Singing, How About That? (10/2/14)

If you read my second blog, Electra and Marian, you'll know that I'm planning to take singing lessons this year. I had my first lesson which was an evaluation to see how my voice sounds like. Here's the story:

I walked into the music suite, and I was greeted by the head of the music department. He asked why I was there in the middle of class time. I simply told him about my singing lessons and he lead me to a small room. I already knew about that room because I signed up in that same area. I knocked on the door, not being clear of what was happening inside since all of the rooms in the suite were very soundproof, unless you were playing a loud instrument. I knocked more, but the only thing I heard was a mumbling chatter. I finally had the confidence to open the door, but the teacher was also holding onto the doorknob. Embarrassing moment #1 accomplished. Well done Marian!

As I walked in, the teacher welcomed me. I was supposed to take the evaluation with a couple of other people, but they didn't appear to be there. She asked me a few questions about music, like what genres I prefer, if I play a musical instrument, etc. After the questions and answers, the teacher and I headed to the brown, small piano and she played some keys while I gave her a demonstration of my voice. Honestly, I probably sounded like a cat dying because I forgot to drink lots of water and practise before the lesson.

The lesson didn't take an hour, but half of that. It was pretty unexpected because I thought it would take the whole time of the class period. I had dance class then and we were creating choreographies. I went back to dance and waited 'til the day after (today) to see what time my lessons are.
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Taadaa! I have no idea how to end this blog post. I'll tell you what I'm doing right now as I write! I'm chatting to my friend and she's currently making me laugh now! And it's also her birthday, she we're really hyped about that now. That's the reason why this post was published so late into the night. I'll see you on Electra And Marian tomorrow for Letters to Electra!

-Mari ♢

A New Friend (3/2/14)

Ciao!

I feel like we haven't talked in ages, MEDL! I hope I go through all this 'beginning of the year' stuff soon, so we can talk and share what's going on in my life with you. I'm signing up for as many co-curricular activities I can handle because last year I only signed up for two, being Litquiz (a quiz about books) and a writing group.

Besides that, I made a new best friend online! Her name is Gabriela. I met her on a website based upon the show Violetta and we're getting pretty close. I also made more friends, like Francesca, Kitty, Ally, and Amelia. No offence to my real life friends, but I feel like I'm more close to them. Is that bad? I'm deeply sorry. Woah, I can't believe I just said that. My friends are going to KILL me.

Since nobody posts comments on my blog posts (except Faith. Love you Faith!) I want you to reflect on what happened today. Does it make you laugh, cry, or just normal? I hope you had a productive day!

-Mari ♢

Back to School (29/1/14)

Hello!

Today is the first day back for my school. I feel like it's too early, yet at the same time it's perfect timing. Let the back to school rush begin!

The day began right because I had the urge to wake up early, finished getting ready quickly, and was too excited to see what class I'd be put in.

When I got to the venue I hugged the heck out of my friends giving them harsh bear hugs which actually would hurt and I screamed at other people to say hi. All of the students went to the gym to sort out their form classes and I got put into a nice one, but I reckon that last year's class is better. Maybe it's because I don't know most of my class yet...

My class and I consisted of most of my old class and another old class. It's like they combined us together.
Throughout the day we got to learn a little bit about each classmate, wrote letters, and went to our classes which said to go to on our timetables.

That's about it! I arrived back from school and now writing this post. What will happen next on the journey...?

-Mari ♢

Learn Spanish with Me! (24/01/14)

Hola!

Most of you know that my main goal for 2014 is to speak Spanish fluently, so for this Marian's Everyday Life post we are going to learn Spanish together! Let's make a start to it:

Mañana = Tomorrow
Bailan = Dance
Cantan = Sing
Quiere = To want
Como = How/As
Cuando = When
Felicidades = Congratulations
Mas = More
Peligrosamente = Dangerously
La mesa = The table
Entre = Between
Mundos = Worlds
Yo = I/Myself
Nosotros = Us
Nuestro = Our
Camino = Way
Mejor = Best
Juntos = Together
Algo = Something
Brillar = Shine
Donde = Where
Cuarto = Bedroom

Now let's try some phrases:

Tu eres destinada a brillar! = You are destined to shine!
Ya se donde quiero ir = I know where I want to go
Nuestro camino es mejor = Our way is best
Feliz Cumple! = Happy Birthday!
En mi mundo = In my own world
Entre Dos Mundos = Between Two Worlds
Les gusta? = Do you like?
Te quiero = I love you (for anyone you love)
Te amo mi novio/a = I love you (for your boyfriend/girlfriend)
Soy una estrella = I'm the one star
Hace frio/calor = It's cold/hot
Que necessitas para preperar flan? = What do we need to make creme caramel?
Que bueno = That was good
Cuando toca la campana = When the bell rings
El desafio = The challenge
Juntos Somos Mas = Together we are more
Chicos, listo? = Are you ready guys?
No tengo = Don't have
Alguin ha ocupado mi lugar = Someone has taken my place
Suerte = Good luck

Thank you for reading! I hope you have learnt something today. I might be wrong translating some words because I'm still new at learning the language.

-Mari ♢

My Week in Instagram Photos (19/1/14)

iHola!

For this MEDL update you don't need to read a bunch of words. Instead you'll be reading over 1,000!

...Not like that, I mean pictures!

I have a private Instagram and the photos will come from there. Enjoy!

My New Haircut!

How To Be Attractive...

Me trying to balance a pen on my upper lip (Actually a Video)

Me with an electric fan.
Description: You've helped me through terrible times. Thank you. (tagged some people)
I still don't understand why I took a selfie with the electric fan...

My new scribble book where I write blog topics and other random subjects.

I haven't been listening or thinking about this woman who changed me for the better.
I really miss Queen Marina.

Thank you for reading over a thousand words with me! Bye!

New Look! (15/1/14)

Hello. Marian here. I know I haven't posted in 10 days. I apologise. It's because not much has been going on. All I've been doing is lying in bed on my laptop and reading books.

But today something happened. I chopped off (well, the hairdresser did) my hair just above my shoulders. I've honestly missed my short hair and it was about time to cut some off. I can't show you what it looks like because I can't be bothered to turn on the lights, open my webcam, and style my hair.

Over on Electra and Marian, we also have a new look. Since the address was too long, it's now http://electraandmari.blogspot.co.nz/, and the design also changed. The background photo is me and Samantha E's Ameba Pico characters (obviously mine is the one with the blue hoodie).

If you've been reading my posts ever since 2012, you might realise why I don't post about Ameba Pico. The game got cancelled on Dec. 2012 because of unknown issues. Some say that it's been hacked too many times. Thanks a lot hackers!

That has been my post for today. Thank you for reading and I hope that the next post will be more better than this one! Bye!

Carried Away, Preparing, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! (6/1/14)

Woot! First post of 2014!

When are we ever going to get used to the new 14 instead of the usual 13 this Jan? So confusing!

Besides that, Happy New Year everybody! I'm sorry that I haven't been posting in 2014 so far. It's because
I get too carried away studying Spanish that I forget I even have a blogs to update. So hopefully I will achieve my goal to update more and on-time.

All of this preparing for the new year is making me sick. I am happy about it, but all I want to do is chill on my bed watching Violetta as usual.

This was such a short post. I hope everyone is having such a nice year so far! And I hope that if you made a resolution you will stick to it all year. Remember, practise, practise, practise and no pain, no gain! Here's to another year!