Hi friends,
What a day!
I am absolutely shattered.
Got up early
as usual, made vegetarian sushi for breakfast-cum-lunch. Then, went to the
local post office to send 3 parcels. After that,
went to Stratford (again) for this!
Hamlet at
Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Hurrah!
However, I missed quite a lot of the play. It was heart breaking missing all those famous phrases. Hamlet without “to be or not to be” is like having a curry not
containing turmeric.
I had a problem
with my car, as you can see.
When I
arrived at the car park near the theatre, I opened the window to get a ticket
from the machine and everything was normal as far as I could see. Then I noticed
that there was something wrong with the window. I could not close it. Damn x
3!!
Luckily I
receive the AA road assistance from my bank as part of their premium service as
well as insurance for frauds and such. I have to pay monthly fee, but as it was
my second time to call them for the road assistance, it was worth paying after
all. And notably, ladies, the AA chap was cute. ;-p
It was worse
than we originally thought and it took the whole 1 hour to fix the window. The
AA chap told me to go to shops rather than waiting in the cold weather, so I
went to Costa to get coffee. However I could not drink coffee in a warm shop
whilst the chap was working outside, could I? I got 1 cappuccino & 1 latte and went back
to the car.
To be
honest, no matter how cold it was, I prefer watching the inside of the door
assembly than staying in a coffee shop. I am a well-known geek when it comes to
vehicles body structure. It was very entertaining to look at the parts inside
the door. I have never thought that
inner parts (such as door beams) were painted as beautifully as the skin panels.
It is quite understandable as the parts need to be protected from corrosion but
it was still refreshing to see painted inner parts
Anyway,
after the lovely AA chap fixed the door temporarily (not repairable and it will cost me arms and legs to replace the
whole mechanism of the electric window….bye bye my Summer Holiday) I dashed off to
the theatre and found out I missed the first half of the play completely. What
a day!
The view from my seat was like this. Not too bad as it was Row A (the front row).
Sadly the interpretation and
the actors were pretty average. Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet played by Mark
Lockyer and off course Sir Nigel Hawthorne in King Lear were, without doubt, the best acts I have watched at RST in the last 18 years.
“The Rest is
Silence”
PS: Becky in Mary's Salon, you are a gem. Thank you for helping me today despite the late time.
