My Week & Back To School Horror

Hey Everyone!

Another week has come and gone, with it more exciting memories, procrastinating and sobbing over going back to school. Fun times. I need to chat to all you lovely readers about back to school and how it complicates my blog. First however I'm going to tell you about my week!

So it was my second last week of my summer job this week, I came home everyday with increasing pains in my legs! Ouch! So I rested after work most of this week, little or no socialising unfortunately. However, I treated myself to a limited edition Orla Kiely travel mug! Orla Kiely is an amazing Irish clothes designer, Kate Middleton and her Mum Carole, are very fond of her designs and have worn her outfits on several occasions. Once I heard she was releasing limited edition travel mugs I literally screamed with excitement. I have used mine a couple of times already (I was drinking hot chocolate from it earlier today editing my YouTube video for this week, the weather was miserable)

Leaving Cert results also came out in Ireland this week, so a huge well done to everyone who received their results, in particular my cousin Barry, you did brilliantly. A lad from my school also achieved the highest result  in the country! (9 A1's!) Once again congratulations Mark, best of luck in the future.

Again, on the subject of school, I'm starting Fifth Year on August 28th. What does mean to my blog and YouTube? Sadly, an awful lot. Fifth Year is the start of the Leaving Cert cycle so it will be hard work and study for me as I want to achieve the best possible results. The impact is that I will be blogging less as I will most likely be using my spare time for work and study sadly. I really don't want to reduce my blogging/YouTube time and presence, I don't want it to be this way, but I have to.

I want to achieve what I've dreamt and craved for, and that means I have to work hard in my school work. I will be popping up hopefully every week checking in on all of you, I'm just not guaranteeing it which really, honestly deeply saddens me. I've grown to love blogging to all of you all over the summer. It's amazing to think people all over the world are reading what I'm typing in my room in Ireland.

I felt I needed to tell you all in advance, also, I'm going to try finish the blogging challenge before I go back to school and also do some revision and my summer job in between. Fun times.

*****************The Link To My YouTube Video Is Here! ********************************

Playlist For This Blog:
Paramore ~ Still Into You
Paramore ~ Ain't It Fun
Paramore ~ Fast In My Car
Paramore ~ Now
Paramore ~ Grow Up
Ed Sheeran ~ A Team
Fall Out Boy ~ Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
The Script ~ Six Degrees Of Separation
The Coronas ~ Grace Don't Wait!
Panic! At The Disco ~ Let's Kill Tonight

My Orla Kiely travel mug set! (I was not paid to sponsor this, I was actually so excited when I got it, I had to feature it on my blog)

A photo of a badly parked van I took! Talk about parking in the middle of nowhere! 

Stay Strong, Happy and Fearless,

Aveen xx

Liebster Award!

Hey Everyone! I've just been nominated for the Liebster Award by the lovely Pam The Mad! (Link to her blog)

The rules are the following!

1. Link back to the person who nominated you 

2. Answer the 11 questions given to you by the nominee before you

3. Pick 11 bloggers with under 200 followers to be nominated

4. Come up with 11 questions for your nominees to answer

5. Notify your nominees

Pam set me the following questions! This will be an interesting read! 

1. Your favourite quote and why? My favourite quote at the moment is, ''Work for a cause, not for applause. Life life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to have your presence noticed, just make your presence felt.'' Another quote I love is ''Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've always imagined'' the second quote has been echoing in my head for days!

2. Growing up, who did you admire? I admired my Mam, and I still do! She's so lovely to everyone she meets and is always there to talk about anything. She always listens and give brilliant advice and guidance, I credit her with everything I have ever achieved, she always encourages me to the best person I can and I love her for that. 

3. What would you like to do after finishing school? I've been asked this several times in the past few days, after the Leaving Cert I want to become a primary school teacher! It's the only profession (apart from Law) I could ever see myself in. I've wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember, it has always been my ambition! I'd also love to travel, maybe live in a city like London and teach for a year there, it would be absolutely surreal. 

4. Talk about your favourite band/artist and why you like them. Pam, you pick the trickiest questions! I'll speak about my favourite band and artist! Favourite artist is definitely Taylor Swift, I've been listening to her music for nearly 5 years and I know the lyrics to all her songs! It started as escapism when I was younger, her world was a parallel to mine, and I quite liked that. My favourite album is Speak Now, in particular the song ''Mean'' she also says such quotable things! (On the inside of my diary I wrote ''people throw rocks at things that shine'' and I can really relate to that.

Another is Ed Sheeran, (ssh his granny lives near me!) his music is so poetic and beautiful. I just ADORE his music and him. He's in the music industry to be a musician, not to have a fancy show, it's just Ed and his guitar. 

My favourite band is probably The Coronas, they're an Irish band and I find their music quite catchy and comforting, they've translated some of their songs into Irish and I even learnt the Irish versions, it's really made learning Irish easier somehow. They seem like lovely lads in the band too, my cousin saw them live and they're nearly better live than on their album, genuine talent. 

5. The greatest compliment you've ever received and who gave it to you.

Since starting this blog I have received so many lovely messages from fellow bloggers via various social networking sites, I won't quote all of them but they've really brightened up my day whenever I read them, so thank you! In school we also had ''Tell Her Tuesdays'' and a couple of lads genuinely said nice things too. I've begun to try focusing on the positive after focusing on the negative for so incredibly long, there's no real compliments that stand out for me really, I remember several teachers telling me ''I had great potential to do great things'' and then people compliment my outfits occasionally too! 

6. The name of your first pet. This is really weird but, I never had any pets! My parents didn't really like pets around the house, I wasn't that fussed either to be honest. I have a horrendous fear of dogs anyway so I was happy not to have any. 

7. Do you like school? Yes, I actually do like school, I try my utmost best to work and be well behaved in school. One thing I don't like in school is how judgemental people can be, the prejudice that resides in the school is sickening. If you look different or act differently, you will instantly be judged and talked about. Do anything out of the ordinary and you're just plain weird. It's sad really. Apart from that, school is alright. 

8. An embarrassing memory. My entire life is an embarrassing memory! When I was reading 'The Fault In Our Stars' on the way from London to Dublin and started silently crying is a little cringey when I think back on it, especially when Emer and Eimear (yes, they spell it different ways) were sitting beside me, thinking ''What is wrong with her?'' then I showed them the book cover and they understood! 

9. The most important quality you feel a person should have. This is a tricky one but, loyalty. You should stay loyal and honest to your friends and family, always be there for them and also kindness, be good to people, it's a wonderful legacy to leave behind. To be known by others as someone who was kind to people, when they gained nothing from doing so, is a lovely thing in my eyes. 

10. Something that irritates you. How judgemental people are about mental health. I was in a group that promoted positive mental health last year and there is such a stigma attached to mental health it's terrible. If a person is diagnosed with depression or self harms, they need your help, they don't need you judging them and gossiping about their misfortune behind their back. I saw it with my own eyes how people react to mental health issues, if you've a broken arm you can tell anyone about it, if you mention you're feeling under the weather or ''It's a black dog day'' you're immediately thought to be attention seeking or self-centred which is horrible!

11. Who are your style icons? I don't really have any style icons to be honest! I love Taylor Swift's, Jennifer Lawrence's and Kate Middleton's outfits, but it doesn't necessarily mean I would wear them too. I read some fashion magazines and view what is deemed ''fashionable'' and if I like what I see, I would wear it. At the moment I'm obsessed with wearing coloured skinny jeans and light jumpers with my Vans or Converse. 

I nominate the following! *drum roll*

Maeve's Fashion

Don't Need Make Up To Cover Up

Dainty Sprinkles

and that's all I can think of! Oops..

The Questions Are The Following:

1. If were to talk to your 10 year old self, would they be proud of you?

2. How many languages do you know?

3. Would you ever go bald if it was in style? ie EVERYONE was doing it.

4. Favourite perfume?

5. Favourite YouTubers?

6. One thing you want to do before you die?

7. Favourite number and why?

8. What do you order at Starbucks?

9. One thing in your wardrobe/closet you can't live without?

10. What’s one thing most people probably don’t know about you?

11. How tall are you?

I apologise in advance for those questions, it's like 10 pm right now! 

Happy Blogging Everyone!

Stay Strong, Happy and Fearless

Aveen xx

Ps, I will be posting my weekly update sometime this weekend, I'm not sure if I'll have time to post a video though! We'll see how everything plays out. x

An Extremely Weird Week!

Hello Everyone!

So as you can probably tell, I had a very, very weird and random week! Sit down, grab some popcorn and Maltesers (amazing combination to eat at the cinema) and let me tell you all about it (but this isn't the cinema, sorry)

So it all started on Monday with 'The Great Kate Wait' My Mam ran into my room, 7.30am screaming to get on Twitter, ''KATE'S GONE INTO LABOUR WITH THE ROYAL BABY' so consequently, I spent all the morning refreshing my Twitter with my mother and a thirst for knowledge about the Royal Baby. We also watched Kay Burley losing the plot on Sky News which was quite hilarious.

I left in the afternoon to socialise with some friends, thoroughly exhausted after spending hours upon hours watching Sky News and refreshing Twitter, in a constant quest for non existent information! It was good to see some of my friends, a few others weren't able to go or are in a different social circle. It felt kind of strange being with people my own age, as for the past nearly 2 months I've been with people in work a lot older than me. It felt weird as the types of conversations we had were completely different to the conversations in work, it's difficult to put my finger on what was so different.

 Perhaps it was the fact that maybe I've become accustomed to being in a more adult (not being sinister saying adult) working environment, with responsibilities, people depending/trusting me to do my work correctly and to the best specifications. This situation was different.

So I worked during the week too, which I don't mind, my bank account is looking better than ever! On Friday I bought a Doctor Who sonic screwdriver! It's Eleven's screwdriver and I love it. Yes, I'm nearly seventeen and spend some of my money on payday on a screwdriver, yes, mature aren't I? It's currently held in my TARDIS pen holder, what I need next is a Matt Smith cut-out! Anyone want to donate one? ;)

I also finished my back to school things on Friday too, I collected my school blazer and a German book. My heart sank as I realised that I am going back to school, that I won't be working until at least next summer and that it's going to be a lot of hard work, not just buying a blazer! As I was in Transition Year last year, I've started to jog my memory about various subjects so I won't be sitting there sobbing in September about how I used to remember all the work but don't now! It's not going to be fun, alas, like everything, it will be worth it in the long run!

On Saturday (today) I didn't have badminton so I had a lie-in for the first time in what felt like forever! I went downtown later on and bought myself some new whiteboard markers! (I had run out, devastating indeed) I got multiple colours, so what do I do with them? Write quotes on my whiteboard of course! (Pictures below!)

JOHN GREEN BOOKS UPDATE!
I finished 'An Abundance of Katherine's'' last week! I really enjoyed it, not as much as 'Looking for Alaska'' or TFIOS but I liked it all the same, it was light hearted, exactly what I needed after reading emotionally heavier books like Looking for Alaska and TFIOS. Due to work and everything I haven't been able to read much of 'Paper Towns' which is a crying shame as I'm loving it so far! I think boys would enjoy Paper Towns alot, as it's from a boys POV, I'm still enjoying it regardless!

Playlist for this update!
Two Door Cinema Club ~ What You Know
Panic! At The Disco ~ Let's Kill Tonight
Panic! At The Disco ~ The Ballad Of Mona Lisa (started singing this in work on Wednesday, it was weird)
Panic! At The Disco ~ I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
Two Door Cinema Club ~ Sleeps Alone
Green Day ~ 21 Guns
Green Day ~ Wake Me Up When September Ends
Imagine Dragons ~ Demons
The Script ~ Science & Faith
The Coronas ~ Someone Else's Hands

The Sonic Screwdriver set I bought *dies of Whovian feels*

Eleven's Sonic Screwdriver!

My life for the past couple of evenings, procrastinating.

One of the quotes I wrote on my whiteboard

It's actually quite difficult trying to write on the board, left handed problems

A quote from possibly my favourite poem ever. 

Stay Strong, Happy and Fearless,

Aveen xxx

Ps. Congratulations to William & Kate on the birth of their baby boy, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge! Trying saying that name five times! x