SUPER SUNDAY SONG

This week I've chosen Dusty Springfield's Take Another Piece of My Heart. The reason for this is that it is a completely awesome tune and you just have to sing along to it really loud with all the air grabs. Dusty's songs, especially Son of a Preacher Man reminds me of years 7,8 & 9 when myself and Nicola used to spend our days singing all the songs on 'SingStar' (PlayStation karaoke game) over and over and over again (Son of a Preacher man was one of the songs that we'd sing). However my favourite SingStar song to sing was Blur's Parklife just because of Nicola's rapping! Anywho, this week mam bought a new docking station for the living room so music has been bouncing in the house all weekend and this song has been on all of my playlists.

Enjoy.

FRIENDS REUNTITED

It's Easter time so that means almost everyone is back home from university and on holidays (if you can call them holidays with the revising and essays we have to do!). Since I'm restricted to the four walls of my house due to the back surgery I had last week, I haven't been able to go and see my friends so they came to see me :) yaaaay. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week I've had friends over and just catching up on their lives and the goss on what's been going on at home! It's been awesome to make the day not as boring and long and I haven't laughed so much in ageeees! Yesterday my friend Alaw came over - I've been close friends with her since the day I was born and she's actually clean off! She's also off to New York tomorrow and I'm so jealous - I love that city (my trip to NY).

Last night we had the school prize evening - this is where we get our A-level certificates and other people get their GCSE certificates and people also get other prizes. I received the History award :). It was so nice to be back in school with all my friends and most of the year. It was awesome to speak to some of my teachers - especially my A-level teachers because I think it's during your time in the Sixth form that you actually make proper relationships with your teachers. Especially in our school because it wasn't that big - in our Geography and English a-level class there was only four of us and only five of us in my History class!

I love school and even loved it while I was there - don't get me wrong I didn't feel like this during exam time but most of the time it was awesome. It was just the fun we had there and the friends I had, the teachers and the awesome opportunities that presented themselves. A year ago I was out in Ireland playing hockey and a year or two before that I was out in Sweden. Don't get me wrong university is absolutely fab and my friends are actually awesome (I use the word awesome a lot - I apologise!) and I would not want to go back to school again but you really didn't have to worry about anything really while in secondary school - not money, food, finding and paying for a house etc! Although all of these things are great because they teach you about the real world.

It's nice to chillax with people you've grown up with.

 

LOOK AT THAT // Style

This week features Owen Thomas - my brother. He's 22 and studies History at Aberystwyth University.

He wears - Coat - Debenhams // Shirt - Asos // Trousers - Asos // Shoes - Vans // Scarf - Next

If not in Wales, I would live in…Florence             

My dream holiday would be to… Vietnam

My current obsessions are... Crossfit and the Library     

 I'm terrified of... Everything

 My dream car is a... Ferrari California

 My friends and I like to…watch rugby, go to the pub

 If I could go back in time for one decade it would be... 1970s

I tend to splurge on…rugby kit

 Favourite TV programme . . . Big Bang Theory/New Girl

I love the smell of . . . Bvulgari Aqva

I mostly shop at . . . River Island

I spend most of my time . . . at the library

My favourite song is . . . Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen

SUPER SUNDAY SONG

This week my Super Sunday Song is Justin Timberlake's Mirrors. It's bit of a different sound than what I usually listen to but you can't not like a bit of JT now and again! The tune is awesome and very catchy - nice :)

'SUP! 10 QUESTIONS.

 

Beanie Hat - Fat Face // Black Jumper- New Look // Leather Jacket - Debenhams // Trousers - H&M // Shoes - Converse

1. What do you order at Starbucks?
In uni we try to go to Starbucks (we have one on campus) at least once a week, usually on a Thursday or a Friday. It's like a social thing we do. I have a complicated Starbucks order and I normally have to repeat it a few times before they understand! I have a coffee caramel frapacciono with soya milk. Yuuuum! Although twice now I've had a mocha coffee frappaccino with soya milk - get my chocolate fix :)

2. Top five bands you've seen live
I've been lucky growing up in a household where my mum loves music and always goes to concerts. She went to Download (heavy metal festival) when she was 17, her first concert was Maddness in Llanelli when she was 14 and she always takes my brother and I (and sometimes my dad although he's more in to country music than rock 'n' roll!) to gigs. It's really hard to pick five favourite bands I've seen - it's like picking your fav children! OK., here we go - I guess I'll have to put Arctic Monkeys down here because they were the first proper band I saw live (Busted and Sugababes came before that but I was young OK!). I went with my brother and two of his friends - it was in the CIA in Cardiff and I think I was 12/13 years old. Another one of my favourites was seeing U2 in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2009. They were just awesome and I just became obsessed with them ever since! I have to note the Manic Street Preachers (both in Cardiff & Llandudno) - they are always awesome. I've seen the Kaiser Chiefs three times now and they are just a fun band to see live. Of course - I cannot forget Bruce Springsteen. I saw him when I was 14 and I am going to see him again this summer once more in the millennium Stadium. He wrote my favourite song of all time - Thunder Road - and I will love him forever :) Its really hard because I could have included Kasabian, Killers, Stereophonics, Jools Holland . . . waaaaaaaaaa!

3. What kind of style would you describe yourself as having?
I have quite a rock 'n' roll, surfer style. I love Jen Loves Cove's & Ascot Friday's style. I usually steal a load of my mum's clothes (like the leather jacket I'm wearing in the pictures above). I love simple outfits like black skinnies and white tees but I also love different and standout pieces that are anything but simple. I guess I'm like an onion when it comes to clothes - I have many layers! I absolutely love (young) Bruce Springsteen's style and Erin Wasson's style. Wwwww and the style of the girls over on Mucho Mucho Bueno Bueno. I guess you could say kind of a Western, bohemian, rock 'n' roll, surfery style! Like I said - an onion!

4. What are you doing right now? 
Well, if you're talking literally I am lying in bed watching Loose Women recovering from back surgery! But if you're talking in general then here we go! I currently live about 30mins outside of London while I study History at the University of London Royal Holloway. I'm in my first year and so far everything is going very well although the year has floooooooown by! I have already signed for a house to live in after summer with four other friends - Hollie, Kally, Alex and Ettore ( 3 girls & 2 boys). It's a nice little house and I'm looking forward to making it our own. Our other close friends have signed for a house that is literally 2 seconds away! Yaaaaaay :)

5. What would you like to do in the future?
I want to do loaaaaads in the future but I'll try and condense it down to a couple of sentences! After uni I want to possibly do a masters in Journalism in Cardiff University (it's really hard to get in to though!). I also want to travel everywhere but especially South America. Eventually I want to become a rugby journo (but this changes everyday!) Hopefully next summer myself and Laura (and possibly others if they wish to join) will go to America to do Camp American and then travel around the states for a bit. In the near future however, once my back heales, I'll be going surfing and snowboarding/skiing and festivaling it up throughout summer - oh and of course working to earn some dollar!

6. Hobbies?
I have a few hobbies - rugby, sport in general, blogging, reading, youtubing, walks, skateboarding, clothes, music, life :)

7. Top five countries you've visited.
I've been very lucky going to the school that I went to because they gave us soooo many opportunities to go and visit other countries. My family have also taken us to places such as California, New York, France etc. So here we go, my top five in no specific order - Denmark, Sweden, Austria, USA, Ireland. A lot of these trips are in this list because of the activities we did there and the people that I was with :)

8. Faviorate blogs that you visit.
I love a good blog and have a few that I check on a daily basis - Mucho Mucho Bueno Bueno, Ascot Friday, Deep in the Heart, Hanna Montazami, Sara Montazami, Love Taza, Bleubird Vintage, Tomboy Style.

9. Faviorate quote?
I wasn't really that in to quotes but I am getting more in to them I have to say. My faviorate quote at the moment is from Bruce Springsteen's Thunder Road - " Hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair.". ok, it's not actually a proper quote  but It just reminds you that you can't control everything but just go with the flow and enjoy it. :)

10. What's one thing that most people don't know about you?
People probably do know this but I'm quite easily influenced! I watched Pirates of the Carribean and the next day I went and got another ear piercing just because Captain Jack has loads of jewellery. I also watched tennis and Nadal was wearing a Nike bandana so I bough a Nike Bandana - why? I will never know!

:) x

HAIR INSPIRATION

Every time I go into the hairdressers I change either my colour or style. It must be sooo annoying for my hairdresser and colourists! Last time I had it coloured was back in November and the last time I cut it was in September before leaving for uni! I usually go a long time without cutting it and colouring it but not this long. I'm coming home back to West Wales tomorrow and I've already booked my cut and colour in the same hairdressers I've been going to since I was a child-Andrew Price. They are a bit expensive but they are so good that you don't really care. I alternate most of the time between bleach blonde and more caramely & brown tones. I found that darker tones are better because the regrowth isn't as bad as when its bleached so you save a lot of money and it looks better for longer. Also with darker tones it gets lighter over time and you get so much more variation of colour in your hair - kind of like free highlights!

For years and years now my hair style has been messy surfery waves. This is mostly because I love the surfer look, style and attitude but also because it's so fuss free and easy to do. You wake up, wash your hair with some frizz reducing shampoo and conditioner and then put some Moroccan oil through it, give it a quick brush through & let it dry naturally - easy! I used to straighten it a lot but straightening bleached hair only leads to dry and unhealthy hair.

I've been looking for new hair styles to see me in to summer and once more I want something that'll look natural so I wont have to care so much about my roots. I have also been looking at not so natural bright coloured dip-dyes which I might put in before the end of easter and before festival season begins! I've been scouring tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, you name it I've looked there, for inspiration. I have quite a mix of syles and colours here and even some inspiration from Craig Anderson (pro surfer) - his sun kissed locks just look awesome and I have to say I am leaning towards those sort of colours! What do you think?

WALKING ON FILM

Last week I was in Superdrug and saw that their disposable cameras were only 40p (!!!!!) because they were no longer to be displayed in the shop (or something). So obviously I bought some - never miss out on a bargain. I was especially happy as I saw the exact same disposable in Tesco for £5! The week before I had already bought two disposables from Boots because with a disposable I have to go and get them developed or I won't be able to see them. With digital I never really get around to print them so at least with a disposable I will have hard copies of my pictures. Also the film does make the photos look cooler I think! Hollie used all her film on a walk down to Tescos and back on a sunny day last Tuesday and these photos are the result of this walk! We also had the idea of taking disposables with us to V & Reading fest this summer because if we lose them it won't be that bad, whereas if we lost our digital cams or iphones it would not be that great and also we'll have awesomely cool photos to look back on!

Prepare to be bombarded with photos!

They announced the last headliner for reading fest last night . . . GREEN DAY! Oh My Word - it's going to be awesome! Also The Lumineers are going to be there - yaaaaay!

SUPER SUNDAY SONG

This week's Super Sunday Song is Stereophonics' cover of 'You Sexy thing'. It is awesome! I just keep playing it on repeat and sing-along to it at the top of my voice (I don't think my flat mates appreciate it!). It's a rocked up version of Hot Chocolate's 1975 original soulful version. I bet once you play it once you'll just want to keep hitting the replay button! It's just a little fun song. I can't wait to be seeing the Stereophonics again, this time I'll be seeing them in V Festival in the summer :) Yaaaay! The last time I saw them was when they did the Summer in the City concert in Cardiff City Stadium - I think it was in 2010.

Enjoy :)

A LITTLE CATCH UP :)

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Why hello there.
Over the last week or so I have been busy trying to complete most of my essays so I don't have a massive panic at the end of term due to work overload. I have so far completed two essays - a 2,000 word essay on the downfall of Juan Peron in Argentina and a 1500ish(1800) word essay analysing sources from the early modern period. I only have one left which is a 3,000 word research essay on a topic of your own choice, I chose Owain Glyndwr. I can not believe that we only have two weeks left of this term! The time has literally flown by - it is unreal. Although I am excited for next term and for summer!

We have not been up to much over the last couple of days because most people have a lot of deadlines coming up. However, we have watched numerous films, from A Midnight in Paris (one of my favourite films ever!) to Warrior, Into the Wild and many more.
After a day spent lying down as a result of a very bad headache, last night myself, Laura and a few of the boys headed to Nandos. I wasn't really going for the food, I just wanted to go for the walk. It was delish and when I came back to the flat I did my seminar reading in till around midnight.

I love spontaneous adventures. They are the best by far. Even if its just a walk in to town and back. I just enjoy being outside and doing stuff - any excuse not to sit down at my desk all day doing the mountain of reading they expect us history students to read every week!

I also bought a new top from ASOS this week - it is actually awesome! I love it. (picture below)

Here are some pictures from the last week or so.

(Bank - London during rush hour)

 (I will try to do anything other than work!)

I have also recently discovered SNAPCHAT! It is the best thing ever! Here are two collages of my snapchat faces and Hollie's!

Also you can check out my recent article on rugbyfancast.com here :)