This Weekend

I am truly gutted that I wont be getting my yearly fix of Jerk Chicken on Portobello Road this weekend. Nottinghill Carnival has played a large part of my Bank Holiday Weekend for the past two years it will be odd not spending it there.
Instead I will be getting up at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning to drive to Daresbury, Cheshire for a weekend of music, cider, camping and hopefully no rain. Creamfields will be my home for 2 nights this weekend before the sure to be unbearable journey all the way back to Surrey on Monday morning (How I am going to manage this I haven't quite worked out - so we shall see how it goes), and I cant wait, beyond excited.
Its a whole bunch of new experiences for me, first time festival, first time camping (eek) and seeing as its forcasted to rain it doesn't bode well.

I'm semi- prepared as in I have wellies and a tent, that's pretty much it!

So wish me luck

Love
Mils
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Bombshell

New discovery of mine last night.
Colin Hanks (of Get Over It fame) is only Tom Hanks's son!! Now its written down on paper and the photo is right here, well its quite obvious. They look alike they sound scarily similar. But I was blissfully unaware until that bombshell was dropped on me.
Not that its a problem, I just cant believe I have never realised it before now.



Love
Mils
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One Day - Post II

So last night I went and saw the most hotly anticipated film of the year for me. I entered the cinema in all a fluster unable to settle. To say that I was stressed out would be an understatement.

I was worried about a multitude of things most of all how I was going to cope? (not well) How Miss Hathaway will sound? (ok) How Em and Dex would work? (Brilliantly). So in amongst this I was having a mini panic attack during the previews. Then as the film started the screen went off centre and it was half way up the wall. The sentence “Vue why are you doing this to me?” actually eeked out of my mouth as if it was a personal attack to my nerves. Alas it was all resolved and I settled down for quite possibly the best adaptation of a book into a film I’ve ever seen! This is not said lightly as I am a massive advocate of NEVER touching books and making them into a film, I just don’t think they work – unless they are filmed in two 3 hours epics in two halves (aka Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). But this text lent itself to the big screen, and although things have had to be cut and changed around it was done so well.

I nearly started the crying off right at the very beginning as the film opens at their graduation and I started to feel desperately nostalgic, but I managed to hold it together.

So things that I liked:

• The Music! The song choices were so fitting. Even managed to fit in a wee bit of S Club 7 and Ronan which the child inside me LOVED.
• The clothes! Hitting that 90’s vibe well and truly on the head. The stylist got everything down to an absolute T (even the set designs were fabulous – Emma’s University room was pretty much as I imagined – however most university rooms are pretty standard). Emma’s geeky yet pretty floral dresses were so Emma and her hair was just as it was in my imagination, especially in her early years. The scene at Tilly’s wedding was almost perfect, Emma’s Chinese dress again just as I imagined it.

Also whilst on Tilly's wedding quite possibly my favourite moment of the entire film...Tilly singing Angels (to which Kathryn leans in and says "Farah on her wedding day" - which lead to uncontrollable laughter)

•  I liked that certain parts of the film were left out/ not mentioned (very rare that I would like this – normally I am all moany about this)

Things I loved:

• Ian Whitehead who was played by Rafe Spall, who in my eyes stole the show. Brilliant casting, amazing acting, he just grasped Ian’s character perfectly although he looked a little like Lou in Little Britain.
• I loved how Anne and Jim connected; it really felt like they were Em and Dex falling in love for real.
• I absolutely adored Romola Garai (from The Hour very good British Drama for those who haven’t heard of it also played Briony Tallis in the movie version of Atonement) as Sylvie.
• Finally I have reignited my sheer adoration for Jim Sturgess! He is one beautiful human being and to quote my friend Kathryn during the film “fit man and baby – god your killing me”. Watching him break down was genuinely heart-breaking.

Things I hated:

• ‘That Scene’ – so wonderfully done but I hate it for what it is and I cant change that.
• The fact that they go on holiday to France instead of Greece and Dex teaches English in Paris not where he does actually in Rome. But they are very minor details that I can learn to live with.

To end:

I was utterly a puddle! I had to physically restrain myself from bawling my heart out. If I wasn’t in the cinema some seriously loud crying would have happened. The women next to us looked at us as if we were mental and uttered the words “it’s not sad”. Well either I am a complete emotional wreck or they have hearts of stone either way I was near inconsolable. If your planning on watching be prepared, take tissues! But it was hilarious too.

I will be watching it again and again and again.

Favourite book, now favourite film….cant wait for the DVD and DVD extras (purely so I can perv on Jim Sturgess in the privacy of my own home)

One more little note:
Fav quote from the book and now film

Love
Mils
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The Arrival of My Favourite Little Bundle

So this fine person arrives in the country tomorrow – which I am beyond excited for. My wonderful lil sis, who has come to start our voyage across Europe in 12 DAYS time!!!

I’m all ready to pick her up from Heathrow (this visit unlike my last one will be filled with tears of joy) tomorrow morning at the wee hour of 6.25am!! But it will be worth it as I haven’t seen her now for months and even more importantly she is bringing me my new Ray Ban WayfarersJ.

Love
Mils
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ONE DAY

So the film adaptation of One Day finally comes to our screens tomorrow and quite frankly I cannot wait. For those of you who do not know what I am talking about then WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN since 2009! But for those people who don't know here is a basic synopsis: (spoiler alert)
Dex meets Em at Graduation
Dex and Em spend the night together
Dex and Em spend the next 20 years of their lives meeting on St Swithin's Day (15th August) each year - a few holidays and weddings thrown in
Dex and Em are never quite Em and Dex until right at the very end!
Its a very up and down tale of two best friends throughout mainly 90's (my favourite era might I add)  and 00's and what happens in their lives along the way
IT IS A MUST READ/SEE (please please please read the book - if not before you go and watch the film at least ONCE in your life)
It stars the wonderfully talented and beautiful Anne Hathaway as Em (although her Yorkshire accent might be a bit dubious) and the even more beautiful Jim Sturgess as Dex. Rafe Spall (a personal favourite of mine) plays boyfriend Ian  and with the director being Lone Scherfig (prev An Education) is poses to be a stunning film.
I have yet to watch the trailer without crying so I feel a lot of tissues will be needed tomorrow night at 19.40pm.

Love
Mils
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A Sad Farewell

I wanted to dedicate this post to two of my favourite people in the whole world! They have both recently departed me to become the dreaded words "grown ups".






Firstly to my beloved Francesca:
Who has moved from Surrey to PENZANCE: which is by the way a very long drive away google map
However I do wish her all the very best in her new pad with her gentleman friend.
There will be many trips down to the coast to visit!

Secondly to this wonder of a women Farah:
She only recently departed with a tearful trip to Heathrow Departures - never a happy place.
I wish her the best of luck with her new temporary (I'd like to add) life in Dubai sippin G (10% stronger) & T by the poolside.




Love
Mils
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New Blog

So I'm new to all this blogging malarkey but I thought I'd give it a shot.
Who am I?
Well I am currently 22 years old (wishing I was still my 15 year old self - and in many aspects still am). Living at home, about to travel, soon to be in full time employment (sad face).
Why am I?
Recent graduate of Fashion so thought as my life is now going to change dramatically (becoming an official adult) I thought that starting a blog would be a brilliant idea.
What is it going to be?
Well an amalgamation of many things...things I like, things I want, things I lust after, but for the near future it will consist of my travels around the world which I am about to embark on!

Enjoy
Mils
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