This post marks the first monthly favourites of 2014, YAY~  This monthly favourites will pretty much be an accumulation of all the things that I've liked for the past couple of months so don't be surprised by the range of things that are included.

So let's get stuck into it.

Make-up/Skin Care:
Since I was overseas, I have started to wear some make-up on a somewhat daily basis - meaning whenever I am bothered, as I purchased so much since the make-up in Korea is relatively cheap and really good quality. Once I got back to Australia, I realised how much make-up I actually had after I decided that I would organise everything. I used to be be able to fit everything into one tiny little bag that I got from an Easter Show Showbag one year but now I need a bag that is 3 times the size to fit everything.

So, my daily everyday look is pretty much eyebrows, concealer and maybe a lippie and I have been loving these products for this.

For eyebrows: Missha 'Perfect Eyebrow Styler'



Firstly, I absolutely love the packaging of this. It's so adorable and the heart imprint on the actual lipstick itself just tops it off. What I really like this lipstick is that it is a really nice sheer lipstick but still gives a really nice colour pay off so you know it's there but not BAM! in your face. I'm not really into outrageous colours so having something nice and subtle but still with some colour is really good for me. Also, the lipstick smelling like jelly beans doesn't hurt it at all.

Eye-cream: Etude House 'Collagen Moistfull Firming Eye Cream'



I first got this product as a sample and absolutely loved it. I love how thick the cream is without making your under the eye area feel heavy while still moisturising the area. Since using the product, I have found that concealer does stay on better under my eye and lasts longer.

Youtube:
When I returned back from my trip, I was really starting to miss the Korean variety shows. That is when I stumbled on 'KBS World TV' on Youtube. They are the official KBS Youtube channel and offer English subtitles, which is absolutely awesome for fans, like me, who have very minimal understanding of Korean.

TV Show:
That segways into one of my favourite shows for the past couple of months, "The Return of Superman".


It's a really nice, cute show about 3 celebrity dads spending an entire 48 hours with their kids and how they deal with having the taking care of the kids by themselves as their wives are the main parenting person. Watching the show is really heartwarming and seeing their interactions make me really think about my childhood and how my parents would have dealt with thing.

Another show that I have been loving is "The Block: Fans vs. Faves".



Though the case is quite bulky, it's a really nice comfort to know that I have essentially another 80% or so worth of battery handy just in case my phone dies - which has happened quite a bit. I pretty much never leave the house without this case in my bag as it's an absolute life saver.

Another purchase from Korea that I am seriously loving is my diary.



It's relatively small compared to other diaries I have had in the past and I am loving the size of it. This year I vowed to get more organised and this diary is really assisting me in staying on top of all my school work and other commitments that pop up. I especially love the mini year overview that comes out as shown in the second photo since it's used as a bookmark too so I'm not flipping through the whole diary to get to the present week. Another great feature that I love is that at the start of every month, it has a general month overview where I can see where upcoming assessments are so I can get my butt moving.

That pretty much rounds out all of my favourites for March and the previous months. Sorry this post is super long - just like pretty much all of my other posts :( I have a really bad problem of writing long responses to everything. I will try and condense my writing somewhat hopefully by the end of the year.

November was the marker for a lot of events with the largest being University finished for the year with the conclusion of all my exams by mid-November. Thankfully, I passed all my classes with my goal of all Distinctions this semester being realised, YAY for me. With another month passing by brings along with it another month of favourites. So here we go again,

Wow, I can't believe I essentially did it. I was able to, pretty much, blog every 2 days this past month. That is an achievement to me especially if you know my personality in real life. I tend to be really lazy and put things off for a while. That being said, I have decided that I will blog on a set schedule for August and see how that goes. If it sticks with me, that will pretty much be the future of the posts on this blog unless something comes up and that makes me want to blog less or more. This will probably be the case in December/January when I travel overseas. So I have planned that I will blog every Tuesday and Fridays, with Fridays possibly having a theme of Foodie Fridays. This is due to the fact, that looking on my posts this past month a lot of them have been centered around food and different restaurants that I have been trying.

With those notices out of the way, let's get on with the last post of July. I thought that it would be fitting that we leave the month of July the same that we entered it, with a monthly favourites post. July signalled my break between semesters for Uni and also my birthday, which I didn't really share due to personal wishes. Looking back, July did pass by relatively quick (but then again what month doesn't) and though some days were lazy, others were filled with activities that made the month just zoom by. Without further ado, let's get onto the favourites.

Music:
Music hasn't really been big on my agenda this post since I wasn't really travelling and therefore didn't really listen to it unless I was bored. With that being said, for my birthday my sister got me Demi Lovato's new album and I have been listening to it pretty much whenever I listen to music. Demi has always been a favourite artist of mine and her latest album doesn't disappoint at the least.

I can't believe that it is officially July :( Time has just flown by this past month and I still can't wrap my mind around it. I stated that something may be happening this month and I can reveal that it is that I will be posting every even day this month, starting with this post. I want to do this because I tend to neglect my blog and want to dedicate myself to it for a bit. Once this month is finished, I'm hoping that I will post regularly since it will put me in a frame of posting on a schedule.

With that out of the way, let us get on with the monthly favourites of May and June. It works out pretty well especially since my favourites from May did not really change for June since I was so busy I didn't really find anything new that I liked.

Music:
These past 2 months, I have been obsessed with Bridgit Mendler. I actually stumbled onto her music through a performance on 'The Ellen Show'. She's a Disney star but I love that her voice is so different which you can especially hear in her acoustic performances. I have to say that I love her acoustics a lot more than her recorded version. Below I have included my 2 favourite acoustic performances from her.

Since I was procrastinating already, I thought I would do something somewhat productive and post up my monthly favourites for April. This month has sort of been a blur to me in that I don't remember much. If you read my previous 2 posts, when I think back on April all I seem to remember is shopping. Lots and lots of shopping.

In terms of uni life and work life, my uni life has been more or so the same except for the assessments and mid-session exams that piled up on my workload. So that explains where some of my time went to. My work life has calmed down due to changing circumstances which has left me with some more free time. I have learnt to appreciate the weekend sleep-in which I was not allowed to have before. Oh sleeping in, how I have missed thee.

From last month, I have decided that I would have some set categories to every month but still allow myself to add categories if something really catches my attention in that month. For this month, it will just be the set categories to give myself a guideline and anyone else who happens to stumble upon this blog.

Music

This month has been totally been an Olly Murs month in terms of music.

March sort of went by in a blur for me. I can't really remember what happened in this month exactly (shows you how forgetful I can be) but I think that was maybe partially due to so many things happening.

March marked the beginning of uni for me again. Getting up in the morning before 10am on a regular basis was quite difficult to do and will probably be difficult again after having a week off for the Easter break. My timetable this year is a bit heavier than what it was last year resulting in going to uni an extra day to fill it up. I have been enjoying the courses so far so I guess that's a good sign but still need to get my butt into gear if I want to get the WAM/GPA that I need by the end of my Bachelor to do what I want to do.

If you couldn't tell, uni has made me lazier and I was already lazy to begin with. I'm hoping to become more proactive but we shall see what the year has in store for me. I guess that's also why I decided to somewhat seriously blog again. To document what the year has given me and reflect back. Also, to make me less lazy.

For the favourites of this month, they haven't really changed from last month. Then again, I only had 2 last month but I have been consistently listening to Demi Lovato.

What I have really been into this month has to be mix CD's. Not the ones that others give you but making them myself to listen in the car. It's really interesting to me to see how my taste in music has changed over the years and I think it will be really interesting comparing a mix CD I made in March 2013 to one that I make in say 5 years time. Being able to listen to how my taste has evolved will really fascinate me.

I don't know if this is a favourite of mine but I really love my laptop.

I realised how much I use it especially during March as I did go back to uni. It literally accompanied me everywhere and made everything so much easier as I had all my coursework at a touch of button or a click away. If you haven't realised by the photo but I own a MacBook Pro. I have wanted one for about 9-10 years and I finally decided to get one last year. I first fell in love with it while watching 'Veronica Mars' and it was always a pipe dream for me. Like I always wanted it but never took the plunge and I never asked anyone to get me one because I felt like it was my dream to realise. Early last year I decided to get one as I had been working and had saved up quite a bit of money. So to reward myself for getting into the course that I wanted and not spending that much money on myself, I finally took the plunge and got my dream laptop and haven't looked back since. I love my laptop and it is referred to as my 'baby'. I know it's really superficial but my laptop to me is a symbol of everything that I have done so far. I started working when I was 14, worked my butt off at school, got into the uni and course that I wanted and I am still working. Everything that I gotten since I was 14 is due to my hard work except for my very first laptop which my parents got me as a gift for my achievements at school since about year 4. So my laptop to me symbolises my determination and tells me to never give up on what you want because it will happen someday. You just have to keep working at it.

I really don't know what else I really liked this month. I'm thinking of actually making solid categories so there will be a set number but who knows what will happen. There should be a new post coming up in a week as I just returned from a short holiday from Adelaide. So that should be something I guess but uni starts on Monday so I need to get back into that swing of things.

So until next time. Bye.

Is it just me or did February just zoom on past? February wasn't necessarily a busy month but certain things did happen that just made it go pass so quickly. One of the major things that happened was that repairs were finally started in my room after what it seems to be 3 months of me not being allowed in it. Quick background is that my bedroom is next to the bathroom and there was a leak which then meant that water was entering my room. Once the room is fully repaired, I will post up a full blog post about what happened, photos of the repairs and how I'm redecorating my room. I'm really excited for March as it means that I can finally start decorating it even if it happens at the end of the month.

 The other big thing that happened was that I have been experiencing some really big stomach-aches. It happened a lot during my childhood with lots of trips to the doctor and some trips to the hospital but at the end of the day, they always told me that nothing was wrong but the pain was really bad. Anyways, in the past 4 years or so, they have reduced with some periods of time making them completely disappear but especially last week they came back with a vengeance. I haven't really changed my diet in any way but some days I just stayed in bed due to the pain.

Well, enough of that. Let us get into what things defined February for me.

Music: In terms of music, it had to be Demi Lovato.




Show/Drama: I am a fan of Korean dramas and in February, I started watching a few. One is still on-going and watching it has reminded how much I hate waiting week-to-week for something and that wait is especially hard if the English subtitles have not been released. Well, one of the dramas that I really loved in February was 'Answer Me 1997' or otherwise known as 'Reply, 1997'. It's a really nice drama with quite a good storyline but you have to know certain things about Korean culture to not be going 'WTH?!' throughout it. Take for example, you have to know that certain Koreans take their idols very seriously and are willing to go to extreme lengths for them. One thing I didn't particularly enjoy about it was a running storyline about the main love triangle. Towards the end, I just got sick of the whole thing and wanted to skip it but decided not to even though I had a feeling what was going to happen.


I think those were the only two defining things in February. Here's to hoping March is a little bit better. Until next time, keep safe all.

I have decided that at the end of each month, I will do a recap of the month and what I found to be highlights of it. This is to make me reflect on the month and ensure that I post at least once a month ... I know I'm bad and lazy but at least I acknowledge it right?