kew and sheryl

A rare sunny day. Time to visit yet another outdoor place instead of a gallery or museum, I kinda had enough of those already for the week. Hopped on the train and down southwest to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, or better known as just Kew Gardens. It was autumn so most of the scenery was full of browns, oranges, yellows and greens, unlike spring’s multitude of hues. Nevertheless, it was still not short of a spectacular sight walking around the grounds. I won’t write about it… I’ll let you see instead…

Later that evening, met up with iJun for Sheryl Crow in concert at the Carling Apollo Hammersmith. We stopped by Café Nero for hot soup and a snack before joining the crowd at the concert hall.

As luck would have it, Daniel Powter was the opening act, yay! Such a rare treat! He sang a few good ones – Bad Day (but of course), Song 6, Styrofoam and a couple more. Only had his keyboard as accompaniment. Listening to him play only made me regret not touching the piano for the past 12 years because of pride and a childish reason.

Out came the diva… and as expected, Sheryl Crow was superb! Opened with Run, Baby, Run wearing what she called her wedding dress (was that for real?). She wowed the full-house crowd with songs from her new album as well as all-time favourites like If It Makes You Happy, All I Wanna Do, Strong Enough, Soak Up The Sun, Cat Steven’s The First Cut Is The Deepest, and the list goes on.

All throughout the concert iJun and I sneakily took multiple shots of the concert. As the hall was dark, it was tough taking clear photos without flash. Every few minutes we’d attempt a few clicks, hoping for that one perfect shot (I think he had way better luck than me judging from the outcome). The usher wasn’t too pleased with my camera’s night-assist light, she mistook it for a flash and aiyo, kena sound pulak. But heck, we kept taking photos anyway, ha-ha!

Ah, excellent end to a beautiful day. Couldn’t have had a better holiday than this…