Then went to the No.91 cafe which is my 2nd favorite in Norwich.
But today, the range of the cakes were ralatively limited then the normal days. So I just picked up the coffee cake, and ordered the hot chocolate and the cafe latte for Nora.
No.91 Cafe on upper St.Gile road in Norwich

In terms of the atmosphere, it was rather more classical than the others.
Actually I've never tried the food in there, so I can't say the taste of the food.
But just for a coffee break with a piece of cake, it is very nice.
Today, the waiter at the cafe served us the bigger portion of the cake.
So we were very full with drinkings and the cakes.

But the weather was stil sucks.
Anyway we needed to exercise to feed us again..
Then went to the Sainsbury to look around, and I tried the apple fruit juice bar.
And I decided that I will not buy the same thing again anyway.
It was just healthy with the disasterous taste. When I bited just one sip, I just got realised that
it was not the good thing to give me the happiness. - weird so far.

Then Finally we walked back to the city, passed the Sub on the Rampard Horse Street,
then went to the Pulse; which is my favourite cafe/restaurant in Norwich
This is because that's the restaurant only for the vegetarians and the vegens.

Pulse, Guildhall Hill, Norwich
I ordered the same dish which I usually eat; Kashumir spring roll stuff, I don't know the full name of my favourite dish.
And Nora ordered something like deep fried thing with sweet corns and sweet potatos.
It was like the croqquette.
Very nice anyway! :)


I think I am very stuffed this moment, so I can hardly breath.
But, very nice day to look around the city with a nice person.
more funs and more talks and just nice.
except for the weather. But I have to mind that here is England :)