tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76916085470160046972024-02-21T05:20:01.888+00:00Wonder of nothingWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-52021925338978283242014-10-22T14:57:00.000+01:002014-10-22T14:57:02.472+01:00Aloha!So, it once again has been a while since I posted on here!<br />
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Well, what's happened the past 3 months?<br />
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I started at college which is amazing! I love it!<br />
My driving is going great!<br />
I got a job which I really like!<br />
I'm still watching Numb3rs! (On season 6!)<br />
I turned 18!<br />
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Yeah, that's about it.<br />
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I've been really debating with myself about wether or not to start doing youtube again. A part of me wants to, but the other part knows I just don't have the time. I did contemplate maybe just doing some daily vlogs (just not every single day) but since I got a Macbook I don't have any editing software and I don't want to spend £10 on iMovie if I only end up using it for a month or so especially right now since I haven't been paid yet at all since starting work.. We'll see what happens though; I may give it another shot!<br />
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I think I'll be doing a blog post on my birthday trip to London last week so keep an eye out for that!<br />
In an attempt to blog more, I'm going to make this like a bit of a journal. So I'll write down what happened in college and work and just life in general, that sort of thing.. In fact it'll be like this probably. A post so you know I'm here but not really about anything at all hahah.<br />
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So, yeah, mmhhmm, yup, Okay..<br />
I'm gonna go now. Bye! :)<br />
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-Emma x<br />
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<br />Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-19303398456919254942014-07-28T19:26:00.000+01:002014-10-22T14:46:08.516+01:00Broom Broom!Ahhhhhh<br />
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So a week ago today on July 21st 2014...<br />
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I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!!<br />
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This was my first time and I only got 3 minors! Still over the moon about it, already bought my car, named her Elphie..I get her tomorrow and I'm already insured!<br />
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I am however a little bit wary about the company I went with as I hadn't heard of them prior to seeing them on a comparison site and I googled them after purchasing my insurance and there seems to be an awful lot of negative things and warnings, however I haven't read the posts so hopefully it's just over reactions!<br />
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I am now currently lying in my bed about to continue watching Numb3rs on netflix (my new obsession) and I'm waiting for the Sims 2 Deluxe Edition to download on my old windows laptop.. I have a feeling I'll be here a while as it has been downloading for about half an hour and hasn't even made it to 5%..<br />
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Oh well!<br />
Speak to ya soon!<br />
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- Emma xWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-70435922612867431562014-07-03T21:10:00.000+01:002014-07-03T21:10:33.653+01:00New BeginningsHello, Lovelies!<br />
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Ok, I'm sorry!! It's been 5 months since I last posted! I know, I know, please don't kill me!<br />
In my defense, it has been a very hectic five months with so many different, scary yet exciting things happening! For a start, I finished up my sixth year at high school and was studying for my (hopefully) final ever academic exams! I then had prom and prizegiving and that was High School over with forever!<br />
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I also have some rather exciting news! If you read my last posts waaaaaaaay back in February, you will know I was having a mental breakdown over my future and what I want to do with my life.<br />
Well, in April, the MGA Academy of Performing Arts held a 'Taster Week' which was essentially a week long workshop in which attendees followed the full-time 3 year HND course in either dance or musical theatre. I bit the bullet and decided to go along for the musical theatre week just to get an idea of what it was like.. and LOVED IT. I had the most enjoyable and insightful week I could have ever imagined for and by the end of the five days I had applied to the full time academy and received an audition!<br />
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I had my audition on Sunday, May 4th and on the Thursday I received an offer of a place on the Pre-Vocational Musical theatre course! This course is a foundation course and only lasts for a year, and although I attended a recall audition last week to see if I could go into the three year course, I believe I will stay in the Pre-Voc as it is, in my opinion, the better option for me due to my lack of dance skills and experience. I also believe I was - by my own fault - very under prepared for the audition so it didn't go as well as I would have liked so I highly doubt I showed them I was good enough for the HND course.<br />
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(I had about a weeks notice to prepare a monologue and a song in between prize-giving and working etc. I learnt a new monologue but I chose to do the same song as I felt comfortable with it, had the sheet music and I didn't want to quickly learn a song and forget it or screw it up in the audition.. What I didn't factor in was that I wouldn't be able to explain all this to the panel who (at least seemed) were more than pissed off at me singing the same song they'd heard me sing since the taster week in April four months ago.. whoops)<br />
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However, none of that matters as come September I will be doing what I love in a place I love with great people! And six months today, I will be near enough out of Europe for the first time to go to New York with MGA to go to Broadway, see a show and take class in the musical theatre capital of the world! I could not be more excited!!<br />
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I also got myself a job in a local fish and chip shop which I really enjoy actually, however my boss does have a fair few complaints about my speed and my terrible memory for remembering orders and I haven't had a shift in a while so I don't know if I'll have this job much longer....<br />
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Finally, I tell you what I was planning on telling you at the start of this post! Tonight I am getting a Macbook!! It's nothing new, it's 4 years old so who knows how good it'll be, but I'm hoping that it will be good enough for me to get back to youtube, making videos again and getting back to blogging! I had to stop not only for my school commitments etc but due to the fact my laptop was just dying and now it barely turns on! I'm currently using my mums laptop but haven't been able to upload photo's and videos to it to be able to post good quality blog posts or to make youtube videos - especially since she only has windows movie maker which is horrendous! ROLL ON iMOVIE. hahha<br />
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Sorry for the ramble,<br />
speak to ya soon!<br />
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~Emma xWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-68866001063487493682014-06-28T22:55:00.001+01:002014-06-28T22:55:57.076+01:00The Adventures of a Bad BloggerWhat's that I hear you asking? What have I been up to since I last put up a blog post? Well...<br />
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In the whole year I haven't posted anything I've done not an awful lot but enough to share.<br />
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Firstly, I experienced my first job at The Open Championship golf tournament. That was one of the best weeks of my life. I got to meet one of my sporting heroes, Rickie Fowler. The week gave me great experience with customers and how to manage with the working life.<br />
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Then at the end of July/August I went on a family holiday to Italy. We arrived in Rome and then drove 2 hours down to where my family originates from and explored the surrounding areas which I must say were beautiful. The village my family come from is up a small, lets say mountain and the surrounding areas are in valleys. My mum didn't enjoy the views from up above as the rest of us. We ended the trip in Rome which as always was as beautiful as ever.<br />
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After Italy I then entered my final year of formal schooling. Safe to say it was a scary year filled with many regrets but the memories and friends created outweigh that. Senior year was a very scary thought process and even scarier when you actually arrive at that point. Most of the year was filled with "banter" and that is what everyone seemed to say they would miss. <div>
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With not having the best of grades I then had to decide what I was going to go forward and do with my life. I am currently working in a nursery and studying for a qualification in childcare, hopefully this will open a variety of exciting opportunities in the future.</div>
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Prom is also on the list of exciting adventures. A year to plan one whole night. The planning was stressful as no one really turned up to meetings or paid their money but in the end we had a fantastic final night as a year group. Thank you to the lovely ladies at Smashbox for doing my make-up!</div>
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And that really sums up my year break from blogging! I recently ordered a Birchbox to I am planning a post on that and hopefully a few tutorials but baby steps and the minute!</div>
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Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-59861867100410356102014-02-19T21:45:00.000+00:002014-02-19T21:45:26.390+00:00Future/Life Planning!Aaaahh!<br />
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So.. I officially have past the 10 week countdown until school is <span style="font-size: large;">OVER FOREVER</span>!! (excluding exams)<br />
And I have realised.. shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. I <b>NEED</b> to decide what I am doing with my life!! Last week, as those of you who are subscribed to my YouTube channel will know, I was in London and saw Wicked for the first time! It was absolutely breathtaking and I utterly adored it. It did make me cry.. and not when you'd expect.<br />
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I was enjoying the show, as you do, then: <b><u><i>BAM</i></u></b>. I was in floods of tears? In that moment, my heart leapt up and was doing everything in its power to tell me that all I ever want in life is to perform.. preferably on a West End stage but just performing in general.<br />
I've known I've wanted this for years, but lately I've been telling myself that I don't desperately want it, nor will it ever happen; but after this teeny tiny breakdown at one of the happiest parts of the show, I can't deny it anymore.<br />
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But..<br />
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I'm shit scared.<br />
I have a pathetic amount of experience for a start. I have only done theatre for about two or three years, and because of a medical condition when I was younger, I was unable to take dance, and to this day I still, technically, shouldn't do ballet and some other styles. I don't think I can sing.. at least not to an amazing standard which could compensate for my lack of dance skills and acting.. well I honestly don't know anything about my acting skills.<br />
Whilst, originally, I wanted to go to Arts Educational, I for no way can afford £13,000 a year! FOR THREE YEARS! and moving to London! So I've set my sights to somewhere closer to home. The MGA Academy in Edinburgh. It still costs but it's so much more affordable and I already know it from using their studios with my previous theatre group.<br />
In all honesty, I'm mostly concerned about the audition process; which for MGA, I actually don't know what this is, but I hate the idea of auditions where you have to choreograph your own dance and perform it with all the other auditionees watching. I'd much prefer a dance workshop where they teach you a dance and you perform in groups of 4 or so.. In my opinion that's a better way to do it, as you can judge how fast people pick up a dance, how they work with you and your teaching and not everybody is a dancer, so in a way it's perhaps fairer for them.. I don't particularly have experience with doing singing and acting/monologue auditions but I think (hope) I can cope with those... so I suppose I'm mostly worried about dancing..<br />
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This post has basically turned into more of a diary/rant but it's made me feel better and who knows, maybe it will help somebody else? I don't even know haha anyway!<br />
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See ya later!<br />
~Emma x<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q62aM2WLHSs" target="_blank">Hey hey you! click me! (London trip video)</a></div>
Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-28487306747523512682014-02-10T21:20:00.001+00:002014-02-10T21:20:22.078+00:00Little Life UpdateHey guys!<div><br></div><div>I've been extremely busy the past week with Preliminary Examinations at school which has meant I haven't had much time at all to film a video to upload tomorrow!</div><div><br></div><div>I did have a "How To Celebrate Valentines Day Alone" video planned but unfortunately, as aforementioned, I didn't have time to film. </div><div><br></div><div>I considered filming it tonight and spending tomorrow editing and uploading but there were a few issues encountered when I tried to do this and also, tomorrow will be spent packing!</div><div><br></div><div>I'm going to London, just for the night with my friend Aaron on Wednesday-Thursday! I'll hopefully vlog whilst I'm there so you can look forward to that! We haven't actually got anything planned except going to the Leicester Square ticket hut and seeing a random show since we are both passionate about musical theatre and can't pick a show haha!</div><div><br></div><div>Hope you're all well!</div><div><br></div><div>~Emma xx</div>Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-6009308859781332632014-01-25T17:38:00.002+00:002014-01-28T18:34:36.304+00:00Blogging Failure!Let's be honest, people..<br>
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I think I'm going to bail on my "one post a week" aim due to the fact that I am struggling to find the time to think of a good post along with writing it up, adding photos as well as filming/editing a video each week without including school and homework.<br>
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I have my Prelim exams starting this week so I'm currently super busy studying and I just feel that in order to make this blog worthwhile, I should just post when I have an idea or feel like updating you, rather than making a crappy, boring post every week?<br>
Quality over quantity, as they say!<br>
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I don't intend to take months at a time between posts but maybe every couple of weeks rather than every week..<br>
I still hope to upload to YouTube every Tuesday though.<br>
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See ya at some point!<br>
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~ Emma xx<br>
Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-71699712706023845932014-01-21T19:41:00.001+00:002014-01-21T19:41:40.356+00:00This or That Beauty Tag!!Hey guys! Todays post is going to be a fairly simple "This or That" tag, found <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110129172540AAo2so6" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Please leave your answers below if you feel like it! :)<br />
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Makeup:<br />
blush or bronzer - Blush<br />
lip gloss or lipstick - Lipstick<br />
eye liner or mascara - Mascara<br />
foundation or concealer - Concealer<br />
neutral or colour eye shadow - Neutral<br />
pressed or loose eye shadows - Pressed<br />
brushes or sponges -Brushes<br />
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Nails: <br />
OPI or china glaze - OPI<br />
Long or short - Mid-length<br />
Acrylic or natural - Natural<br />
Brights or darks - Brights<br />
Flower or no flower - I have no idea what this means, please enlighten me!<br />
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Body: <br />
perfume or body splash - Either<br />
lotion or body butter - Lotion<br />
body wash or soap - Body wash<br />
lush or other bath company - Lush<br />
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Fashion: <br />
jeans or sweat pants - Sweatpants<br />
long sleeve of short - Short<br />
dresses or skirts - Dresses<br />
stripes or plaid - Stripes<br />
flip flops or sandals - Sandals<br />
scarves or hats - Hats<br />
studs or dangly earrings - Studs<br />
necklaces or bracelets - Bracelets<br />
heels or flats - Flats<br />
cowboy boots or riding boots - COMBATS<br />
jacket or hoodie - Hoodie<br />
forever 21 or charlotte russe - Forever 21<br />
abercombie or Hollister - Hollister<br />
saks 5th or nordstrom - /<br />
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Hair: <br />
curly or straight - Curly<br />
bun or ponytail - Ponytail<br />
bobby pins or butterfly clips - Bobby pins<br />
hair spray or gel - Spray<br />
long or short - Loooooooooooooong<br />
light or dark - weeeeelllllll<br />
side sweep bangs or full bangs - Side fringe <br />
up or down - Down!!<br />
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Random: <br />
Rain or shine - Rain<br />
Summer or winter - Both!<br />
Fall or spring - Autumn<br />
Chocolate or vanilla - Vanilla<br />
East coast or west coast - Yeah, I live in Scotland and have never left Europe.....<br />
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Sorry this weeks post was a fairly boring one! I've been super busy and barely had time to do anything so when I had spare time I made editing this weeks video my priority. Speaking of which, this weeks video can be found here: <a href="http://youtu.be/x7IZmYXYHtM" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/x7IZmYXYHtM</a><br />
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<br />Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-91556369771445144982014-01-14T13:59:00.000+00:002014-01-14T13:59:41.873+00:00Study, Study, Study!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi everyone!</div>
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School's been back for over a week now and Christmas officially feels over for another year!</div>
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We got our timetable this week for "prelims" (a mock exam which you use to see how well you are doing, predict the grade you will get in the final exam and also for any appeals in case you fail due to extreme reasons or can't sit the exam) and I have realised just how much work I really need to do!</div>
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I have found myself becoming very stressed out the past couple of weeks and I do believe that school has a part to play in that. I got that wound up I ended up rather unwell, and so today (Monday) I have had to give myself a "time out" from school and lie in bed. I was awake the whole night - no exaggeration. I have had no sleep and been awake for almost 24 hours. Not good. So I am exhausted. Currently, I'm laying in bed with a homemade hot cinnamon-chocolate (basically just a hot chocolate but with a spoonful of cinnamon too!) uploading a video and writing this post!</div>
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However, as grand as that may seem, I am going to do some school work as my "time out" is from the school building and environment, not my education!</div>
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I am so unorganised when it comes to studying! I can tell you that my prelims start the week after next and that I think I have on February 6th, but ask me what subject, room and time, I do not have a CLUE! If I can't even organise that, who knows how I organise my studying!</div>
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Truth is, I don't really study. I don't feel that looking over notes or rewriting them in different formats (bullet points, mind maps, flashcards etc.) help me - although they probably do. I feel that I get taught something in class, or write up notes I missed if I'm absent, and I just have to hope I remember it. There's nothing that feels<em> right. </em>You'd think after three years of exams I'd have found something. </div>
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But it doesn't matter. It's honestly not worth the stress.</div>
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If you're like me, and you are worried about exams, studying and how this affects your future, I beg you; please don't panic. Whilst right now it may feel like these exams determine your future, I promise you, in the long run, it doesn't matter. So, a couple of employers may say "hmm you don't really have as high a qualification as this other candidate", if you show capability to do the job - or whatever it is - they will higher you. Chances are, like myself, your school will be a major factor as to why you are feeling this way. My school prides itself upon having one of the highest percentages of pupils going to university straight from school, and so they practically take the two senior years (5th and 6th) and try to force them into uni. </div>
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I for one, do not know what I am going to do come August, when summer is over and I don't have a career in mind. All I know is uni and college are not for me. Because of this, my own guidance teacher (you know? the teacher that you are meant to tell all your problems to, the teacher that is trained to deal with pupils respectfully and help them with basic problems such as deciding a career path all the way up to having learning/medical difficulties) basically said I am going to sit on the couch living off benefits in front of my whole class once. And be it as a joke or completely not meant that way, it wasn't something I appreciated. Just like the time I told her I wanted to do musical theatre and she brushed it off as a stupid idea by saying "my niece tried to do that and failed so if she can't do it then what's the point in you trying?"</div>
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Sorry, I'm going off track.</div>
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If we want to be honest with ourselves, just how good are current exams at determining our intelligence? Take higher English for example. There are two papers to sit:</div>
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For me, in the critical essays paper, I need to answer a question on a poem I have studied and a question on a play. To pass, I need to have a good structure (introduction, organised paragraphs and a conclusion) have detailed analysis and most importantly: QUOTES</div>
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I'm sorry, but I need to memorise a bunch of quotes and analyse what they mean in an organised way to get an English qualification?</div>
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It's all a memory test.</div>
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Close Reading isn't much better</div>
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The only time I need to know how to do that is if I</div>
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I guess the point I am trying to make is that, while qualifications are important, they don't determine 99% of your life. Who you marry or become friends with isn't affected due to you passing your exams. and exams don't test your intelligence. They test your ability to memorise things and write it down in a certain amount of time when you are under pressure. So don't worry about them. Work hard and study if you want, but in 5-10 years time, will your qualifications mean anything? </div>
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Without including the fact you'll have life and job experience, if you look at me, the exams I sat in 2012 have already been abolished - nobody sits "standard grades" anymore. </div>
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Sorry for the long winded post. I think I've gone delusional/lost my mind from the lack of sleep!</div>
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See you next week!</div>
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Ps. New video! Friend Challenge featuring <a href="http://rebeccasramblingrants.blogspot.co.uk/">http://rebeccasramblingrants.blogspot.co.uk/</a> </div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/iP6gzKSzkl8" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/iP6gzKSzkl8</a></div>
Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-40027697022268216952014-01-11T22:56:00.000+00:002014-01-11T22:56:11.603+00:00Cosy Weekends and Dreadful Weekdays!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm going to apologise now for the lack of enthusiasm this post will contain and how short it will be. I'm currently feeling a little poopy. I sat down to write this post and the migraine train stopped off at station: ME.</div>
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We had an awesome night! I got her to watch Supernatural (Jensen Ackles eeeeeek!) and she got me nicely into The Vampire Diaries.</div>
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School has started back this week which, so far, has involved me skipping a class (Don't do this guys, education c'est trés imporante), heckling a senior member of staff in the corridor about me dropping a class (as in the one I skipped), being told "no", continuing to skip it and then going to my other classes and realising I reaaalllly need to revise for them since I have "pre-exams" coming up in like, literally two weeks!!!!</div>
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I hope you all are having fun at school or college or wherever you are and are feeling well! I'm off to lie in bed, watching vampire diaries and having an early night. Hopefully this little migraine of mine will disappear in the morning! I struggle to get up for school the best of days without being ill also!</div>
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Ps. Mini Vlog & Haul from moi can be seen here :) <a href="http://youtu.be/Lp64jOYi09s" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/Lp64jOYi09s</a></div>
Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-51419419757886033282013-12-31T12:16:00.000+00:002014-01-02T16:38:24.927+00:00Goodbye 2013!Hola mis amigos! <br />
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It's officially the last day of 2013! We finally made it through this year! <br />
For me, 2013 was definitely one roller coaster of a ride! It definitely had its ups (I mean, I actually met Justin Bieber!) but it definitely had its lows. <br />
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I'm not going to dwell on that which has passed as I believe we ought to keep positive! I'm a firm believer in happiness being a choice (thanks to Shay Carl of the Shaytards for enlightening me to this view). If we continue to look at those moments in life which were most definitely negative or impacted us in a negative way, and never try to view the positives in them, it will just bring us down. For example; in January 2013 I was very stressed out with school work and I gave in to it and left high school. I was then, by my mum, made to find some sort of job or January start college course. To cut the story short, I joined what I believed to be a course aimed towards musical theatre (a passion of mine). However, the course turned out nothing like that, I hated it and left after a month. For a long while I hated myself for leaving school and not getting by qualifications and then not even getting a certificate in the college course. I could look at this as a negative time in mylife, however, I did end up with a job for a while, more money than I ever had, and free time in which I found myself discovering my love for blogs and YouTube (zoella, sprinkle of glitter, stilababe09 to name but a few)<br />
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I decided to go back to school for my sixth and final year and picked up three of the same four "highers" (qualification) I was going the precious year along with Higher Philosphy. <br />
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School is great now! I don't hate it as much and I've only had two days absence! (From third year up until fifth I always had a very bad attendance. One year it was 22%...)</div>
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While I do not know what I intend to do next year - 7th year at school, a job - I do know that I really want to get right into my blog and my YouTube. I love sitting in front of the camera and talking to my (so far not many, but wonderful!) subscribers and sharing things I have purchased and my favourite things etc. </div>
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I also very much enjoy writing up my blog and spending time changing its design and layout to make it the kind of blog I, myself, would love to visit/read! I do it out of my love and passion for this area. Not because I think I'm the "next zoella" or anything. Wether I have 2 followers or 2 million followers, as long as somebody is enjoying the content I create I am happy. </div>
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I guess I've went a little off topic!<br />
For 2014 I have a few "new years resolutions". The first of these I've spoken about to you before; and that is uploading a video to my youtube channel once a week as well as writing a blog post once a week. I intend on making this the same day (a Tuesday) but the day for blog posts may change :)<br />
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I hope you all ring in 2014 full of joy and are looking forward to it! Let me know what your plans for the year are in the comments below or what positive experiences happened to you in 2013!<br />
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PS. this weeks video can be found here: <a href="http://youtu.be/gVUsuMSyUGU" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/gVUsuMSyUGU</a> <br />
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Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-7092333617411792732013-12-29T18:16:00.002+00:002013-12-29T18:16:59.237+00:00New Videos! Bonjour, ma chérie-s! haha<br />
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I thought I'd ought to give you a little update about my life and my plans for this blog along with the YouTube channel! <br />
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I have previously shared all four videos currently uploaded, (<a href="http://youtu.be/dwMocg8JiR8" target="_blank">"What's In Our Bags?"</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/jb8PnEFw9Vw" target="_blank">"Clothing Haul!"</a>, <a href="http://youtu.be/bBsmcslpCCs" target="_blank">"Edinburgh's Christmas"</a> & <a href="http://youtu.be/AB42A0VYVMM" target="_blank">"Boxing Day Sales Haul!!"</a>), on a really rather erratic and unscheduled schedule. I hope in the coming months to have an upload schedule of about 1-2 videos per week, however, I have a lot of exams coming up in school before the final exams so I will be busy with those.<br />
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I do get "exam leave" which means I will have a LOT of free time for a month or so which I will have filled with studying (or procrastination) which means I will not have much time for filming and editing (or perhaps I will find all of my time to do this haha) but after my exams are over (roll on Jun 5th!) I will be hoping to dedicate my time to bogging and youtube - yes, ok, and finding a job or something!<br />
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I intend, from now on, to update the blog once a week; I'm thinking Tuesdays? But as I said earlier, it all depends on school workloads and things such as what to actually blog about. Don't want to bore you all by updating with boring junk! If anyone would like to give me inspiration, please feel free to leave blog post - or youtube video - topics/ideas in the comments, or drop me an email at <a href="mailto:wonderofnothing@gmail.com"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">wonderofnothing@gmail.com</span></span></a>.<br />
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I hope, once again, you all had a splendid Christmas and I'll see you all on Tuesday (HOGMANY!) to say goodbye to 2013!<br />
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~ Emma xxWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-59375409958308492152013-12-26T20:40:00.001+00:002013-12-26T20:40:07.454+00:00Boxing Day Bargains!Hey Everyone!<br />
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As you all know (well I'm guessing you all do), it's the day after Christmas which - apart from meaning it's only 364 days until next Christmas - THE BOXING DAY SALES HAVE STARTED! woohoo!<br />
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Normally, my mum, gran and I get up about nine or ten to get along to the shops but this year, we got up at 6am to head out shopping and to get to boots in time for it opening at 7! Whilst we were all knackered, this was honestly the best idea! The car park was so busy but that was for the masses of people queuing outside NEXT for the 6am open so Boots was relatively quiet. <br />
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Boots wasn't as amazing as I'd hoped, but I believe that is down to my lack of enthusiasm for any of the gift sets this year. I did however get a pair of amazingly soft and comfortable PJ's (Jimmi Jams) which I am wearing now and utterly adore! Along with a Simple minis set and some Toni&Guy hair products </div>
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P.S: New Video going up soon! Haul of all the above products <a href="http://youtu.be/AB42A0VYVMM" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/AB42A0VYVMM</a> </div>
Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-39795967974378428372013-12-22T23:59:00.001+00:002013-12-28T14:46:15.239+00:00Christmas Traditions!Hey everyone!<br />
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I hope you're all having a wonderful festive season and are all prepared for Wednesday! I just finished my Christmas shopping yesterday - oops! They are all wrapped and under the tree; including three of my friends' presents which I reeeaaaly need to deliver to them soon!<br />
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Whilst laying in my bed tonight, going through in my mind if there was anything needing to be done before the "big day" I started doing what I normally do when I'm either nervous or excited (obviously, I must be talking about the latter in these circumstances!) and that is plan out the day. (Do any of you do that, going through what needs to be done and going through the day in your mind?)<br />
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It got me thinking about what Christmas Traditions my family and I have. The one that sticks in my mind the most is definitely the Christmas Eve present. Every year without fail, I get to open one present - which is typically one my mum has bought specifically for this purpose - just before I head off to bed. Nine times out of ten this is usually a pair of [Christmassy] Pyjamas for me to wear that night. I say nine times out of ten because last year I got toothpaste and a Justin Bieber singing toothbrush hahah!<br />
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For the first eight or nine years or so of my life, I would (beg my parents to) get up early and open my presents from my parents and, of course, Santa. I can't quite remember when/if I saw my grandparents from my mums side during the day or not but I definitely remember the Christmas afternoon/evenings being spent at my dads parents with all of his side of the family: all my aunties, uncles, cousins and for a time, second-cousins, all being their for Christmas dinner. There were literally fifteen - twenty of us packed into one room and my gran and my aunties trying to cook the dinner in a kitchen that could barely handle one person! My gran had the inside and the outside of the house COMPLETELY covered with decorations. There was not one bit of clear wall - or ceiling! - space. I think the Grinch would have a heart attack if he saw it. She's like all of the Who's in Whoville rolled into one!<br />
My fondest memory of Christmases there is actually the only one I really remember: we were all sitting at the table, Christmas hats on everyone's heads and party popper streamers hanging from the ceiling light and drowning in the gravy boat, the noise was unbelievable! I must've been about six years old and I just sat there watching everyone having about ten different conversations at once. My dad's dad was sitting at the head of the table and clearly had had enough of everyone's lack of table manners (talking whilst eating!) so he screamed "STOP TALKING WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!" to which everyone stopped, looked over at him and burst out laughing for he had just forced a huge forkful of roast potato into his mouth and subsequently was not "practicing what he preached"<br />
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However, around eight years ago my parents split and I believe for the first year or two, I continued to go to my dad's parents house for Christmas dinner, but for certain reasons I stopped this and since then I visit him for a few hours on the day, see the family and then come home for Christmas dinner (with my mum and her parents) which is cooked by my mums new husband. <br />
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I'm not going to go into my plans for this Christmas as 1. I will possibly do a post on my Christmas day and what I got/gave for Christmas and 2. I actually don't really know! It will be a strange Christmas this year as we will be missing a very special member of our family. <br />
Benji, our 17/18 year old cat had to be put to sleep at 9:38am on December 21st 2013 as he had taken what we believe was a seizure the previous night and there was nothing we could do for him. It's definitely a relief as we didn't think we'd get him to last until last Christmas and he's definitely not been himself. <br />
Whilst we will miss his, wonderful, constant meowing and his never ending scrounging for food, the money saved on buying his cat food will be wonderful (the skinny little thing never stopped eating!)<br />
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Sorry to end on a slightly sad note but anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! love ya!<br />
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Just a quick post to show you all the video I posted on Youtube the other day of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBsmcslpCCs" target="_blank">Edinburgh's Christmas :)</a><br />
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If you enjoy it, and haven't already, please subscribe and thumbs the video up!<br />
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Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-83543782358156541292013-12-04T14:36:00.001+00:002013-12-04T14:36:20.107+00:00Christmas Gifts!Ahhhhhhhhh!<br />
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Christmas is in three weeks!!!<br />
THREE weeks!!<br />
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I can't believe it!<br />
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I currently have no presents for anybody.<br />
None. Zero. 0. Zilch.<br />
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I really only planned on buying presents for my parents, step-father and grandparents, along with my friend who desperately wanted someone to buy her pyjamas so that's her sorted. But then two other friends told me that they have me something which of course means I now, out of the goodness of my heart, even after being told not to, am obliged to buy them a gift also. <br />
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Of course, I have no objection to buying my friends a gift, (that is not the problem), the issue is that I have no idea what to get them! Which made me wonder, has anyone else actually started their Christmas shopping with any idea of what to get people? <br />
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Hope you're not all as stressed as I am about it! Haha!<br />
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P.S. I have a small selection of clips from Edinburgh's German Market/Winter Wonderland that I took at the weekend that I thought (if there's enough) I may make into a cute little montage-y video-y thingy for you to see, so keep an eye out to see if it ever does appear haha :)Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-18696601693957470322013-11-30T12:29:00.000+00:002013-11-30T12:29:04.257+00:00Current Favourites.Before we start this blog post can we take a moment to realise something?<br />
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It's like, 24 sleeps until Christmas!!<br />
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How/When did this happen? I am struggling to believe it.. On the plus side we do get to watch Elf without being glared at!<br />
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Anyway! Some Current Favourites.<br />
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I only have a few things to discuss as most of the stuff I am loving I have loved for months (such as the Rimmel Apocalips!!) So, what's first?<br />
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<u><strong>Toni&Guy Texturising Sea Salt Spray</strong></u></div>
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This, honestly, has to be my favourite hair product! I prefer wavy/curly hair to poker straight and, as my hair is ombréd, I suit the wavy/curly look better but don't always have the time to plait my hair at night or curl my hair in the morning (nor do I like using heat on my already damaged hair a lot!) o this is PERFECT! It gives such an amazing tousled wave to your hair - which is what it says on the bottle - and it also smells amazing! It gives one of those styles that looks effortless yet not rushed, even when it only takes thirty seconds to do!<br />
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<strong><u>Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick</u></strong><br />
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I have heard soooooooo many beauty bloggers/youtubers rave about this product! So, when I was at boots for one of their christmas point events, I HAD to purchase one of these! My local boots seemed to only have four shades - slightly disappointing as none were particularly colours I normally go for - so I literally just picked the one my mum liked the best! I must admit I LOVE the colour this gives and it is nice and moisturising! It's not as moisturising as the Maybelline Baby Lips but in its defence this is a lipSTICK not a lip BALM (which also makes this easier to apply neatly due to it being a bullet!) It is definitely a product I intend to purchase again and in other colours as it is an awesome product!<br />
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I've never really been a fan of the Collection make-up, most likely because I never ever tried it, so when I was at the "Pout" event in Edinburgh a few months ago (which, by the way, was such a good day! Photobooths are so much fun!) and got handed a free goodie bag of collection products from the semichem stand, I wasn't overly ecstatic. However, whilst a few of the products were definite "i am never going near this again" types of things (superglue-like lipgloss? I'll pass) This mascara was such a hidden gem!! It is amazing! Never clumps and looks wonderful! My lashes look PERFECT with this on (sorry for no picture of it in use) I definitely recommend this. And to make it even better, it costs less than a fiver! BARGAIN!</div>
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I'm not gonna lie. I literally only bought this for two reasons: 1. I like cats, 2. I was going to a Halloween disco (obviously about 2 months ago) as a cat and I figured it might help me look more cat like. <br />
Okay, I suppose the fact that Boots had a points event on also contributed! However, it is a really great product (obviously, why else would it be in my favourites!?) I love the wand for this! It's curved which makes for a much easier application and it's just a very, very good mascara!<br />
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Very small collection of goodies for you to try out if you wish. I would have more but unfortunately, that wonderful place called school has given me a magnificent amount of joyous homework to do!<br />
Please let me know in the comments below if you have tried any of these products and what you thought, or if you found any amazing products yourself! <br />
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To all my American readers, I sincerely hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving and grabbed some awesome bargains on Black Friday! I'll see you all in December! :)<br />
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Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-38364227010387850442013-11-04T20:42:00.000+00:002013-11-04T20:43:53.088+00:00Busy Bee's and Bloglovin!Hey Guys!<br />
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So so so so so so so sorry for the complete and utter neglect of the blog for the past few months! :(<br />
We've both been busy bees with school and just generally not had any ideas for posts!<br />
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I just got a new camera (or should I say <em>my own</em> camera - was using mi madré's) so I can <strong>FINALLY</strong> take photos for the blog and also videos for our youtube channel! (Link is on our "<a href="http://wonderofnothing.blogspot.co.uk/p/social-networks.html" target="_blank">social networks</a>" page! so go check it out and subscribe!) This means, if all goes to plan, there should be hauls/monthly favourites plus vlogs and the like coming up regularly! <br />
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~ EmmaWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-1119688395955404902013-09-10T17:36:00.001+01:002013-09-10T17:36:13.359+01:00School life!Hey guys, <br />
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Sorry for the long absence! School has been back for about three or four weeks now and as it is my sixth and final year at school it has been quite hard going so far! I'm doing four highers this year, three of which I done last year. For those of you who are interested I'm doing English, History, Philosophy and Modern Studies. <br />
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Nah they're not that bad. But we all know I'd much rather be eating, sleeping, shopping and - my new obsession - watching supernatural (I'll save you all from my fangirling by not discussing how much I absolutely <u><strong><em>LOVE </em></strong></u> Jensen Ackles!!) Currently, I've already had a report to write, 3 essays and a TONNE of note taking. So I apologise profusely for not blogging so much; I will do my best to get into a routine and keeping you all updated on life and reviewing my new favourite (and not so favourite) products. I was attempting a back to school blog - before school went back - but it sort of got lost with all my getting ready and supernatural watching; maybe next year you'll get one!<br />
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I've also recently been unwell with a bad case of the cold. This has caused me to have swollen glands behind my ear and also on the back of my neck/head; the latter is currently causing me quite a bit of pain which my GP so kindly informed me will be around for about another three weeks! So that's been fun. <br />
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Now, I need to crack on with a history essay that I done last year! (I won't copy it, promise).<br />
So I'll see you all soon and I'll be back with an August Favourites post :) <br />
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So I filmed this video <em>ageeeeeeeeeeeeeees</em> ago.. like 2 or 3 weeks ago and I just realised I forgot to upload it to zee youtubes. so it's up now and it would mean a lot if you'd check it out and also subscribe to the channel, thumbs up the video and leave some nice comments :)<br />
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Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-28412002346689878382013-07-30T21:06:00.000+01:002013-07-30T21:06:07.565+01:00Leaving The Comfort ZoneHey guys!<br />
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In my spare time, I find myself doing some online shopping -theres nothing better than receiving a parcel in the mail! - or having a Zoella and SprinkleOfGlitter video marathon. I literally just sit and rewatch the videos that made me laugh, smile and taught me something useful (how else do you think I know how to get a messy bun?).<br />
Because of these marathons, I have found myself falling further and further in love with ombré hair, especially, as a fellow brunette, Zoe's!<br />
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My hairdresser, Stacey, was due to come and cut my gran, my mum and I's hair on friday and I was going to ask her then how much an ombré would cost, but being the impatient little thing I am, I messaged her and asked for a rough price on wednesday. Expecting her to say about £60, I think you can imagine how much I literally jumped with excitment when she said it was almost over half the price!! Without even thinking, (or consulting my mum - I'm 16. I'll make my own choices. And I'm paying) I asked when she had appointments available and to my surprise and ecstaticness, she said she could do it on friday as she'd have time!<br />
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Obviously, I agreed to have it done then. <br />
This, for me, is a rather big, "scary" thing to do. I'm not one of these girls at school with loads of friends, with the "perfectly" (term used loosly) done make up - if any - or the hair that took an hour to perfect. I just wake up shove some clothes on, and hope I don't scare people away. So doing something a little out there isn't expected of me at school. Which is why I didn't tell anybody I was having it done.<br />
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Friday came, I was first to have my hair done and long story short: I LOVE IT! <br />
I am literally obsessed with my hair now. I do want to have it done brighter in the next couple weeks/months but for now it is PERFECT. I couldn't be happier with it if I tried. It is so me and I feel a lot, happier, with it. It sounds stupid but it was something I really wanted and it's nice to really like something about yourself rather than looking at what you don't like. <br />
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I'm so happy I took the step to have something different done and after seeing the effects of this I have moved on to redecorating my room - although this has proved to be stressful! (I know I want my walls done a teal/turquoise but finding the right shade is KILLING me!) - in the hopes it will provide more relaxation and calmness to my life.<br />
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I hope you're all having a great week so far and that if theres anything you'd like to try but are scared to (be it a new hair colour, new food or skydiving), you give it a go. Better to regret trying something that didn't go how you though than wondering "what if".<br />
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Wonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-41727073051764261252013-07-23T16:24:00.002+01:002013-07-23T16:25:09.936+01:00We Are On The Tube of YouHey guys, please go check out the first and new video on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/WonderOfNothing?feature=watch" target="_blank">youtube channel</a> that me and my Buddy, Carley done :)<br />
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- Emma xxWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-63710433255384794362013-07-17T21:00:00.003+01:002013-07-21T22:58:32.152+01:00Just Keep Swimming..Hey Guys...<br />
It's a sad post today. <br />
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Yesterday at 4:22pm GMT the world lost an angel. Talia.<br />
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Talia was 13 and was suffering 2 types of cancer. She had been in the hospital for almost 6 months straight. <br />
I didn't know Talia personally. I was one of her almost 900,000 subscribers on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/taliajoy18" target="_blank">youtube</a> and one of almost 500,000 "likers" on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/angelsfortalia" target="_blank">facebook.</a><br />
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This post is rather hard for me to write as Talia meant a lot to me. She was one of my biggest inspirations and taught me that you can be happy no matter what you're going through.<br />
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She is also the main reason that this blog exists. (For me).<br />
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Talia was an amazing makeup artist and also a covergirl. She sparked my love for fashion and beauty and without her, I probably would never have gotten into it enough to find people like Zoella and SprinkleOfGlitter who inspired me to blog.<br />
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I'm finding it difficult to actually believe she is gone. She was far too young and had so much coming up for her in life that she will never get to experience. Life isnt fair and she, of all people, did not deserve to go through this. My thoughts are with her family and friends right now.. If I'm finding this difficult I cannot imagine how it is for them.<br />
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Talia should not have passed away at 13. Nobody should pass away at 13. Nobody should have to go through what she, and so many others, went through.<br />
As cheesy as this probably sounds, I want to.. live my life for her. If that makes any sense. Whatever I go on to do in life, I want it to be for Talia. I want her to be remembered. She was such a great girl with a spunky, outgoing amazing personality and I don't want people to forget that and see her as "another kid who had cancer" because she is so much more than that.<br />
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The most important thing right now is that she is happy, comfortable and pain free now. And that's all we've been hoping and praying for the past few months. Now my hopes are with her family, to stay strong. <br />
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Just keep swimming, Talia. You are forever in my heart.<br />
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-Emma xxWonder Of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660236662395746735noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691608547016004697.post-62062870444159156252013-07-01T17:59:00.001+01:002013-07-21T22:59:14.240+01:00Bodyshop Skincare Product Review<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey, guys!</span><br>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't posted any solely beauty things for a while and I recently bought some new facial/skincare products from The Bodyshop and decided I'd do a little "review" on them today.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey guys! So, I'm finally writing my second blog post! </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sorry it's been a while. I wanted to make a haul video to upload to our youtube channel (link can be found </span><a href="http://wonderofnothing.blogspot.co.uk/p/social-networks.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">) but, unfortunately, this hasn't been possible as I don't own a camera, my mum's camera has no memory and the 2 SLR's we own don't have video function. I am hoping to purchase a camera in the next few months so you might end up with a haul of all the clothes I bought within the last 6 months!</span><br>
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