Category: Life

Rewatching the Twilight Saga in 2025

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This year, Lionsgate has done us a solid and re-released the Twilight Saga in the cinemas, and I being a former major Twihard (Idk why we called ourselves that, who came up with that??) absolutely had to go. And naturally, rewatching something I love, I have to share some thoughts, so here’s how I felt revisiting these movies again. I actually did a rewatch of the movies with my friends last year, but it’s so different taking the time to properly watch them with no distractions.

Twilight

First of all, I have never seen Twilight in the cinema until now. Call me crazy but I didn’t actually fall in love with the saga until New Moon came out. I hadn’t seen the first movie at all before going in blind to a midnight premiere of New Moon my older sister invited me to. So getting the chance to see Twilight in the cinema was unmissable. I needed this experience in my life. Suffice to say it was a very different experience than the one I imagine I would’ve had in 2008.

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How I Used My Hobonichi When Travelling

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The last video related to my Australia travels – of course it’s about my Hobonichi. I am obsessed with this journal and was excited to see how I would use it when I was away. Turns out it was easy for me to carve out some time to journal when travelling. Don’t think it will be the same on all trips but glad I had the time to do it this time, especially because I was away for so long!

Just because this is the last video I am making, does not mean I won’t have more content. I do still have some blog posts I want to write, not sure when those will be done but we’ll see. I have high hopes still about that so stay tuned!

What I Packed for Australia vs What I Wore!

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Before I left for Australia, I knew I wanted to make a video like this. I thought it would be interesting to share what I packed for going on such a long trip! Plus, I think it’s important to share we aren’t all influencers with a million pieces of luggage and endless clothing options so ya know #KeepingItReal lol

If I was more organised I would’ve probably shared clips of me actually wearing things and such but who has time for that on holiday?

Still I hope someone out there finds this somewhat useful in the future.

My Australia Adventures! (with a pitstop in Dubai) | 8th September – 3rd October 2025

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I am so excited to finally share some of my Australia adventure in vlog form! Since I have come home from my trip there is so much I want to share about it, especially on my blog, I feel like I could write so much about what we got up to but I also do not want to get sick of talking about it. So I will do my best to spread out my content and hopefully, I can bring informative and interesting things to you without getting burnt out. So enjoy this vlog as it’s only the beginning!

Why I Blog

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I saw these prompts on WordPress when I started getting back into blogging earlier this year and I have yet to answer one. I think it’s good to check them out for inspiration. And it’s been a while since I made a blog post so here we are.

I started blogging in 2007? I was 10 years old and I discovered the blog tab on my Bebo page and I didn’t know what it was. I remember asking someone in my family and they told me blogging was like talking about your life. So one day I sat down to write my first blog. Obviously memories change and are often romanticised but what I remember was I started blogging quite regularly. I think maybe every month or so for as long as I had my Bebo account. I guess it was short-lived because soon I was on Facebook and there were no blogs on Facebook pages.

But originally I started blogging because it was kind of my foray into journaling, it was just on a public platform. Don’t ask me what possessed me to start telling people about my life on Bebo – like I can’t even remember what I talked about at the time. School? My friends? I don’t know I just know I probably took it too seriously.

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I Made a Ko-Fi

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Just wanted to make a little post to announce that I have opened a Ko-fi. I actually opened it a few months ago I just wasn’t sure if I should advertise or not but here we are. I am not expecting a lot, if anything at all to be honest. I know that a lot of people who make ko-fi accounts are in far worse off positions than I am.

But at the same time, I might as well take a chance and put it out there. Maybe someone out there likes what I do and wants to support me. I put it out there because while I do blog and make YouTube videos as a hobby and don’t expect money for it in return I might as well put the option out there.

I once tried to do the YouTube monetisation thing back when I was 18 but it never amounted to anything. I definitely was swept up in my content creator fantasies back then lol.

Anyway, yeah that’s literally it. If you enjoy reading my blog or watching my videos or anything then I just wanted to put the option there. Obviously if I did get any donations it would mean a lot, it’s pretty cool to get paid to do things you like but not everyone has the option/desire to do what they love for a living. But earning anything, even if it’s small means a lot.

My Trip To London | 4th – 8th July

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I went to London last week for Sabrina Carpenter at Hyde Park and I thought I would share some of the other things we did while we were away. I did do a little vlog but thought it would be good to do a corresponding blog post with some more info.

Borough Market

So this one was not a planned activity, we ended up in the market because we were waiting to eat at the Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club is a chain of restaurants in London which serve breakfast, we went to one for the first time a few years ago and loved it so wanted to go back. The one we chose was near London Bridge and while we were waiting we walked through Borough Market because it was nearby.

It was a really cute market! I think it would be nice if you lived in London and went there to pick up things for a dinner party or something. Definitely a place I could imagine being a lot if I lived there, very influencer vibes.

We got a fresh juice from one of the places and it was really nice and if we weren’t waiting to get food I’m sure we would have tried something from one of the stalls there.

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure First Impressions!

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I got Hello Kitty Island Adventure back in March and I have to say I was not that impressed. I even tried to make a blog post at the time but I felt it was just very negative and not accomplishing much, so I’ve decided to give it a second chance. i.e. I played the game a few times in March, wasn’t a fan and haven’t played it since. Until last night when I picked it up again and now I want to keep playing lol.

So I’m going to give it another shot at writing my first impressions. A lot of what I thought in March still stands but I’m now more intrigued to keep going compared to before.

The first thing to point out is I find the game overall a bit clunky. The way the character moves, the controls, the menu navigation. It’s not my fave, and it really put me off in the beginning. Like do I really want to be navigating through every single collection menu to clear the red dot everytime I pick up a new item? No. But I try my best to ignore it and try to clear a bunch of them in one go lol. The same goes with achievements. It’s just annoying to have to manually clear them otherwise the red dot does not go away.

I also think it’s hard to get used to new controls in general, like X to gift items, Y to use tools. These are not common controls for me on Nintendo Switch and so it’s taking some time to get used to. Also switching tools is not the best, but I think maybe it’s just something I need to adapt to.

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I Got a Hobonichi Avec!

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I was debating getting a Hobonichi for a while and when I saw they were releasing a half-year version I decided to bite the bullet and get one!

I am so excited to try out a new journalling style, I started getting back into writing a journal a few years ago and I think it would be good to try and get into the habbit of daily journalling. Currently, I only write once a week, if even, but I want to try journalling more often and what better way to do that than having a page-a-day journal?

I also like the way the Hobonichi has a weekly and monthly layout because it means I can incorporate some of my sticker planning which I got into a few years ago. I think having it all in one notebook will be handy and also hopefully force me to keep on top of everything.

So we’ll see how it goes, will probably do an update video later in the year on how I’m finding it and what I plan to do next year but for now, I’ll be waiting until July so I can finally start using it lol

How I Junk Journal | Junk Journal With Me

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I know I already made a blog post about junk journaling but I also decided to make a video to talk through how I usually do my spreads. Just in case anyone wanted to know.

I promise this will be the last time I talk about junk journaling for a while, I’ve just been enjoying it so much haha it’s just really easy and fun to do so I thought I would share.