My Music Playlist #3

          Hey guys!

It's been a while since I've updated you guys with what the music I've been into these past few days/weeks. So, here is an update for you all!

• To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X Soundtrack: This piece is very relaxing. I think it's an ideal piece to listen to while you study, or even just to close your eyes and relax. It's from the Final Fantasy X soundtrack. I've never actually played the game before, but I've heard this piece before and I fell in love with it. In fact, I'm learning to play it on the piano =). 

Final Fantasy X Soundtrack - To Zanarkand

• All I Ask Of You - Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack: I actually watched Phantom of the Opera with my Mom and Aunt this summer and that is how I discovered this song! I totally fell in love with the melody and both of the singers (Patrick Wilson and Emmy Rossum). Oohh my gosh, the male voice in this song made my heart melt!! It's so dreamy! I recommend listening to this song! Did I mention it's also a romantic song? ;) 

Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack - All I Ask Of You

• Can I Have This Dance - High School Musical 3 Soundtrack: Just recently I've been reliving my childhood memories by listening to High School Musical songs! And I remember how much I loooooved Can I Have This Dance! I've been listening to the song more often now and honestly... I've been kind of imagining me singing with that one person... ^-^... but nah, I don't sing too well so... -_-   =P

High School Musical 3 Soundtrack - Can I Have This Dance

• Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne: My cousin introduced me to this song. Can we just talk about the violin part?! Holy cow am I obsessed with the violin parts in this song!! The melody itself just makes me dance. The female voice singing reminds me of the voice of Adele's. I really like it!

Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne- Rather Be

• For the First Time in Forever Instrumental - Frozen Soundtrack: Yes. I was sucked into the Frozen whir wind... I like the songs a LOT. But not love. I have to say though, I really like the instrumental version of For the First Time in Forever. Especially towards the end, that is my FAVOURITE part!! I like the voices in the song, but the instrumental version is just as powerful as the version with Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, to be honest. I say to check out this version, and you might actually be surprised how the music goes. 

Frozen Soundtrack - For the First Time in Forever


And there you have it, folks! My updated playlist! There's a lot of different genres and artists that I've been listening to, and I like it. It gives me a variety of songs to listen to, based on how I'm feeling. Anyways, see you next time!

Keep Smiling,
M-L

Freaky and Festive Favourites 2014

     Hey everyone

How was your Halloween this year?
For this post, I want to share with you my favourites for the spooktastic event that is Halloween! Food, costume, decoration, and more are all going to be included!

Food: Please don't tell me that I'm the only one that gets obsessed with the Pillsbury holiday themed sugar cookies! They are so cute and delicious and incredibly festive! Seriously, they have cookies for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and I think they even have cookies themed for Thankgiving. If you want simple but festive Halloween cookies that doesn't take too long to make, the Pillsbury cookies are for you. All you have to do is lay the pre-made cookies onto a baking sheet and bake them in your oven for a dozen of minutes, depending on how you want your cookies to be. And paf! You've got about 24 cookies with a Halloween design on them! Easy huh?

Costume Idea: Okay, so even though this is my favourite costume idea for Halloween, I'm not dressing up as that simply because I don't have the necessary things and I don't want to buy my costume this year. But, my favourite costume idea for 2014 is Vanellope Von Shweetz from Wreck-It-Ralph! Vanellope is so cute and sassy. Her outfit is even more adorable too! I wanted to be Vanellope for Halloween and I thought I had almost all of the same clothes as her but it turns out that I only had a sweater similar to hers and I didn't have a brown skirt or mint coloured tights... Oh well. But Vanellope Von Shweetz was my favourite costume this year!

Decor: My fave decorations this year was the fog machine! They are so cool and if you put it in front of your house, it draws attention and makes it look really spooky and scary. Speaking of scary, another one of my favourites decorations is the blood... I know it sounds creepy when you think about it, but technically it is supposed to be creepy, right? The blood splotches are so... frightening and that's what I love about them! It's like a freaky sensation but you're still drawn to it! I don't know, is it just me?

Movie: I've always enjoyed watching Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire during Halloween. It's pretty old, it was made in 2000 I believe. It feels very nostalgic to me whenever I watch the movie. When I was younger, I used to play detective, or spy or something of the sort. If you've watched the movie, you can kind of get what I'm saying. It involves a vampire hunter and the main characters going on "adventures" like detectives. When I would watch it, I would imagine myself as one of the characters. And you know what? I think I've been watching it every year now..!

Book: This isn't technically a Halloween book, but it's kind of like one because it involves zombies. Can you guess it? Well maybe not because I've only started reading it a few weeks ago. It's Monsters from the Ashes Trilogy! Yup, I FINALLY HAVE A PAPERBACK COPY!! After months, I finally have it within my grasp..! I think it is an appropriate book to read during this time of the year because it's extremely creepy and suspenseful! And gory... I'm lovin' it!

Candy: I have saved the BEST for last!! CANDY! Alright, so my favourite candy for this year... ^_^. is Hi-Chew! They're not your typical Halloween candy. In fact, they're from a Japanese brand! At first it feels like you're chewing gum, but then the candy dissolves. It's very chewy but HIGHLY addicting. I did get quite a lot of Smarties when I went trick-or-treating (yes, I did ^-^).

Anyways, how did you guys spend your Halloween this year? I hung out with my friends and recently discovered that I'm pretty good- no, great- at foosball..! Then I got an overload of Doritos Roulette chips, Sprite, pizza, and homemade pumpkin spice cookies!! And I went trick-or-treating... AWESOME HALLOWEEN FOR ME!

Keep Smiling,
M-L