The night a dream came true...

Ciao,

I started this blog to document my year abroad which is fast approaching but I've realised I should also use it more often to document other experiences and events in my life so that in years to come I will have an online memory book. So here goes...

I am lucky enough to have been to a lot of music concerts in my lifetime thanks to my generous parents who have always bought me tickets for birthdays and Christmas's and believe me I have seen some amazing artists! I have been waiting since I was about 10 years old for the beautifullness that is Justin Timberlake to tour. That's 11 years of waiting my friends. When the Wireless Fest line up was announced I was beyond gutted. I had just had my 21st birthday so I had money to buy a ticket, I had someone to go with and the headline act was Justin Timberlake but wait when is the festival? July. When I'm in France. I was certain someone was out to get me.

Obviously I then had to come home from France and the minute I knew I was going to be coming home I started to look for tickets to Wireless...unbeknown to me my amazing Dad had already bought me tickets! He knew how upset I was at having to come home and so to cheer me up got me my most awaited tickets as a present! How amazing is my Dad! So I was lucky enough to be at Wireless Festival with my best friend just over a week after I got back from France and OMG was it good. 

We didn't arrive until around 2ish and then had the long walk from Westfield to the Queen Elizabeth Park where the festival is now situated and we nearly melted on the walk! Once we got inside we headed straight for the main stage because we were only bothered about watching Justin. I normally would be excited to see various artists when I'm at a festival but because we had not had enough time to prepare for all the artists who were on we decided to set up camp in front of the main stage. We watched Miguel, John Legend, Trey Songz and Snoop Dogg before Justin Timberlake came on. One of the things that made this gig so memorable was the proposal which happened right next to us in the crowd with John Legend singing the beautiful 'Ordinary People'. The guy who proposed actually told us about half an hour before to keep an eye out cause he was going to propose, it was so cool to be involved in such an important moment in someone's life! 

Snoop Dogg was amazing and you can't help but be amazed when you see such a mixed crowd all rapping away with him. If you haven't ever been to a festival or a rap concert it's hard to describe the atmosphere, all I know is I love it. After his performance the crowd were all hyped in anticipation of Justin Timberlake and he didn't disappoint! My god can that man sing! I didn't think it was possible to love him more than I already did but that gig was more than worth the 10 year wait. He sang all his hits as well as some new bits off his newest album and I danced and sang the whole way through. There were several times where I stood in complete awe of Justin's amazing talent. He is one of the best people I've ever seen live and the festival atmosphere just added to the experience. Amazing.

I am ecstatic that I finally got to see him perform and will be keeping an eye out for his album tour so I can go and see him again :) I can't get enough! 

Ciao for now... 

30 things to do before you're 30 - Part 1

Ciao,

I suppose this post is kind of a reflective post for me to look at in years and years time. A measure of what I have achieved in a decade of my life. So here is the first half of my 30 things to do before I'm 30.

1. Graduate from university: I actually got my results for second year today, I didn't do very well but I expected that after the year I have had. However, I would love to graduate with a first but chances are I will only be able to get a 2:1.

2. Get a grad job: I'm still unsure as to what exactly I want to do but definitely want to take advantage of my degree. 

3. Learn to drive: self explanatory really. I'm looking forward to the freedom. 

4. Own my dream car: my dream car is a Mini Cooper...ideally a red one. 

5. Live in a foreign country: this one for many people is fairly unachievable but for us language students it's always part of the plan and the journey to fluency.

6. Speak at least 3 languages fluently: I have one language down and I'm at the beginning of my road to fluency for 2 more, fingers crossed the next year of my life will cement this for me.

7. Learn sign language: I've always been fascinated by language and communication of all types so this is something I've always wanted to do. 

8. Go travelling: this is a favourite on bucket-lists. I mean who doesn't want to see the world?

9. Get married/meet my life partner: I don't really know how I feel about marriage, if I met someone who wanted to get married then I would but if the person I want to share my life with doesn't want to get married then I'd happily not get married. 

10. Buy a house: again this is part of everyone's life plan, I'd love to own a house before I'm 30. 

There is the first part of my before I'm 30 bucketlist...next part coming soon. 

Ciao for now...

Unexpected Blog Post.

Ciao,

Well this is a post I NEVER expected to be writing. Ever. I am writing this post from Toulouse airport...again. My 10 week stint in France has been cut drastically short after just 5 days here. To cut a long story short my friend hated where we were staying and wanted to leave, I had the option to stay on my own but seeing as we were living in the middle of nowhere and I don't drive, plus the cabin we had was in the middle of a field I felt that I would be far too isolated. So sadly I had to make the decision to come home, a decision I did not take lightly. I had a major problem with not being professional and wasting someone's time, money and effort - not to mention robbing someone else of an amazing opportunity. But these things happen, you can't plan for them or even anticipate them, they just happen and you have to deal with them the best way you can. 

I have decided to focus on the positives of this situation, I now will be home to celebrate my best friends 21st birthday with her, I will be able to go to my cousins daughter's christening and best of all I am going to finally fulfill my 10 year old dream of watching Justin Timberlake live. Excited is an understatement. I am a tad worried about the fact that I am unemployed for the first time in 4 years and that I have to find a job for a very short period of time as I am leaving for university in Lyon in September but I'm trying to think of all the positives, silver linings and all that. I'm contemplating bringing one of my plans forward by a year and learning to drive and buying a car this summer as opposed to next summer after my year abroad. I'm going to fix my sewing machine and learn to sew and finish my projects. I'm going to blog more. I'm going to practice my languages. I'm going to spend evenings watching Disney with my little sister. I'm going to spend Friday nights getting drunk and making memories with my brother and cousins. I'm going to make the most of an unexpected situation. This is all you can do when an enormous spanner is thrown into the works. 

Ciao for now...