50 facts about me

Hello there, hope your all well :D

So I’ve been seeing a lot of people doing this tag thing on their blogs or on youtube, so I thought I’d give it a try.

1-     Burning a candle never fails to get me in the right mood

2-     I love the way the house smells after you’ve baked a cake probably more than I love the taste of it.

3-     I once registered for a one year membership in a gym and only went there for two months and ditched for the rest 10 months.

4-     I’m very OCD when it comes to things I have to do, like when I write revision notes I have to make sure my diagrams are all neat and all the words are the same size. Or when I’m baking, I like to have all the ingredients nicely measured and lined in front of me so that I don’t make a huge mess. But my room isn’t that organized.

5-     I never get bored of shopping.

6-     coffee is my guilty pleasure. I drink coffee approximately every day but I hate the fact that it makes my teeth look yellow and it isn’t exactly healthy.

7-     Chocolate fountains make me happy.

8-     I can’t stand the smell/taste of banana’s

9-     I go through obsession phases.

10- Cold nights, hot tea, and a good book is perfection.

11-  Leonardo Di Caprio was my first celebrity crush.

12-  I have very bad eye sight.

13-  I’m a wanderlust who wants to see new places and learn about different cultures.

14-  I love tattoos. I’ve planned all my tattoos and can’t wait to get my first one in a few months

15-  I’m currently in the process of growing my make-up and nail polish collection.

16- I’m a perfectionist, I want everything to be perfect and if it doesn’t go that way then that’s not good.

17- This is how old I am.

18- I’m turning this much on September 3^rd.

19- I started to crochet when I was about 7 years old.

20- I want to study interior design once I’m done with my BA in English or B.Sc in business.

21- I never crave ice-cream, I like it but it’s not something I crave

22- London is my goal.

23- The great Gatsby is my favorite novel, and I’m so excited to watch the new movie :D

24- I want my future house to consist of 5 rooms; my bedroom, my closet, my library/office, my craft room, and a room dedicated to my photo albums.

25- I’m really into vintage things, like vintage cameras and typewriters.

26- I’m very awkward when it comes to phone calls, I try to avoid them as much as I can. Example of my avoiding a phone call:

Person from a company or something: “hello, this is …. I’m calling to tell about…..blah blah blah”

Me: “HELLO? HELLO? I cant here you” and just hang up

I’m sorry if I ever did that to you, I just don’t like talking on the phone.

27- Having breakfast at tiffany’s is on my bucket list

28- I don’t like big cars, but range rover is my dream car. It’s too huge for me but I LOVE it

29- I love making lists; bucket lists, shopping lists, movies lists, to-do lists… basically everything.

30- I read all four twilight books but stopped towards the end of breaking dawn because it got too boring for me.

31- I can never get a pedicure at a spa or salon because I’m the type of person who get’s tickled by the slightest touch.

32- As I am sitting here writing this blogpost, I am staring at my room  thinking of a million ways I can redecorate it, same thing happens when I go to people’s house. Which is one of the reasons interior design is my thing.

33- I do not know how to swim.

34- The next step for me, now that I have my blog, is to start a youtube channel.

35- I have a bracelet that was given to me on the day I was born by my aunt, and I’ve worn it ever since I was 5 till this day and never took it off, and surprisingly it still fits me perfectly.

36- I get so excited to go stationery shopping before school starts and sadly school is over for me. I guess I’ll go stationery shopping for uni or with my little sister.

37- I’m such a bad liar, if I lie it’s written all over my face.

38- I can listen to old songs all day and never get bored. AKA (so happy together-the turtles) and (here comes the sun-the beetles) (hey jude- the beetles) and the list goes on.

39- I love small kittens but dislike cats, if that makes any sense

40- I’m an insomniac, I don’t like to call it that because it reminds of me of the song which talks about a guy not sleeping because of a girl or something similar.

41- I don’t nap, I only nap if I haven’t slept the night before at all. If I nap I sometimes wake up with a bad headache, or with the feeling that my day is over and I haven’t done anything, so I rush over my things and try to get as much done as I can, even if I have nothing to do.

42- I was on Roaccutanes for 8 months and just finished 3 days ago, I might blog about it sometime soon.

43- The idea that in a couple of years I’m going to get my eyes fixed (LASIK EYE SURGERY) freaks me out. Imagine someone cutting your eyes. Yeah.

44- Lately I have been using the work “chill” a lot. Eg. I’m chilling here with a hot cup of tea.

45- I never get a proper tan, I always get sun burned.

46- I had braces for 10 months.

47- I’m graduating from high school in less than a month and I’m so freakin’ excited but I know I’m going to miss school so much.

48- When I was a kid, whenever I went to the cinema I cried. I have no idea why I cried but it was probably the sound system, it was too loud for me.

49- I’m a Virgo.

50- My other half is nowhere to be found.

That’s pretty much it, if you enjoyed this then leave a comment telling me some facts about yourself.

See you soon x

 

 

University talk

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When you reach the end of high school, people start asking “what are your plans?” “what do you wanna do after school?” “where are you applying?” “Are you gonna study in Bahrain or are you gonna go abroad?”. I HATE those questions, it’s like everyone is suddenly interested in my future. I know you care and you want to give out some advice, but honestly, all your doing is confusing me more so please just BACK OFF. (this sounded a bit too harsh)

Some people are very lucky to know right from the beginning what they want to do once they’re out of school and where they want to study, so they go ahead and choose the right university and apply early. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of those people. I was very confused, I even went through a phase where everything sounded interesting to me; medicine, pharmacy, nutrition, history and everything else except computer science (I’ll never understand computer stuff). While all of this was going on in my head, there was a university expo in Bahrain that included some very reputable universities in the UK. My dad took me to the expo although I knew that my parents wanted me to stay in Bahrain. I went there, looked around, asked some questions and so on. This made me realize that I HAVE to sit down with my parents and discuss my future because there wasn’t enough time left. And my parents always brought up the topic during dinner time, like SERIOUSLY? And when it came up I just felt nauseous.

My father studied civil engineering and my mother studied business and management, so this did effect my choice greatly. My mom thought architecture could be my thing, but it wasn’t. And my dad thought engineering could be my thing, but I wasn’t interested. At the back of my mind, I was thinking of teaching English, this is what I see myself doing in 10 years time (with a side business, we’ll get on that later). SO ANYWAY, I wasn’t sure if my parents will like the idea of me studying English language and literature, and having teaching as a career in my mind. But when I later discussed it with both of them, they were very supportive and encouraged me to do it. I also want to apply for business and management as I think I’ll do very good in that sector and I really enjoyed studying business in high school.

So here I am, chilling in my P-jays, just found out that I have an exam next week for a university entry, not sure whether I have to prepare for it or just go unprepared. Wish me luck ! I might give you updates on university applications and stuff like that. But for now I’m really hoping this all turns out as I hoped it would. I still get nervous when people talk about universities and future, it just sounds very big to me, like there is a whole entire life out there that we haven’t experienced yet and it’s time to draw our paths.

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them”

See you soon x

March and April Favorites

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I wanted to post this towards the end of March but I didn’t have enough things to show you guys, and so I decided to wait until the end of April to accumulate more things. These are some random things I’ve been liking throughout the two months of March and April.

Let’s start off by

Evian facial spray: moisturizes, refreshes, and hydrates. I like to use it over my foundation, it gives it a natural look.

Bioderma make-up remover: small amount of this on a cotton pad will do. removes eye make up like a piece of cake, perfect for water proof mascara.

Body Butter: Japanese Cherry Blossom body butter from the body shop is what I use every night before bed. Very moisturizing and it has a soft smell that’s great for the spring season.

Labello: This product has been my best friend for the past 8 months. My lips have been very dry, I’ve used different products but non worked as good as this one did.

Nail polishes: O.P.I Pandemonium Pink and Nail station Menthe, pastels are great for spring time and those two nail polishes and great in color and formula.

 

 

Plastic shoes: I’m not sure if they have a specific name, but that’s what I call them. Very comfortable and pretty you can dress them up with skirts or dress or wear them for a casual day with a pair of jeans. I even wore them for school, very comfy.

Hamsa Bracelets: Hamsa Hands have been around for ages, it has a different meaning in different cultures and religions. They are beautiful accessories, I wore these a lot for the past two months.

 

 

And now for my favorite song of the month I’m gonna go with I will Wait by mumford and sonsand man on the moon by Phillip Phillips.

 

So that’s it for my March/April favorites. I’ll try to make this a monthly thing, the purpose of it is to recommend new products and things to people, and to try new things. I posted this a bit early as I will be very busy this week with the exams and all. Wish me luck

Leave a comment telling me about what you’ve been liking and why.

 

See you soon x

 

Book Review: Safe Haven

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Yes, it’s another books review. And No, there won’t be any more of them for the next couple of months. That’s because my final exams are starting next week and I’m focusing more on school things. There will also be less of blogging for me, for the same reason. moving on….

I finished this book two days ago and I fell in love with it. I wanted to read it before watching the movie as I am one of those people who prefers reading the book before watching the movie. This was my second Nicholas Sparks read, the first was ‘The Best Of Me’, I’ve seen 3 of the movie adaptations of his books which are ‘The notebook’ of course, ‘dear john’ and I watched ‘A walk to remember’ last night. I look forward to reading more of his books and watching the rest of the movie adaptations.

So let’s start with this review and try to make it as spoiler-free as possible. ‘Safe Haven’ is one of those books that captivated the reader’s attention right from the first pages. It’s full of secrets about the past that leaves the reader want to find out more and learn more about the characters and the events. It’s about two characters that fall in love (it’s a Nicholas sparks book, if you didn’t see that coming, then I have nothing to tell you) Katie moves to a place where she doesn’t know anyone, she tries to keep a low profile. However, she moved into a very small area where everybody knows one another. She later becomes friends with her neighbor Jo, and the shop owner, who is a widowed man with two kids. (if I say more about the book, this review will be full of spoilers so let’s just move on to discussing the characters).

I already watched the movie trailer before reading the book, so I knew how the characters will look. Katie’s character is full of secrets about her pasts, I think she’s a strong character for reaching to this point in life, not everybody can do what she did. Alex, is a strong character as well, he is a widowed man with two kids and he tries as much as he can to make his kids happy after the mother dies (this is not a spoiler, she’s dead from the beginning of the story).

Overall, this book deserves 5 stars out of 5. It’s one of those books that makes you want to know what’s gonna happen next, and what secrets are going to be revealed.

Leave a comment telling me about your favorite Nickolas Sparks books/movies.

See you soon x

Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars

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I read this book about a week ago, and OH MY GOD you guys. AMAZING!! BREATH-TAKING!! Just a heads up, I’ve never written a book review before. But I do talk about the books I read with my friends soooometimesss. I really wanted to write a book review about the fault in our stars because I just couldn’t hold my thoughts any longer.

let’s start off with the synopsis: Hazel, a 16 year old girl diagnosed with lung cancer when she was about 13 years old, she has to carry an oxygen tank wherever she goes. Hazel’s mother wants her to go to a support group where cancer kids come together and talk about themselves and their story. She meets this guy named Augustus who lost a leg because of cancer and their paths cross and things happen and I can’t say more because it’s gonna becomes full of spoilers which I unfair to all those who didn’t read this book yet.

Okay moving on to the characters:

-          Hazel: Her character is very realistic and down to earth. She’s very simple and I really liked her character.

-          Augustus: he is an amazing character, I fell in love with him. There is something different about Augustus’s character.

This book brought tears down my face ,and by tears I mean RAIN!!Not just because the characters were diagnosed with cancer, the ending was just so sad that I could hold my tears any more.

 There was this part where they are in a museum and it’s full of pictures of people who died after war, or did something good for their country and how people will always remember them. And Augustus tells Hazel that if they die, no one will remember them, they will be just two kids who died from cancer like any other person who died for the same reason. and this really made me sad, because it’s totally true. Although they are the people fighting the hardest battle, Yet they’re not remembered. Which was one of the reasons the tears thing happened.

This book deserves : 5 stars out of 5 

leave your thoughts down in the comments section if you’ve read this book. If you haven’t go buy one ASAP and read. (ps. I can lend you my copy) Or you can just tell me about a book you read and loved.

See you soon x

Top 10 songs

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Since school started I’ve been doing nothing but editing my essays and even re-writing some of them.  Final drafts are all due next week and since march is last month of school for us seniors we have to make sure that everything is handed in and perfectly edited. So while I write my essays and organize my room before bedtime. I like to have some background music, nothing loud just something to fill in the silence. So here’s a list of the top 10 songs that have been on repeat for the past week and they’re in no particular order:

1-      Home – Phillip Phillips

2-      Gone, Gone, Gone – Philip Phillips

3-      Kiss me- Ed sheeran

4-      Drunk- Ed sheeran

5-      The A team – Ed sheeran

6-      Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

7-      Too close – Alex clare

8-      Ho hey – The Lumineers

9-      It’s time – imagine dragons

10-  We owned the night – lady antebellum

I’m not really good at sticking to rules so I’m going to add one more song because I can’t leave it out. It’s actually more of a cheerful song and I LOVE ITT !

11-  Hey mama – Matt Kearney

That’s pretty much it. I’ll try to update you what songs have been on replay frequently if you’d like to see that. Leave a comment telling me which songs have been on replay for you this week.

See you soon x

Spring Break

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So spring break is over and it was just what I needed after 2 very long weeks of exams. The stress and pressure was killing me and to have one week of nothing was heaven.  I had some school work to finish but nothing major so I decided to leave it for the last day of the break (since I work better under pressure). This break was very productive so I thought I’d blog about it :D

1)      I started knitting my friend’s sweater, but obviously I’m not done with it since this is my second attempt at knitting a sweater. I’m nearly done with the back side, and then I’ll start with the front and the two sleeves are left for the end. I’m in love with the colour, it’s beautiful and the yarn is so soft.

2)      I watched a movie called LIFE OF PI and let’s talk about my thoughts on this movie. I think the story was great and I liked it but it was boring for me. I stared at my watch every 10 minutes, so it wasn’t as captivating as I expected. i think i got sea-sick just by watching the movie.  I also watched HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA with my sister and my cousins which was cute and I loved it.

3)      I went out on a family lunch with my parents and my little sister, we had lunch and did some shopping here and there. And the restaurant gave us this fancy water bottle and being the crochet freak that i am, I had this image of covering this bottle with crochet and using it as a piece of décor somewhere around the house. I started with this just before the spring break ended so I haven’t finished it yet but I will be posting a picture of it when I’m done.

4)      This is where my book addiction comes in; I continued reading ‘A Place Called Here’ By Cecelia Ahern which I borrowed from my school library during exams as a “short read”. I’m not that into the book, it’s too slow and nothing much interesting. My friend told me that the ending wasn’t too great as well so the only reason I’m still reading this is because I don’t like it when I leave books half read.

 I went into the book store the other day and got myself 2 books ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ by John Green and ‘Pride And Prejudice’ by Jane Austen. I can’t decided on which I should read first but I’ve heard good reviews about both of them and know that they are both from different genre and have different style.

5)      I had a Henna party and got some Henna done on my hands. Henna party is basically a party the bride’s family do right before the wedding ceremony, all the ladies are invited and the bride gets her Henna done for her wedding night and the people clap and dance and all that. It’s very traditional, people wear traditional Jalabiya or Indian sari or Punjabi.

You might not think that my spring break was productive but at least I did something right? Now that I’ve told you all about my spring break, I’d like to hear about yours. I love it when people tell me what they did in their breaks or free time, it gives me ideas to plan what to do in my next break.

See you soon x