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     I have to express my utter delight and extreme excitement for the 2017 Beauty And The Beast movie coming out. I have been waiting for this movie since the first announcement of it and have loved Belle for years. I cannot wait to see how one of my favourite human beings, Emma Watson will be as my favourite Disney Princess.

Music: My One True Love

   Something that is evident about me is my love for music. As a child, I always found myself mesmerised by every melodic tune and lyric I heard. I instantly realised how I felt myself happier, calmer and feeling more free whenever I’d drown myself in song. 

   Over the years, I can truly say my music taste has grown and expanded from left to right. My father and uncle have never let me forget about the classic musicians and bands, including ABBA, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Tragically Hip, Elton John and more. On the other hand, I have developed a deep love for musicians such as my boy Cody Simpson, the one and only Ed Sheeran, the man himself Drake and the jaw dropping Bryson Tiller. I enjoy endless movie soundtracks as well, including my number one favourite, The Beauty & The Beast soundtrack. I truly enjoy listening to all types of music and getting to experience so many different sounds, bands and artists. 

    I believe that music is a way for me to channel out my emotions. Whether I’m happy, sad, aggravated or in need of some motivation, I always turn to my headphones and plug myself into the world of music. There is no way for me to truly unravel the indescribable feeling and love I have for music. If you have never been with me to a concert, you have not seen me at my happiest point. I think that live music is one of the best experiences in the entire world. Everyone calls me the concert enthusiast, but quite frankly, I embrace that title. Music and Concerts. Concerts and Music. If these are two things that make my life as great as it is, then why not surround myself with it? 

   Music is one thing that will never leave me. It is the best type of media to ever come hurling into my life and completely dominating my time and bank account. Although it is not something I wish to pursue myself as a career, I have the greatest amount of immense respect for all the artists out there that do. I admire every single aspect about music and will continue to until the day I am gone.

*note: both of these photos are mine // this is just a random post about my love for music

November Song Jams

~song list #2~

1. Love Lockdown - Kanye West

2. If You Ever Want To Be In Love - James Bay

3. Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis

4. She Knows About Me - Roy Woods

5. Bad - The Cab

6. Hate That I Love You - Rihanna ft. Ne-Yo

7. Try/Effortless - dvsn

8. She’s Out Of Her Mind - Blink 182

9. Smoke Break - Chance The Rapper

10. Unsteady - X Ambassadors

11. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

12. Electric Love - BORNS

13. Money Made Me Do It - Post Malone ft. 2 Chainz

14. Lovebug - Jonas Brothers

15. Let Me Explain - Bryson Tiller

I recently came across this post while scrolling through Twitter and can honestly say these are some words I strive to live by. I aspire to travel to numerous places, I believe that entering and exploring some place new opens up my mind more to what is out there in the world. In addition, adventure is always my thing. I do not want my world and future to revolve around money, I mean dont get me wrong, I do want to make a living for myself but there are people that say that you need money to do anything and I personally beg to differ. I believe that even if you are not utterly wealthy, you can enjoy life as much as any fortunate individual. A rich man is no richer than a poor man. I believe that life is too short to pass by any new opportunities and experiences that may come my way. Whether I succeed or fail, it will be valuable for me in terms of new learnings, gaining knowledge/skills and hopefully devoloping myself into making myself a better me.

                                                 The Next Flop

  It was a few years ago when one of my best friends Tahlia and I had a dream of what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives. Every single kid has their own peculiar and unique imagination; they could aspire to be absolutely anything from a professional hockey player to a Tyrannosaurus Rex if it made sense in their mind. In our case, we were striving to become super successful, super stunning, tween pop stars.

  Our dream was ignited by a popular reality show called “The Next Star”. The show gave kids under the age of fifteen the opportunity to audition to become the next big musical icon. Ultimately, you could say it was an extremely bootleg and even crappier version of Canadian Idol for the youth. Tahlia and I had just turned nine years old and knew that it was time for our big break. We imagined ourselves on stage belting out lyrics and even hitting all the high notes like our girl Hannah Montana did every weeknight at 5:30pm. We selected our audition songs and rehearsed consistently for weeks on end before the auditions came to Toronto. Contrary to popular belief, these rehearsals were highly professional. Our rehearsals included using our hairbrushes as microphones, practicing our hair flips and letting The Cheetah Girls teach us choreography on YouTube. We were prepping ourselves to be the best of the best.

   In addition, the both of us had also planned out our outfits two weeks in advance to ensure we were camera ready for our potential five seconds of fame.  Her parents and my mom were immensely supportive of our dream. On the other hand, my dad was urgently trying to snap me back into reality. However, being the lovely and attentive daughter I was, his words flew through one ear and out the other.

  The day of our audition had finally arrived. The two of us woke up at the break of dawn to start getting ready for the first day of the rest of our lives. We had a sleepover the night before and had been wondering how Joe and Nick Jonas would ask us out once we gained our places in the spotlight. With that motivation in our mind, we got ourselves dolled up and ready to go. Eventually, Tahlia’s mom honked from outside to let us know that it was time to leave. I slung my guitar over my shoulder and walked out with a smile so bright it could shun all of Hollywood. We were ready to rock the socks off of these judges. Since the auditions were taking place downtown, we had plenty of time to warm up our vocal chords and play “M.A.S.H” during the car ride.    After the time had passed and before the three of us even got to the parking lot, we witnessed the never ending line of tweens. Tahlia and I exchanged a look of reassurance, as to say to one another, “We can beat all of these morons”. No one could get in the way of this fierce dynamic duo. As Tahlia’s mom started walking us towards the building, two women, still drunk from their wild night, wobbled their way towards us. Tahlia’s mom quickly grabbed us as the women got closer and guided us away from them as they slurred their words to complement our outfits and wish us good luck on our auditions. At least we had a fan base going into this.

  The line was hectic and enduring. It was so packed with people that we might as well have all been singing sardines trying to wiggle our way into fame and fortune. The anticipation was getting to us, until a lady called us up to the table to register. We were stoked about finally becoming one step closer to being superstars. The lady asked for our registration forms, which we had on hand and ready. This was it. We were already picturing our names on billboards and on the headlines of newspapers. Tahlia and I squealed of excitement.    And then it happened, the moment where our dream of two months broke into a billion pieces. The lady asked for our two pieces of photo identification. We had no idea we had to bring it. What kind of photo I.D are nine year old girls supposed to bring? Let alone two different copies? I had a Mario Kart driver’s license from a past birthday party, but otherwise, we had no kind of identification on us whatsoever. This would have been the perfect time to throw a Kanye West diva fit. Perhaps I should have thrown my guitar over my head and smashed it on the ground could resemble the broken billion pieces that was our dream. Enraged, utterly heartbroken and left with no other option, we exited the line and walked back towards the car.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I decided to share my costume because honestly I am so proud of it. Belle is by far my favourite Disney princess and I was over the top happy to finally recreate her village look. 

Music: My One True Love

   Something that is evident about me is my love for music. As a child, I always found myself mesmerised by every melodic tune and lyric I heard. I instantly realised how I felt myself happier, calmer and feeling more free whenever I’d drown myself in song. 

   Over the years, I can truly say my music taste has grown and expanded from left to right. My father and uncle have never let me forget about the classic musicians and bands, including ABBA, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Tragically Hip, Elton John and more. On the other hand, I have developed a deep love for musicians such as my boy Cody Simpson, the one and only Ed Sheeran, the man himself Drake and the jaw dropping Bryson Tiller. I enjoy endless movie soundtracks as well, including my number one favourite, The Beauty & The Beast soundtrack. I truly enjoy listening to all types of music and getting to experience so many different sounds, bands and artists. 

    I believe that music is a way for me to channel out my emotions. Whether I’m happy, sad, aggravated or in need of some motivation, I always turn to my headphones and plug myself into the world of music. There is no way for me to truly unravel the indescribable feeling and love I have for music. If you have never been with me to a concert, you have not seen me at my happiest point. I think that live music is one of the best experiences in the entire world. Everyone calls me the concert enthusiast, but quite frankly, I embrace that title. Music and Concerts. Concerts and Music. If these are two things that make my life as great as it is, then why not surround myself with it? 

   Music is one thing that will never leave me. It is the best type of media to ever come hurling into my life and completely dominating my time and bank account. Although it is not something I wish to pursue myself as a career, I have the greatest amount of immense respect for all the artists out there that do. I admire every single aspect about music and will continue to until the day I am gone.

*note: both of these photos are mine // this is just a random post about my love for music

I recently came across this post while scrolling through Twitter and can honestly say these are some words I strive to live by. I aspire to travel to numerous places, I believe that entering and exploring some place new opens up my mind more to what is out there in the world. In addition, adventure is always my thing. I do not want my world and future to revolve around money, I mean dont get me wrong, I do want to make a living for myself but there are people that say that you need money to do anything and I personally beg to differ. I believe that even if you are not utterly wealthy, you can enjoy life as much as any fortunate individual. A rich man is no richer than a poor man. I believe that life is too short to pass by any new opportunities and experiences that may come my way. Whether I succeed or fail, it will be valuable for me in terms of new learnings, gaining knowledge/skills and hopefully devoloping myself into making myself a better me.

October Song Jams

~ song list #1 ~

1. No Problem - Chance The Rapper, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne

2. Keeping Me Alive - Corey Harper

3. Jump Hi - Lion Babe ft. Childish Gambino

4. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

5. Come And Get Your Love - Redbone

6. houstalantavegas - Drake

7. Cold Hard Love - Tory Lanez

8. In Your Atmosphere - John Mayer

9. Kids In Love - Mayday Parade

10. Friday I’m In Love - The Cure

11. Too Young - Post Malone

12. When We Were On Fire - James Bay

13. Solo - Frank Ocean

14. Shut It Down - Drake

15. Valerie - Amy Winehouse

Writers Note:

So, I have recently decided to start a monthly song suggestion list on my blog. This is because I am a music enthusiast and I whole heartily would not know what I would do without music. It helps me connect, discover great artists and bands, calms me down and is essentially my safe haven when I plug in my headphones. Anyways, I would say my taste ranges from all over the place and I have no shame whatsoever. Hopefully some of you take up my suggestions and find a new song that you may not have thought you would like but end up enjoying anyways!!

- Madi Wong