2013- Only Good Things Are Coming

ahoy there

firstly all i can say is

ALHAMDULILAH

praise the lord

so far 2013 has been AMAZING to me…

what with passing my term 1 essays HOLLLAAAAA

and my 19th birthday party PARRTTTAAYYYYY

going to the aquarium

my presents

fangirling- CF stills, the host stills and trailers and interviews, city of bones stills and interviews, book news, movie news AND OF COURSE emblem3 and taylor swift stuff.

MEETING JOHN AND HANK GREEN asdfghjkl;I AM STILL NOT OVER THAT AND WILL NEVER BE OVER IT

spotting benjamin cook and caspar lee at the john green event

going to Barjis London fashion show for london fashion week

seeing benjamin cook and CHARLIE MCDONNELL at the becoming youtube thing at southbank
as well as Jack Howard and Chris Kendall...

THEY ARE SUCH NICE PEOPLE. i wish i could be their friend…i wish i was confident enough to do a vlog…BUT WHAT WOULD I TALK ABOUT? book reviews? idk…i’m not good with cameras anyways.

so yeah…I MET CHARLIE FRICKIN MCDONNELL

my reaction…

who is charlie you ask?

ONLY ONE OF THE CUTEST MOST ADORABLE AND CLEVER AND FUNNY YOUTUBERS…

yeah

hi

i mean just

THAT SMILE. THOSE EYES. ASDFGHJKL;

EXACTLY

so yeah. i MET THIS GUY. he’s so cute and really nice.

he signed my ticket!

SMILE FACE!!!

he has a girlfriend. her name is BRYARLY. she is awesome.

Also went to an awesome talk on humanitarianism and Islam by dr hany el banna (head of charity Islamic Relief) and professor Tariq Ramadan at my uni. it was really inspirational and just gives you perspective about what humanitarianism is about…not just giving charity but to help humanity…help the world…respect the people and animals and environment and do your bit to be a good human being and help those in need. but NOT see them as victims..but as PEOPLE. with dignity.

mis amigas- my friends. thank you so much to all my friends even though none of them read this but if you ARE then thank you. for making me smile, for making me laugh, for putting up with my fangirling madness and rants and just for WANTING to be MY friend.

mis abuelos- my grandparents. it was really lovely to have them around. got lots of shopping done. NOW MY GRANDMA HAS AN IPHONE AND IS WHATSAPPING ME OMG SHE IS SO CUTE.

mi familia- my family. i am so thankful for my amazing family. my parents have done so much for me. and my bro…as much as he annoys me i know he loves me.

my cat neo who is just a big fatty and i love him so much he makes me really happy and i love stroking him and playing with him and just talking to him.

he’s a platypus…

this is actually one of my fave pics of him. hehe

what are you doing there cat? you’re not going anywhere…

chilling on my bed

all curled up on the sofa

um so let’s just…

TAYLOR SWIFT AT THE BRIT AWARDS!!! awesome performance!

IKYWT Brit Awards 2013

and this version of IKYWT is EPIC…enjoy =P

JENNIFER LAWRENCE WON AN OSCAR I AM SO PROUD OF HER OMG

so jen fell…

AND HUGH JACKMAN CAME TO OFFER HER A HAND AND SHE JUST GOT BACK UP AND DIDN’T NOTICE OMG

ALSO BRADLEY COOPER

Jennifer Lawrence (Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook) and Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress for Les Miserables

AND SO DID ANNE HATHAWAY!!!!!

HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH THO…

“Here’s hoping that someday in the not too near future, the misfortunes that befell Fantine will only be found in stories and never more in real life.” — Anne Hathaway’s Acceptance Speech

AND LIFE OF PI won like 3 awards woop

if you don’t think SURAJ SHARMA IS ADORABLE THEN YOU ARE WRONG

coz

bowties are cool. look at that adorable smile

last but not least

let’s not forget

the One Day More performance by the cast of Les Miserables

i think i died a little when Aaron Tveit came striding in…

i mean

daayyyuuuummmmnnnnnnn

and then AFTER JEN WON HER FAMILY EMBRACED HER

jennifer lawrence and her family

also did i mention I SAW CHARLIE MCDONNELL?

okay yeah

IN FANDOM RELATED NEWS:

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES CLIP FEATURING MAGNUS BANE

godfrey gao as magnus is damn fine. ALSO THE ONE WITH THE BLUE EYES. MALEC. <3

the host IS COMING OUT 29TH MARCH YAY

oh and i didn’t know but apparently it’s a trilogy so stephenie meyer will be writing the sequel…idk if i will read it but i did really enjoy the host. BETTER THAN TWILIGHT.

…

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THESE

Catching Fire Victory Tour Posters

i know it’s heavily photoshopped..i think the Capitol were aiming for that look.

and the 2nd one…

i just…

WE SHOULD BE GETTING SOME CATCHING FIRE NEWS SOON

also

Shaileene Woodley is gonna be Tris prior in Divergent movie. still waiting on other casting news. AS LONG AS ALEX PETTYFER IS NOT CAST AS ANYONE IN ANY YA MOVIE I AM HAPPY

Delirium casting news  altho it’s actually gonna be a tv show not a movie. plus the book was good but idk i wasn’t that bothered to get the sequekl.

TFIOS:director is john boone

Ender’s Game stills

Hailee Steinfeld as Petra (Left) and Asa Butterfield as Ender (Right)

i saw Warm Bodies

it was surprisingly funny. don’t really wanna read the book tho…but yeah i enjoyed it and laughed a lot. nicholas hoult is one hot zombie…even when he is eating brains…also dave franco was in it for like 5mins

Martha & Mary

so i innocently started watching that because Sam Claflin is in it (he plays Finnick Odair in Catching Fire) and then IT WAS SO SAD AND I WAS CRYING AND JUST AAHHH. it’s for Red Nose Day and about malaria and how millions die every year and yet it is a CURABLE DISEASE.

i read scarlett by merissa meyer:

yeah kind of red riding hood but not really

great sequel to Cinder. i really liked the link between Cinder and Scarlett. also i really like Captain Thorne. also…PLOT TWIST MUCH.  i wrote a Spinebreakers review here

Specials by Scott Westerfeld

would YOU want to be a Special?

i mean…your bones wouldn’t be bones anymore your whole body would be a killing machine kind of and just meh doesn’t sound fun HOWEVER you yo have awesome reflexes. you’re kinda like a superhuman/hero with nails like claws and a wolfish grin.

not as good as the first 2 books though AND OMG I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ZANE LIKE WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

dash and lily’s book of dares by rachel cohn and david levithan

THIS BOOK IS SO ADORABLE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW!!!

SQUEEEEE

i got this at the charity shop so i was happy and then i read it and it was SUCH A CUTE BOOK. why does Dash have to be FICTIONAL? :/

basically lily leaves a notebook in a bookshop for someone to find and take her up on the dares and dash does…and it’s just this awesome adventure and communication thing and just ASDFGHJKL;’ THE END OMG THE END. aaahhhhh AND IT’S AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME so it’s like a perfect holiday read but idk i just read it and it was just so cute and like i was trying not to fangirl on the tube but I COULDN’T HELP IT COZ IT WAS JUST FUNNY AND CUTE. *sigh*

basically if you liked Anna and the French Kiss READ THIS.

Demi Lovato’s new song heart attack is amazing!!!

NEW GIRL OMG NICK AND JESS…but nooo whyyyy poor schmidt.

LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES. OH. MY. GOSH. BING AND JANE. MY FEELS.

Bing Lee and Jane Bennet in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

SO. FRICKIN. ADORBS.

PLL- URGH IT’S GETTING SO FRUSTRATING

Suits- OMG i feel so sorry for harvey though i wanted him to be with zoe but he shld defo be with donna. mike and rachel…wtf but FINALLY.

hart of dixie. no. just no. WADE AND ZOE. =(

but tom and wanda OMG THEY ARE SOOOOO CUTE THE ZOMBIE PROPOSAL AND THEN THE LOTR/STAR WARS MASH UP WEDDING- EPIC.

one day i shall find my weirdo…and we can be weirdos together. =D

PEETA AND I  made peanut butter chocolate chip brownies and they were YUM. you can get the recipe here

Peanut Butter Choc Chip Brownies WITH FROSTING

everyone enjoyed them…well my mum and dad and the people i gave them to. so yeah. =D

i may or may not be absent for a while since i’m SO BUSY WITH UNI STUFF as in reading lots and lots of ACADEMIC reading…and i have essays to write FUN TIMES.

also a note: though i have been happy and am very grateful doesn’t mean everyone is. i know people are going through some hard times and i know the world isn’t in the best state ever what with climate change and wars and people taking everything at face value without QUESTIONING…i mean we live in a scary world. yes it is a beautiful world but it is so messed up. filled with some amazing people like moi but there are plenty of bad people too…
we just have to kinda see the good in every day and appreciate what we have coz it can be gone any minute. and idk it must be hard if you don’t have faith/believe in God or anything coz what do you hold onto when you feel like you’ve lost everything?

God is always there to listen to you and i pray that whoever is reading this He will grant you whatever is BEST for you coz only He Knows Best.

anyways but i think it’s a good idea to keep a little notebook and write down all the GOOD things that happened to you today whether it’s wearing your fave top or someone smiling at you or just eating chocolate…just little things that made your day better. it helps when you look back and appreciate how blessed you are. for me right now it’s the fact that i have a house and it’s warm and food and shelter because seeing homeless people breaks my heart and it’s like i am so grateful to have a home to go to. so always be thankful and you will get more.

i leave you with

this is an awesome fairytale!

this is the video of the FASHION SHOW i went to

okay so you all have a FABTASTIC WEEK IT IS FINALLY MARCH MEANING MORE BOOKS AND THE HOST MOVIE AND urgh essays yay.

also Lizzie Bennet Diaires is ending. =( but make you sure watch it here

okay also EMBLEM3 are having concerts in the US. here is there new song Khloe/Chloe SO IF YOU ARE NAMED CHLOE LUCKY YOU. i know it’s like really pop-y…and not their ususal kinda sound probaably coz urgh simon cowell got them writing with the dude who does 1D songs :/

Happy Reading!

DFTBA

xoxo

JUST WATCH THIS. I ALUGHED FOR THE FULL 30 SECS COZ WTF.

SINGER TURNED RAPPER

lol T-Swizzle

nom nom nom

Inspiration

till the next time…

over and out

PEACE. LOVE. BOOKS. =D

Walk Walk Fashion Baby

HEY YOU

WHHHAATTTTT =D

if you don’t know who these two random guys are they are: Dan Howell (aka danisnotonfire and Phil Lester aka AmazingPhil)

so this blog post is all about…wait for it FASHION

woop

yes i am a girl. yes i love clothes.

i also love sparkly things. but this isn’t about jewellery…this is ALL about clothes. mainly dresses…

so let’s get started fellow fashionistas =P

so Friday 15th February i had the pleasure of being invited to Barjis London at Swarovski Crystallized for London Fashion Week. oh yes. i know this woman. as in she’s my friend’s aunty who lives up the road. no lie.

HOOOLLLAAAAAA

so…

IT WAS AWESOME

HER DESIGNS WERE BEAUTIFUL

AND I LOOKED AMAZING I HAVE TO SAY. i wore this black maxi skirt from Jane Norman with a sequined black top from Mango and a purple scarf from a shop in my local area, the bag i got as a present from my aunty for my 19th birthday =D

my friend Fatimah and I
it was her aunty’s fashion show

and my heels courtesy of my friend Taz…

STUNNING!!! BEDAZZLING!

fatimah is wearing a Barjis Original design…

Barjis London Original design modelled by my friend Fatimah

time for the FASHION SHOW:

BARJIS London

i love that dress- the detail so beautiful and elegant.

BARJIS London

HOW STUNNING IS THIS??!!! beautiful love the lace detail with gold…

BARJIS London

sorry for the crappy picture but you can’t really see the detail on top BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL I THINK IT’S LIKE A LACE INSERT OR SOMETHING BUT WOWZA

BARJIS London

beautiful abaya…SEQUINS!!!

BARJIS London

the little detail on the top and the swishy style abaya

…

THE BEAUTIFUL MODELS

i simply love that red skirt!!!

and FINALLY

beautiful Barjis herself

the lovely designer is wearing an abaya (p.s an abaya is an Islamic dress for women)

here’s an interview with Barjis

so yeah it was an awesome evening of course there were plenty more outfits but id dint get a photo of them all.

Alhamdulilah and thanks for the invite =)

okay now for some other designers/people whose style influence mine…

let’s just take a moment…

idk who the designer is but it’s probably either Zuhair Murad or Elie Saab but *swoon*

I REALLY LIKE SPARKLES OKAY

if you wanna know more about Zuhair Murad or Elie Saab just go on their websites and check out their fashion ooohhh soo sparkly and just asdfghjkl;

the person that influences my style the most is…

you guessed it (or not) TAYLOR SWIFT

just…

Taylor Swift Elle Canada

i mean

TAYLOR ALLISON SWIFT red carpet styles

i know she wears a lot of Elie Saab, Oscar de la Renta, Naeem Khan, Ralph Lauren, or J. Mendel.

but obviously i can’t afford any of those dresses however tis my dream one day when i marry josh and he goes to the Oscars or some other award ceremony i can buy an elie saab or zuhair murad dress and omg

her cute and casual look is the kind i go for

taylor swift outfits

she really likes stripes now

i wouldn’t say i’m OBSESSED…but…

she’s also advertising for KEDS

taylor swift keds advert

polka dots and stripes are so her thing and are TOTES ADORBS

oh wait what’s that?

why yes those are in fact the same navy polka dot keds i am rocking with my hedgehog socks

also i have that shirt just saying

Taylor Swift RED album art

okay yeah i am obsessed with Taylor Swift. i think she is an incredible person, beautiful on the inside and out. her amazing voice, songs, lyrics, talents, she does so much for charity and everyone thinks she’s horrible for dating so many guys WHY DO YOU CARE? she’s only dated like 6 guys and yeah she falls in love easily SO WHAT? her songs aren’t about GUYS they’re about EMOTIONS. i dnt have time for you haters.

so i don’t wear EVERYTHING SHE DOES but i mean i like her shirts and like try and see what she wears n see if i can copy that in anyway

i DO have my own ‘unique’ style i have to be modest yet fashionable. i mean i’m in no way a ‘fashionable hijabi’ i just like to look nice and be comfy and WARM!

next is JENNIFER LAWRENCE

how adorable is she?

JLaw

and then the just…i mean JLAW is perf she’s funny and down to earth and just enjoys acting. she has a cat and is really friendly and loves her family and stays in watching reality tv and eating. =P

cute and casual

and then the

BAM JLaw BAFTA dress by Christian Dior

she doesnt even like dressing up that much but she’ll look good in ANYTHING

next is the looovveeellyyy EMMA STONE

isn’t she loooovveeelllyyy?

and her casual style too- cool and comfortable (i’m guessing)

she’s just a really wonderful person, so funny and i just love her and Andrew Garfield together.

awesome people

oh next is the AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL DEMI LOVATO

so cool

so beautiful

and just

she’s amazing. she looks so beautiful and HEALTHY and i love her changing hair colours and her ‘edgy’ look with biker jackets aaahh she’s awesome. can’t wait for her new album. =D

look at that just wow

of course i do love EMMA WATSON

emma watson red carpet dresses

EXCUSE YOU WHO SAID GIRLS WITH SHORT HAIR ARE UGLY?

obviously people don’t know what they’re talking about GIRLS WITH SHORT HAIR ROCK

Emma Watson Glamour

that purple dress is just asdfghjkl;

all grown up at The Perks of Being a Wallflower Premiere

you know she goes to Brown university in the US.

i think she goes between Brown and Oxford though i’m not 100% sure so don’t take my word for it. but she is beautiful inside and out what with her modelling for Burberry alongside mr Eddie Redmayne and acting of course.

anyways so

ANNE HATHAWAY

i’ve loved her since The Princess Diaries

STUNNING RED CARPET STYLES

you were saying about short haired people?

Anne Hathaway

that’s what i thought…

lovely smile

the gorgeous LILY COLLINS

Lily Collins in Valentino

she’s adorable

oohh la la

yeah she is the daughter of Phil Collins

totes adorbs

also she and costar Jamie Campbell-Bower are soo dating.

oh…last but not least

ZOOEY DESCHANEL

damn that Oscar dress is perf

beautiful and elegant

who’s that girl?

IT’S ZOOEY!!!

those big eyes and luscious locks…

Masha’Allah these are all amazingly beautiful women who have a rocking style and are good at what they do.

when i was younger i really liked Alex Russo’s style in Wizards of Waverley place. it was definitely better than the things Hannah Montana wore which were like…really just meh. BUT fashion is a REALLY personal thing…it’s about expressing yourself and your ‘individuality’

following fashion trends may be following the crowd but if you add your own twist and make it your own to suit your style then it becomes unique.

here’s a lovely blog post about one of the most iconic women in fashion

AUDREY HEPBURN

some hijab inspiration blogs

http://www.hijabitopia.blogspot.co.uk/

http://stylishmuslimah.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hijabinspiration.tumblr.com/

http://hijab-fashion.tumblr.com/

Amenakin on youtube and her blog

Hijabi with style/princessrockzuk on youtube and her blog

i’d like to end on my 2012 Eid Al Fitr outfit. for once it was a gloriously hot day in London at 30 degrees Celsius

Top from Forever21, shrug from Amazon, Skirt from ASOS, scarf from H&M

also let’s not forgot the SPARKLY CAT JUMPER i wore for my birthday!

sparkly cat jumper from H&M

yes i am a crazy cat lady. and proud

but we can’t leave without mentioning

CARRIE UNDERWOOD’S DRESS AT THE GRAMMYS

I MEAN

CINNA DEFO DESIGNED THAT

if you don’t know who Cinna is obviously you haven’t read The Hunger Games yet and i have no idea why you’re on my blog…

i mean WHAT?!

i mean just look at it!!!

ooohhh indeed

OKAY LAST PICTURE I PROMISE

THIS IS A BOOK DRESS

Storybook gown constructed entirely out of recycled and discarded children’s Golden Books. Designer Ryan Novelline created the bodice from the golden spines of these classic children’s books and sewed together the skirt from their illustrated pages.

I MEAN LOOK AT IT. IT’S A BOOK DRESS WHAT

yeah okay i’m done now

also check out my friend’s blog coz she’s awesome and she’s way more into fashion than i am

have a brilliant week

DFTBA

Happy Reading

ROCK WHATEVER YOU’RE WEARING WHETHER IT’S A HIJAB OR A DRESS OR A SKIRT OR JEANS. WHETHER YOU LIKE HEELS OR CONVERSE OR PUMPS.

be confident and smile

xoxo

“It’s a new era in fashion – there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.” Alexander McQueen

“The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.” Alicia Keys

“Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live.” Gianni Versace

“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.” Audrey Hepburn

“One is never over- or underdressed with a little black dress.” Karl Lagerfeld

“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” Miuccia Prada

“Everyone smiles in the same language” George Carlin

P.S look forward to another blog post an update on my life ie i’ve been watching the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, going to see Warm Bodies, more book reviews and of course things are happening in my fandoms such as City of Bones movie stills and a new The Host trailer  and TFIOS movie news so till the next time

toodles from Lydia Bennet and I

PEACE. LOVE. BOOKS. =D

19 on the 19th

hey guys

so my birthday was on the 19th of january

and i turned 19! yay

so i had a party con mis amigas

basically…

we watched pitch perfect which was ACA-AWESOME AND HILARIOUS

so Anna Kendrick does this awesome song Cups (You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone)

WOWZA. the movie was just so funny and i’m so glad i got to see it with all my friends

rebel wilson as fat amy (actuall yit’s fat patricia) was just SUPERB. i love her.

ate lots of yummy food and my mum and peeta baked marshmallow cupcakes!

Marshmallow Cupcakes nomnomnom

got loads of awesome presents

but here are some of my fave

the oreo cushion i’ve been waiting for for 5 months THANK YOU AMANDA <3

OREO CUSHION ASDFGHJKL;

and then omg

IT’S A FRICKIN #TEAMINSPIRE TOP WITH MY TAGLINE PEACE.LOVE.BOOKS OMG

the whole #TeamInspire is a think EMBLEM3 started and they’re this band i’m in love with and they love inspiring people. and my insanely awesome friend fatichoh got me this top along with some other amazing things.

so all in all Alhamdulilah i had a fantastic day!

also part of my present from one of my friend’s was a day out to the AQUARIUM yays which was super awesome we saw some sharks and sting rays and turtles but sadly the penguins weren’t there =( AND ONE WAS CALLED VLADIMIR BUT WE DIDN’T EVEN GET TO MEET HIM.

but i did get a penguin on my face

woop sparkly penguin coz i’m awesome

what’s been going on in my life?

enjoying term 2 of social anthropology…lots of work still SO MUCH READING especially those long ethnographies whether it’s Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa which is like supposedly the most famous anthropological book…probably because it’s not very academic and is about sex…

it’s been snowing in london bbrrr so cold and then sunshine and now back to cold

i mean subahanallah the snow is so beautiful but i have to wear so many layers and waddle the a penguin so i dnt fall…

ALSO

i was lucky enough to go to an EPIC NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD thanks to the SOAS spoken word society

SHIHAN…from the US was there so i had to go and wow it was just amazing. he’s such an incredible person.

love like

Expectations

the problem with being a poet with a poem like love like

basically love like is him saying how amazing his wife is and just asdfghjkl; and then the other one is a response that how everyone expects his love to be so great but love is more than just commitment and loving someone it’s about being there through the good times and the bad and it’s about loving all their little quirks and accepting their faults…’being perfect in your imperfection’

i mean his spoken word poetry is just so beautiful so yeah enjoy. so glad i got to see him live =)

i finally saw Les Miserables

hugh jackman WAS AMAZING. and anne hathaway!!!

eddie redmayne as marius urgh so hot…and in FRENCH ATTIRE *swoon*

but i was like WTF THERE’S ANOTHER KING AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION…well that went well.

so this movie is set AFTER the french revolution.

i really wanna read the book and see the play now!

i cried at the end!!! so much coz hugh jackman’s character jean valjean was just such an incredible man.

LOTS OF PEOPLE DIE.

also…SHE SAVED HIS LIFE…FRIENDZONED AND YET SHE SAVED HIS LIFE. *CRIES*

and as for love at first sight…idk it seems like such a nice cute idea but i may be a hopeless romantic but i’m also a realist.

anyhew the soundtrack is amazing of course and i love One Day More

The Dark Knight Rises- I FINALLY SAW IT OMG

can i just say bruce wayne is a hot hermit…

Bruce Wayne and Alfred in The Dark Knight Rises

ANNE HATHAWAY WAS AMAZING AS CATWOMAN

bamf

i don’t understand how THIS GUY (BANE)

bane

IS THIS GUY

what??? HOW??? I CAN’T EVEN

TOM HARDY

also Joseph Gordan-Levitt was AMAZING and OMG ROBIN!!! AAAHHHH

and the ending was SO ADORABLE.

it’s a REALLY LONG MOVIE BUT BRILLIANT.

congrats to JENNIFER LAWRENCE for winning quite a few awards woop so proud of her

it’s a quote from the movie The First Wives Club JLaw winning Best Female for her role in The Silver Linings Playbook at the Golden Globe Awards

HAHAHA JLaw winning for her role in The Hunger Games at the People’s Choice Awards

why are they all naked statues though? JLaw winning for her role in The Silver Linings Playbook at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

i hope she wings the oscar. or Anne Hathaway.

i have to say i was kind of disappointed with her skit on SNL…it wasn’t that funny. and she made fun of josh and i did not approve. :/

so books…

colin fischer

he finds it difficult to understand human emotions

so this book…i just thought it was gonna be like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time but it wasn’t. so i was pleasantly surprised. easy to read and quite funny at times and full of random facts. i actually really enjoyed it.

so this boy loves observing people and witnesses a kid bringing a gun to school and the gun going off *GASP*

is it just me?

so disappointing…

so i was REALLY looking forward to reading this book coz i enjoy watching the show Miranda. but this book isn’t that great. not really that funny and just kind of annoying. and cringey but not even in a good way. sigh. so unfortunately miranda IT IS JUST YOU. maybe someone else can relate but i sure can’t. expectations lead to disappointments. :/

will grayson, will grayson

OMG GO READ IT

so i’ve been putting of reading this book for a while now…and I WANT TO SLAP MYSELF BECAUSE WHY DID I EVER NOT WANT TO READ IT? IT IS FABULOUS…tiny cooper i want him as a friend. both john green and david levithan are amazing writers and just this book is brilliant. so funny…you’ll be laughing out loud in public. and emotional and just WOW. john green sure knows how to write…i would LOVE TO SEE THE TINY COOPER MUSICAL. it needs to happen. oh yeah it’s about these two guys named will grayson who end up meeting each other

my name is not common so i could never meet a person with my full name…i have met people with the same name as me but different spellings.

the scorch trials

sequel to the maze runner

SO THIS IS THE SEQUEL TO THE MAZE RUNNER AND OMG WHAT EVEN IS THIS so good. basically…it’s another experiment kind of thing and they have to get through it and it’s just this desert place and they meet some allies brenda and jorge and teresa is there but IT’S ALL A LIE and i dn’t know what to believe and it’s so confusing but still so gripping.

and there’s 2 more books oh great. more death and fun and i hope i figure out what’s going on eventually…

but yeah the movie is coming out next year SO SOON!!! SO READ IT BEFORE YOU SEE IT.

the rosie project

don’t really like this cover but the guy loves riding bikes

this book is actually quite good. was surprised…really easy to read and funny and cute and mad at times. but yeah. so this guy decides to find a wife and so he come sup with the wife project which is a questionnaire asking things like do you smoke and stuff like that to see who he is compatible with….this is not so crazy since my friend and i actually thought of that…we should do that…since we have such high expectations. LOL nah i’m just like do you read books? can you have an intelligent conversation? do you love Disney movies. obviously not smoking and drinking hopefully that is a no to that and faith is definitely important.

march = THE HOST. and a few of my friend’s have birthdays etc so lots to look forward to AS WELL AS THE RELEASE OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NOVEL CLOCKWORK PRINCESS…THE FINAL INSTALLMENT IN THE INFERNAL DEVICES TRILOGY BY CASSANDRA CLARE. march 19th we die from feels.

you can read the Prologue to Clockwork Princess here

OBVIOUSLY DON’T READ IT IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE FIRST TWO BOOKS. gosh.

in other book related news OMG THE BOOK THIEF IS GONNA BE A MOVIE WHAT WHAT WHAT they’re gonna start filming and OMG IT’S GONNA BE RELEASED NEXT YEAR

THE MAZE RUNNER HAS A RELEASE DATE FEBRUARY 14TH 2014 omg they better not ruin it

idk all these books turning into movies…the trick is to see them as two different things. it will NEVER be like the book. but as long as the author is involved in the process and the cast and director have read the book/books i am okay…

TV

PLL- crazy frustrating show…but so good. I HATE TOBY FOR LYING AND FOR JUST BEING OH GOSH IT HURTS SO MUCH. poor spencer.

The Lying Game- also annoying and frustrating but it’s good I AM SO HAPPY LAUREL AND EMMA FINALLY KNOW!

New Girl- so funny and i just love it AND OMG NICK AND JESS KISSED FINALLY! they’re not going out though…YET

asdfghjkl; SQQUUEEEEE

Suits- SO GOOD i love harvey and mike and donna and rachel and jessica…but aww harvey has a heart and mike is so hot and just i love this show.

patrick j adams as mike ross and gabriel macht as harvey specter

Suburgatory- i love this show.

the mindy project- really really funny.

hart of dixie- this is like my guilty pleasure okay don’t judge IT IS SO CUTE coz i’m just a hopeless romantic =P

Africa- so many david attenborough shows yay I LOVE HIM SO MUCH and ahhh africa subahanallah this world is so incredible

My Mad Fat Diary- is this show on E4 it’s really good apparently based on a true story. finn is hot. it’s about this girl who has problems like eating problems and self harm and suicidal etc and integrating back into society. it’s set in the 1990s.

radio: DAN AND PHIL ON BBC RADIO 1 SUNDAYS FROM 7-9PM you can watch them LIVE they’re so funny and they actually play GOOD MUSIC. something to actually make sunday nights better =)

youtube: okay so i’ve added some MORE people to my list of youtubers

PointlessBlog aka Alfie

he’s adorable.

Marcus ButlerTV

he’s really hot. and funny. his girl voice is hilarious.

dicasp aka Caspar Lee

he’s south african. and i met him yeah just saying…(i’ll explain later)

ninebrassmonkeys aka Benjamin Cook

he’s awesome and just started out on youtube and making youtube videos etc ALSO I MET HIM

subeeTube aka Subhi Taha

he is arab-american. half palestinian half ilipino. he’s hot with or without glasses. and he’s funny and clever and MUSLIM WOW FOR ONCE

so obviously when i’m not reading or blogging/tweeting/eating i am spending my time watching youtube videos of mainly guys…doing weird things or talking about random things…wow what a life.

OH btw

yeah

i saw john and hank green

no biggie

I SAW JOHN AND HANK GREEN AT CADOGAN HALL ON SUNDAY 3RD FEBRUARY IN THE EVENING AND IT WAS EPIC

john talked. hank sang and played guitar. they did a question tuesday and john failed and got slapped by hank LOL

LOL hank green slapping john green

maureen johnson blessed us with her presence

THEY SIGNED MY BAG

AND TICKET

AND BOOK

ASDFGHJKL; JOHN AN DHANK GREEN SAID HI TO ME AND SIGNED MY THINGS OMG I AM NOT OVER IT

not personalised but still

too many people so cldnt take photos WITH them

but still

JOHN AND HANK GREEN SAID HI TO ME

so if you missed that or couldn’t make it i’m sorry i hope you get to meet them one day but someone filmed the one in Manchester so enjoy:

John and Hank Green

so far i’ve met: MEG CABOT, CASSANDRA CLARE, KAREN MCCOMBIE AND JOHN GREEN.

still need to meet: patrick ness, sarah dessen and of course my actual friend ELLEN POTTER.

so alhamdulilah life has been SO GOOD so far in 2013 i am so grateful and so blessed

EXCITING NEWS: going to london fashion week next week because it’s my friend’s aunty’s show…

BARJIS

woop

so will hopefully write a post about fashion and that

coz i love shopping and clothes

so to end

anglerfish…

taylor swift’s features in a song with tim mcgraw and keith urban

Highway Don’t Care it’s actually a really emotional song.

Tokyo by Imagine Dragons

and I JUST LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY AND THE VIDEO IS HILARIOUS AND I JUST LOVE JAMMING TO IT WHETHER I’M IN MY ROOM OR THE KITCHEN

don’t mind me

and this is an awesome NEW song from the lovely drew chadwick

and here’s something to get you through the week:

CATS

and this video made me laugh so much

YOU’RE WELCOME

so have a great week

and i shall hopefully do a fashion blog post soon and more reviews and ramblings etc

thanks for reading this

xoxo

a hedgehog wearing sunglasses…

since it’s valentine’s day this week

exactly…

thought tbh i don’t really care i mean RELATIONSHIPS- AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT. i’m so not ready for one. and valentine’s day should be like every day…when i’m married to josh i want to buy him a present just coz i saw something he’d like not coz i have to on valentine’s day. though josh is quite the romantic so he’d probably force me to do something. ah josh…

also i really hope taylor swift wins a grammy and a Brit Award.

also i have come to the conclusion that i just fall in love with people’s smiles…like i might see some random person on the street or tube smiling and i’m like asdfghjkl;’ awwwww

but seriously every time i see a picture of josh or keaton or logan or any1 else i like smiling i just kesjgrsfdbhlgk`.jfksdfndbk.sdjb,dnakndjb *swoon* coz smiling is adorable and cute and just yeah…smiling…is beautiful.

so SMILE COZ YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMEONE COULD BE FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOUR SMILE

finn harries says SMILE

PEACE. LOVE. BOOKS. =D

p.s wombat poop is cubed. just so you know. you’re welcome =P

pp.s I ALMOST FORGOT: so how did i meet caspar lee and benjamin cook and some other awesome youtbers? i saw them when i went to see john green…i mean i was sitting there and then saw this red headed guy come in and was like WAIT..OMG IS THAT BENJAMIN COOK OMG and i was quietly fangirling coz no1 else seemed to notice…then after the event i was like..hmmm OMG IS THE CASPAR LEE WHAT EVEN so i was like i NEED A PHOTO so i asked them and yeah i got a photo with them. woop. coz i am cool like that! then other people started noticing and took photos with them. sorry i dnt put photos of myself online…like idk not even on my tumblr or twitter. maybe someday you’ll get to see my pretty face…but for now you’ll just have to believe that i went there and saw them.

Youtubers/Vloggers

greetings

i hope this post finds you well and if not

PANDA SAYS SMILE SO SMILE

if that doesn’t work then …

Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) in Catching Fire still

come on…that smile…those dimples…HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE FINNICK ODAIR?!

yeah so lionsgate decided to give us a heart attack and release some CF stills…

you can read the full EW article here

jennifer lawrence is perfect your argument is invalid. basically she’s been nominated for an oscar and she won like a critics choice award and THG won like 6 people’s choice awards.

Jennifer and Josh at the PCAs

it’s been a stressful past weeks but Alhamdulilah i’m good now i think this year…i’m gonna try and be more positive and inspiring and LESS LAZY

so on to the post…

if you don’t already know

i am obsessed with youtube

and there are a few youtubers/vloggers i am particularly obsessed with: CLICK ON LINKS TO GO TO ONE OF MY FAVOURITE VIDEOS

WARNING: SOME VIDEOS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 12. if you’re younger than 12 why are you on my blog? go out and play? read a book? WHAT DID I DO WHEN I WAS 11? draw. a lot of bad drawings but i loved drawing.

charlieissocoollike 

charlie talks about being introverted and how he is shy in real life but youtube has helped him grow as a person. i love Charlie McDonnell not just because he is a hilariously hot nerdy dude who sings and plays guitar and is a nerdfighter and reads books but because he is just a genuinely nice guy and i hope one day to meet him…accidentally on the tube…and he’ll fall in love with me. Charlie is basically the perfect guy for me…he’s more realistic than Josh i mean AT LEAST WE LIVE IN THE SAME COUNTRY.

danisnotonfire

so that is Dan Howell who i also have a crush on for his pure awesomeness and his smile and just yeah. his videos are funny and this is about hardcore internet fans…i am not THAT bad but i am a fangirl and i am proud to be enthusiastic and passionate about things i like because life is boring otherwise. so haters gonna hate. also he’s moved to london so yeah…daydreaming about meeting him on the tube someday LOL.

vlogbrothers

so. John and Hank Green are two incredibly awesome and amazing brothers. john is an author. hank is not. but their plan is to rid the world of suck. they are king of the nerdfighters. watch their videos. every week. they are hilarious and intelligent and just super awesome and inspiring. also crazy. totally insane. brilliantly insane.

crashcourse

this is basically john and hank green teaching you stuff in a fun, interactive and engaging way. ie not boring

from history to science to literature. excellent videos to show in class or to revise from or just get some  background knowledge. also hilarity ensues.

cassyjaytuck

she basically talks about what happens after reading certain books. how do you continue to live your life?! can you ever get over the death of fictional characters? no i live in a permanent state of denial.

carriehopefletcher

she is the sister of tom fletcher yes the dude from mcfly. she sings too. this is one of my fave songs Boys in Books

that song is my jam. boys in books are just better. UNLESS WAIT *GASP* I FIND SOMEONE BETTER? better than peeta mellark and augustus waters?

LOL she is awesome and her vids are funny and she’s just adorable

jacksgap

Jack Harries

Finn Harries

TWINS

HOT

TWINS

OH MY GOSH…

basically they’re these two hot guys and they’re really funny and adorable and cool and weird and they look like models and they do youtube videos and travel a lot and i just love them. i also fantasise about accidentally meeting them on the tube…

fouseyTUBE

if you love hummus watch this

my friend and i…it’s our dance. i have never been once to learn dance moves as a kid but this…yeah i learn it when i was 17 or something and yeah it’s the best dance ever also just i don’t know hummus dance…HAHAHA I BET YOU THOUGHT I WASN’T REALLY THAT CRAZY. ha. you’re wrong.

the saaalllaaammmm is the new waaazzaaappp is also funny. yeah just some middle eastern/american dude doing funny youtube videos.

AmazingPhil

he’s a dude named phil. and he’s pretty amazing. amazingly weird. he’s also chums with danisnotonfire

and you thought i was weird. oh wait i am. i make funny faces to make myself laugh…not in public of course.

i liked this guy luanlegacy for a while coz his vids were hilarious but too much swearing. and got kinda boring.

and some of my fave videos happen to be animal ones or proposals

pandas on a slide

cat hugging kitten

Slow loris tickle

this prank is hilarious

sweet brown’s cold pop escape aka AIN’T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT

bed intruder and there is a SONG

bon qui qui King Burger -RUDE

can i have your number?

daayyuummmnn girl the back of your head is RIDICULOUS

and yeah i use youtube for listening to music but then i can get distracted and watch random videos

like

cat using hedgehog as a brush

funny cats compilation

yes because i am a crazy cat lady AND PROUD

so anyways Tom Fletcher from McFly just got married and this was his wedding speech/song

talk about *swooooonnnnn*  i was crying because it is SO CUTE

so

anyways this week is going to be good because i’m going to see Les Miserables with my friends and then my birthday is on 19th jan so my friends are coming over to watch Pitch Perfect. yay and i think my mum and peeta are baking marshmallow cupcakes. nomnomnom.

ALSO: february my grandparents are coming to visit for 2 weeks yay AND i’m going to see John and Hank Green. SO. EXCITED. ASDFGHJKL;

FANGIRLING COZ JOHN AND HANK GREEN KSJDHGJHADFKFBDGJ

first week back at uni wasn’t too bad Alhamdulialh =) no friends yet but i’m not sad anymore..i think i’m back to my old self woop.

anyways have a lovely weekend and week ahead. wishing you all a lovely January.

keep warm if it’s cold or keep cool and hydrated if it’s hot.

DFTBA

Happy Reading

well obviously.

basically me.

yeah you tell em josh

and lastly

this is a valid excuse/reason for ANYTHING

hank green everyone

thanks for reading this. =)

so if this post has introduced to, to many wonderful hours spent on youtube procrastinating your life away pining over guys who live far away from you or authors who you love or people you want to be friends with

sadie says it sarcastically. i mean it genuinely. lol

“When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.” Dalai Lama

“It takes a lot of guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom.” Banksy

“A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, ‘for a man you’re kind of ignorant’.” Anne Hathaway

PEACE. LOVE. BOOKS. =D

Best of 2012

Hello

i just want to thank everyone who has read or who reads my blog.

so here’s a list of the HIGHLIGHTS of 2012:

• Graduating high school-I SURVIVED HIGH SCHOOL.
• 18th birthday party- playings singstar and games and being crazy- good times
• Meeting malorie blackman- authors from my childhood
• Prom- I had one of the best nights ever dancing the night away
• Going to Edinborough- what a beautiful place- the architecture is simply stunning!
• Shopping till i drop- retail therapy works- whether it’s buying books or jewellery or clothes or stationary. I have a weakness for forever 21, accessroize, paperchase, waterstones and h&m
• Getting into my dream university- SOAS BITCHES
• Going to the paralympics closing ceremony with my mum- I SAW COLDPLAY LIVE HGRJKDFKLSDL;
• Going for ummrah- pilgrimage with my family and saw my grandparents
• Going to tedxhackney youth talk – always wanted to go to a ted talk…start local I suppose. you can read about it here
• Having my piece on the tedxhackney website- BEST THING EVER SO PROUD OF THIS ARTICLE
• Lots of baking (pecan pie/cupcakes/cheesecake/oreo recipes) and hanging out with my friends whether it’s going to the park, having movie days, shopping, eating out- good company- I miss my friends but yeah we’ve had so many amazing times.
• Going to thorpe park- finally one of the best days of summer- I love rollercoasters
• Going to the WB Harry Potter Studio Tour WOW JUST WOW THOSE MEMORIES I teared up at the end. Hogwarts will always be there to welcome us home.
• taking my friend on a london Ghost Bus Tour for her 19th birthday- what a wonderfully weird night.
• Going to GO APE for a friend’s birthday- insanity ensues so much fun climbing stuff and pretending to be katniss/rue
• Having a crush- it started in March and ended in August/September well it had to end gosh that was one hell of a rollercoaster of feeeeelllssss but when I look back on it I smile fondly and think…awesome guys who read books and bake and are cute and love travelling and stuff exist…
• Obsessing over THG and josh hutcherson- thg came out this year idk how many interviews I watched and also all josh’s movies from thg to red dawn to detention to journey 2 mysterious island
• It’s been a good year for fangirling- books and tv and movies and just I love liking things lol
• Seeing taylor swift at westfield- even though I didnt go with any friends it was amazing to see her so close and looking so beautiful and just love her so much
• Sharing my love of books with people- blogging/tweeting about it and just showing books down people faces- talking about books is one of my fave things to do
• Spinebreakers- all the meetings and events. IF YOU LIVE IN THE UK AND LOVE BOOKS AND ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13-18 YOU SHOULD SIGN UP AND CONTRIBUTE.
• Going to the hunger games premiere- I did go alone but it was still an experience and I managed to make a kind of friend and elizabeth banks signed my book and it was amazing
• seeing Elif Shafak at my university giving a talk
• protesting for Libya and Palestine. Inshallah next year i shall protest some more.
  

  this book is just so awesome i really enjoyed it

• I HAD ONE OF THE BEST SUMMERS EVE- 3 months of pure awesomeness. ALHAMDULILAH

Books:

READ IT IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY

SQUUUEEEEE this book is so adorable

i really enjoyed the book- weird but good

it’s short and has illustrations. everyone should read this

finally read this.

TMI series- read the 4th and 5th book this year READ IT BEFORE YOU SEE IT

mindblowing- what an epic trilogy

love a bit of Greek Mythology and adventure

Movies:
The Hunger Games- I’ve seen it like 5 times now
The Avengers- what a movie. Love the cast too
Life of Pi- phenomenal. Simply breathtaking.
Silver linings playbook. Love the book and the movie.
The perks of being a wallflower. Every teenager should read and watch this.

i say this to my friends…

21 jump street. THIS MOVIE IS HILARIOUS. Definitely one to watch with a friend
Moonrise kingdom. Beautiful.
Secret world of Arriety. Love studio ghibli
The Lorax. I love dr seuss and the environment and of course taylor swift does the voice for one of the characters.

MARSHMALLOWS NOMNOMNOM

I don’t know probably lots more movies but those seem to be the ones that I remember

Music:

• Taylor Swift- I know RED was only released like 3 months ago so obv I spent the year listening to her previous albums. And of course enchanted became like the song that just meant everything for like 5 months…
• Colbie Caillat- she’s frickin amazing
• Selena Gomez- haters gonna hate I like her songs okay
• Demi Lovato- I know she only released a few songs but urgh she is amazing and her music is wow. she’s such an inspiration.
• Imagine dragons- epic. just go youtube them.
• Emblem3- past 4 months I’ve been fangirling over them and i love their songs especially True Friends they’re just adorable =)
• The script- they’re amazing
• Coldplay- can’t beleieve I finally saw that at the Paralympics closing ceremony
• The Lumineers- cool sound
• Mumford and sons- awesome new album
• Ed Sheeran- he’s just ridiculously adorable. and for him it’s all about the music. he loves his cat too.
• Domino- jessie j- I love this song okay
• Where have you been- rihanna- yeah this was one of the soundtracks of my summer
• Call me maybe- carly rae jepsen- overrated I know but for like the last term of school and through exams and prom it was like one of the best songs ever
• Ready or Not- bridgit mendler- soundtrack to my summer I mean the lines

TV shows:

• Phineas and Ferb- perfect show is perfect always makes me laugh
• Suits- guys in suits are so hot. But it’s also a really good show with a strong female cast too.
• Pretty Little Liars- this show annoys me but I keep coming bac for more
• Doctor who- I cannot wait for the 50th anniversary
• Cougar Town- this show is so funny my mum and I love it
• The Big C- so depressing but brilliant. Another show I watch with my mum
• Modern Family- always makes me laugh

• 

  JUST LOOK AT MANNY HE IS JUST CLASS

• The Middle- recently started watching it and I love it it’s so cringe but funny and yes i am a little bit in love with Axl
• New girl- adorkable

i just can’t

• Teen wolf- caught up with it and I missed it so much stiles is my fave
• 2 broke girls- so weird but funny
• Awkward- hilarious
• Suburgatory- so funny.

i kinda realise that yes all the shows i watch have a hot cast…i watch it for the story HONEST

Things to look forward to in 2013:

Premiere dates for shows: pll, the lying game, suits, doctor who 50th anniversary
My birthday
Jennifer Lawrence on SNL
Despicable me 2 coz MINIONS

i sang this for like weeks okay yeah i’m 18 AND WHAT?

Monsters university- excuse you but i’ve been waiting 12 YEARS FOR THIS MOVIE

5 book to movie adaptations i’m looking forward to:

http://www.spinebreakers.co.uk/2012/12/5-book-to-movies-to-look-forward-to-in-2013/

The Host
TMI
Ender’s game
Percy jackson
Warm bodies
Catching Fire
Maybe going to south africa
Finishing my  first year of university
Making friends hopefully
More books to read
Clockwork Princess
Movie premieres I hope to go to

POSSIBLY SEEING JOHN AND HANK GREEN!!!!!

MEETING MY FUTURE HUSBAND JOSH HUTCHERSON AT THE CATCHING FIRE PREMIERE AND DAZZLING HIM WITH MY SMILE SO HE’LL FALL IN LOVE WITH ME…
2013- good year for fangirling

kind of how i fangirl…

with a lot of

except it’s usually just me in my room with the laptop and just asdfghjklklfgkdhj

And whatever else God has in plan for me in 2013…hopefully good things =)
Maybe more of a social life? Haha

anyways THANK YOU FOR READING MY BLOG AND PUTTING UP WITH MY RAMBLINGS AND BABBLING SPREES AND JUST I APPRECIATE IT

also i will try my best to post more regularly perhaps a blog a week or at least a blog every 2 weeks or month and not leave you hanging for 3 months

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAVE A LOVELY 2013

DFTBA

monkey in Ikea is one of my favourite things of 2012 okay he is just too cool SWAG

when life gets you down just keep swimming

May God bless you all with a wonderful new year filled with love, peace, health and happiness. may He bless you with the strength to carry on when you feel you can’t, may He give you more reasons to smile every day and be grateful for all that you’re blessed with. Ameen.

i know the world isn’t in the best state what with all the wars and violence and hate but

this might restore your faith in humanity

and to all the haters in the world

this is from the song Sunset Blvd by EMBLEM3

xoxo

PEACE. LOVE. BOOKS. =D

Social Anthropology Term 1

hi so this is basically a post about my first term/semester at university/college

if you forgot where i go to it’s the School of Oriental and African Studies: University of London

it’s pretty central i mean it’s next to UCL and Senate House Library and it is about 15mins away from Oxford Street no lie

i am very grateful and happy that i got in…now it’s just about STAYING IN

as in everyone is clever and amazing and so pretty and awesome and i’m just there like omg i am not the cleverest person in the class anymore REALITY CHECK

so it’s good that most people are on the same level or higher than me but then it’s just “MY THOUGHTS ARE STARS I CAN’T FATHOM INTO CONSTELLATIONS” (TTFIOS by John Green)

as in i am not very good at articulating my thoughts

then again i prefer speaking to writing essays because writing essays is so much reading and referencing it’s HORRENDOUS

anyways so i know it’s been a few months yet i haven’t made any friends

so i DO talk to people in my tutorials and lectures but i don’t have anyone to hang out with or eat with

and yes i know some people from my old school but our timetables are different so i hardly ever see them maybe in the prayer room sometimes or like around campus but i’m rarely there anyways

i usually just go for my lecture/tutorial then head back home to eat lunch and watch tv and then do my readings

because i prefer being at home in my room where i know i have company as my mum is downstairs working and my cat is sleeping on the sofa

whereas at uni it’s a lovely place and the people ARE really friendly it’s just i’m really shy so i find it hard to approach people, i prefer it if someone came up to me and said hi

Charlie McDonnell aka charlieissocoollike

he is so hot and adorable and just he’s basically my kind of guy…awkward and nerdy and awesome and really really funny.

anyways yes i WOULD love to talk to all these people in the JCR (junior common room) but i can’t seem to say hi.

i tend to just sit there and read my book while eating my lunch or a snack or on my phone tweeting my friends because i feel kinda lonely.

but i know i always have God with me except i can only talk to him in my head not aloud.

and then there’s me talking to myself in my head…insane. no i am not schizophrenic.

so i am just a really shy person but i promise once you get to know me i am CRAZY and you won’t be able to shut me up especially if we get talking about books.

but for some reason i don’t know if i’ll meet a fangirl…someone who i can talk about THG or TMI or any of the books i read with…someone who will understand my obsession with Taylor Swift and EMBLEM3 and Ed Sheeran. but you know what. that’s okay. i already HAVE friends who understand me like that.

all i need is someone who will help me along the next three years at university…who i can hang out with and chat about weird random silly things to deep meaningful philosophical conversations. one person is all i need. preferably someone who loves reading.

i DO KNOW PEOPLE IN ONE OF MY SOCIAL THEORY TUTORIAL WHO HAVE READ ISABEL ALLENDE WHICH MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.

there are loads of international students and older students. which is really cool.

also i HAVE seen some hot guys around campus

one of my friend’s does English Lit at Kings College London which is a few tube stops away so sometimes she comes visits me and we go out to eat lunch. it’s nice to catch up and see a friendly face. plus we’ve been friends for like 8 years so i can be myself around her.

one of the best things about my uni is that there is a Waterstones bookstore RIGHT THERE. yes it’s the academic one but it has like 5 levels of books. =D

so my timetable is pretty good i have most afternoons off.

Monday- Introduction to Anthropology which is a 2 hour lecture

Tuesday- Social Theory which is a 2 hour lecture

Wednesday- Voice and Place- also 2 hour lecture

Thursday- Social Theory tutorial which is 1hr and my floater (open option course) in politics States, People and Power in Asia and Africa (SPPAA) lecture which is 1hr

Friday- i have 3 1hr tutorials

oh and on Wednesdays i have a Historical Fiction Book Club at my dad’s school. no not his school he just teachers there. yeah i know for a really shy person i don’t know how i do it. but i guess it’s because it’s about books that i can do it. the first book we did was The Book Thief of course. one of my FAVOURITE books. so that’s quite fun because i’m like really weird and awkward and slightly crazy and yet they seem to listen to me and laugh at me but it’s cool. and sometimes my friend joins me so it’s even more fun. my dad says we make a good duo. =D

Introduction to Anthropology:

this is basically doing the basics. so far we’ve done stuff on:

1. Anthropology as a practice of representation/ Writing of Culture- this is about alterity and the whole idea of Us and Them…
2. Race and the production of Whiteness- looking at race and whether it is a social construction (yes) and the concept of whiteness and white privilege which most people in my tutorial were white so it was like a major realisation for them.
3. Sharing, giving and exchange- this is about gifts and how important they are in many cultures as it contains the essence of a person and how gifts should be reciprocal but how they can be about showing off your wealth or gifts can be contracts/treaties to avoid war and conflict as well as gifts for dowries etc
4. Descent and descent groups- this is all about lineage and clans and how you can get the patriarchal ones or matriarchal ones and many others and how inheritance works and who is in charge etc
5. how to write anthropology essays
6. Marriage and Alliance- marriage can be seen as a form of alliance between certain clans
7. Sex, gender and sexuality- about gender bias and stereotypes and our views on sexuality and sex omg the readings were quite graphic and disturbing and the movie was about a male stripper LOL no it wasn’t magic mike. but what was funny was that he had a law degree and was a lawyer for a while but he wasn’t happy so he quit his job and became a male stripper and he’s happy. he’s married and has kids too. have no idea what his wife thinks about it all tho. but omg in the tutorial i was actually really mature and didn’t laugh and kept a straight face even when she was talking about orgasms and stuff and i have guys in my tutorial and i even said the word penis LOL but seriously what is it with guys and the size of their penis? is it an ego thing?
8. Inequality, domination, exploitation- about women and links to sex and gender because women are seen as inferior and are only used for reproductive purposes but they are vital in giving the man power and control and money when it comes ot marriage. but many fo the women don’t see themselves as exploited so how can we say they are?
9. Classification and symbol- from totems and symbols and how animals can be a symbol for a clan or how certain objects are significant for certain rituals etc also how we classify things and put things into categories for order to avoid chaos
10. Rituals and the making of meaning- links to how we use objects to create meaning but also rituals are practiced constantly for example in religion you practice certain rituals and it has certain meaning etc

what’s awesome about these lectures is that we get to watch an enthnographic film for 1 hour. so i’m doing my essay on race because idk it seemed okay at the time but then i wanted to do the gender one but i already did some readings. oh wells.

Social Theory:

it’s basically history and sociology it’s very intense and my lecturer is kinda boring. it’s also a 9am lecture so i often have like 10sec cat naps

1. Three theorists of the French Enlightenment – one of them was Rousseau of course
2. Three theorists of the Scottish Enlightenment
3. From progress to Evolution: Spencer and Darwin – i am totally not against Darwin. i don’t believe we came from apes. however evolution and natural selection and survival of the fittest in animals is evident. science and religion go together just saying.
4. Victorian Anthropology- social organisation
5. Victorian Anthropology- Religion
6. Historical Materialism- Marx- Method and concepts- i like his idea of the false consciousness where we don’t see things underneath we take everything at face value which is why capitalism exists eg fashion industry but behind the scenes the sweatshops and child labour etc
7. Historical Materialism- Marx- historical sociology- i’m kinda sick of marx now but you can’t escape him. poor marx though his ideas were good IN THEORY but in practice not so much
8. George Simmel’s formal sociology
9. Weber’s methodology applied- sociological method
10. Weber’s methodology applied- world religions

i think i’ve forgotten everything wow it’s gonna be fun revising for my exams…

this is all interesting and necessary stuff but half these people have no idea what they are saying and contradict themselves and just go on tangents it’s ridiculous. they’re all so full of themselves too. but i think i’m doing my essay on george simmel coz his view son society and how it’s formed is quite interesting.

Voice and Place:

every week we have a different lecture and it’s really cool because these are experts in their field and talking about a subject they are passionate about

1. on human sacrifice in the Yoruba tribe – fascinating stuff how people practice human sacrifice to the gods as a bargaining tool and it was an honour to be sacrificed but once colonialism came and the missionaries and muslims came this was destroyed
2. anthropology and the study of media
3. media and transformation of audiences in china- traditional chinese theatre
4. film and the politics of fear
5. why can’t states and nomadic people get along? nomadic herders in the Himalayas – the nomads want to wander around and do there thing while the state wants order and to figure out where they are and what exactly are they doing
6. on untouchability in india- caste systems still prevalent and it’s inescapable. it’s so intrinsic into their culture even if you aren’t a hindu
7. anthropology of humanitarianism- are people’s intentions always good? what happens after a natural disaster? the aftermath and how once rebuilding gets going the economy improves?
8. terroir and the anthropology of food- this was legit a 2 hour lecture on cheese i wanted to kill myself it was so boring. i thought the anthropology of food would be about food in different places and different delicacies and stuff like shark fin soup or something but no it was about cheese in france and the concept of terroir as in the microbiology and geography of an area makes the product distinct to that particular area. this is mainly for cheese and wine etc
9. localising global islam and globalising local islam- tabligh jamat in the Gambia – basically about jamaat which is like muslim missionaries except they tend to ‘convert’ muslims back to the ‘true’ form of Islam etc and they are all over the world and they travel etc but you get it in like each country and in the Gambia you have women preaching to other women etc whereas in india where it originated you didn’t.

i chose to do my essay on media…so you can choose a film or book and analyse it etc so i think i’m gonna do THG because it’s a book and film so i can compare the reception and audience etc

SPPAA:

this is an intense course i chose it because it was interesting but omg it’s so much reading and work…well it IS politics.

1. Colonialism, postcolonialism and decolonisation
2. Decolonisation in Africa
3. Theories of Revolution and the future of revolution- these were my fave lectures about the revolutions and how they occur and how they are changing due to globalisation etc
4. how to write a politics essay
5. iranian revolution
6. Arab intifadas- this lecture was awesome because it was about the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions or uprisings as i think it’s too early to call them complete revolutions
7. Democratisation in the third world
8. pakistan: the two faces of democracy

i wrote my essay on the future of revolutions. it’s probably the worst essay i have ever written. :s

and there were some cancelled lectures

overall i have enjoyed this term it’s been SO MUCH READING that i haven’t managed to do all and i could barely get t the additional readings

but i have enjoyed some readings others were just so dry and dull and made me fall asleep

it’s become a bad habit to end up doing some on the tube journey instead of reading my own book for pleasure

but not everyone does all the reading though the tutors do so they expect us to!

tbh i don’t understand how people have social lives and do readings and essays

so yes i have learnt a lot now i need to write my 3 essays for January fun times JANUARY IS SOON MY ESSAYS ARE DUE NEXT WEEK

i am known for my ability to procrastinate…maybe i work better under pressure? probably not because then i just end up panicking and having like heart palpitations and breathing and sleeping problems and start crying and like praying i don’t fail and then feeling horrible coz i’m a failure in life etc

i choose my questions and then i’m like…um…so what do i write now?

basically

screw you essay i have better things to do…

i’ll be doing one last post of 2012 which is the Best of 2012 so like books, movies, music, tv shows and highlights etc

also i will be writing my essays of course because i am a good girl and my family is paying a ridiculous amount of money for me to go to uni and so i shall make the most of it plus i chose this subject plus i will write my 3 essays even if they are crappy as long as i get over 50% i’ll be okay.

and next time less procrastination and more action.

if you’re reading this please pray that i become less lazy and more active (not running i mean as in doing my work rather than leaving it till the last minute and freaking out!) – although i should be more active…

i should be lots of things but i’m not ANYHEW

hope all is well with you whether you’re in school or college or university or working or whatever

make sure you do something you love

yes it’s important to have a stable job

but it’s more important to be happy

have a good New Years and week and year and life

and don’t go too wild in the sales. i got some nice things…like sparkly shoes and i may or may not have bought a red dress with acts on it...i did well i know what i’m gonna wear to Taylor Swift’s UK RED tour whenever that is 

Happy Reading

DFTBA

indeed

YES 2013…TERM 2 I CAN DO THIS

yes that gif is from The Perks of Being a Wallflower movie

“Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game is instant grounds for friendship, if you have ever found yourself bouncing out of your chair because something you learned blew your mind so hard that you physically could not contain yourself — you are a geek.

I’m incredibly biased, of course, but based on that last paragraph, I think we geeks sound like pretty awesome people to be around. So why, then, the lingering social stigma?”  http://www.themarysue.com/what-it-means-to-be-a-geek/

“I will never apologize for being me, but I will apologize for the times that I am not.” Michael Carini

oh and

you’re still reading my blog

nah it’s all good thanks for reading my blog i appreciate it

toodles

yes i like mean girls it’s like one of the best movies of the 21st century okay every teen needs to see this.

PEACE. LOVE. BOOKS. =D

 

Review Overload: Books, Movies, TV and Music

hi

so this is basically a review post on all the books i’ve been reading, tv i’ve been watching and  movies i’ve seen since my last post which was like so 2 months ago i’m sorry

I HAVE RED 11 BOOKS SINCE MY LAST POST WHICH WAS IN OCTOBER. I AM VERY PROUD CONSIDERING ALL THE ACADEMIC READING I HAD TO DO TOO.

so here come a bunch load of reviews.

yes that is a mouse (or hamster) in a cape

so this is a part memoir therefore it is NON-FICTION…i usually tend to rad these humour non fiction books rather than depressing ones about politics by john pilger or noam chomsky coz that makes me want to kill myself because the world is so corrupt and depressing

anyways so this book was delightfully humurous and slightly traumatising as her childhood adventures were…disturbing at times. her father loved taxidermy so yeah…

BUT i thought one of the most INSANE YET CUTE THINGS was the story of how she met her husband

*SPOILER ALERT*

they were in a bookstore and she was looking for a book and wearing a certain coat and this guy was like i have that book and she was like okay and he was like you can borrow it if you want and she was like meh but then idk i guess she agreed and then he was like i dreamt or knew that i’d meet my future wife in a bookstore wearing that coat or it was something to do with that coat.

side note: my friend is always like you could meet your future husband in a bookstore…yes. yes i could. BUT WHAT WOULD JOSH HUTCHERSON BE DOING IN A BOOKSTORE? buying books of course. waiting for me. duh.

basically. they met in a bookstore. and he spoke to her because she was wearing a particular coat.

random? but romantic…and they are such an unlikely pair i mean it’s that whole he’s so rich and his family so upper class and she grew up poor and remained poor for a long time until now she’s like this famous blogger and yeah she is hilarious. also follow her on twitter coz she’s just brilliant.

  https://twitter.com/TheBloggess

http://thebloggess.com/

sticking with the non-fiction theme…i also read

SHE IS AWESOME

so yeah this book. fantastic. i reviewed her previous one HOW TO BE A WOMAN

https://juwithemad.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/so-many-books-so-little-time/

anyways so this is even funnier and yeah she’s just brilliant. it’s about politics and tv shows she fangirls over Sherlock and Doctor Who and her brilliant insights she’s hilarious. i want to BE HER. but i can’t. the ONLY thing i didn’t like was that she hates Charlie and Lola and i love that show and the books. but yeah she writes for The Times and you should follow her on twitter too

https://twitter.com/caitlinmoran

so she basically just writes articles on popular culture which is what i’d love to do. she gets to interview cool people like David Tennant and Lady Gaga DREAM JOB RIGHT THERE. actually no it would be up there with writing for National Geographic is is my ULTIMATE DREAM

moving on…

so relevant

so i think Mindy Kaling is pretty badass comedian. i haven’t actually watched The Office UK or US but i do watch The Mindy Project which is HILARIOUS.

also i know she’s a Republican which is meh but she’s still pretty cool and awesome

so her book talks about her childhood, her time on The Office and struggling to survive and making friends and love and romcoms etc good stuff

yes it is a good laugh

also…i totally agree with the whole romcom thing…they have limited roles for women..it’s always the hardworking mother or the work obsessed woman or the insecure woman or the slutty one who needs to settle down urgh it goes on

that being said i am still a hopeless romantic and i love romcoms…though there haven’t been any REALLY good ones lately :/

also she talks about her weight and society which is relevant for anyone because society and the media are obsessed with body image and so we become obsessed with body image too.

https://twitter.com/mindykaling

on to fiction now

about the Egyptian Revolution

this cover is really terrible but i was curious to read a book about a Muslim or something and i found this

so this girl is American and she end sup getting arrested at a party due to illegal substances being used (not by her) and so her parents send her to Egypt to stay with her grandma for a while.

she is obviously stupid and annoying and ignorant so you want to slap her AT FIRST

but eventually she grows along with the story and learns to love and respect herself and her culture/heritage/roots/religion

and to experience the Egyptian Revolution must have been an incredible experience…for the character but obviously for all those who participated.

so yeah it’s about politics but also family and friendship and love

tbh there isn’t much YA fiction about Muslims for teenagers so maybe one day i’ll write one.

i did tear up in this book because i grew quite attached to her grandma.

also on a random note i did my politics essay on revolutions in the 21st century

READ THIS BOOK

i have no idea why it has taken me AGES to read this book. it’s been sitting on my shelf for so long and then eventually i decided to pick it up

oh wow it’s one hell of a roller-coaster it’s full of PLOT TWISTS and yes it is dystopian and these guys are stuck in this place called the GLADE and there’s this maze…which there seems to be no escape and there’s these things called GRIEVERS which are like a mix between blobby gelatinous blob things crossed with a machine so it’s blobby and gross but also has like chainsaw arms…lovely

anyways it’s brilliant. i can’t wait to read the sequel which i got and yes it has been optioned for a movie so we’ll see.

nice cover

anyways so this is the sequel to Meg Cabot’s Abandon and so Pierce is stuck in the Underworld with the John…the leader of the dead essentially haha fun times.can i just say…some of it was predictable and other stuff was like NO HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN LIKE MAJOR PLOT TWISTS

looking forward to the final installment in the trilogy

so basically i knew it was gonna be a movie so i decided to read it

this is proper sci fi it was gonna be a movie so i decided to read it

it is futuristic and so the world is battling with these buggers from another planet…

so Ender is this 6 year

old genius kid who gets chosen to Battle School in space

and he doesn’t exactly fit in

but he does make a few…allies

and there are some major plot twists like i thought it’d be a bit predictable but no…

it was full of surprises

and this book was written in like the

1970s so yeah

it’s pretty darn awesome

the movie stars Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld and Moises Aries (yes Rico from Hannah Montana all grown up) and many more

the kids basically are the movie so it should be a great action adventure. =)

Release Date: 25TH october 2013 (in the UK)

it’s not a farm of cows it’s a farm of people *gasp*

so i was given this by Spinebreakers and wrote a review for it here:

http://www.spinebreakers.co.uk/sp_reviews/surprisingly-good-2/

so yes this book was surprisingly good maybe because i had no expectations

but at times it was kinda boring at other time is was shouting at the book

what i liked the most was that Lily was a strong female protagonist because she found it hard to trust people and took crap from no one and yes she let her guard down at times but she learnt from her mistakes…eventually.

i think it might be a trilogy i don’t know if i’ll be bothered to read the sequel but i did enjoy this

yes it is kind of about vampires and it is dystopian but it’s not a vampire love story *phew*

so i wanted to read a light hearted book with a cute love story…kind of like Anna and the French Kiss which i reviewed:

cute love story

https://juwithemad.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/reviewing-madness/

so at first i was like OKAY

SERIOUSLY NO THEY DID NOT JUST MEET AT THE AIRPORT AND SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER LIKE WHAT EVEN HOW UNREALISTIC AND STUPID IS THAT

but the hopeless romantic in me was like GAH THIS IS SO CUTE AND WHAT IF THAT HAPPENED TO ME ONE DAY

but tbh the girl was kinda annoying and stubborn and moaning all the time i understand divorce can be tough and a parent remarrying can be horrible but gosh have some perspective of course she eventually saw sense

as for Oliver…well of course he is a cute british guy and i have no idea where they seem to be hiding (away from me obviously)

so it was cute and funny and yes the ending was adorable with the whole dancing in the rain thing like asdfghjkl;

but it wasn’t on the cuteness/swoonworthy as Anna and the French Kiss so maybe i’ll get another book by that author but then i have HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

anyways so i read this book quickly because it was easy to read and i was looking forward to reading it and finding out more about Anya and her story.

sequel to All These Things i’ve Done

i loved her time in Mexico I LOVE THEO he is so funny and cute

of course i was surprised

by the ending…so looking forward to the sequel

but yeah the year is 2083 and for some reason chocolate is banned in the US (actually it’s coz production costs were expensive so the American food companies were like let’s just say how unhealthy it is  blah blah blah) IMAGINE A WORLD WITH NO CHOCOLATE NO THANK YOU

so yeah i enjoyed this book and THE END QUESTION IS…DREAM JOB VS TRUE LOVE?!

my dream job is like to write for national geographic and idk if i need to be at their HQ which is in Washington D.C…damn i

always thought it was NYC which i’ve dreamed of living in…not forever but for some time.

and it’s also like the end of FRIENDS…should rachel take that job or stay with Ross or WHAT?

thing is…i would hope whoever  fell in love would wld understand that i need to do this. and he would support me. i hope it never comes down to an ultimatum. and if it’s meant to be then it will be. =) but let’s hope i never have to choose between true love and dream job.

THE COVER FEELS REALLY NICE

and last but NOT LEAST I FINALLY READ THE CASUAL VACANCY

oh you don’t know who it’s by? only the QUEEN…

NO NOT THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

J.K.ROWLING

so anyways…i’ve seen

so many bad reviews about this book but hello…it’s written for ADULTS and it is not about magic or anything to do with Harry Potter.

it’s about this fictional town called Pagford and how this one death causes so many problems in the town politics but also how it affects everyone’s lives.

small towns..small minds…JUST KIDDING but small town…full of nosey people and their lives are interlinked but they don’t even know it

so at first it can be confusing due to the interrelated stories but then i got used to it and really enjoyed it and let me just tell you how Umbrella by Rihanna features heavily in the book…

and one of my favourite storylines was *SPOILER ALERT*

samantha’s obsession with these teen boyband…creeepppyyyyy but so funny

i was kind of shocked at all the deaths…yeah more people die

also a note on Sukhvinder…i can totally relate to how she felt. no i was much younger when i was bullied about being hairy and different and i went to a multicultural school when i moved to London but yeah

also i liked how Rowling incorporated the fact that the town wasn’t multicultural because most little towns in England aren’t. but there was that little Sikh family.

yes if you didn’t know in the UK there are many Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, Bhuddists etc etc

whereas in the US you ONLY hear about the Chrstians and Jews. like no one else. apart from those attacks on Sikhs the news had to explain to the country who sikhs are and why they are not muslim or hindu like wtf how ignorant is that country?

in the UK it is compulsory to do Religious Studies till you leave school at 16. and i loved RS. in primary school i learnt so much about Hinduism and

Sikhism and the 5 major religions basically. as a person of faith of course i’m interested in what others believe.

so anyways this was really good

here is my goodreads profile if you wanna see what i’m reading and mini reviews

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2707411-juwi

onto so movies now

so i saw Breaking Dawn Part 2 which was HILARIOUS but i have to say my favourite of the Twilight movies.

Ruby Sparks- it’s about this guy who writes this story and his character comes to life so he makes her do things like speak french and he falls in love with her etc it’s really messed up but cute

I FINALLY SAW THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

of course i was excited because i got to see my friend after a month and also i made her read the book so we were both excited and then duh JENNIFER LAWRENCE IS FRICKIN INSANELY AWESOME

so yeah it was good. weird but good. they changed stuff i mean they had to it’s understandable but brilliant cast and brilliant performance from all of them. i laughed a lot. and just watch it…the book is really short so you should read it before. but really it’s gotten great reviews and just i enjoyed it =)

Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany and Bradley Cooper as Pat

Miss Representation

it’s a documentary about the media’s presentation of women. it’s really interesting as it’s about gender stereotypes and society/media and how they shape our view of women and what a woman should be or look like.

so of course it’s relevant for both guys and girls as we live in a media celebrity obsessed culture where we’re obsessed with body image and whatever we see these actors or singers doing we want to do/follow.copy.

not everyone of course. but kids and teens are easily influenced.

me yes i love Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Emma Watson, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift to name but a few. i love their style and their music and their films and their personalities and what they stand for. beautiful people inside and out. great role models. funny too. =)

but of course media portrays them in a certain way. jennifer lawrence and dieting, demi lovato and her time in rehab, taylor swift being a supposed slut etc etc constant bashing and shaming.

but also HONEY BOO BOO and how these young toddlers are becoming famous and how it can impact on them psychologically like those two girls you always see on The Ellen Degeneres show Rosie and Sophia Grace they got famous by dancing to Superbass…

anyways you should watch the documentary…it gives you more of an insight to how the media can control us with their adverts and propaganda.

um

i just saw

LIFE OF PI

i read the book

A BOY ON A BOAT WITH A TIGER (AND A ZEBRA, HYENA AND ORANGUTAN)

about 2 years ago  i can’t remember if i reviewed it or not though…

but basically it’s one of my FAVOURITE BOOKS AND YOU SHOULD READ IT BECAUSE IT IS SUPER AWESOME

it’s very philosophical

but yeah if you love animals and inspiring books you should defo read this

so essentially this boy Pi (short for Piscine…yeah he was named after a swimming pool) live sin India and his father owns a zoo but then they have to move to Canada so then they go on this ship and then BAM…everyone basically dies and he ends up on this life boat with some animals.

and basically he frickin survives. he makes it out alive. and it’s just a beautiful story of survival, hope and faith.

oh and the movie in 3D was stunning. the cinematography is beautiful and just the actors Suraj Sharma wow

and the tiger is real btw. obv they filmed it separately but wow.

love the book. love the movie. it manages to capture the essence of the story and i hope it makes YOU believe too.

i’m sure i watched a few more movies since October but i can’t remember so when/if i do i shall review them.

i’m hopefully going to see Les Miserables (sadly i have not read the book or seen the play) and Pitch Perfect (which looks absolutely hilarious)

before i start on the music…A FEW TRAILERS YOU SHOULD SEE

The Host

yes this is the Stephenie Meyer ADULT sci fi novel and yes it is coming out on the 29th of March 2013 and yes i am very excited.

you should read it before you see it. it’s quite fat so it might take you a month or so.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

‘you’re not a mundane’

oh gosh THIS IS HAPPENING THE MOVIE…23RD AUGUST 2013 OMG I AM SO EXCITED I LOVE THIS SERIES GO READ IT IF YOU HAVEN’T IT’S REALLY FUNNY AND OH WOW THE CAST IS AMAZING.

this is gonna be good. =)

ANNOUNCEMENT: THEY HAVE FINISHED FILMING CATCHING FIRE.

Catching Fire Set Photo: Finnick, Mags and Katniss

AND HERE IS THE OFFICIAL POSTER

CATCHING FIRE

anyways so

i’m not done fangirling…

2013 is going to be a good year for fangirling…

let me do a quick TV thing…quick..haha yeah right

American Horror Story: Asylum- i am not a fan of horror and yet i watch this show. firstly it’s the second season. secondly, it’s not just because Evan Peters is hot. but that is one of the reasons. yes Ryan Murphy does write it (writer of Glee) but it’s really good and so messed up and not for the faint hearted. i forward most things if they’re too gross/scary. but yeah it’s pretty awesome.

Hart of Dixie- okay so this is basically about this big city surgeon who ends up in a small southern town. and i love it. starring Rachel Bilson i have grown to love this show it’s funny and just WADE KINSELLA IS SO HOT.

New Girl- if you don’t watch this already you really should. it’s such a funny programme and so lovely. i mean

New Girl: Jess and Nick

yes they’re a bunch of weirdos being crazy awesome and just making me laugh. Zooey Deschanel is just so ADORKABLE.

Suburgatory- this show is about this big city girl who moves to the suburbs and how she is such a misfit and what the crazy suburban people get up to. it’s so funny.

The Vampire Diaries- don’t judge this show isn’t just about the hot Salvatore brothers. i don’t actually like Elena. my fave female character is Caroline and Rebekah. and i love Klaus and Damon.

Arrow- it’s based on a comic book and it’s pretty alright i was shocked to find CAPTAIN JACK AS IN THE FACE OF BO AS IN JOHN BARROWMAN in the show. pleasantly surprised but yeah the main guy is hot. i really want him to be with the IT girl at the business. she’s so cool.

The Mindy Project- it’s about these doctors and it’s funny coz mindy kaling wrote it

2 Broke Girls- this show kills me it is always so funny and just WTF but hilarious…i mean just…full of adult humour.

MIRANDA IS BACK RIGHT NOW

Doctor Who Christmas Special- SCARY SNOWMEN. but Clara Oswin Oswald might just be my 2nd fave companion after Rose of course. i do love the doctor.

Suits- can’t wait for the new season in January. i love Mike Ross okay. and Harvey is awesome he and Donna need to get together.

Pretty Little Liars- the halloween episode was frickin scary i actually screamed!!! but *SPOILER ALERT*