HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I am now 19, this gives me 365 days of being a teenager left.

I must make this worthwhile. Let’s list all the things that needs to be done.

1. Meet loads of new people.
2. Be nicer to my family.
3. Live for God.
4. Pass my exams.
5. Always try my best.
6. Reconnect with friends whom I have lost contact with.
7. Start sketching again.
8. Have faith in myself.
9. Have confidence in everything I do.
10. Stand up for what I believe in. 
11. Remain close with my friendship group from school.
12. Have a bit of romance in my life.
13. Eat more fruit.
14. Wear my retainer to bed.
15. Go on holiday.
16. Learn to cook.
17. Write letters.
18. Save money and spend it on something great.
19. Obtain my dream weight.
20. Become more inventive.
21. Buy a new pair of glasses.
22. Plan something awesome.
23. Learn how to use my graphics tablet.
24. Walk the dog more often.
25. Do something dramatic to my appearance.
26. Compliment others.
27. Get a job.
28. Take more photographs.
29. Continue to do my photo-of-the-day until 31st December 2012.
30. Spend more time with Jared.
31. Learn to drive.
32. Don’t stress.
33. Read more books!
34. Don’t worry.
35. Make more eye contact with others.
36. Redecorate the container.
37. Do something which would usually scare me.
38. Stop caring what others think of me or my interests.
39. Take vitamin tablet daily.
40. Go to a party.
41. Stop snacking, especially in the evening.
42. Travel alone.
43. Practice my signature because it's a mess.
44. Turn off the internet and dive into other hobbies.
45. Look after a plant.
46. Build up my physical strength.
47. Give money to the poor.
48. Get out of my comfort zone.
49. Make a movie.
50. Take make-up off before bed.
51. Go on holiday with friends before we all go our separate ways.
52. Spend less time online.
53. Recognize and praise the accomplishments of others.
54. Explore and widen my music taste.
55. Start baking more often.
56. Apologise for any wrong-doings.
57. Create a list of my favourite films.
58. Make more phone calls.
59. Work on being more flirty.
60. Pray consistently and earnestly.
61. Control my temper.
62. Drink less tea.
63. Stop being a horrible person.
64. Join an extracurricular activity.
65. Enjoy every day as much as possible.
66. Go to the beach.
67. Schedule some me-time.
68. Express how I really am to people I don’t know well.
69. Read my Bible regularly.
70. Smile at random people.
71. Stop, break and breathe.
72. Eat food from around the world.
73. Help out round the house.
74. Use the stairs instead of an escalator/lift.
75. Get experience a paid or voluntary job relating to my career.
76. Become less reliant on my mobile phone.
77. Stop being shy...
78. ...and even worse, snobby.
79. Tell someone I love them.
80. Practice willpower.
81. Sort out my skincare regime.
82. Look at the stars.
83. Keep secrets.
84. Turn down my music volume or I will go deaf.
85. Improve my posture.
86. Be more friendly and approachable.
87. Look after myself.
88. Spend more time with my Grandparents.
89. Continue to look for bargains, like a boss.
90. Bake a cake.
91. Watch different T.V shows.
92. Look after my hair.
93. Enjoy a bath.
94. Stop Facebook stalking.
95. Mend any broken relationships.
96. Keep my wardrobe organised.
97. Drink loadddsss of water.
98. Work on things early and get them done and out of the way.
99. Do what I love and what I want to do.
100. Live life to the fullest.

LA LA LA

Time is tight and post ideas are few, here is something fun I will do:

1. Three things I want to say to three different people.

2. One of my insecurities.

3. What turns me on.

4. One of my bad habits.

5. Who I wish I could be.

6. Where I want to be right now.

7. The last thing I ate.

8. Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately.

9. What song I’m currently listening to.

10. The last time I cried and why.

11. Something I’m excited about.

12. 5 things I like about myself and 5 things I dislike about myself.

13. Three things I want right now.

Leave 3 numbers in the comments and I shall answer in my next post!

Thanks to Emma in her attempt to resurrect Blogger from it’s lifeless state. 

Q is for...

Questions

For this letter I was planning for people to ask me some questions and I would answer them here. Then I realised I done that a few months ago, which was a shame. But now I have something even more fun!

I attempted to create some of the most complicated and thought-provoking questions for you to think about or answer yourselves. This was a lot harder than it looks, and I probably had more in my head before I started but when I began typing them down I forgot, alas.

COOL PRIZE for those who answer these 12 questions with most effort and detail.

❍ If were forced to change your name, what would it be?

❍ If you were stuck at one age for the rest of your life, what age would you choose?

❍ You just got a plane ticket to anywhere on earth. You have to leave right now! Where are you gonna go?

❍ If you only had two music artists to listen to for the rest of your life, what would they be?

❍ What is your current desktop picture?

❍ If you had to lose one of your 5 senses, what would it be?

❍ Oh no! Your house just spontaneously combusted! Thankfully your family members and pets have made it out safely, so what’s that one thing you are going to save from that blazing inferno?

❍ Matt Smith and Amy Pond have just crashed into your living room in the Tardis. They offer you a short trip back to the past. What year/era would you choose to go to?

❍ What one fictional character do you wish was a real person?

❍ The government is forcing you to produce children and are offering any sperm/egg from any celebrity on earth. Who would you choose?

❍ You are holding a baby shower for your new born and are allowed ten guests. Who would be invited?

❍ Wow! You’ve just found your doppelgänger in opposite gender of yourself - how would they look? Speaking of look-a-likes, do you know anyone that looks like yourself?

*Wise up, there isn’t a cool prize.

- Claudia

AND NO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THIS STUPID UNDERLINED TEXT EITHER.

DON'T STOP THE RAIN!

Updates with pictures:

TokyoFashion.com

Most of my evenings have been spent on a website called Tokyo Fashion. This site updates regularly with photographs of the most original and bizarre fashion clothing shown in different areas of Japan. I’m fascinated with the street photos of Harajuku especially. I would spend hours analysing these outfits. It’s incredible that some people are able to devote themselves to customising themselves in such a way. Few are gorgeous, some are pretty rotten. It is inspiring though.

Papa Rain

Oh RAIN. The other night I downloaded (legally of course) all of his CDs: Rain’s World, Rainism, Back to the Basic...etc. Oh I do adore!! What a perfect man! His music is so gorgeous, especially Move On, Love Song and With U. I am truly in love!

Just remembered, so was Megan Fox. LOL. We have so much in common.

Why does he bother wearing clothes...I mean shirts.

Free Time
I still cannot get my head around all the free time I now have since my exams finished last Monday. It hasn’t properly kicked in that I actually will have nothing to do for four months and that I have finished high school education forever. It’s strange, I have so much on my To-Do list but it hasn’t been started yet. I thought I’d dive straight into it, I’m afraid I will become lazy and not do anything at all. On another note, I booked my accommodation for next year, and according to my loan, I will only be living on £2.50 a week. Dreadful!! I suppose I should be getting a job?

Weight

I’ve set myself an ultimate goal of losing 1 stone, 7lbs. I also worked out to obtain this goal by September I need to lose 1.5lbs in Slimming World per week. That’s not going to happen, but I shall try and shall report on my progress. (Because, you know, it’s such an interesting thing to blog about.)

Tumblr

Shhh, I know I’m not allowed to mention Tumblr, but I’m going to anyway. I do have a Tumblr page, linked here. It’s been incredibly addictive ever since I’ve finished studying. Please follow me if you use it too, and I will certainly follow you all back.

Park Bom: (yes I love celebrities)

Oh beautiful lady! Yes, I do believe my female K-Pop bias at the moment is Park Bom from 2NE1. Move over CL, you will have to share your place with this gorgeous girl! Seriously, don’t understand why I didn’t like Bom before: honestly I thought she was very boring compared to the other three. HOWEVER ever since I’ve seen her new music video ‘Don’t Cry’ I’ve fallen for her.

Y’know a while ago I posted about that romantic ‘sweet sharing’ scene in IRIS which I got mixed responses from? I had a similar emotional breakdown when I watched this M.V!! I don’t know what did it, perhaps the cool guy in it, I don’t know... (unable to explain what on earth I am talking about) Anyway, I think the point is, he dies..even though they were engaged..and their hug *cries* I love them. Shut up Claudia, go to bed.

What am I saying? I never need to sleep again.

Or remove nail polish for school on Monday mornings. Woohoo!

I WANT A SNACK TOO

I am completely exhausted.

The party is over.

The birthday is over.

The interview is over.

The three things I’ve been planning and thinking through for months are actually now in the past. It’s such a weird feeling. Don’t know if I like it or not...

I will blog about all these subjects in my next few blog posts. I haven’t had time to properly post anything in a long time (3 days feels like a long time..and not a single person that I follow have posted anything either- what’s going on with you all?!)

I do have an exam tomorrow but it’s not even going to be attempted because it does not matter!

Birthday Party.

18th Birthday.

Presents.

Interview.

My new hat!

Formal dresses/Yearbook.

Broken things.

Liverpool.

How things are basically back to normal.

I'm actually too tired to write a decent post, sorry guys! I shall return when I feel less like deth.

I'm away to get a snack.

- Claudia

2010 IN A NUTSHELL

B O R I N G P O S T.

(I wrote this a lifetime ago but it's crap. I'll write something better later. I'm currently preparing my fanmail for Gok Wan and Emma Watson! I plan to post it tomorrow. :)

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Okay, so yeah, Emma announced that she was doing a 2010 recap on her blog. No! I’m not copying her, I had my own planned in my head when she told me so I was naturally shocked that she was doing the same. I don’t usually give away blog ideas. Don't click on the links, it just leads you to the post about that day.

January

Cafe 180. Samuel and Sarah Chestnutt’s wedding party. The inception of Glee. Birthday party: Avatar. “The Caretaker!”

February

My 17th Birthday. England. The Brits.

March

March started with us going to Belfast shopping and Jared coming home with cracked ribs. Uni talks and UCAS convention. Emma’s birthday party: Newry Alice In Wonderland. (And I will never forget that night! Best craic ever.) Romeo arrived!

First bit of London trip too! Wembley, Wicked, Harrods. “The Blind Side”

April

Kerri fooled us on April Fools day! We went to Madam Taussauds to get our photos beside Johnny Depp and R’Patz. That evening we went to see “The Lion King” and afterwards we spoke in Korean to the magician! We were so past ourselves we missed the tube. A week after London, I joined Slimming World and lost 21/2 pound in the second week. I ordered Lady Gaga tickets.

May

Fit for Life had begun! Rachel and I have the best craic on Tuesday nights. Super Junior’s dreadful album ‘Bonamana’ was released. (It just wasn’t the same!) and on the 14th we finally got study leave for AS exams! Of course, the BEST part of May is the EUROVISION. I adore Eurovision night. Germany won.

June

I have now lost half a stone. Britain’s Got Talent final was on: Spellbound won. Charlie presented a BAFTA. MASA released a new track. My AS exams started, and I really got into the World Cup this year. I had my first driving lesson this month. I downloaded all of Big Bang’s songs and they became my new bias.

July
I passed my theory! I discovered Christopher. I saw Eclispe. Jared and I watched all the Harry Potter films. The 12th was absolutely brilliant. I had a few evenings when Amy and James came to my house for midnight tea and biscuits. I saw Toy Story 3. Shinee released their new single. I lost one stone!! I went to the cinema 3 days in a row. I done the first half of my letters challenge on my blog.

August

Best day of August was when I hosted a party in the container and Jordan and James stayed until late and we invented Mothman! The Red Arrows came to Newcastle, it was a beautiful day. I got my results: English Lit: C and ICT, Art and R.E: B. I stayed over at Uncle Gordon’s house and we ate out and visited the museum and went to the cinema. We started watching IRIS! My Granny Great had her 91st birthday. In total, I watched 32 films over the summer.

September

Amy, Emma, Naomi, Kerri and I to Belfast and we went to the museum. We sighted Christopher. We had Queens and Uni of Ulster open days. I got two new pairs of glasses. We all played Blowdart in school. Shakespeare practices were fun. Dad arrived home from Africa.

October

I started helping out with Sunday School- I love it! Jeans for Jeans day. Waterfront performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”- amazing. The S.U weekend: Pizza Hut. Halloween. Rebekah’s birthday: dress up at LaserQuest.

November

Lady Gaga- unreal. Art Dublin Trip. Public Speaking. Award’s Night. The Ladyboys of Bangkok. G.B Shopping. Prefect Disco: Cartoons.

December

A couple of snow days. IRIS is over. UCAs sent away. Met Deta. X-Factor results: Matt Cardle won. Musical- brilliant. Noelle’s 18th. S.U dinner. Off school for Christmas. I got a conditional and a interview. Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing Day. New Years eve- one of the best night's of the year.

Maybe doesn’t look like much, but expanding on all them subjects would take forever. It was just all so good.

2010 was the best year that I’ve been alive so far. Thank you for a wonderful 365 days with many memories and farewell!

TIME GOES BY...

Look!

I was randomly looking through old blog posts and I found one dated today one year ago. It’s about Last.Fm statistics. lol.

WEDNESDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2009

THURSDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2010

Goodness, I have listened to a lot of music in one year!