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Let's Play... DEADPOOL - Part 1

New video! This time we're attempting Dead Pool for the first time.

Enjoy!

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Heads Up *FAIL* !

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Youtube?

Ahoy hoy

I've been gone for a while, kidnapped by work, exams and Christmas. But my friend Shannon and I have started up a new little hobby which has turned out to be so, so much fun. That hobby is youtube!

If you want to check out our videos click this very link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNnyEK4dU-MgGphhBn5BOaA

And if you also post any videos then leave a comment or send a message, it would be lovely to hear from you and have youtube buddies!

Hope you've been well and are having a lovely day or evening!

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Exam Study Tips and Halloween Photo Diary

Hi

I haven't post anything for quite awhile and this is due to the excellent experience of Exam Time. Yes, I've been sitting at home trying to remember 6 months of study within a week. Some may read this and think that it would be easy to go over what you've already learnt within a week, that's heaps of time! and yes, it is a fair amount of time but it's also very difficult when you're sitting at home looking at books on statistics when you'd literally rather be doing... well.. anything else. Suddenly house chores become important and you're on your hands and knees scrubbing tiles which you haven't done since last exam period.

But not anymore! Because, I, the queen of procrastination (can you guess that I'm meant to be studying right now?) have some tips for you:

1. Start at least a few days before your exam and do little by little. Not only will your study time per day be shorter, but you'll remember more. Research shows that shorter bursts of study are much more effective than long, last minute cramming. Do Short bursts!

2. Give yourself something to look forward to after you've done a certain amount of study. I let myself have a bag of popcorn while watching youtube videos for the rest of the day after i re-watch two lectures. You may want to modify this, but whatever works!

3. If you start trying to read and you find yourself taking nothing in, do something else for five minutes (get the dishes out of the way) and come back to it. 

4. Get enough sleep. The main thing that can bring down someones ability to learn or do well is lack of sleep. Our brains don't function properly if we're sleep deprived. Even if it's the night before the exam, you're better off studying and then stopping in time for you to get at least 7 hours sleep. 

5. Cramming doesn't really work for anything but multiple choice tests. Your brain can only remember so much in a short amount of time. If you have options to jog your memory and you only have to look for an answer that feels familiar... it may help with multiple choice. but if you're doing essay or short answer exams... the earlier you start your study, the better. This also stands for multiple choice, but especially for essay or short answer. 

6. Relate concepts you need to remember to something familiar. For example,  catecholamines are a neurochemical associated with appetite which triggers hunger. I remember this because it has 'cat' at the start and cats are always wanting food and hungry. Ta Da, memory triggered!

But the main thing to take from this is, start early and study a few hours at a time. Also, remember to sleep and you're good!

NOW for those who may want to avoid study all together (me too) here is a little collage of what I've been up to over the last little while:

I've spent my time making halloween cupcakes, going out to dinner, watching people learn to surf and wishing I could swim at the beach and buying MAC make-up to try out. Needless to say, the MAC make-up was the most exciting. Trying out that 'Kylie Jenner - Whirl' colour!

I hope you've been well - I really need to get a posting schedule happening!

P.S. I'm trying out Bondi Sands new Liquid Gold tan tonight. Slightly terrified mixed with excited.

P.P.S. I'm obsessed with pintrest now. If you want to find me: @katieleeft 

Becoming an Adult

Hi

So today (or any random day, depending when you read this...) I went to a Cheap As Chips store. Which does sound like a delicious low priced sea food restaurant but you are wrong. For those who don't know (do they have Cheap As Chips everywhere? I don't know, and google would mean opening another tab and that's not going to happen - anyway). 

For those who don't know Cheap As Chips is just a store full of pretty much everything you could imagine (bits and bobs) that are just incredibly cheap. They do flowers, candles, decorations, tables, pillows, toys, candy, fake plants, really unflattering sunglasses, you name it. 

So I'm at Cheap As Chips and I stumble across this candle. But not just ANY candle.. this one comes with it's own little holder or 'tray' as I've been calling it. 

Just Your Average Candle

At this point, I'm thrilled. I love candles and I've truly believed they're quite literally the mark of being an adult. Don't get me wrong, this is not my first candle. I've been dotting candles everywhere I can for a few years now to create the illusion of maturity but I don't feel it's ever really worked for me.

Alas I find the aforementioned candle. You may be thinking "Wow, it's a cheap candle on a dish. Great job, genius. You're all grown up. Enjoy your taxes." And to that I say fair enough and also, rude. But I'll forgive you because I KNOW there's more to this candle that you might think. Once you turn it around...

KIDDING: PEBBLES.

BOOM. TINY PEBBLES. You get to decorate your own candle. It comes with a tray, a candle and a packet of pebbles for you to place on the tray and then display proudly to everyone who visits your home.

I know what you're thinking now. "Wow. Pebbles. That must have cost her a fortune. Ten dollars at least. Those pebbles make the value sky-rocket."

Hey Big Spender

INCORRECT AGAIN, MY FRIEND. Although the value in my heart skyrocketed. The value on the price tag says three dollars. 

And it is now, looking at the sort-of-creation that I feel I have truly succeeded as an adult. I have decorated. 

Grueling Process

Inspirational

It turns out that it's not leaving your parents house, paying your own bills, your own rent, buying your own food, your own petrol, having a job or starting University. It's candles. Candles are the key to your feelings of success.

Don't be me. Don't wait until you're 23. Do it now. Do it while you're young and don't spill the pebbles on the floor while trying to open the packet.

Adult

Prosper.