20,000 PAGEVIEWS!!!

"Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once." - Lillian Dickson

Happy Friday everyone!

In my opinion, every Friday should be a day of celebration. Actually, I do have a few friends who would always throw a party every Friday night. I have tried doing that before but after a month, I got so exhausted throwing parties every Friday and decided to just attend parties instead (haha!). But yes, the weekend is finally upon us and no matter how many million times I say this, I still get so excited for the weekends! 

Anyway, speaking of celebrations.

I guess I do have one thing to celebrate today. Well, here's a fun fact. Because I have been a little bit busy with my life lately and slacking on my blog, I just found out that my blog hit 20,000 pageviews at the end of August, which is totally amazing!

I don't normally have aims of how many pageviews I can/want to get (as you can tell because I'm just writing this post now haha). I just write what I want on here and share whatever I want (as you can tell from the structure of my blog and my writing form). I've always treated my blog as a little online diary of mine. But yes, it's totally amazing that you (all you lovely readers) would stick with me and read my posts. 

I'm honestly very happy and grateful for this. I think I hit 10,000 pageviews at end of April not long ago. 

I love every single one of you who reads my blog and leaving comments and sharing. Honestly, it means the absolute world to me to know that I'm not the only one having bad days or going through tough times. BIG HUGS! 

Since all of you have been so amazing, I've decided to share 5 current things about myself that you DO NOT know about. Trust me, it isn't as interesting as you might think but just thought I'd share them anyway.

1) I downloaded Pokemon Go on the 19th of September and have been obsessed ever since. I am currently at Level 15, if that interests you at all. Haha!

2) I do not have a SnapChat account. I know I know! I'm probably the last person on this planet who do not own one!

3) I love my 2 dogs so very much even though they give me headaches sometimes. I just love them to bits!

4) My circle of friends can be considered "small". I wouldn't say tiny or huge but I think small is the right term. I read a quote last year: "the less people you hang out with, the less bullsh*t you deal with" and I've been applying that to my everyday life ever since. And believe me, it's true and it works. 

5) I am in a long-distance relationship right now which pretty much sucks. I mean, no one on this planet likes to be in a long-distance relationship and no one deserves to be in one. But my boyfriend and I are OK. 

*Oh yes. It gets more and more personal once a milestone is achieved. Haha! Not that my personal life is that interesting but I just like my readers to know more about me :)* 

TGIF! Have a great Friday! X 

First Photoshooting Experience

Back in December, my friend introduced me to some kind of studio where they see if you actually have the potential to be a model or not and if so, what kind of model would most suit you. So, I decided to give it a go. I mean, why not? :D

I actually didn't expect to get any callback because I figured the whole thing was just for fun anyway. But after a week, I got a phone call from the director who works in London. He explained that there were 3 branches - one in London, one in Birmingham and one in Manchester. So obviously, the Manchester one was the most appropriate one for me. He invited me down to Manchester for a day of photoshooting experience. WHY THE HECK NOT?!

This was my first photoshooting experience ever in my life. It was very very tiring I must admit because I had to get up so early in the morning and arrive at the time assigned to me. It was also tiring because I had to change into 5 different outfits in 2 hours and have 3 different kinds of hair and make-up within those 2 hours. But in all honestly, it was really fun and glamorous too!

At the end of the shoot, the manager in charge assembled a portfolio for me and told me that I'm suitable for catalogue type of modelling for Marks & Spencer products. However, the portfolio that I needed to purchase to be sent off to the company would cost me up to £600!!!(for 10 pictures)!!

I had some very decent shots in there to be honest but I didn't want to spend my money on something I'm not even sure of and that I'm not interested in. I did tell the manager that I would probably be leaving the country soon. And in the end, she told me it wasn't worth it to get the portfolio.

After all, I just went there for fun and just to get a little taste of the modelling industry, you could say. After the experience, I realized that I'm not really interested in that even though I take millions and millions of pictures. It was fun and all and I would probably do it again but I wouldn't do that for a living, that's for sure. Not my cup of tea.

All in all, it was a really good experience and I was very fortunate to have had an opportunity like this. :) Kicking off January with some nice photos. Haha!






P/S: All the pictures above were taken by my boyfriend and not the professional photographer as we were not allowed to take any pictures with our own mobiles or cameras. Hence, the not-so-good-as-canon-or-nikon-cameras quality. But we did it anyway coz' we gangsta like that! Haha!