TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #02

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

1. There Will Come A Day - Faith Hill

This is such a beautiful song, I love the lyrics and since I heard this song at the weekend, I've had it on repeat all the time. I especially love watching Faith Hill's live performance of it. 

2. If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback

This used to be a song I really enjoyed listening to but then I went off Nickelback. This week though I rediscovered them and this song is definitely one of my favourites of theirs. 

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #03

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films// #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

I decided to write three moves I love, these are my favourites along with a whole host of others!

1. Sex and the City 2. I love this movie, I definitely prefer this to the first one for some reason, but this is definitely one I could watch over and over again. Samantha is hilarious!  

2. Burlesque. This movie is brilliant, I'm a big fan of Cher so thats a big reason why I like this movie so much. I think musical movies are just so great in general! 

3. Pirates of the Caribbean. All of them. BUT, if I had to choose one, I'd definitely choose 'On Stranger Tides' simply because I preferred the cast. Getting rid of Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom was a god move.

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #04

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

1. Divergent. Love love love this book, it was such a great read and a real page turner - this kept me awake reading for hours - really want to read the next book, Insurgent!  

2. The Sinner. So far, I've loved the Tess Gerristen, Rizzoli and Isles, series and I hope to read Body Double in the not so distant future. Real crime thrillers that had me hooked right from the word go. 

3. Fifty Shades of Grey. Haha this book has been in the news a million and one times with a million and one different opinions on it; I personally, think the book is good, I don't think the huge hype is necessary though... 

4. The Descendants. This was the dullest book ever! It actually pained me to read this, when I reached the end I had a mini party; the movie however, is so so good! Review 
maybe soon?

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #05

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

Ooops! I completely forgot I was even doing this challenge...I apologise! For number five it is 'food' and I've taken this as five foods that I like to eat. 

1. Fajitas. These have got to be my favourite food, I just love everything about them, especially if you make them with lots of vegetables; peppers, mushrooms, onions. 

2. Chicken nuggets. I've actually just finished eating some nuggets tonight, I just love them dipped in tomato sauce...mmmmm.

3. Chicken Korma. But only from one indian takeaway near where I live. I have never found another korma that I actually like.

4. Chocolate fudge cake. This needs no explanation. 

5. Ice cream. Chocolate ice cream to be precise and it has to be soft scoop or Ben and Jerry's. 

Well, from this I think we can conclude that I like chicken, chicken, more chicken, oh and chocolate! This was actually the most random post I think I've ever written...

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #06

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

So, I decided to do this one a little bit differently. I couldn't choose whether I wanted to do 

six places I've been to or six places I want to go to so I thought I'd share both! I warn you now, the will be a long one but here goes, starting with places I've been to...

1. New York. Going to New York was such an amazing experience, I loved the whole city, busy, aspect and the fact that it is a city full of pretty much everything! My highlights were Times Square, the shopping and just the whole being a part of city life. 

2. Florida. I've been to Florida so many times and each of those times it was just as amazing. I've done the usual theme parks - which can I just say are amazing - and water parks thing, the shopping (which is so so good) and international drive which is fun for food and touristy stores. I've also visited Tampa to see a baseball game, NASA and a Nascar race.

3. Rhodes. This was my most recent holiday and of what we saw of Rhodes, it is definitely a pretty place. The beaches are lovely and the little 'towns' are dotted around everywhere with nice restaurants and a lot of jewellery stores. Also the weather was boiling which is always a plus! 

4. Paris. I went to Paris with school and it was fun. I was a lot younger then though and think if I were to go again now, I'd definitely appreciate it more. Then, it was all about the Eiffel Tower - which was HIGH! - and just going everywhere but not really bothering. I want to go again to do some shopping! 

5. Dominican Republic. This is definitely a mixed place for me and although I enjoyed my holiday, it definitely had bad things about it. It was so so so unbelievably hot and humid, especially at night which isn't always great and then there was the injections you need before you go! I did enjoy seeing the place though, I got to go on quad bikes to see a water cave which was fun. The scary part though was whole surrounding area - that is all I'll say haha. 

6. Benidorm. I used to go to Benidorm when I was younger and when it was more of a holiday destination and less of what it is now :S. Its just your typical sunny holiday with the beaches, the little souvenir stores and the days by the pool. One thing, I loved the sand sculptures! 

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Now, places I want to go...

1. Los Angeles. I have wanted to go to LA for absolutely ages now, mainly for the Hollywood aspect. The weather is great, the shopping looks so good and of course, I'm secretly hoping, if I do go, that I may see a celebrity or two! 

2. Milan. I've been to three of the 'big four' fashion capitals of the world so I just need to visit Milan now! The fashion is a huge part of why I want to visit but also, I think the tourism looks great and I could get some lovely photos :).   

3. Tennesse. I am a fan of country music and Tennesse really is the home of this music. I'd love to visit places like Nashville, Memphis and Jackson and then maybe take a trip to Texas too to visit Dallas and Austin.   

4. Australia. Although I would be on ninja lookout for all the bugs, I'd still really love to go to Australia. I think it'd be a great experience and to travel to somewhere who are pretty much in the future to us just seems so weird! 

5. Venice. It just looks like such a pretty place, this is another one which I'm just dying to take some photographs of. 

6. Kenya. The reason I want to go to Kenya is for the safari experiences. This is something I want to do so so badly, I love animals and I think it would be an experience like no other.

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #07

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself

1. To work for Vogue. A girl can dream. 

2. A white iPhone. I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 to come out though!

3. Teeth whitening treatment. 

4. Louis Vuitton Speedy 35. This is my dream bag and it will be mine one day. 

5. A pug. They are so adorable!

6. To live in America. Preferably New York or LA. 

6. To meet Kate Walsh. 

7. A lottery win. Doesn't everyone?

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Ten DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #08

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

So, for day eight it's fear time. I didn't feel that I needed to elaborate on my fears; straight to the point is all I think is necessary. Happy that day seven is a lot more of a cheery one! 

Here goes...

1. Spiders. Big, small, any. 

2. Speaking in front of people. I get beyond nervous.    

3. Bridges with holes in. Like piers.

4. The dark. I sleep with a light on. 

5. Disappointing my parents. Disappointing anyone really.  

6. Horror/scary movies.

7. Heights. or should I say walking on heights. 

8. Death/dying.

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #09

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

1. My family. Especially my mum and dad. 

2. My iPhone. I know this is a very materialist one but my phone does absolutely everything. It has the internet, photos, movies, music, twitter, instagram, a phone (doh!), everything. 

3. American TV shows. If you read my blog regularly, you'll know just how many shows I watch on a regular basis - a lot! I'd feel lost without these shows. 

4. Dr Pepper. I used to hate this drink but now if I could only drink one thing for the rest of my life (other than water) it would be Dr Pepper. 

5. Clothes/fashion. I love reading about it, buying it, wearing it (it'd be bad if I didn't!) and I just want a career that revolves around fashion. 

6. America. This is a random one but I just love that country so much! Sure, I've only ever been to two states, but I hope to visit a lot more of them in my life, and someday even live there.

7. Taekwondo. I don't train regularly now at all because of university but I used to enjoy it so so much and I would love to get my 2nd dan at some point. 

8. The colour pink. I went off pink for a while, but now I just love it. Weirdly enough though, I only own one pink item of clothing.  

9. Food. Doesn't everyone love food? 

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TEN DAY 'YOU' CHALLENGE #10

I've seen the 'ten day you challenge' floating around on several blogs and I've really enjoyed reading other peoples versions; it's a nice way to make your blog a bit more personal. This is going to be my version and to begin with, I've changed number 10 from secrets to random facts because secrets wouldn't really be secrets if I told you all. I warn you now, these re going to be super random facts!

#10 random facts // #09 loves // #08 fears // #07 wants // #06 places // #05 foods // #04 

books // #03 films // #02 songs // #01 picture of yourself.

1. I have a first dan black belt in Taekwondo which I achieved n 2008. This was so far, the proudest moment of my life. I hope the next will be graduating university with a degree. 

2. My biggest insecurity is definitely my height. I'm 6ft 2 and for me and I honestly have this awful feeling all the time that people are just starring at me. Most of the time no one even bothers, there's plenty of people taller than me, but I just think for me personally, being a girl who is over 6ft is hard.

3. Before this year, I had never actually finished reading a book. I used to get bored part way through, stop and then never read that boom again. Now I love reading.  

4. I have a serious issue with any food on my plate touching. The first thing I do when I get a plate of anything is to rearrange it into 'sections' so that nothing touches. Because of this, I don't eat gravy, at all; it just makes everything mush together and it's just awful. 

5. I go through many phases of collecting certain things and then I just stop and then move onto to collecting something else. I have hundreds of teddies and a lot of DVDs, pin badges, magazines, ducks, key rings etc etc. 

6. I'm allergic to penicillin. It's always so awkward when you're filling out a form and they ask you your allergies...I can never spell it right!  

7. After university I hope to move to America (somehow!) and get a job at a fashion magazine. Even if I do have to start off being a coffee fetcher! 

8. I don't drink alcohol. I have tried sips of various things but it just tastes awful. I also could not justify spending a fortune on alcohol all the time - it just seems like a big waste of money to me. (I apologise if this offends you, if you drink alcohol and spend your money on it then go for it!)

9. My favourite animal is a hippo. For some strange reason I just think they are so so cute. At school/college I had a huge plan to open up 'Hippoland' when you could ride hippos on water slides and each bedroom has it's own personal hippo. Strange I know. Sadly, I have come to realise this will never be a reality :').  

10. I'm an only child and when people ask; 'oh but don't you wish you had a brother/sister?' I don't really know what to say. Because I've never had a sibling I don't really know any different. It's definitely changed me as a person though, I'm a lot more of a 'solitary' person if that's the right word, I'm much more family orientated than friends orientated. I've never been one to be part of a large group of friends. 

So, that is ten random facts about me. Did you learn something new? Let me know if you are taking part in this challenge, I'd love to read your version! (:

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