ENROLLING AT HOGWARTS!

Yummy!

"I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death..." - Professor Snape

Pink ribbons and bows and frills and feathers - it's definitely Snape ;)

Not a very good photo but the middle one made me laugh at its absurdity...

It looks worse than it actually was - I wasn't being greedy, we were just a very big group of 9!

Terrible quality, I'm ashamed to even say I took this photo, but I just love the colours and patterns

The Knight Bus and the Wooden Bridge

Five Nights at Freddy's, anyone? To be honest, this terrified me.

Well.

A paper model of Hogwarts

Just thought I'd say, the little paper people are less than 1 cm tall...

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Hiya!

If you haven't gathered already from the title and photos, I got into Hogwarts! I can now proudly say that I'm a witch, and I will follow in the footsteps of Voldemort to become the most powerful witch in the world. Muggles, watch out!

I'm only kidding! ...Or not - I could be double bluffing - I'm not supposed to tell muggles about us wizards and witches anyway...

Nah. Though I'm still waiting for my letter to arrive, I did not go to Hogwarts, I only went to the wondrous Harry Potter Studio Tour. It was such fun - I went with my friend and we drank butterbeer and saw the Hogwarts express at 'Platform 9 ¾'.

After spending hours in the tour, we went for a quick dinner (it was very late) at McDonald's. Fancy, I know, but still yummy. I hadn't eaten at McDonald's in a long time. By the time I got home, it was 11:30 pm and I was so very tired. I had been too excited during the tour and I guess the energy just ran out...

But this was two days ago - yesterday I just spent sleeping in and resting, no excuse for not writing anything really. I'm terribly sorry and annoyed with myself.

I'm here now, though, finally...

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I love y'all, and goodbye!

FEBRUARY AND MID-MARCH FAVOURITES (and Happy Mother's Day!)

Hiya!

I know it's mid-month, but I started writing this earlier and instead of leaving it for another month, I just thought I'll update now...

I've had lots going on - mainly photography, but also other exams. As I said before, I'll be away from here more often as the big exams come.

But anyways, happy Mother's Day! And happy Pie Day for yesterday...

Hair:

I don't have a product, but I've been having my hair in a half up/half down ponytail. It's super duper quick and easy to put up (and I, the worst person at doing hair, am saying this), and it's just a nice way to change it up when having your hair down. This hairdo gives people the impression that you've spent time on your hair and actually care about how you present yourself when in reality, you've just woken up and are still half-asleep.

Body/skincare:

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser - I don't know. It's not very glamorous, but it works well. It's a cleanser for sensitive skin, which is always a bonus. My face feels clean (as is expected...) but not dried out like the way some harsher cleansers make my face feel. And it's oil-free, so it's good for acne-prone skin like my own :(

Makeup:

I actually have something worth mentioning - Rimmel Stay Matte powder, in 001 transparent. It apparently 'controls shine for up to 12 hours', and 'minimises the appearance of pores'. Although it doesn't quite last for 12 hours on me, it's very good at controlling shine and doing everything else it says it does. And I have really oily skin, so the fact that it can reduce shine in the first place on my skin is amazing.

Fashion:

Although I don't have these myself, I really love Chelsea boots. I've been wanting to get a pair for ages, but have never got round or had enough time to go out and buy them. But you should see me when I walk past anyone wearing them or see them in the window - drooling everywhere and green with envy would be the best description.

TV/film:

Rather than repeat the films I've talked about already this month, I want to talk about Call the Midwife. It was actually my mum who suggested I watch it, and so I did. I first thought it was too 'old' and I would get bored quickly, but I actually found it to be very interesting.

Music:

Immortals by Fall Out Boy - It's from Big Hero 6. Which explains it all.

Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia - a good shower song...but also good for other times, such as at 11:30 pm, at the top of my lungs and out of tune.

The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! at the Disco - a lot of people know this is one of my favourite songs. When I went to Cambridge, my friend reminded me of it and for the whole way back I was singing it in my head.

Food:

McVities Dark Chocolate Digestives are my absolute favourite right now. I like to think of it as 'junk that's good for you' because even though it's a biscuit, it's got dark chocolate which supposedly has loads of benefits.

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Anyways, there were some of my favourites from the past month and a half...

Once again, I hope you've all been treating your mothers well today. I gave my mummy her favourite flowers.

I love y'all, and goodbye!

VISITING CAMBRIDGE

Hiya!

It was my dad's birthday yesterday - we celebrated by having dinner and buying him a cake. It wasn't much, just a family and close friends thing.

I also went to Cambridge today, specifically Corpus Christi College. We took the coach there, which took a few hours. Most of it was spent talking about the clouds or discussing how, to me, Cambridge is classical music whereas Oxford is dubstep. I don't know why. But every time someone mentions 'Cambridge', I have the image of a string quartet playing Pachelbel's Canon in a giant hall.

Once we had arrived, we were split into two groups for lectures. There were only twenty of us, so two groups of ten - one group listening to the biology lecture (which I was in) and one group listening to history. We had a one hour lecture about cancer, which could've been a little more interesting... The history people got to look at real ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts, and the real signatures of King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Lucky them!

We then had lunch in the main hall. It was amazing. It felt awesome because it reminded me of the main hall in Hogwarts, with the chandeliers and long wooden tables, but at the same time I felt like I was eating lunch in a church or cathedral, so it kinda felt wrong. And loads of Cambridge students stared at us, but it was alright.

After lunch, we had a tour around the college. There was a funeral going on, however, so there were loads of people and we had to be quiet. After, we spent the last few hours getting a chance to ask questions to a few undergraduates, which was cool.

We left the college then and walked a little bit to see a special clock which has a giant 'time-eater' bug on it. And we waited for it to turn 3 o'clock so we could hear the rattling of chains, which represents the sound of a coffin being lowered into the ground. Dark, eh?

Anyways, after that, we ran back to the coach and headed back home.

Overall, a very fun trip (made fun by my friends too - it would probably have been more boring without them) and a wonderful experience. It was a great opportunity.

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I love y'all, and goodbye!