Daily Archives: February 23, 2011

Black Swan

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Black Swan is one of the most disturbing movies I have ever seen. This certainly has come from a very dark part of someone’s mind.

Natalie Portman plays a ballerina in a top ballet company whose entire life is consumed by ballet, and it turns out that her mother’s life is entirely consumed by her. A vacancy opens up for the prima ballerina position in Swan Lake and Portman is in the running. Swan Lake requires both a light and dark persona and whilst Portman’s character personifies the light, she embarks on some pretty crazy sh!t to reach her dark to overcome her closest rival.

This is one of the most well-acted movies I’ve seen in a while and as a thriller is spine-chilling. I can’t even begin to describe just how dark and depressed I feel right now having seen the movie. It certainly paints ballet in a whole new light.

It was her worst day, it was her best day

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Jenny had a couple of days before she was starting her new job so it was a good opportunity to meet up with her to have yum cha. Luckily I was able to have an extended lunch hour to do so. We started with a “fish” pedicure. This seems to be the current thing trending at the moment so when a groupon voucher came up I thought it was a good opportunity to check it out.

Honestly I think the whole “fish” pedicure thing is overrated. Sure the fish were nibbling but I really don’t know to what extent they were able to clear out the dead skin cells. It felt really odd and ticklish. I would safely put it into the “novelty factor” category than a genuine “pampering” experience. On the plus its a good activity to entertain the kids – at Garufa at least its something like £1 a minute with a minimum of £5.

I have to mention Jenny’s “worst” day experience – we had a bit of time before we needed to get our fish pedicure and lunch so we went to a local oriental supermarket. Jenny bought a bottle of sesame oil – but when she put it down on the counter it rolled off – and the lady made her pay for it! I’m not saying it was partially Jenny’s fault but I think it was partially the lady’s fault too – just seemed a bit harsh.

Jenny’s “best” day experience was running into Martin Lewis! He must have been filming some sort of television spot – but Jenny was well-chuffed to be meeting her idol in person.

Then it was on to a giant feast at Royal China. Jenny even braved Chicken Feet. Heh heh.