Month: September 2014

Posted in Songwriting/ Poetry

A Snowy Prince View

Posted on by Elizabeth Han Hopkins

Recently I’ve seen a lot of funny videos about the Fairytale Princes (Especially the Disney ones), and what they would be like if they were real people in this day and age. From the videos and the stories, the princes are portrayed as shallow men who only go for the princesses looks rather than who they are. Additionally, in some of the fairytales I grew up with, the princes are unable to recognize the princesses or their true love when they are not in their beautiful ball gowns or not how they originally looked when the princes first saw them.

Also in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the prince kisses Snow White and that is how she is brought back to life however in the Grimm’s version of Snow White (Snow Drop), she is brought back to life only due to the prince’s servants stumbling causing a jolt which dislodges the piece of poison apple causing it to fall out of her throat (Not entirely sure if that would work in real like but hey its a fairytale =D ).

So I decided to try and do a poem from the prince’s point of view:

Deciding to take a walk through the woods,
With my servants by my side,
Away from the vanity of this kingdom’s Queen,
Though she may be fair,
There’s something unnerving about her stares…

I stumble upon a most interesting thing,
Several Dwarfs surrounding a glass coffin,
On top of a mountain,
And in it contains a maiden much fairer,
And sweeter looking than any woman I have ever seen…

A peaceful but sad look lays upon her,
Fair face…
She does not look deceased,
but simply asleep…

Then I see it,
The golden words that are inscribed onto the coffin,
Royal Princess,
Could it be?

Could she be the one the king seeks,
His fair daughter,
Whom was said to have run away,
And never to have returned,
The one that has caused,
This Kingdom’s King’s solemn disposition…

The princess from a far kingdom,
This Kingdom,
Whom My father always told me stories of,
A princess so fair and so sweet…

That I had fallen for her so many times,
Now I actually see her in bodily form,
I’ve decided if I am unable to marry her,
I will protect and cherish her in this coffin,
As my dearest possession…
But I simply cannot live without her in my life..

The dwarfs seem to be in the same mind as I,
But taking pity on me,
As they must of her,
When she came into their lives,
They finally let me have her…

Thus I asked my servants,
To carry her coffin,
On their shoulders
Back to my palace!

Oh no! They have fallen,
Are they ok? Is she ok?

Wait, she has awakened,
As if from a deep slumber,
And of course she is as surprised and confused,
As I would be in her situation…

She askes where she is,
I say joyfully with me!
To ambitious maybe,
But I do not want to lose her,
Or for anyone to hurt her…

So I will tell her what I will give her, LOVE:
“I will love you better than anyone in the whole wide world.”
And ask her:
“Will you come with me to my father’s place and be my wife?”
For I want her to stay forever by my side!

She said YES!

I will give her everything she needs,
And wants within reason of course
First things first,
She seeks revenge on that vain queen…
And I will abide by my bride to be…

So to the wedding,
The queen from her Kingdom is invited,
Fearfully she recognizes my princess,
In hot-red iron shoes the Queen is put,
To dance away the rest of her life…
Whilst Snow Drop and I live Happily Ever After…
Telling the people of the land the strange way in which we met…

Posted in Reviews

Hugo & Victor Religieuse Fleur

Posted on by Elizabeth Han Hopkins

If you like desserts check out my dad’s blog 😀

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Hugo & Victor’s Religieuse Fleur is a spring time delight for visitors to their store in Printemps Haussmann.

Flavour
With first class service from the helpful lady behind the counter I decided on the modern interpretation of the classic *religieuse, filled with lemongrass cream légère, a hibiscus tea cream légère The flavour combination from Hugues Pouget is inspired a real clean fresh spring taste is what hits the palate then the crisp choux pastry.

Visual
Decorated with real flowers including bergonia, nasturtiums, orchids and crystallised violets. The visual impact of the flowers and red glaze captures the eye and was one of the determining factors in choosing this pastry from amongst many.

Eatabilty
There is no technique I know of to eat gracefully but a good method is to start with the head after removing the flowers and then to dig into the main body.

A real standout pastry…

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Posted in Me, Restaurant & Cafe Reviews

My 22nd Birthday- Third and Final Part

Posted on by Elizabeth Han Hopkins

First I would like to apologize for the lateness of this post. This is the third and final part of ‘My 22nd Birthday’ posts, and was the last day of my celebrating, as Saturday the 13th was my birthday.

Part Three:
Super Saturday:

On this day I woke up abnormally early for a weekend, as there was a lion dance performance and we all needed to get things ready. The uniforms needed a quick iron and equipment needed to be loaded into the cars. After this was done we all chilled out.

And yes, we played our new favourite game Yui-Gui-Oh! With the end score being 7 to me and 4 to Alan…Yaaay! I win!

The rest of the Yi Dao Troop turned up and my dad made everyone some yummy food and then it was off to do the Lion Dance performance for a wedding! =)

It was a beautiful venue, for a wedding.

Anyway after we finished we headed back to unload the equipment and change and then we headed to the park royal arcade, and arcades are always more fun with more people, as you verse each other, and mess around.

Then as we had a restaurant booking for 6 or 6:30 pm we headed off to a restaurant called, ‘Loving Hut’ in Edgeware.
Now I do not like saying bad things about places, I rather recommend places to go. But it was my birthday and this place sort of annoyed me a LOT!
Not only did food take ages to come out but the food was pretty greasy (The only thing I really liked was Bang-bang veggie chicken and the veggie fishcake) and according to the staff they had double-booked (The manger was not there, and later after a call was made told us in fact that they were not double-booked).
Now my mum and dad had to leave a bit early to drop off a car and said they were going to come back to eat because they were still hungry since they did no eat much due to the time it took for the food to come out, so the rest of us stayed to continue to eat as we chose the la-carte menu (The all you can eat menu).
Then the waiter comes to us and says we have to leave by 7:30 as they have another booking.
This is not only annoying because we are waiting for someone but, we are also paying over £120 and after telling them, they continuously come to the table to ask us to leave (Wish they had come to our table more often when we wanted to order food- At one point my mum had to go up and tell them what we wanted at the till. Normally the waiters would come to your table). All in all it was a shambles. We left, because we got fed up. For the price we paid we could have brought the same amount of dishes in a better restaurant for better service and better quality.

So if you want greasy vegan food that takes ages to come go to Loving Hut in Edgeware! But I do not plan on going there again! It was one of the things that upset me on my birthday!

On a brighter not after we left, the 6 of us went to ‘Baskin Robbins’ opposite for some yummy ice-cream! The guy let us try the various different flavours, and was very patient especially considering there were 6 of us. So we all brought some yummy ice-creams sat in the little ice-cream shop to eat, and we all talked and what not.

Then we eventually split ways and my mum & dad picked up me, my bro, sis, and Alan and we headed home. Where they got me a cake and sung Happy Birthday and the Rest of it!

My family and troop always know how to make me smile!
And if your feeling a bit down head to Baskin Robbins

haha

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My 22nd Birthday- Part Two

Posted on by Elizabeth Han Hopkins

Ok if you have been following, you will know that I have split my birthday post into 3 post as it lasted for 3 days! 😀

Part 2!
Fab. Friend Friday!:

Friday, the first part of this day consisted of playing Yu-Gi-Oh, against Alan, with the cards we brought! And winning with my light-sworn deck! ^^
Sorting out my cute dwarf Hamster, Yuna (Yes, I like final Fantasy) and my cat, Linx, and making lion dance shoes. (if you do not know what lion dance is, look it up, it’s pretty coolio)

Oh and a super yummy breakfast made by Alan! He said it was a birthday breakfast, it was pancakes, with veggie bacon and maple syrup! Yummy!

It was probably about 5 when we left, and we went straight to the bubble tea store called, Block by China town! Its pretty much become one of my favorite bubbly tea stores, grabbed a cold Taiwanese bubble tea and walked around.
Then we headed into Cass Art Store which is just behind Leicester Square! And I sort of brought myself a present, I got 50 Faber-Castell colour pens for only £12.95! (Ok, I know I sound like one of those sales people, but for these pens that’s a bargain!) So I recommend arty people to go there, cause they got a ton of other discounts! 😀

Anyways after that we went to get some super yummy fat chips from Fish & Chips Co. in Leicester Square. And Alan still would not tell me what we were doing that evening… He’s pretty hard to crack >.<

As we still had time we watched a bboy performance, gave them some money, and then headed to Häagen-Dazs to wait for someone (I did not know who) Then May and Server popped up! Surprise! A super good surprise! So the four of us went into Häagen-Dazs to get some super yummy ice-cream!!! 😀 I also saw Joyce who came to say hi! ❤

So we ordered, 2 Fondue sets made for two people! A white chocolate one and milk chocolate one! I definitely recommend the White chocolate one, it was divine! We all agreed that the white chocolate one tasted better as it was thicker and creamer than the milk chocolate one.
With the Fondue sets, we got a selection of fruit, brownies, cookies and a selection of ice-cream! Yum yum!

There was a great atmosphere in the ice-cream house , and I loved spending the night with my amazing friends! ❤ After we were stuffed to the brim, we went for a walk around central and headed to the station 😀

We all reached home at roughly the same time.

Then it was Yu-Gui-Oh Time, and by the end of this amazing night I had beaten Alan 5-2

Third and Final part will be out tomorrow ❤

=)

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My 22nd Birthday!- Part One

Posted on by Elizabeth Han Hopkins

I know I have not written anything in a while, and I am not going to blame it on writers block or being to busy. But I am sorry that I have not written anything in a while, especially to those who do read my posts! 😀
On a lighter note yesterday was my 22nd Birthday! And it lasted practically 3 days haha so from Thursday to Saturday I got to do fun stuff! Mainly due to a super awesome person (Alan), who organized things for me on Thursday and Friday. Then finally on my actual Birthday I spent it with family, and the troop! 🙂
I will break these 3 days into 3 posts mainly because otherwise it may seem like too much to read haha =)

Part One below:
Wicked Theatre Thursday!:

It was a pretty chilled day until about probably 3:30 when we headed into London where Alan would not tell me anything the whole way there! Even though I bugged him sooo much… Pretty hard to crack 😉  First we went to Forbidden Planet, to get two packs of starter Yu-Gi-Oh cards…(As we have decided to start playing Yu-Goi-Oh again! Haha

Then when we got to Victoria Station he said we were going to see WICKED in the theatre! (This is something I have always wanted to see!) So we picked up our tickets, walked around and grabbed a bite to eat before heading in.

Inside was pretty nice, it had a swanky bar upstairs and what reminded me of circus popcorn stand with drinks and what not downstairs. Oooo and there was a slushie stand which had Wicked cups…The sort you can take home! (Ok…I know I sound like a kid… But it was pretty coolio)

The performance, was brilliant and I would say it was a must see! There were twists in it and you got to see another side of the Wizard of Oz story! It even made me want to go back and watch the Wizard of Oz again as it gave me a new perspective on the whole story!

It was fun, and there were a few funny moments especially when it came to the white witch! As well as a few shocking moments!
I especially loved all the acro. and dancing in it! And of course there was singing!
In addition to this marvellous spectacle I was also treated with theatre ice-cream, which if you’ve been to the theatre you’ll know it’s about £3 something for a little tub! >.< But it was seriously yummy! (Strawberry Flavour) After that we brought a Wicked souvenir and headed home! All in all Woohoo go Wicked Witch! ❤
it was a fabulous night and a lot of fun! =D