Christmas lightings followed by Beauty and the Beast at the Grand Theater

By now, the festive atmosphere of Yuletide has permeated to every corner of London. To mark the approach of Christmas, London is lit up (most notably at Victoria Park) by thousands of light bulbs and other decorations. Without any ostensible plans in mind, we decided to catch the much acclaimed musical, Beauty and the Beast at the Grand theater. Taking advantage of the spare time we had before the show begins, we took a stroll along the streets to capture some pictures of the extravagantly illuminated city.




Breathe taking view of Victoria Park. This photo was taken at the top of the city hall's building (see entry: Victoria Park), it was freezing when we went up due to the strong wind. With the presence of a snow capped feature, the picture would have been perfect, protraying the impending arrival of Christmas eptly. Unfortunately, due to our wanton leisure in plundering nature's resource, the climate has been knocked off its balance. In short, we f**ked the balance of Nature big time by consuming its fruits excessively. Talk about ruining the Christmas spirit...


Even the building that runs the insurance business in Canada is elegantly lit up in all due sense of the Christmas spirit.


The entrance of Victoria Park.




It is sights like these that makes you wish that the night can last forever.


Guess who Santa has for companions this year?



Jiahao and Sarah (Denmark) managed to tame themselves a reindeer each.


This has got to be my favourite picture taken that night. Why? Because it was taken together with close friends I met before and during this exchange.

After an hour of photo taking and immersing in the beauty of the night, we rushed to the Grand theater to catch our musical and barely managed to make it on time. Winning rave reviews on the local entertainment news, we were about to witness a broadway worthy performance staged by an all Canadian cast. Indeed, I enjoyed the musical thoroughly. It was in my opinion, watching a 'live' movie.


The stage at the Grand theater, fabulously decorated and rich in flavour.


We paid about 30 Canadian dollars (40 plus Singapore dollars) for seats that were almost all the way to the back of the theater. But the view was not too bad, and again, enjoying the bliss of a small frame, the seat was fairly comfortable. The same could not be said for the caucasians seated behind us. Notice that they were tucked uncomfortably in seats that are at least 2 sizes smaller than them. The perks of being an Asian? This is 1 prime example. *Sniggers*


We were unable to take any videos and pictures of the musical. Some how, the intrepid French who watched this musical a week before us managed to capture a clip of this two-thumbs-up production (I snitched this video from Nelly's blog, desole!), and I just feel the urge to share this wonderful theatrical experience with the equally wonderful readers of this blog.

After the musical, we head to Xing's place for supper. Cooking a simple but utterly delicious meal of instant porridge and noodle (I guess we were too famished to hold these simple fares in low regard). Alas, the beauty of that night will soon be marred by the onslaught of our examination in a few week's time...